Violins and Fiddles!

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Saturday, May 16, 2020

Today is Armed Forces Day, Biographer's Day, National BBQ Day, National Sea Monkey Day, and World Fiddle Day. On this date in 1966, Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde on Blonde" and the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" were released. Muppet creator Jim Henson died on this date in 1990.

Theme: Fiddles and Violins

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - V Violin Song - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo's World - Violins - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Itzhak Perlman Talks About Easy and Hard - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Itzhak Perlman and Telly - VIEW
• Grades K-6 - NY Philharmonic Kids Zone - VIEW, READ and DO
• Grades K-6 - Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Kids - VIEW, READ and DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS Learning Media - Keeping the Music Alive - VIEW, READ and DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Listening with Your Eyes: Matthew Lipman - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Let the Fiddle do the Singing: Traditional Fiddle Styles - VIEW, READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS Learning Media - Ken Burns - Country Music - The Fiddle and the Banjo: Origins - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Black Violin Breaks Down Music Stereotypes - VIEW

Watch 

• 6-6:30 pm NHPBS- Granite State Challenge - Championship Game: Merrimack v. Plymouth 
• 8-10 pm NH WORLD - The Story of China with Michael Wood

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