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Show The Park Record Sat/Sun/MonyTues. January 8-11, 2005 C-16 N OT ENOUGH ART IN OUR NO WONDER PEOPLE THINK LOUIS ARMSTRONG WAS T H E F I R S T WALK M A N TO ON T H E M O O N . It's a long way from the Apollo Thcatre^o., well-being. Virtually every study shows that trk. Apollo program. And while his playing moms and dads like the effects the arts have on may have been "as lofty as a moon (light," as their children. They like that dance and music Time magazine once suggested, that would be and painting and drama teach kids to be more as close as Louis Daniel Armstrong would tolerant and open. They like that they allow ever get to taking "one small step for man" boys and girls to express themselves creatively But as the premier ja^K musician of the 20th And they appreciate that the arts help promote century, giant leaps were a individuality, bolster self-confidence while also matter of course for Satehmo. improving overall academic performance. ^W No person before or since Which makes it so surprising that the arts has ever embodied - and have been allowed to virtually disappear from irutcoJ of a guim leap, Lmiu Armuron^ ddtivrcd $nc Armurflne; left his /wijmnn revolutionised -- jaz^ the way our schools And our children's lives. gwn( frcc-jerm cr,t-\ H-- L^ATC /or mtinlitnJ l OUT the fttzz world And fie iidlK JiJ a m \MC up oxjor&i Louis Armstrong did. became die last j a ^ musician to hit #1 on the Take solos, for instance It's impossible ro T H I S I S WHAT H O R N S A R E F O R . A little art is not enough. II you think the Billboard pop chart, he beat the Beatles to do it imagine j a ^ without them. But they actually Not bad for a kid whose first didn't become an established part of the j a ^ experience with a tmrhpet was vocabulary until Armstrong helped popularise as a guest in a New Orleans hour or so of art your kids are READ1N' \ getting each week isn't nearly m their fair sliare, it's time to make ART them. Seventy years later, his solos are still correction home for wayward some noise To find out just revered for their audacity and virtuosity. boys. If only today's schools how to get involved or for more were as enlightened as that information on the ways your In the 1950s, when his popularity became •RITHMET1C too big to be contained within our borders, reformatory was he accepted an invitation from the State LOUIS THE F I R S T . pifTNY oj hrjrn u* die more: to j n child can benefit from arts education, please visit us on Department to act as an American goodwill Ask almost any parent, and they'll say arts the web at AmencansForThcArts.org. Just like ambassador around the world. And when he education is very important to their child's the great Satehmo, all you need is a little brass. ART. ASK FOR MORE. For more information about (ho importance; nf arts education, please contact www.Americu.nsF0rTl10Arls.org, " AMERICANS |