Showing posts with label Illinois. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Illinois. Show all posts

Saturday, March 18, 2017

Top Attractions in Bali, Indonesia


The owner of Schuyler Brown Land Title in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, Heidi Scott prepares real estate documents and performs title examinations. In addition, Heidi Scott is an attorney who owns a law practice in Illinois. An avid traveler, Ms. Scott has been to exotic destinations such as Bali, Indonesia. 

Bali offers a unique traveling experience that attracts tourists from around the world. Here are a few of the most popular attractions in and around Bali:

- Tirta Empul Temple. Despite being smaller than some of the city’s other popular temples, Tirta Empul is a popular destination because of its unique serenity. An active prayer site that features numerous shrines and a calming rectangular pool, the temple may be visited by tourists, but they must be respectful of the Balinese customs.

- Ubud. A small town resting in the heart of Bali, Ubud features some of Bali’s best environments and cultures. The town offers bike tours, adventure activities, Balinese cooking classes, and yoga sessions. Ubud also serves as a shopping, arts, and theater district.

- Elephant Safari Park. Located north of Ubud, the park houses 30 Sumatran elephants and offers elephant rides that showcase the animals' friendly nature. Guests can stay at the park’s lodge overnight and enjoy its restaurant, museum, and botanical garden.

Monday, October 3, 2016

The Challenges of Producing a Good Tone on the Flute


An alumna of Southern Illinois University, Heidi Scott is a practicing lawyer and certified public accountant at the Law Offices of Heidi Scott in Mt. Sterling, Illinois. She focuses her practice on estate planning, tax law, and real estate. Before pursuing a legal career, Heidi Scott took up the flute and taught advanced flute classes in the 1990s. She even ranked in the National Flute Association Annual Competition.

Through the years, the flute has maintained its popularity as an instrument. The main reasons behind the instrument's enduring popularity are its portability and accessibility. However, there are many challenges to playing the flute.

The primary challenge is achieving a good tone. Unlike in other wind instruments where the mouthpiece fits into the player's mouth and thus immediately helps create the tone, in the flute, the embouchure hole is only part of what produces sound. Flute players need to focus their airstream on an exact spot to split the air stream in half. One-half helps create the tone while the other half goes in front of the player's mouth. As a result, flute players need twice as much air in producing the same tone produced with other wind instruments. On top of that, flute players need to coordinate their abdominal muscles, lungs, and diaphragm together with their lips and jaw in order to get a good tone.