SUTHERLAND SCHOOL senior jazz band members are hard at work with rehersals for
their-March 11. Dedication concert. The show, which invelyes a number of schools, is‘at
Centennial Theatre Monday, March 11, with ticket:prices of $2.50 for adults and $1.50 for

_ Students and seniors.

March to a different tune

MARCH HAS been proclaimed Music Month in
_the schools to bring to the community’ s attention
-the importance and value of music education.

ie” “want to. “show ‘the.

“community the” values’ of

'.. music beneath the’ surface,”’

‘says Bob Rankin,. North

. Mancouver | District .

“quality and the vital part of
_ day to day education for all
ages. ”

. : The theme for’ the month

WE MUST MAKE ROOM

.coor-:
“dinator: of Music: Education. a
: “So often‘ music ‘is seen “us.

entertainment,” but we want: program.

“to show the:tremendous high

“bands and _— choirs

_ is called Music For All Ages,

because Rankin says the

“purpose is not only to in-
‘volve, school-aged , children
-and youngsters, but to in-

volve. the adult community
as well. ‘‘We want to reach

the ‘public: who don’t know

about , our. music programs,
who ‘don’t have a child in the

“When the community
hears some of the student
their
response is that they didn’t
know the schools were pro-

ducing this kind of calibre
and quality.”

The timing of the music
month is appropriate,
Rankin says, given the time
of .restraint in’ education.
“It’s easy to undervalue a
program fike music without
realizing it as a fundamental
value. We have to make the
programs. higher profile, to
see if the public values it so
it won't be eroded away.”’

Rankin says ‘he is a little
bit concerned with the ero-
sion of music programs since
requirement courses such: as
consumer education have

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