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With his position assured, Ewers and Lockhart needs to go over the financials of both organizations and what they will look like for the new organization. It should become clear to Lockhart that the musicians’ collective bargaining agreement will need to be renegotiated. Because of his relationship with the musicians, Lockhart should be able to convince them that there is no alternative to negotiating a new contract if the new organizations is to get off its feet.

Chapter Advisor Corinne Wengelewski and Elise Baker, along with 5 students, attended the 88th National Convention on October 28th through 31st . Alannah and Karah Anker, Hailey Mueller, Nicole Neiner, and Joshua Robbins represented the chapter at the convention held in Louisville, Kentucky.

Overall the conference was great but there was one con. There was a guy who was such a douche excuse my language, but just the way he carried himself had some things he said, for instance "I don't mind being a token black guy at a firm".

5. I was really interested in the National Art Education Association, this is an organization that helps and assists teacher who choose to teach through visual arts. There are workshops, videos, lesson plans and curriculum all designed and ready for you. This organization helps teachers who want to promote art education, advancing the teachers knowledge in the arts, and is a place for teachers to stay connected to other professionals with the same teaching techniques. For a first year teacher the membership is $85.00, but with this includes: access to outstanding lessons, peer-reviewed for quality, relevance, and rigor through the Instructional Resources Gallery, free

Some of the events started at a regional level and others at a state level. The first event I participated in was the Health Career Display. I did my display on Forensic Pathology and was placed Top Ten. I received a medal for coming in fourth in my event. The year after that, I decided to do my project on Leukemia and Lymphoma for the Community Awareness event.

Over the years, I have participated in many Youthforce University workshops. From attending the after school Dream project program to: college preparation, career exploration, personal development and financial literacy workshops. I believe that being able to see these workshops from my POV as the recipient of the information, has honed me with the ability to pass on the information to my peers. I know that from working in both the Stoel Rives internship and also the teamwork internship has given me the ability to apply a majority of many of the skills I have gained from, attending the workshops. This in return, I believe will allow me to help my peers see how they can also implement many of the skills that they will gain from the workshops.

Looking back on the Grand Valley Peace Corps Facebook page, one can see the past events held to try to gain awareness about the Peace Corps. There are multiple events for career fairs and volunteer/internship fairs throughout the school year. They are hosted at Grand Valley, Hope, Kendall College of Arts, and Devos place. There are also RPCV/Invitee Social Hours although not much information is given about what that is exactly. The career fairs are usually hosted in the fall time and again in the spring. The Peace Corps also attends Grand Valley’s event Campus Life Night to gain awareness.

Music has become a center piece of life; however it comes with a vigorous price unknown to most of the public. The music industry is littered with corruption. My proposed research problem focuses on the manipulation and control the music industry has upon its artists through an unescapable 360 deal, which in and of itself is not only reducing an artist to almost indentured servitude, but also cripples record labels themselves. The 360 deal is a common mandatory contract record labels utilize to financially support an artist. This includes advances and funds for promotion, touring, and marketing, all which the artist has to pay back to the label. I believe this problem is significant and warrants further research because the record labels are unconstitutionally taking away artists rights in favor of their own greed, in turn, leaving the artist without ownership of their own songs, money, and rights to royalties.

POP Montreal has become a permanent fixture in Montreal’s creative community and an important destination amongst the international music festival circuit. The festival welcomes each year a youthful, discerning, and artistically oriented audience who scour through a programming of 400 bands and 50-something unique art, film, fashion and conference events to build their ideal POP

Ultra Music Festival (UMF) is a yearly open air electronic music celebration that happens in March in the city of Miami, Florida, United States (DURAN, 2013).In this report I have analysed about the ultra-Miami festival event in USA and what is behind the success of the event. Events rarely succeed or fail it is totally depending on the scheduling and who all are the stakeholders are supporting the particular event. For a successful event there are several potential goals to satisfy and a plethora of stakeholders to involve (Presenza, 2012). Festivals are mostly unique in the events sector how the stakeholders are involved in the events. Media is mainly involved in a group way in television and

Many people have dreams of being a part of the music industry and becoming successful musicians, but do not seem to do the research necessary to make the dream come true. The music industry is a branch of the entertainment industry and is where music, whether it is recordings or performances, is distributed and sold to the public. One of the problems is that people do not realize the risks that come with being a part of the music industry and being a musician. There are many factors that come into play when deciding to pursue a career in the music industry. Factors would include having noteworthy knowledge of music, originality, publicity, and business entitlement.

art fair. There, I was able to see my artwork hanging among other student art from all over the county.

Every day millions of Americans turn on their radios, IPods, or some other device which allows them to listen to their favorite musicians and have no idea that there is a union standing guard to ensure the rights of those very musicians. The average American may think their favorite musicians are rolling “dough” and not realize that for the past hundred and fourteen years the American Federation of Musicians, aka AFM, has worked to improve the professional lives of musicians across North America. (American Federation of Musicians, 2010) AFM attracts its members with a mission to unite professional musicians which states, “We can live and work in dignity; Our work will be fulfilling and compensated fairly; We will have a meaningful voice

Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about how modern music festivals emerged and how/why they have completely transformed globally

The reach of our Festivals is expanding rapidly, but we are also retaining the partners we have developed over the years. This year we have hosted more than 40 festivals in 15 states and 5 foreign countries, reaching more than 5000 students. Of these, 22 festivals were hosted by new partner institutions. We have also received more than 70 inquiries about Festivals