SAVE THE DATE…

 

For the

2009 International Public Management Association

Spring Training Conference

Thursday, March 19, 2009

 

Montgomery Community College Germantown Campus - HT Building

20200 Observation Drive

Germantown, MD  20876

 $200 – members

$250 – non-members

 

More information or to register, please visit the IPMA-HR

Montgomery County Chapter website:  http://www.ipmamc.org

See attached  Conference Agenda and Flyer

 Saturday October 4 starting at noon

Downtown DC at the National Mall –

Sylvan Amphitheatre

Free Admission

http://www.dejazzfest.org/schedule-view-oct4.cfm

Directions:
Closest Metro: National Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter

Planning to attend? RSVP with name and cell phone # to Rebecca Brown at volunteer@yglbethesda.org to receive updates about where to meet up with YGL-B!!

 

Musicians:

The Louisville Leopard Percussionists are an exciting jazz ensemble of 45 student musicians, ages 7-12, from Louisville, Kentucky. Under the guidance of founder and dedicated teacher Diane Downs, each student learns and acquires proficiency on several instruments, such as marimbas, xylophone, vibraphone, drum set, timbales, congas, bongos and piano.  The Leopard’s rousing performances, including at the International Association of Jazz Educators in New York, have brought audiences to their feet.  HBO recently aired a half-hour special about the Leopards.

Miss Lucy Lion's combination of spoken word, Afrocentric beats, and Latin rhythms, presents thrilling music for the K and under crowd.  Kids love roaring to “A Lion's Grocery List," “The Alphabet Song,” dancing to the beats of the Djembe on “Jungle Letter Sounds,” and the drum set on “Hip Hop Letter Sounds.”  Miss Lucy teaches about percussion during the show and also boogies with kids and parents alike to the vowel sounds and a counting piece called “Seafood Stew.”  Accompanied by drummer Jon Laine and bassist Hamilton Hayes, kids swing to Miss Lucy Lion's music and are excited to learn about the instruments.  
 
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer blend elements of music and comedy, instrument making, trick roping, American Sign Language and audience participation into a contagiously high-spirited children’s and family show. Accompanying themselves on five-string banjo, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin and steel drum, their energy, instrumentation and harmonies get entire audiences singing, yodeling, playing their “air guitars” and joining right along.  Their recent CD, "Scat Like That: A Musical Word Odyssey"—from scat singing to tongue twisters, limericks and Pig Latin—encourages reading skills and motivation.  With eleven Grammy nominations for folk and children's music, their recordings have received awards from organizations such as Parents’ Choice Foundation, The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, American Library Association and Early Childhood News. The Washington Area Music Association has honored Cathy & Marcy with 45 WAMMY Awards.

The U.S. Army Blues celebrated its 35th Anniversary in 2007. Over the years it has evolved into the premier jazz ensemble of the U.S. Army, performing with numerous jazz luminaries including Dizzy Gillespie and Slide Hampton among others. In January 2007 the Army Blues recorded the band’s first CD since early 2004. These sessions showcase charts created by composers and arrangers from within the group, such as a track of a New Orleans-style small group that traveled to a hurricane-ravaged Louisiana in September 2006.

Na´Rimbo was founded in 1998 by young marimba players from Chiapas, Mexico who have studied and mastered the contemporary and classical techniques of the instrument and who posses a strong background in the traditions of marimba music. Led by Israel Moreno, Na´Rimbo has performed to enthusiastic audiences at national and international festivals. The group has won awards from the Marimba State Competition and National Marimba Competition winning first and second places, respectively. Na’Rimbo’s style remains true to the marimba tradition while maintaining a sense of popular music in a contemporary ensemble properly balanced, brilliant, vibrant and mature.
(Presented in association with the Cultural Institute of Mexico.)

With the ability to morph from a Latin Jazz Quintet into an 8-piece salsa band, La Timbistica is one of the most multi-faceted bands in New England. They are a mainstay in the Boston music scene with members making regular appearances at Havana Club, Ryles Jazz Club, Mojito’s Lounge, and Wally’s Jazz Café. Combining some of Latin music’s best young improvisers, with many of its members doubling as multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, La Timbistica brings you the sound of a full salsa orchestra with just eight musicians on stage.  The group includes Niv Toar (trumpet), Yaure Muniz Rumayor (trumpet), Enrique “Kalani” Trinidad (flute), Juan Moldonado (bass), Alex Brown (piano), Marcos Lopes (timbales),  Paulo Stagnaro (congas), Luis Figueroa (lead vox) and Nick Noonan (trombone).