| Music Fair Date TBA 2-4 p.m. Music Dept. Wing, McCain, KSU. Chairperson: Norma Roozeboom (email: normakr@juno.com) Entry fee per student is $7.00 in advance, $8 at the door. Teachers, please send your Registration Form and one check to cover the total fees to Norma Roozeboom. The Music Fair was designed by MAMTA teachers to help students prepare for Music Progressions by testing their knowledge, about four weeks ahead of Music Progressions, in a non-competitive atmosphere that resembles a county fair: there are “booths” (actually studios and rooms in the Music Department at K-State) where students play music games which test their knowledge of scales and chords, intervals, rhythm, keyboard topography, note-reading, symbols and key signatures, and listening. They also get to perform one of the pieces they are preparing for Music Progressions. They collect points at each “booth” and, once they have gone through all the booths, proceed to the prize table where their points are added up. They then get to choose a prize, or several smaller prizes, that have a certain point value. Several years ago, a Pre-Reading level was added to the Music Fair in order to give beginning students who would not be ready for Level 1 a chance to participate. MAMTA teachers spend many hours in preparation of the Music Fair, designing, or, if necessary, re-designing the games, getting materials ready, and decorating the “booths”. In general, each teacher is in charge of one booth. The entry fee for the Music Fair is designed to pay for the prizes (and the copies needed for the tickets); the teachers don’t receive payment for this event. We have had as many as 120 students in the Music Fair! It usually is a lively event which not only gives the students a chance to test their knowledge ahead of Music Progressions, but which also allows students to meet with other students of different teachers, all in a non-competitive atmosphere. |
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