Owner Bob Lucas has more than 30 years of banjo and acoustic and electric guitar teaching experience. His studio offers private music lessons for children and adults. Other classes available include music theory and 5-string instruments.
Pottery Hollow offers people of all ages to express themselves artistically by painting a variety of ceramic items that make great gifts and home decor. Individuals and families are welcome to drop by when the creative urge strikes or when a personalized gift is in order, and Pottery Hollow also hosts parties for kids, teens and adults alike, as well as classes for kids. Pottery Hollow also has locations in Glen Carbon and Fairview Heights.
Mozingo Music is a family owned company founded in 1972 that emphasizes the importance of music education. Since 1989, Mozingo Music has hosted annual marching percussion competitions and offers many services including individual and group lessons, sales, rentals and repairs. It carries electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, drums, cymbals and a variety of band instruments. Brands include Yamaha, LTD, Ibanez, Zildjian and Ovation. For more information on services and upcoming events, check out its website.
This store is packed full of musical instruments to meet the needs of marching band students. Mozingo has guitars, drums, cymbals, trumpets, pianos and more. It also carries just about everything one can think of that would go along with playing an instrument, like microphones, microphone stands and portable speakers. Mozingo Music can meet the needs of anyone wanting to learn to play an instrument. There are several instructional videos and self-teaching sheet music books.
Checkered Cottage has gifts and home accessories. In addition, it sells paper crafts. Stencils are from Designer, Stenciled Garden, Blue Ribbon and many more. It even has brass templates. If you can't find what you need, it can special order stencils for you. Classes include embossing and decorative painting as well as card making.