> (didn't feel "tropical"!) Bertha in Maine last
 > Saturday, I was a ready
 > to say "No more tents!" Luckily, one of the men in our
This was about how we gave up the tents, too. On our vacation in 1994, it 
rained at every place we camped - and usually right in the middle of a meal. 
Everything was so filthy and wet that it was disgusting to pack up each 
morning. The following February, we bought the tent trailer. At least now if 
it rains, I can cook - and for the few occasions where it is raining when we 
are trying to break camp, a towel dries off the vinyl coated canvas quite 
easily.
 > and she is not as endowed. I have a variety of books -
 > different styles of music and different difciculty levels.
 > I'd be glad for any ideas, as I only had piano lessons
 > for 1 year then my teacher quit to go back to college. I am not as
 > gifted as Will is either, but I am willing to work with them with this.
Have you looked at any of the Alfred materials? I like the progression that 
the Alfred Basic Piano Series uses, and there are plenty of visual cues to be 
able to follow it fairly well. (The Basic comes in a "complete lesson book" 
form, as well as separate book 1A and 1B.) There is an adult method book too. 
I've used it a few times, tho I generally go back to the Bastien 
older-beginner series for someone older than 13. After they finish the first 
book in that series, I transfer them to a different series that is hard to 
find. However, there are no pictures or helps in that series so it is 
definitely not a "teach yourself piano" series.
Alfred also publishes a myriad of supplementary books designed particularly 
for older students that may not be completely enamored with such younger-kid 
favorites as "The Little Yellow Bus". :)  These books have composers such as 
Martha Mier (my favorite), Dennis Alexander (my 2nd favorite), Kowalchyk and 
Lancaster, Margaret Goldston, Jerry Ray. I love these books and they are a 
lot less expensive to pick up (in the long run) than sheet music. I use the 
advanced ones for myself as pleasure playing.
I know piano lessons can be expensive...some piano teachers like myself give 
family discounts when there's more than 1 in the same family taking lessons. 
Another idea might be a junior college or adult school that has class piano 
lessons. Some of them might open up to a high school aged person (ours did, 
tho they didn't have class piano lessons). The big drawback to that is that 
in class lessons, you don't get nearly the one-on-one that you get in private 
lessons, and the student may not progress as well as they would privately.
                                 -donna
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