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April 3, 2020: Week 3, Volume 5

4/3/2020

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Current Assignment(s)

Students should be working on the Extended Learning Assignment for March 30 (due Friday, 4/3).
​Details can be found in Google Classroom.

Updates

- Click here for a NEW update about the Virginia Trip (sent 4/3/2020)

- Click here for a parent update about the current Extended Learning Assignment (sent 3/30/2020).

Calling all song recommendations!

What are you listening to these days? We want to feature a playlist of song recommendations from Chorus members in next week's blog. Submit your contributions below!
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Thanks to Emma Offord for suggesting and organizing this project!

Do you want to get involved with the Daily News? Click here to submit content or ideas, or email Ms. Simmonds. ​

Inspiring Conductors: Friday Fun Edition

Many conductors, like New York Philharmonic Director Alan Gilbert, train extensively. But for some, the idea of expressing music through gesture comes pretty naturally!
​Both of these videos of young children conducting went viral several years ago:

Weekend Poll: Internet Time Wasters

According to a recent buzzfeed article, each of the following websites is a "useful and fun websites you can spend literally an entire day on."
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Check them out, and vote for your favorite, or contribute something new!
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1. The True Size Of...: put in the name of a country and see how its size compares to others.
​2. Do Nothing for 2 Minutes: ah, soothing wave sounds...
3. Find the Invisible Cow: as weird as it sounds. but also, fun?
4. Quick, Draw!: help the machines get smarter.
​5. Music Map: put in a band/artist that you like, and get recommendations for similar artists. 
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Happy Friday, everyone!

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Have a good weekend, stay safe, and strive to be as calm as my cat enjoying the sunshine.

​(Also, keep the pet pictures coming. Looking at pictures of cute and/or weird animals is what's keeping me going these days!)
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Tyson Holt link
11/26/2023 12:25:27 am

Hello mmate nice post

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