Tom
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Met today with the Principal and Music Teacher of a local school (K-8) where the Delta Strummers will perform in late May/early June. We played for their students in 2015, and the Principal keeps saying she's received nothing but good feedback.
This school is unusual in California because, despite the State elimination of music programs, their Board fully supports their music programs. This talented Music Teacher has every kid in the school attending a music class. He has several school choirs, various instrument groups, including a guitar ensemble, and more. He has students conducting and some even writing music.
His first question was "do you play/sing any singalong numbers?" When I showed him some of our portfolio, his eyes lit up and he checked a number of songs that his students know or are learning. His second question was "do you play/sing any Beatles songs?", which we've recently added to our portfolio.
Their gymnasium is a multi-purpose room, used a a gym, music room, performance theater, lunch room, and more.
The attachment is a picture from our 2015 performance at this school.
This school is unusual in California because, despite the State elimination of music programs, their Board fully supports their music programs. This talented Music Teacher has every kid in the school attending a music class. He has several school choirs, various instrument groups, including a guitar ensemble, and more. He has students conducting and some even writing music.
His first question was "do you play/sing any singalong numbers?" When I showed him some of our portfolio, his eyes lit up and he checked a number of songs that his students know or are learning. His second question was "do you play/sing any Beatles songs?", which we've recently added to our portfolio.
Their gymnasium is a multi-purpose room, used a a gym, music room, performance theater, lunch room, and more.
The attachment is a picture from our 2015 performance at this school.