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All About The Blues Series™

 "Try, Trust and Triumph"

This page contains  articles, newspaper clippings ,photos and  interviews on the All About The Blues Series

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• Blues in the Schools return to Marietta ,Ohio and Fredericksburg, West Virginia  PHOTOS by Steve Wells

• Hamburg  New York School Board gives Blues in the Schools the Front Page.

• The Blues in the Schools Programs Grabs the Front Page in Thunder Bay Canada

• Ely ,Minnesota School District pitches seventh Graders the Blues

"It was awesome. I thought it was really great".
"Very Good."
"It was great."
"The Blues in the Schools was very successful. That is what I think."
"The students loved it."
"I really enjoyed the program, I wish it was all year!"
"Very good learning experience."
"I loved it. I would really love to do it again."                                                                                               
"We learned an amazing amount of things for only 2 weeks and everyone loved our performance. Fruteland was really cool."

"Students Learn The Blues" The Marietta Times, By Kate York - March 21,2006  Marietta ,Ohio

• Lycee Jules Seigfried Technical School, Le Harve, France September 2002
• Warren Harding Middle School, Des Moines, Iowa October 2002, Des Moines, Iowa October 2002
• The BITS LETTERS

Blues in The Schools Goes To Europe  

Lycee Jules Seigfried Technical School   Le Harve, France

Oct 18 2002

• ORGANIZATIONS:

• Blues in the Schools, Inc.  http://blues-in-the-schools.org 

• Blues, Jazz and Folk Music Society   http://www.bjfm.org/

• PHOTO-JOURNALISM:

• Blues in Iceland '06  The Iceland Tour Review "PDF" file. w/photos

• The Russian Blues Tour '04  Journal  "PDF" file. w/photos

• Alan Lomax and Fruteland Jackson meet on the stairs of the Delta Blues Museum Clarksdale , Miss.

NEWSPAPER and MAGAZINE ARTICLES:

• Blues Revue Magazine Article 2007

• "Students Learn The Blues" The Marietta Times, By Kate York - March 21,2006  Marietta ,Ohio

•  "Blues in The Schools" The Frederick News Post, By Karen Gardner Fall 2004                      

• "The Blues Are Just The Facts of Life" The Mississauga News, By John Stewart March 5, 2003 Mississauga, Ontario

• "Where Nice and Naughty Meet" Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Rheta Grimsley-Johnson August 21 1998 Atlanta, Georgia

INTERVIEWS:

• Ed McDonald Highland Arts Unlimited Keyser, WV (14:26 min.)
  

   

  

  Blues in the Schools   Bluz Newsletter  Vol. I  January 2008

   

   

  LETTERS:

  • Letter from the Governor of West Virginia - PDF  NEW
  • From The White House- Office of the First Lady - Hillary Clinton - PDF
  • From The Office of the Vice-President - Mrs. Tipper Gore - PDF

  • Open Letter To The White House - Office of the First Lady - Laura Bush - PDF

  • The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville CT - PDF

  • Region One School District, Falls Village CT - PDF

  • Astor Home for Children, Rhinebeck NY - PDF

  • Jacksonville Florida School District, Jacksonville FL - PDF

  • Mosinee School District, Mosinee WI - PDF

  • Central Iowa Blues Society, Des Moines IA - PDF

  • Arts Council of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge LA - PDF

  • Minnechaug Regional high School, Wilbraham MA - PDF

  • The University of Mississippi, Oxford MS - PDF