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National Anthem Project was in Chicago July 1-4, 2006!

July 1-4 MENC brought the National Anthem project to Chicago. A special $1000 award was given to an outstanding soloist that performed the National Anthem. Be SURE to continue to Participate in The National Anthem Project and let MENC and IMEA know what you did. Download the proclamation and have it signed by your Mayor, school board, etc. in support of the National Anthem Project and then publicize it. Send your proclamations and press to MENC and IMEA. 

The National Anthem Project was first celebrated September 14, 2005 across the nation. Supporters of this national project are : MENC, our First Lady Laura Bush (honorary Chairperson), the Smithsonian, American Legion, The History Channel, Disney, music legends the Oak Ridge Boys are Official Musical Ambassadors, and the Jeep_® brand is our national presenting sponsor. Other sponsors include NAMM – the International Music Products Association (our national music industry sponsor), The History Channel, Bank of America, Gibson Musical Instruments, ASCAP, and Conn-Selmer, Inc. The official student travel and concert provider is the American Musical Salute. Our supporters include Girl Scouts USA, the Walt Disney Company, the National Football League (NFL), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the American Legion. and others. They are asking schools across the nation to support this project.  

Our nation’s music teachers want to get America singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" again! Please join their effort to restore America’s voice and ensure a quality music education for all of our children.” (MENC web page)

NATIONAL ANTHEM PROJECT: This is the anniversary of the date (March 3, 1931) on which a bill making “The Star-Spangled Banner” our official national anthem was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Herbert Hoover! 

For the latest National Anthem Project News, check MENC web site which includes information on an important request MENC has made to Congress to support music education. Your help, and the action of members of the MENC members in your state, is needed to ensure its success. Visit http://www.thenationalanthemproject.org/newsletter.html .

Go to the MENC web  site www.menc.org for pictures (ex. The American flag made with red, white, and blue JEEPS!) and details concerning The National Anthem Project and the campaign to restore America’s voice through music education!

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MIOSM Past Logos and Themes

        2010-11 MIOSM Theme: "Music Lasts a Lifetime:

2009-10 MIOSM Theme: "Music! Just Imagine"                                                                                                                           

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         Music In Our Schools Month 2008 “Music Touches Lives”
The World's Largest Concert (WLC) returned for Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM) 2008. In response to member concerns, an MIOSM/WLC Task Force appointed by MENC's National Executive Board gathered information about WLC participation from music educators during the 2006-2007 school year. Based on those findings, there was a new WLC in 2008, meeting the educational and advocacy needs of members within current budget realities -- and making use of current technologies. More information, including the program music, was found on the MENC web site at www.menc.org/wlc with permission to use music through Sibelius and Hal Leonard (for DVD) and in Teaching Music. MENC  produced a WLC concert and encouraged people to sing along at 1:00 p.m. EST March 13, 2008.

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March 2007 Music In Our Schools Month  Theme : "Music Touches Lives" . The World's Largest Concert for Music In Our Schools Month was discontinued. MENC used videos on You Tube this year: School Music Ensembles from Green Bay, WI, Chesapeake, VA, and Cheyenne, WY Share the Spotlight During March –Music In Our Schools Month^® 2007. Green Bay East High School was voted “Overall Favorite Video” in the 2007 Music In Our Schools Showcase from 48,000 online votes. The videos voted the favorites were:

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IMEA went from a tie for 9th highest (22 registered participants)out of 50 states in WLC participation in 2004 to a tie for 25th (11 participating schools) in 2005?  

Music In Our Schools Month 2006 “Music: The Heart in Education” 

The National Association of Music Education teamed up with Feed the Children for the 2006 World's Largest Concert to teach our youth about the importance of giving, while reinforcing the importance of a high-quality music education for all. 

The concert, filmed at the Grand Palace in Branson Missouri, featured the Oak Ridge Boys as hosts and an area youth symphony and chorus. The program included a performance of the winning song from the patriotic category of the Billboard World Song Contest. The World's Largest Concert aired Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 12pm CST. Please visit www.menc.or/wlc to learn more. 

2006 WLC Program: America (My Country 'Tis of Thee);  I Got the Music (And the Music's In Me);  If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song);  Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand);  The Star-Spangled Banner;  You Raise Me Up

April 2006 article in “Teaching Music” with special stories of schools that participated in the WLC and Feed the Children. Feed The Children (FTC^®) is an international non-profit relief organization that delivers food, medicine, clothing, and other necessities to children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty, or natural disaster. Last year, FTC shipped 61 million pounds of food and 22 million pounds of other essentials to children and families in all 50 states and in 62 foreign countries. Feed The Children supplemented 509,133 meals a day, worldwide. Visit their site to learn more about their efforts. 

As children feature prominently in the missions of both organizations, MENC felt there was a natural relationship to focus efforts on helping children in need. Feed The Children has been in existence for 25 years and is rated a "four-star" charity by Charity Navigator, America’s premier charity evaluator.

MIOSM IDEAS for 2006: Here are some ways my school participated. We planned several special opportunities throughout the year for our students.

We had a year long Music celebration with a theme of  “Soar High With Music”. All K-5 students had a Hot Air Balloon Sticker page they earned music stickers for music worksheets completed, music performed, lessons passed, music computer work, concerts attended, etc.  At the end of the year a special drawing was held for 2 students to tether in a hot air balloon after our Music Technology Concert.   

We started our MIOSM celebration  by inviting award-winning, internationally known composer, conductor, and clinician, Dr. Rollo A. Dilworth to work with the Kelvin Grove Chorus. His performing endeavors have taken him to the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. The Kelvin Grove chorus performed one of Dr. Dilworth’s compositions “Shine on Me” at the IGSMA contest, on the Easter Seals Telethon, and at the Music Technology Concert

Milne Grove (K-3) students  celebrated MIOSM by continuing to work on the internationally award-winning Music Ace music software program. Parents came in, observed, and participated with their child on Music Ace.

May 2  was a very special “Soar High With Music” technology concert and Open House for our completed 27 station computer/MIDI piano/ Music Technology Lab. The concert  featured original student compositions, all 4-5 grade students, KG Chorus, select students in grades 6-8, a 6-8 grade men’s chorus, guest professional musicians, student guitarists, student pianists, student organists, and audience participation. The Concert Finale was a performance of 10 pianos, 4 organs, 10 guitars, 200 voice choir, and a MULTI-MEDIA/light show presentation of Phantom of the Opera followed by Star Wars. Darth Vader with light Saber invited the audience to follow him to “a galaxy far, far away and SOAR HIGH WITH MUSIC”. Outside 2 students were selected (from an all school drawing) and tethered in a Hot Air Balloon.  At this concert we honored corporations and individuals who contributed to helping build the music technology lab.

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2005 MIOSM LOGO                             
2005 World's Largest Concert Information: 
Concert Program:Comprised of Americana themed music  
"Cross the Wide Missouri"
"Down By the Riverside"
"Home On the Range"
"Music of my Heart"
"The Star Spangled Banner"
"This Land Is Your Land"
"Younger Generation"
Orchestra Feature : "Hoe Down" by Aaron Copland

Location and Performing Ensembles:
The concert emanated from the Moran Theater in Jacksonville, FL, and featured the Jacksonville Children's Chorus and the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra. The  orchestra was joined by members of the St. Johns River City Band, and was conducted by Mike Davis, Music Director of the St. Johns River City Band.
HOST: The 2005 WLC was hosted by "Francis Scott Key and a young friend"

The information provided on District 91 classroom web pages relates to homework assignments, projects, due dates, and/or concepts currently being taught in the classroom. The information will be kept as current as possible. Assignments and due dates may change. Please check your student's planner/agenda if applicable.

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