I really want to be able to show these kids what all the years of hard work and practice end up resulting in and what a professional jazz band is supposed to sound like. I would imagine the public would love to support music education because it is so vital to education in general. |
I want that same experience for my students, ... Bringing him here is a dream come true. Our students are very excited. I have been showing them video clips of Ferguson. They shake their head in awe. |
I want that same experience for my students. Bringing him here is a dream come true. Our students are very excited. I have been showing them video clips of Ferguson. They shake their head in awe. |
It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for these students to be able to perform at one of the great concert halls. The memories they are going to have will last a lifetime. |
Maynard Ferguson loves doing this kind of stuff for high schools and colleges. He is a huge advocate of music education. |
That project is moving. We have no intention of stopping. |
The Goodness Co. has been a strong partner for Allstate. The creative advertising design and guidance on advertising issues has been valuable to our success. |
The results were good, they were slightly above consensus and my expectations. They are trading on the low end of big media companies. |
They are a heck of an athletic team. The are the most athletic team we've played. |
They were a bigger, stronger team than us. This is the most physical team we've ever faced, and we still played strong. |
They will learn what music is supposed to sound like. |
We're down by four (players) now. I guess we try and rest, and try to get healthy. I don't really know. We're struggling. |
We've put in a new offense and we're not running it right yet. But we have some capable kids who shoot well. We just had to re-establish roles. |