Marat Sade to Be Staged at Washington High
Washington High School will perform Marat/Sade this weekend drawing attention from peers at Jefferson Kennedy Linn-Mar and Marion as directors note the play’s difficulty and educational value. Production runs 7 30 p m Thursday to Saturday with 30 cast members and reserved seating.
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Vw cuuGaunch
Washington High School
Jim Kern
Jean-Paul Marat
Asylum of Charenton
Marquis de Sade
Peter Weiss
Kern
Jefferson and Kennedy High
Prairie, Linn-Mar and
Marion High School
Metro High School hosts Geese Company performance
Geese Company from Iowa City performs The Plague Game at Metro High School at 9 am and 1 pm as part of an education program with workshops to link the play to classroom work. The show examines inmates, crime, and juvenile missteps with follow-up substance abuse prevention talks and parent involvement events.
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Metro High School
Gary Goldstein
Geese Company
Iowa City
Metro
Strategies that Work arts symposium at Kennedy High School
A symposium on arts education will be held Saturday at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids Community Schools sponsors the event with Grant Wood Area Education Agency and Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education. The program includes a panel of Midwest educators and a luncheon hosted by the Cedar Rapids Marion Arts Council with Simon Estes. Educator speakers include Laura Magee Kent Anderson and Barbara Carlisle. Registration opens at 8 a.m. followed by the program at 9 and luncheon at 12 30 p.m.
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Kennedy High School
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Kennedy Center Alliance For Arts Education
Cedar Rapids/Marion
University Honors Band Weekend at Iowa features 200-plus students
The 15th Annual Honors Band Weekend at the University of Iowa runs Saturday and Sunday with more than 200 high school musicians nominated by their band directors. Guest director Carl Bjerregård of Florida State University conducts the Honors Band Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Hancher Auditorium, joined by the Johnson County Landmark jazz band. The U of I Symphony Band performs Saturday night, and an Iowa Band Director's Clinic is planned. The joint Honors Band and Johnson County Landmark concert is free with no tickets. Notable participants include Karla Davis and Mark Duffy of Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Pam Schroeder of Springville, and many others from Linn, Marion, and surrounding districts.
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University of Iowa School of Music
University of Iowa
Carl Bjerreggard
Florida State University
Hancher Auditorium
Johnson County
U of I
U of I Symphony
U of I School of Music
Johnson County Landmark
Grant Wood AEA launches long range planning study
The Grant Wood Area Education Agency has started a long-range planning study involving business leaders legislators university and local school staff and AEA officials. Myron Rodee chairs the Long-Range Planning Committee which will present its report to the AEA board in July Five task forces were named to draft position papers underpinning a four year plan for AEA services.
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Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Grant Wood Aea
Myron Rodee
AEA
Cliff Ehlinger
Larry Byrnes
IBM Corp
Merill Crawford
Kirkwood Community College
Betsy Teeter
American Bell Telephone Co
Jerry Cochrane
Bill Burns
Mike Herrick
Education group forms with state and university reps
Members include David Hammond of Iowa State University Extension Services and George Ross, Cedar Rapids Community Schools research director. The Finance group lists Ron Bowers as chair with members George Chambers, Guy Ghan, Wayne Lueders, Max Miller, and Wayne Haddy. Other members include Rep. Derwin Stromer and Sen. Joe Brown. Future Trends in Education assigns Larry Rickey as chairman with Harold Hulleman and Nancy Werner as members.
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David Hammond
Iowa State University Extension Services
George Ross
Cedar Rapids
Ron Bowers
AEA
George Chambers
University of Iowa
Guy Ghan
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Wayne Lueders
Iowa Association of School Boards
Max Miller
Robert Ray
Wayne Haddy
Derwin Stromer
R. Garner
Joe Brown
D-Montezuma
Gary Olney
Reid Zehrbach
Larry Rickey
Harold Hulleman
Linn-Mai
Nancy Werner
Grant Wood
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