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[|American Orff-Schulwerk Association]

[|AOSA Atlanta Chapter]

2007-2008 Workshops
Enjoy an action-packed day of ideas to energize your teaching. During this workshop, participants will experience fun and accessible activities for barred instruments and drums, activate children's listening via movement, parachute play, and ribbon dance, and learn techniques for leading students to music literacy via the recorder. Bring your soprano recorder and be ready for some surprises!
 * October 20, 2007**
 * "Fun with Fundamentals" - [|Dr. Artie Almeida]**

February 23, 2008
In this workshop Laurie will share many activities that her students ask for over and over again. Among these tried and true lesson ideas will be vocal exploration activities, rhythm activities with the Heart Chart, movement games, mallet technique builders, intro to jazz, and Orff instrumental pieces.
 * "Let’s Do It Again" - [|Laurie Zentz]**

Past Presidents of the Atlanta Area Chapter share some of their favorite activities and ideas from the past 30 years of workshops. Members will also honor the accomplishments of the chapter's past 30 years.
 * March 29, 2008**
 * "Sharing the Best of the First 30 Years"**

In this workshop we will experience through music, dance, proverbs and games some of the rich treasures that were born in Africa including: motivational and exciting African rhythms for kids, traditional rhythm for percussion instruments, West African dance, step by step, ways for upper elementary students to experience African history, stone passing game and variations for developing steady beat, Jazz - the marriage of free expression with structure and form, and Primitive Percussion Kit, the original rock music.
 * April 19, 2008**
 * "****Born in Africa**" -**** [|Nikola Clay]