Blues Lessons From Delta Kids Hit The Road
Eleven year old Marvin Sherrod plays Muddy Waters as schools in the Mississippi Delta offer Kids and Blues programs. Teacher Johnny Billington has taught 150 children, stressing art over crime and guiding youths how to perform, manage money, and honor heritage through blues.
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Helena
Ark
Marvin Sherrod
Marvin
J.B. and the
Midnighters
Clarksdale
Miss
Mississippi Delta
Johnny Billington
Howard Stovall
The
Blues Foundation
Memphis, Tenn
Billington
Muddy Waters
Elmo James
Mississippi
South
Counting Stars A Tale Of A Worldly Italian Abbot
An Italian monk becomes abbot and controls vast estates, sparing little thought for others. His wealth and power draw envy from locals, as the King visits and debates the abbot about life and faith, while the abbot remains seemingly carefree and prayerful.
Teacher's ceiling tile art lifts Arp High School creativity
Jacksonville native Alice Rooks, a 15 year art instructor at Arp High School, inspired by Michelangelo, uses painted ceiling tiles as canvases. About 200 tiles feature wildlife, landscapes and cartoons across classrooms, with students eager to leave their artistic mark and teachers supportive of the project.
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ARP
Arp High School
Sistine Chapel
Jacksonville
Alice Rooks
Jacksonville College
Rooks
Michelangelo
Claudia Harmon
Debbie Vaughan
Rachal Dodson
Nimitz Junior High Band Features Twin Ninth Graders
Cindy Bullock leads the Advanced Band at Nimitz Junior High with two sets of nine grade twins. Justin and Jason Carrasco share the cornet part while Amanda Kennedy and Alana Kennedy duet on horn and oboe. The directors says instruments help tell them apart. The twins describe the experience as weird but fun.
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Alana Kennedy
Amanda
Nimitz Junior High School
Nimitz
Cindy Bullock
Bullock
Justin
Jason Carrasco
Amanda Kennedy
Alana
Jason
Bulloch
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the Blues
Clarksdale, Miss
J.B. and
the Midnights
Italy
Amy Friedman
Jillian Gilliland
Cornet
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