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I got this email today. As a person who has lost at least one friend to suicice, I can attest that any help you can contribute is well appreciated.

Dear SPHS Band Directors ( Read more... )

I have this video I show to my students every year - the original VHS tape I have is called Jazz in America, Dizzy Gillespie's All Star Band at the Lincoln Center. It was filmed in 1982 and recently, they made it into a DVD called "Dizzy's Dream Band"
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Relax. This is a NO SPOILERS post.
I just finished my copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Dear "Mom" & "Dad ( Read more... )

Last fall, our Band Booster President was caught, enjoying the band at a football game. He's awesome enough to give me permission to share this with everyone! Dance Fred, dance!!

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It's Monday, also Memorial Day, and graduation weekend is about over. It has been another whirlwind of a year and it seems that although it's easy to want the year to be over, it's hard to let go of the last class that has graduated. These 48 or so seniors (graduates) have really kept the band hall lively and...shall I say, "interesting"? There ( Read more... )

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