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Kiwanis Honors Oak Avenue Intermediate School Students Nikki Woo and Jake Luna The Kiwanis Club of Temple City honored Nikki Woo and Jake Luna from Oak Avenue Intermediate School. Pictured with the proud students is their teacher Mrs. Jessica Goold. Nikki is 13 years old, has two younger brothers and enjoys swimming, playing Angry Birds, and hanging out with her friends. Nikki said, “The best things about Oak Avenue are the helpful teachers, my awesome friends, and the vast library.” The best thing that ever happened was getting into Algebra 1 in 7th grade. If she could change one thing it would be to never go through the painful process of getting braces. Personal goals are to build homes for the homeless, get on a sports team at the high school, to get a A- or better in math every quarter, and to make more friends. Jake is 13 years old, has an older sister and enjoys playing basketball. Jake said, “The best things about Oak Avenue are the teachers, sports programs, and my friends.” The best thing that ever happened was seeing the Grand Canyon. Personal goals are to change the economy, build
-Photo by Jerry Jambazian
a public basketball court where everyone can play, get a 4.0 GPA, make the Varsity team for basketball as a freshman, and to get into a good college. Each week the Temple City Kiwanis Club is pleased to recognize outstanding students and their teachers from Cloverly, Emperor, Longden, Oak Avenue, and the Dr. Doug Sears Learning Center. Kiwanis treats students and their teacher to lunch. Students receive a certificate, a letter for their parents, a bumper sticker, a gift certificate from The Hat Restaurant, and a photograph of them receiving their award. Their photo will also be
published in Temple City Life, Mid Valley News, Temple City Tribune, and displayed in the Temple City Unified School District lobby. Temple City Kiwanis has been serving our community since 1939. Members are dedicated men and women who desire to make a difference in the quality of life for the youth of Temple City. Kiwanis meets at 12:00 noon each Tuesday at The Bahooka Family Restaurant. To find out more about Kiwanis, please call Jerry Jambazian at (626) 286-2444. You can also visit their website at wwwtemplecitykiwanis. org.
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increased number of students eligible to play, but also a continued focus on recruitment efforts both by us as a music retailer and by school music directors,” says Ryan West, senior vice president, West Music Company, a music retail chain with six locations in Iowa and Illinois. “At the NAMM Show, in addition to instruments we’ll be looking for products such as cases, popular music for band and orchestra instruments, accessories, and step up instruments that will not only engage new students, but also ways to keep them involved with music making. By working with our vendor partners at the NAMM Show we can all benefit with more enthusiastic music makers playing for the long term and helping the entire industry grow.” While the school music segment of the music product industry was fairly recession resistant over the last five years, the 2012 numbers show an increase over 2011. Imports of school music products are up 28 percent for the quarter with sales at retail up 4.5 percent compared to the same period last year, according to Music Trades. More than 350 manufacturers and print music publishers from around the world are planning to preview the latest woodwind, brasswind, educational percussion and string instruments, and the related
Retail music merchants are getting excited about renewed interest in orchestral instruments for schools. -Photo by Terry Miller
gear and products to help start kids and teens making music. “Student band and orchestra rentals are still strong and have stayed so over the course of the last four years. This resilience has also been proven in the past recessions. Parents still look favorably on their child learning to play an instrument and we have a constant replenishment of students every year,” said Rick Young, senior vice president, Yamaha Corporation of America. “Yamaha has been strongly focused on both music educators and school service dealers for many years and not just with our band and orchestra division, but also with keyboard, audiovideo, commercial and pro audio and combo divisions.” No school music program is complete without committed music educators.
NAMM Foundation will host Music Education Days during the NAMM Show to offer music educators and administrators an opportunity to preview the latest instruments, products and tools relevant to today’s music classrooms and attend educational sessions designed to strengthen school music programs. The NAMM Show gathers 90,000 members of the music product industry from around the world to preview new product debuts from thousands of brands across every category. Registration is now open for qualified members of the music instrument, product and prolight and sound industries. Exhibit space is still available for the 2013 event. Learn more about the 2013 NAMM Show at http://www.namm. org/thenammshow/2013.