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Please Donate to Campus Radio
Radio Western is volunteer-fueled radio that I have had the privileged to be involved with for many years now. It’s a great station that allows me to bring my underground hip-hop show, Word is Bond Rap Radio, to you every single week. Each year we run a fundraising campaign to help us continue to provide…
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Helping Kids Craft Positive Inner Monologues
Some people think optimism is an inherent trait. There are optimists in this world and there are pessimists. But what if you could teach optimism? Wouldn’t that be a great trait to instill in our students and young ones. Angela C. Santomero beleives we can do just that. “The skills needed to learn optimism are similar…
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Bridal Show Tonight
The True Fantasies Fall Bridal Expo takes place tonight at the Quality Inn in Sarnia. It’s a free event with over two dozen exhibitors that will help any bride plan her big day. I am proud to be part of this event. Please stop by my booth so we can talk about the music and…
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Create Your Own Rap Song (P.A. Day Experience)
Beats N’ Rhymes is a unique P.A. Day Experience that will be held at the Boys & Girls Club of London this Friday. It’s an introduction to the world of creating your own beats from scratch. You’ll learn the basics of music production, sampling sounds, and sequencing your own composition. You will also learn how to…
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Each1 Teach1 Getting Radio Spins
My new song, “Each one Teach One” by Hip Hop HeadUcatorz has been getting some love on the radio, from London, to Etobicoke to Florida. Here are some of the highlights. Our Show – October 5, 2019 http://chasemarch.com/audio/headucatorz-our-show-05-oct-2019.mp3 Break North Radio – October 5, 2019 http://chasemarch.com/audio/headucatorz-on-break-north-radio.mp3 Rapsolute Radio – October 7. 2019 Facebook…
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4 Reasons to Use Enriching Vocabulary in Your Daily Communication with Children
When I first had my daughter, I was determined not to use baby talk around her. I never really saw the benefit of doing so. I thought that I would speak in regular words and sentences and make it appropriate for her age. It is something I have always down. As I read, Preschool Clues…
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A Graphic Novel History of the Apollo Theater
Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem’s Legendary Theater by Ted Fox and James Otis Smith The Apollo Theater is one of those legendary venues that has a rich, history behind it. It only makes sense that someone chose to immortalize that in graphic novel form. It goes in depth too, looking at…
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Ms. Marvel, Catwoman, and Batman
Here are the latest graphic novels that I have had the pleasure of reading. Ms. Marvel: Volume 9 – Teenage Wasteland When Ms. Marvel disappears, her friends decide to step in and make sure that Ms. Marvel’s presence is still felt in the city. It’s quite funny to see a group of teenagers, none of…
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The Story of a Unlikely DJ
This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales Elise Dembowski is fifteen years old and determined to turn her life around. She thinks that if she studies popular culture over a summer that she can fit in better at school. She will no longer be an outcast. She spends months looking at magazines, doing…
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The 4 Easy Steps to Resolve Conflict (That Every Teacher and Parent Should Know)
In her book, Preschool Clues, Angela C. Santomero has some great ideas for parents and educators. “To me, the smartest kids are the ones who can survey a situation, have a point of view, express that point of view, and attempt to make steps to improve the situation.” This is something we can teach. And…