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EdWatch: Colonial seeks old students to help new students
Updated Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 8:46am
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| Colonial music teacher talks about the benefit concert. |
Marcia Acero is calling on all of her former music students in the last 30 years to reunite for an alumni concert to benefit needy students.
WDEL's Amy Cherry has details in this week's WDEL Delaware EducationWatch.
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"There were children who cried to me and said, 'I can't take an instrument. I can't learn how to play an instrument because my parents don't have the money to rent or buy instruments," says Acero.
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The Colonial School District teacher says so far she's got 50 of her former students ready to pick up their instruments.
"I call them children because even though they're 37, some of them, they're still my children; they've started to pick up the music and started practicing. Everybody's very excited," says Acero.
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They'll be playing some of their old favorites.
"The good old 'Mickey Mouse March,' 'Wipeout,' and 'Rock around the Clock,' and when they saw that music they held it to themselves as though I gave them a gift," says Acero.
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But the Colonial School District's longest-serving music teacher says her favorite part is seeing how she's affected the students--many of them who've gone on to pursue careers in music.
"That's the thing that really grabs me -- they're now teaching other students," says Acero.
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And it's all for a good cause.
"These kids that are coming to do the show, they want other children to be able to enjoy and learn what they have," says Acero.
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The show is June 2nd at the George Reed Middle School in New Castle. If you bring a used instrument, you can get in for free.
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