2013-530 Arts - Grady A Brown Elementary School PTA for Fall 2013 Art Grant Agreement

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Grady A Brown Elementary through singing, writing folk music and dancing. During the week, Pettee will work with each class at Grady A. Brown Elementary during their regular Physical Education class. At the beginning of each session, Pettee will first introduce students to bluegrass instruments, their origins and functions, as well as the folk music styles of many of the cultures that have immigrated to the United States. Under Pettee's supportive direction, students will write their own folk song that reflects their interests and their community. The last part of the session will be devoted to square dancing. At the end of the week all students will participate in an assembly (one for K-2 and one for 3-5), which will allow everyone to come together for sharing songs written during the week and square dancing — all linked to the social studies curriculum. (Please see attachment for a list of specific curriculum goals the residency/performance will target.) During the assembly, Pettee employs banjo, harmonica, guitar, mandolin, voice and a ,variety of hats which introduces his audience to the wonderful tapgstry,of sounds that make up the music of the Carolinas: music of the Pilgrims, native Americans, African- Americans , Piedmont Blues, Gospel and Bluegrass. Approximately 492 kindergarten through fifth grade students (ages 5-11) will participate in the residency and performance. Of those, 261 are male and 231 female. The race/ethnicity breakdown is as follows: Hawaiian Pacific Islander—2, African-American — 52, White — 320, Asian —4, Hispanic— 98, and Multiracial — 16. In April 2012, second graders at Grady A. Brown Elementary participated in a residency with cross-cultural percussionist Beverly Botsford, and then at the end of the week the whole school had an opportunity to work with her in a culminating performance. Funding in the amount of $1,000 from the Orange County Arts Commission will specifically go towards teaching artists fees associated with the residency and performance in April 2014.