Exec. Director Dawn Oakes discusses the Chattanooga Boys Choir winning a national grant for 2021

Exec.

Director Dawn Oakes discusses the Chattanooga Boys Choir winning a national grant for 2021

And they just leave education and really call to organizations that do education planning and happy during the and so we signed in november and found out that we are one of the that are awarded the ... really wonderful and great in from all over the country ... .

What was your reaction when h found out ... surprise for sure this is a national award, so we were in there would be organizations from all over that the country trying, but definitely just a crowd with ... a did this all digging in and and reimagining how to teach music education and then when ... you can't think like we normally do, can gather like it was just affirmation ... what ... land deal with the money as an organ ... well we had in order to do the things we dined to antenna stephen bassett and things like keyboards we have are rehearsal outdoors, so he can't breathe again with you keyboard lady things for wording on you and video are virtual projects that we ... dine in all and will continue to do in the spring of 20 our teachers fill out it gather her for ... hanging on the chemical mom dealing with ... you and are able to go out into the community talk little bit about how we wire has had to ... during the pandemic ... and changes you waste money were still able to perform ... sure, so we have been being outdoors in the and and we met at like at southern bell and at&t yelled and at least not allowed groups and space out and it really is like he said that the kid laughing with a two- year trend of uncertainty like this ... for them to be able to be involved in music which is it really helps in healing and understanding and growing connecting and learning that we make the changes warm like me normally do at the group onstage time a number of virtual hijack.

We do in december, which was a collaboration with other group that would normally be art of parsing three so that ... society or the patient back ... baylor orchestra ... dancers from appalachian state of alaska and the metropolitan now that all got together virtually ... gone.

What are your plans for 2021.

We all hope ... pandemic answering by the summer ... while hoping and praying.

What are your plans ... moving forward, we cannot wait until we can sing together normally until you get a really flexible schedule.

In the spring we some exciting projects.

Now that the company that we know that what we are doing and ethical collaborations bed 90 african-american project and we are dissipating in a.m.

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Can you get on elegies teachers ... on fs and like to check out and the wendy's performance ... is are going to be ... you can kind of information boy choir will be doing and what were going to be doing on her wet chattanooga boys that were ... not have.

Thank you so much for joining and updating.

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