Summer Lessons: to do or not to do?

I am teaching summer lessons this year, and I am finding that, like most things, there are challenges and rewards. The rewards, so far, have been 1) the lack of school-related stress interfering with piano practice, 2) attitudes are much more relaxed in general, and 3) it's just more...fun! Music should be something people enjoy, and maybe summer lessons can provide a bit of "healing" from associating piano with the mundanity of the rest of the year. However, the drawbacks, other than "summer sluggishness," are mostly associated with crazy vacation scheduling, summer camps, etc.

At http://pianoeducation.org, John Zeigler wrote an article to piano teachers encouraging them to offer summer piano lessons. He suggested a few things that I found interesting:

• Communicate with the parents and students that it has negative effects to stop for such a long time during the summer -- they lose a lot of skills that will have to be regained during the already busy fall semester.
• Use the summer to bring in any ignored aspects of piano education, such as music history, theory, and (heaven forbid!) songs the students might actually want to learn! :)
• Prepare for any upcoming competitions, such as recitals, auditions, etc. This will motivate the students to come to lessons, if they are the type that are motivated under pressure.
• Have a summer concert! I like this idea. Especially since many of my students will be learning songs they have picked out themselves this summer.
• Have a summer "clinic" -- I have considered this, because even students that have stopped taking lessons for the summer might be willing to give up a day.
• Even give a few free "music appreciation" classes! Involve adult students and advertise around town.

Just thought these were some interesting ideas...hope you find them useful!