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years ago. “They just latched on to it so quickly. It’s like the more I introduced to them, the more they wanted to learn,” she said. “They started composing right off the bat. “Not the average student sits down and composes music.” • • • Baron first stepped into the spotlight when he won the 2009-10 PTA Reflections spotlight for “Fighting for Our Country,” which he originally wrote for piano. After beating out the county competition, he claimed the top prize in the state from out of 5,000 entries. Susan Trivette, education director for the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, decided to arrange the piece for string instruments after hearing it. “The melody is exceptional,” she said. “The ending is most effective. It’s four notes at the end that leave you hanging.” Trivette said winning the state PTA Reflections contest is not an easy feat. “It’s a real accomplishment to compose a song,” she said. Martha Smith, the after school strings instructor at Granite Quarry, said she was surprised by how complex “Fighting for Our County” is, considering the fact that Baron wrote it at age 6. “I was amazed at the chords and the structure,” she said. “He has harmony, chords, unique rhythm and form — that requires higher-level thinking skills.” Smith said the piece is “haunting,” with more mature sounds. Linda Jones, executive director of the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, said she was “knocked out” when she heard the ensemble perform Baron’s song. “It was wonderful, it really caught my heart in a way,” she said. “It has a surprise when the notes dipped down low, it was like he dipped down into your soul
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Baron Wright stands as he performs a solo in ‘Fighting for our Country,’ the song he composed at the after-school strings concert. play by ear and find the notes on his own,” she said. “And he did.” Payne said the piano at her home is hardly ever quiet when the boys are around. “They fight over who’s going to play what,” she said. And the brothers also enjoy sharing their talents with others. They perform for their congregation at Organ Lutheran Church on a regular basis and play at local nursing homes. “We love to travel around and just play,” Baron said. Contact reporter Sarah Campbell at 704-797-7683.
Tammy Wright sits with her son after the concert.
participating in HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Program increase their education or gain marketable skills that will enable them to obtain jobs that pay a living wage. “This program is absolutely critical in today’s economy,” said Ed Jennings Jr., HUD Southeast regional administrator. “The research demonstrates that this program works. When families are given the tools they need to move beyond the voucher program, they do. Ultimately, they become selfsufficient and more vouchers become available for other families, some who have been waiting for long periods to receive housing assistance. For America to win the future we need a trained and skilled workforce.” The funding allows local housing authorities to hire coordinators or caseworkers to link adults in the Housing Choice Voucher program to local organizations that provide services such as job training, childcare, and job placement. Participants sign a contract that requires the head of the household to get a job and the family will no longer receive welfare assistance at the end of the five-year term. As the family’s income rises, a portion of that increased income is deposited in an interest-bearing escrow account. If the family completes its contract, the family receives the escrow funds that can be used for any purpose, including paying educational expenses, starting a business or paying back debts. The program not new. A new report just issued by HUD and conducted from 2005 to 2009 shows the financial benefits are substantial for participants who remain and complete the program, the press release said.
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FROM 1A 12,000 veterans. “We really don’t have anything named after our group of veterans in the county that would be as big of a project as this was,” he said. Cress, a local veterans’ advocate, sent out an e-mail seeking support for the renaming and the honor that would come with it. “This bridge will be here hopefully for generations to come, and everyone who crosses CRESS will remember a veteran if only for a brief moment,” he wrote. Steen said he’s heard from a number of local elected officials who support the renaming. He hopes to get the governor’s office to help with navigating the criteria the Department of Transportation has for naming state roads. He called the renaming a “grass-root effort” that has picked up steam in recent weeks, and he urged local residents to contact his office and the office of the governor to show their support. Steen’s legislative email address is Fred.Steen@ncleg.net. The general email address for Perdue’s office is governor.office@nc.gov. Steen said he hopes to show the governor’s office the idea has broad support.
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“I think if they see the popularity of this request, maybe they’ll work with us,” he said. The state has named most of the interstate system Blue Star Memorial Highways in honor of veterans, Steen said. Some other highways, including U.S. 70, also carry that designation. “The problem is, nobody knows it,” he said. “But with the high concentration of veterans we have in Rowan County due to the VA hospital being in Rowan, I think it’s a good idea to consider that for the bridge that connects our county to the rest of the world, so to speak.”
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Cress also brought up the influence of Salisbury’s W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center in an e-mail Thursday. “Thousands of veterans cross that bridge on their way here,” Cress wrote, “and it is just another reminder to them that their service is appreciated by North Carolina and Rowan County.” County Commissioners Chad Mitchell and Jim Sides both said they support the re-
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at that point.” Trivette, who oversees the after school strings program for the Salisbury Symphony, said this week is the first time she’s ever seen a group perform a piece a student composed. “It’s unique that it happened,” she said. Smith said in her nine years as an after school strings instructor she’s seen her fair share of talent, but Baron is unique. “I haven’t had one student like him before. I’ve had some really good players, but not composers,” she said. • • • Baron decided to pick up violin after he started listening to country music on the radio. “I liked the sound of the violin, so it made me want to play,” he said. Smith said although Baron’s only been playing the violin since October, she’s noticed his natural talent. “He can pretty much sight-read every piece you put in front of him with only a few mistakes,” she said. “He’s got a really good ear and sense of rhythm.” • • • Tammy Wright said she’s not sure where her sons got their musical bone. “Neither one of us play the piano,” she said. “Their dad plays the guitar, but doesn’t read music.” Alden said both of his grandmothers took piano lessons growing up, but their grandmother Pat Payne said she never learned how to play quite like them. “They picked it up so fast, in no time they were playing so well,” Payne said. Wright said the boys’ love of music sparked when they received a keyboard for Christmas years ago. “Right away they loved it and wanted to take lessons,” she said. Freeman said the boys branched out to other instruments after discovering their interest in music. Smith said Baron has taken his violin lessons very seriously, refusing to put tape on his fingerboard as a guide. “He just wanted to
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