Downers Grove North Fine Arts: Disney Preparation with Gary Smith

Friday, September 28, 2012

Disney Preparation with Gary Smith

The Trojan Marching Band is in rehearsal this afternoon with Professor Gary Smith, renown Director (Retired) of the University of Illinois Marching Illini. Mr. Smith is on campus today as an official representative of the Walt Disney Corporation, and is helping the band prepare for their upcoming performance at the Disney World Thanksgiving Parade of Bands in Orlando, Florida.

FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT PHILOSOPHY

The philosophy of the North High School Fine Arts Department faculty is to offer students a well-rounded curricular experience that includes exposure to genres of music, theatre, and visual art in a wide variety of creative settings. Program goals that serve as tenets for the North High School Fine Arts Department faculty are: To provide a productive and cooperative learning environment in which students of various backgrounds and ability levels may learn to achieve outstanding artistic results; To intentionally study music, theatre and visual art from cultures and communities that have been historically under-represented; To engage students in a journey toward artistic and personal success at the highest level; To develop in young people the appreciation, discrimination, analysis, and participation skills necessary to become lifelong consumers of the arts.

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Friday, September 28, 2012

Disney Preparation with Gary Smith

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