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Show C-9 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 5-7, 2005 ,s N OT ENOUGH ART IN OUR s r i m NO WONDER PEOPLE THINK LOUIS ARMSTRO WAS THE FIRST WALK M A N TO ON T H E M O O N . It's a long way from the Apollo Theatre to well-being Virtually every study shows that the Apollo program And while his playing mofns and dads like the effects the arts have on may have been "as loity as a moon flight," as their children. They like that dance and music Time magazine once suggested, that would be and painting and drama tcaJi kids to he more as close as Louis Daniel Armstrong would tolerant and open Thev 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^z; musician of the 20th And they appreciate that the arts help promote century, giant leaps were a individuality, bolster self conlidence while also matter of course for Satchmo. improving overall academic performance. T* ' "** No person before or since Which makes it so surprising that the arts has ever embodied - and have been allowed to virtually disappear from /nutud of a gum leap. Uniu Arirutivng ddnvrcd one mwr.mi; Ufi fin \ooipuMi revolutionised - }d,2& t h e w a y our schools And our children's lives t^unt free-form crazy jii£^ groove for rrumltmd vcr the \JZZ world. And he became the last j a ^ musician to hit #1 on the \U did it m het-up exfords Take solos, lor instance It's impossible to didn't become an established part of the ja2£ vocabulary until Armstrong helped popularise Seventy years later, his solos are still revered for their audacity and virtuosity. In the 1950s, when his popularity became roo big to be contained within our borders, A little art is nor enough II vou think the Billboard pop chart, he beat the Beatles to do u. hour or so of art your kids are Not bad for a kid whose first imagine )az^ without them. But they actually them T H I S I S WHAT H O R N S A R E F O R . Louis Armstrong did READIN' experience with a trumpet was g e t t i n g each w e e k isn't nearly as a guest in a New Orleans their fair share, it's time to make ART correction home lor wayward some noise boys. If only today's schools h o w t o get involved or for more were as enlightened as that information on t h e w a y s y o u r reformatory was. child To lind o u t just c a n benefit from arts % pleiitv of r>Min M i;.' jround he accepted ^n invitation from the Stare LOUIS THE F I R S T . Ask almost any parent, and they'll say. arts Department to act as an American goodwill ambassador around the world. And when he education is very important to their child's ART. education, n k \ i ^ visit us on the w e b at A m m c a n s F o r T h c A r t s o r ^ just like the great S a t c h m o , all v o u need is a little brass ASK FOR MORE. For more informal ion about, tho importance of aris education, plnase contact www.AmericansForTh.eArts.org. AMERICANS J "*ARTS |