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Meet the Teaching Artist: Taylor Haney

Taylor is one of our dance teaching artists here at LBC working with TK-3rd grade classrooms all over the county since 2019. She first started dancing seriously in high school as the choreographer for Windsor High School Dance Team, and now continues to dance and teach throughout Sonoma. When she's not working with us, she's running her own studio, Canopy Dance Company in Santa Rosa.

Taylor says one of her favorite methods of dance in her classes is creative freestyle, which gives her a chance to see each student's unique freedom of expression. She believes "everybody is somebody who can dance," and she is helping to bring that joy of movement to our Sonoma County students.

Thanks, Taylor!

Mariachi Institute for all music educators!

Take advantage of this opportunity to collaborate with fellow music instructors and expand your skills. Traditional instruments in mariachi music, such as the guitarrón and vihuela, require particular skills, like any music genre. Gain a thorough understanding of the history and methods of playing specific instruments. Have the opportunity to perform mariachi music solo and with other talented instructors as we explore rhythms such as Huapango and Sone techniques and even the elements needed to create your own mariachi program. Led by LBC Music Specialist José Soto.

Take both workshops or one. Registration only $10 per session!

Learn to Play Armonia!
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
5:00 – 7:00 pm

Learn to Play Violin!
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
5:00 – 7:00 pm

Hangin' with the Giants
by JazzReach

Tuesday, February 21, 2023
9:30 am
Grades K-4

This enthusiastic multi-media program introduces students to the rich history of jazz and to the names, faces, and music of some of its many masters such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Dizzy Gillespie. Your students will love when the jazz greats come to life before their eyes as cartoon characters on an energetic talk show with a live band on stage to play their greatest tunes! The fun, highly engaging presentation also features a charismatic host.

Yes Indeed!
Celebrating the Great American Blues Tradition
by JazzReach

Tuesday, February 21, 2023
11:30 am
Grades 5-8

Instill a greater appreciation, awareness, and understanding of the rich history of the blues in your students with this interactive program. Yes Indeed! demonstrates the blues’ roots in work songs, spirituals, hymns, field hollers, and chants of 19th century southern U.S. The distinct sound emerged as a creative expression for persisting through hardship and prevailing over adversity. In discovering this uniquely American musical style, students will identify the blues as the inspiration for R&B, funk, gospel, rock, and hip hop.

Cenicienta: A Bilingual Cinderella Story
by Glass Half Full Theatre

Thursday, February 23, 2023
9:30 am & 11:30 am
Grades K-6

Ten-year-old Latina Belinda is a budding poet and storyteller. While she’s stuck in the basement as her stepmother and stepsisters prepare for a party they’re hosting upstairs, Belinda reenacts her version of the classic tale Cinderella using creativity and everyday household objects—a napkin, a teapot, doilies, just to name a few. When Belinda learns that the party’s special guest is her hero, real life writer Gary Soto, she realizes she must stand up for herself and take charge of her dreams if she wants to share her writing with him. This captivating bilingual one-woman performance is a modern spin on the beloved fairy tale and tackles cultural heritage, family, and the power of language.

ARTS INTEGRATION RESIDENCY
Mastery Through Movement: Bringing English to Life for Early Language Learners
Instructor: Bridget Palmer
Grades: PK-2
Subjects: Drama, English Language Arts

Give your students a leg up in their academic career by inspiring them to get down to business in this imaginative movement-based approach to mastering foundational language skills. Under the cover of make-believe play, students will embody skills like curves and straight lines, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, nouns, types of sentences, prepositions, figurative language, affixes, prefixes, antonyms, synonyms, categories, shades of meaning, and story details like setting, character, events, feelings, and the five senses. This playful residency is led by Bridget Palmer, Director of Santa Rosa Children’s Theater and a graduate of a 4-year Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement professional training program.

TOOLS FOR TEACHERS
Combining Arts Education with Social-Emotional Learning Techniques
BARS! Connecting to History Through Hip Hop Songwriting
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
8:00 – 11:00 am
Instructor: Bomani Armah
Grades: 5-8, appropriate for grades 3+
Subjects: ELA, Music, Songwriting
In-person at LBC!

We can look to the great success of the musical Hamilton to know that the exciting world of Hip Hop songwriting can be a hook for engaging reluctant students. In this fresh and energizing workshop, learn to guide students to synthesize information about a historical figure by writing lyrics for Hip Hop songs. Help your students connect with the rhythm of Hip Hop while deepening their understanding of history. Led by Kennedy Center Teaching Artist Bomani Armah.

TOOLS FOR TEACHERS
Bringing Books to Life: Direct Adaptation
Wednesday, Feb 22, 2023
8:00 – 11:00 am
Instructor: Hannah Keefer
Grades: 4-12
Subjects: Drama, ELA
In-person at LBC!

In this stand-alone session in the Bringing Books to Life series, teachers will learn the unexpected ways theatre can integrate into California reading and writing standards. This session will highlight ways to use theatrical adaptation activities to address ELA anchor standards, such as revising written work and feedback, interpretation of words and phrases in text, and more. Led by LBC Teaching Artist and Curriculum Specialist Hannah Keefer.

Aerena Galleries & Gardens

Ann Allan/Schwab Charitable Fund
Hon. David and Deborah Ballati/Schwab Charitable Fund
Michael and Susan Barrett
Carol Beattie/Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund
Mike and Karen Bergin
Gordon Blumenfeld
Sanford and Jo Anne Bressick
Sara and Dixon Browder
Tim and Mary Louise Bucher/Fidelity Charitable Fund
Carmen and Perri Castaldi
Rena Charles and Alex Klado
Jose A. Chibras-Sainz, M.D.
Bob and Sandy Comstock
Audrey Bush and Chris Crispo
Patricia Daniels
Wes and Carol Daniels
Albert and Sally Davies
Greg and Melinda Dexter
Joanne Dow/JPMorgan Charitable Giving
Herb and Jane Dwight
Ridgely Evers and Colleen McGlynn/DaVero Farms & Winery
Joel and Maureen Feldman
Kerry Francis and John Jimerson

Kacy and Kenneth Gott
Julia L. Grant/Community Foundation Sonoma County
Belinda Guadarrama/G.C. Micro Corporation

Ed and Kathleen Hamilton/Tekberry Staffing

Carol Hanes-Nason

Heffernan Insurance Brokers

Marilyn and Robert Heller

Gizz Howard

Jeff Hudson and Ann Lobdell Hudson

Christopher and Amy Hunsberger

Jeff and Barbara Ireland

In memory and honor of Selma Mayer Isenberg and her son, Jean Isenberg

Nick and Krissy Kyjovsky

Dina and Al Lopez

Lise L. Luttgens and Richard R. Johnson

Anonymous Fund of Marin Community Foundation

Frank Martin-Vegue
Jess and Debra Marzak
Cameron and Ashley Mauritson
Robi McMinn/Luxe Places Int'l Realty
Lewis Meyers
Bruce and Lauren Morrison
Grace Navarro and Ed Ticoulat
Bill and Christine Nelson
Rick Nowlin and Don Strand

Norma J. Person, in Memory of Evert Person
Carlo Proto and Sheila Abdallah in memory of Nathan Abdallah Proto

Pierre Ratte

Andrew and Monica Rowley/Goals Foundation

Robin Seltzer and Bill Wertzberger

Rekha Skantharaja

Daniel T. Steele Jr. and Juneko Steele

Marlene and Martin Stein/Jewish Community Foundation

Sherry and Pete Swayne

Andy Tautges and Mary Sandberg

Leticia Trevino and David Vandergriff

Jim and Kay Vick

Ellen and Chuck Wear

John and Laura Whiting/Schwab Charitable Fund

Greg and Margie Yates

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A special thanks for this year’s very generous support from Norma J. Person, in Memory of Evert Person, and the Ernest L. and Ruth W. Finley Foundation for Evert Person’s ArtReach and The Evert Person Bus Fund