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IT’S THE LAST CALL FOR ROUND 1 VOTING!!! Voting closes 2/28!! Please nominate Lady Bass Music for Best Music School /Lessons under Entertainment and Leisure for the Best of the Burg competition. Here's the rules from their page - "Welcome to the Best of the Burg! Help us celebrate the best our community has to offer! It’s time to NOMINATE your favorite business or person! Nominations are open from February 7 - February 28. To get started, scroll down and click on the first group to start at the beginning of the ballot. If you don’t see your favorite business or person, you can write them in! When writing in a person, their first & last name and work place must be included to be approved. Approved write-ins can take up to 72 hours before you see your nomination on the ballot. The 5 businesses with the most nominations in each category will advance to the voting round that starts on March 27!" So you read that right; there's essentially TWO rounds of voting! One to get into the top 5, and then a second round "vote off" battle between the top 5 in each category. Round 1 voting is here - https://lnkd.in/ePAcNQkd

It's that time again! Best of the Burg 2024. Please consider nominating Lady Bass Music for Best Music School under Entertainment and Leisure. Here's the rules on their page - Welcome to the Best of the Burg! Help us celebrate the best our community has to offer! It’s time to NOMINATE your favorite business or person! Nominations are open from February 7 - February 28. To get started, scroll down and click on the first group to start at the beginning of the ballot. If you don’t see your favorite business or person, you can write them in! When writing in a person, their first & last name and work place must be included to be approved.Approved write-ins can take up to 72 hours before you see your nomination on the ballot. The 5 businesses with the most nominations in each category will advance to the voting round that starts on March 27! So you read that right - there's TWO rounds of voting! One to get into the top 5, and then a battle between the top 5. Nominate here - https://lnkd.in/ePAcNQkd

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Curious about how music can shape our connection to places? This article explores the intriguing journey of the Van Morrison Trail in Belfast, where fans can trace the artist's footsteps and experience the city's rich musical heritage. 🎶 If you're keen to create your own music-inspired adventure, here are a few tips: 1. Research local music legends and their iconic locations. 2. Create a map of spots to visit, including music venues, pubs, and historic sites. 3. Document your journey with photos and playlists that resonate with each stop. Experiencing a city through its music offers a deeper appreciation of its culture and history. It's not just a tour—it's an immersive way to engage with art and community. 🌍 I'd love to hear your thoughts! What music trails have you explored? Share your experiences or tips below! https://lnkd.in/e_q5ACB2

Small (handbell) ensembles are much more the order of the day after mid-May, at least in the Northern hemisphere. Pretty much everyone in the United States syncs their calendar to the end of the school year, and so family vacations and summer programs ramp up, resulting in a local population decrease as people get out of town. So when this happens, large handbell ensembles also shut down for a couple of months (but not until they've performed their spring concerts!). Despite the temporary exodus, we've found that there are a lot of folks who want to keep the handbell music going during the summer. Most of the time it's to add our special kind of music to their church services and social gatherings. Sometimes it's to take advantage of the opportunity to try something new and challenging or to acquire new skills, such as four-in-hand ringing. Whatever the reason, we have lots of handbell scores suitable for this. Our music for six, eight, twelve, or sixteen bells can be played with two to eight ringers. Many of our "Surprisingly Easy"™ eight-bells scores, in particular, can be learned in just a few rehearsals and are ideal for summer services and events. If you haven't tried small ensemble ringing, this is a great way to start. You only have to find a friend or two to join the fun, and decide on which piece(s) you'd like to play! https://lnkd.in/gCQPsn7T

Thanks to Christopher Fooks and Jackie Morton of the IPW (plus the 149 attendees who joined us this morning) for a discussion around estate planning misconceptions. It was great to see so many faces just before the Easter 🥚🥚🥚 🐰 break. Here is a link to the video I shared which demonstrates the true value of legacy planning - leaving a legacy of joy is surely something to aspire to?? Thanks also to Abby Gardner for organising. I hope you all have a wonderful Easter. https://lnkd.in/eJ7irG7X #estateplanning #legacyplanning #intergenerationalplanning

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This is really about our refusal to create an educated electorate. Chatting with folks in their 20s, some literally do not understand how the system works, they know they don't understand it, they see the fruits of what we've created in this very inequitable system, and they're divested. So who ends up voting? A lot of really scared, self-serving as opposed to community-driven, cynical, anti-forward thinking individuals. Who will be long dead when the country has slipped into its final morass of failed late-stage capitalism. We need to work on getting Americans aware about the voting process. Yes to more voter education -- it's a crisis now.

My first concert was the Wu-Tang Clan at Summer Jam in Newark. I think the first band or musical artist you ever saw is very telling... I went to high school in Stamford, CT and one of my favorite things about Stamford was the range of cultures and landscapes. Everyone mixed and mingled together. It didn’t matter how smart or athletic you were. Someone would put on 90s hip hop at a random party in a parking lot and everyone would get up and do the electric slide (yes you heard me right, the electric slide). As I have gotten older, I think a lot about how that music brought us all together and how music and art have a unique ability to transcend boundaries and connect people from all walks of life. Whether it's a mural brightening up a neighborhood, a community theater production, or a local music festival, artistic endeavors have the power to foster shared experiences, encourage dialogue and understanding and celebrate diversity. Investing in the arts doesn’t only support creativity (always a good thing), it builds stronger, more cohesive communitiies. Last year when our company re-branded the Louisville Orchestra, we learned that the orchestra was born as a means to inspire the rebuilding of Louisville, Kentucky after the great flood of 1937… if that’s not the holy grail of examples on how the arts can inspire unity and strength, I don’t know what is. And the Louisville Orchestra continues to follow in the footsteps of their founders with continual outreach in their community; building bridges with youth and underserved people so that everyone has access to the arts. We always take pride in the work that we do, but there is something incredibly gratifying about supporting the arts and galvanizing people within a community, especially during these very divided and challenging times. Helping institutions reach people, amplify their storytelling and fulfill their missions is and will always be joyful work. #CommunityArt #ArtisticUnity #CulturalEngagement #MakeADifference #graphicdesign #marketing https://lnkd.in/e56p22a4