Arts and Cultural Heritage
Arts and Cultural Heritage
They will sponsor the Singing Hills Chorus, a choir for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and their care partners. Funds will be used for the two chorus sessions and concerts, in the fall of 2018 and the spring of 2019.
Steve Davis: orchestra member, orchestra volunteer, music school volunteer; Denice Evers: retired teacher, community theater volunteer; Kristie Gaalswyk-Pomerenke: 4-H Coordinator, education coordinator, board member; Diane Harms: singer; Karen Krause: visual artist, retired school counselor, retired art teacher, art center instructor; Margie Larson: visual artist and retired college international student coordinator; Charles Luedtke: retired music professor, Organists guild; Randy Mediger: retired principal, retired teacher, community theater charter member; Liz Miller: visual artist, art professor; Lauren Shoemaker: school music instructor; Dana Sikkila: visual artist, gallery executive director; Carol Soma: retired language arts teacher, theater volunteer; Dennis Van Moorlehem: retired teacher, fair and festival board volunteer.
Steve Davis: orchestra member, orchestra volunteer, music school volunteer; Denice Evers: retired teacher, community theater volunteer; Kristie Gaalswyk-Pomerenke: 4-H Coordinator, education coordinator, board member; Diane Harms: singer; Karen Krause: visual artist, retired school counselor, retired art teacher, art center instructor; Margie Larson: visual artist and retired college international student coordinator; Charles Luedtke: retired music professor, Organists guild; Randy Mediger: retired principal, retired teacher, community theater charter member; Liz Miller: visual artist, art professor; Lauren Shoemaker: school music instructor; Dana Sikkila: visual artist, gallery executive director; Carol Soma: retired language arts teacher, theater volunteer; Dennis Van Moorlehem: retired teacher, fair and festival board volunteer.
ACHF Arts Access
Real or perceived barriers to arts participation and arts access are identified and addressed. New relationships with members of groups that have traditionally been underserved by the arts or by the applicant organization are built. We will develop pre- and post-surveys specifically designed for the three types of members in the chorus: People living with AD/OAD, care partners and volunteers. The survey will be presented to returning and new members each session. It is appropriate to survey returning members because we are serving people with a progressive disease. Chorus tools may be modified for individual needs of chorus members. Modifications include use of large font size; song content with words only; and a CD recording of selected songs with parts. Concert attendees will complete a survey evaluation that will address the idea that individuals living with AD/OAD are capable of doing many things; and that chorus rehearsals, music selection, and performances are carried out in a professional manner.
The survey results validate why high-quality meaningful engagement programs are important for people impacted by AD/OAD. The disease does not change a person's universal human needs but the disease does change the number of opportunities to meet those needs. We believe this information will help us educate others about the need to support our program, and hopefully, inspire others to create other programs out in the community.
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