The Music Room - Elmsdale

10/01/2026

Krysi has temporarily (hopefully) lost access to this page. If you have been trying to reach her through this page’s messenger, she cannot respond.
Please reach out to her by email: [email protected]

(Posted by Annelise, President of the Elmsdale Music Society- who still has access but does not respond to messages..😬)

09/14/2026

Looking for a musical mentor — or two.

Serious inquiries only please.

09/14/2026

’Twas Back to the Music Room week, and all through the studio… 💜

The folders are filled. The music is waiting. The room is astonishingly clean. After months of planning, printing, organizing, dreaming—and occasionally changing my mind halfway through one enormous run-on sentence—we are ready to welcome our musicians back.

An enormous thank-you to Pacey, who somehow heard nearly everything I asked for, understood the vision underneath the ADHD tornado, and transformed the studio into such a beautiful, functional space.

Lessons return this week, Musical Theatre Company begins Tuesday night, and an entirely new year of music is about to begin.

Welcome back to the Music Room. I have missed this. 💜🎶

09/11/2026

✨ 4 DAYS until The Music Room opens for the 2026–27 season. ✨

Today’s giant shout-out goes to Pacey, who walked into my studio while I was speaking in approximately seventeen ADHD run-on sentences at once—and somehow heard nearly every single thing I meant.

He has sorted, shifted, organized, carried, labelled, cleared, and made sense of the creative-chaos explosion I left behind. The walls are full of our history, the room is becoming functional again, and I can actually see the beginning of a studio ready to welcome our people back.

Pacey: you are an absolute gem of a human, an exceptionally patient production assistant, and apparently a wizard with a storage bin. Thank you for caring about this place—and our little weird and wonderful music family—as much as you do. 💜🎶

09/11/2026

✌️💜🎶

Then they learn a musical instrument, and everything changes.

08/21/2026

🎶💜

…….

Well, this deserves more than just 💜🎶.

Top 3. 🥹

The Elmsdale Music Room Society is a finalist for the 2026 Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging & Accessibility Award.

For a little Society built around the idea that music should have room for everybody, this one feels pretty special.

And to be named alongside The Cup of Soul Cafe and After Trauma Empowerment Network? What wonderful company to be in. 💜

Look what we built, guys. 🎶

✨2026 BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS: TOP 3 FINALISTS✨

We are excited to reveal the Top 3 Finalists for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging & Accessibility award!

🔹The Cup of Soul Cafe
🔹After Trauma Empowerment Network - ATEN
🔹The Elmsdale Music Room Society

📅 Save The Date: October 20, 2026
📍Location: Alt Hotel – Halifax Airport
🔗 Learn more: https://www.ehcc.ca/business-excellence-awards/

07/27/2026

Prom: Rewritten was balloons, crowns, flashing lights, Hamilton requests, and some truly fearless dance moves.

Our $50 decorating budget stretched itself into a tiny prom wonderland. We had floating balloons, twinkle lights, photo backdrops, shiny crowns, and just enough sparkle to make the whole room feel special.

A huge thank you to Guy, Annelise, Liiisa, Cece, Jacks, Jacob, Anna, and David for helping us decorate, haul, tape, untangle, arrange, and bring the good vibes.

And a very special mention to Pacey, whose commitment to balloon placement reached magnificent new heights. Those balloons were not simply decorations. They were a serious artistic undertaking. 🎈

Anna brought two friends, and Auntie Lisa joined us with three of her kiddos, which gave the dance floor even more little feet ready to cause joyful chaos.

Then the kids discovered they could make song requests.

That was it.

Jacks and Jacob began supplying DJ Meg (Meghan) with their Hamilton agenda, the playlist officially belonged to the people, and Meg handled every request like the absolute legend she is.

Then came the Macarena.

Guy and I led the cavalry. The older kids knew it. The younger kids learned it. Arms were flying, timing became optional, and my 1995 Krysi dreams came roaring back to life.

There were crowns.

There were flashy lights.

There were funky dance moves of every possible variety.

And there were so many happy faces.

A very special thank you to Norah, who accepted my invitation, brought a friend, and genuinely showed up to support what we were creating. She was one of the only young adults in the room, and having her there meant a whole lot. 💜

Thank you to Katie and Scott for running the canteen, jumping in wherever they were needed, and for all the other things I do not need to explain because you already know.

Prom: Rewritten was bright, silly, heartfelt, sparkly, and completely ours.

Somewhere between the helium balloons, Hamilton, the crowns, and the Macarena, we made a little pocket of joy.

And honestly?

That is exactly the kind of prom I wanted. ✌️💜

Hugs,
Krysi

07/25/2026

Throwback to 2006…

Twenty years ago, I almost didn’t go to prom.

My long-term boyfriend had just moved away, prom was getting closer, and I still didn’t have a date.

Then, in drama class, someone joked, “Why don’t you just go with Jim?”

I said, “Okay.”

He said, “Okay.”

That was pretty much the entire promposal. 😂

Later he called to make sure I was serious.

I was.

We got dressed up, took way too many digital camera photos, laughed all evening, and made a memory I’ll always smile about.

Looking back, I don’t remember what songs they played or what was on the menu.

I remember feeling included.

And that’s exactly why we’re throwing Prom: rewritten.

Not to relive high school.

To recreate that feeling.

💜 Tonight
🕕 Doors open at 6:00 PM
🎶 Dancing from 6:30 to 9:00 PM

Come with your spouse.
Come with your best friend.
Come with your teenager.
Come by yourself.

We’ll save you a spot on the dance floor.