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Featured in this issue:
This new offering will address questions sent in by our readers. This months question: “I don’t understand the Esprit de Corps Award or how you choose the winner. Please help!”
For the answer to this question, click here.
New York is the place to be! For 2007 Festivals of Music is moving all of their events closer to Manhattan. Sites will be approximately 15 to 30 minutes from Manhattan. Performance site information will be available after September 1, 2006. Keep checking the Festivals of Music website at www.festivalsofmusic.com for additional information.
The full 2007 Festivals of Music Tentative Schedule is here!
Applications for 2007 Music In The Parks start April 15, 2006
Music In The Parks will start accepting applications for our 2007 schedule at midnight April 15, 2006. Since the opportunity to select performance time is based on the date of application, the earlier you apply determines when you will be contacted to schedule. So on April 15, get two things completed - your taxes and your 2007 application for Music In The Parks! Go to the website www.musicintheparks.com to register you group.
EPN Travel Services presents 5 simple rules for how (and what) to pack when you travel.
A downloadable packing list is also included here.
Let us introduce you to Boston and New York City!
Featured Articles
“It’s a very ancient saying, but a true and honest thought, that when you become a teacher, by your pupils you’ll be taught.” I had the chance to experience the truth of this line from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The King and I” when I taught sixth grade general music. Here is the amazing lesson my students taught me.
The evolution of politics and the evolution of education seem to go hand in hand. Since the school culture represents our most valuable commodity – children, it is a high priority on every political agenda. In this ongoing commentary taking place in faculty lounges across our country, there is an opportunity for us as music educator to establish a strong foothold in highlighting the importance of ARTS EDUCATION as it relates to the positive growth and development of EVERY child.
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