Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Back to Business

Just a short message today on this Tuesday sandwiched between the "return to the office" day and the 4th of July holiday tomorrow. I'm a bit crunched for time because I'm trying to go on vacation for a week after that. So today is full of meetings to get/keep projects moving over the next few weeks.

Here are some new MENC developments! The new incarnation of the National Executive Board has been posted, and the 2008 Music In Our Schools Month logo has been unveiled. Yesterday, we had a photo shoot here at the office for the 2008 MIOSM items. We always call upon staff and kids of staff to volunteer for modeling duty. This year, staff members MB and CR were kind enough to participate, and TH and YK volunteered some cute kids. (Look for the new items to purchase at www.menc.org/miosm soon.)


There is also a new edition of "Notes from the Clef," MENC's podcast series, featuring musical excerpts from the new resource "Liberty for All -- A Musical Journey Volume II: Westward Expansion-Industrial Revolution" and an interview with MENC member Linda White, one of the lesson plan contributors to this exciting project. Please take a listen -- the music, performed by the US Army Band, is fantastic.

Missed the Webcast of Mike Huckabee, Anne Bryant, and Brenda Welburn at MENC's Centennial Congress last week? It will be available online soon -- check back to www.menc.org.

That's all for now -- onward!
EWL