January 2016

Marcia Knorr took the student body back in time through music at an assembly sponsored by ARTS Inc, and the ZAP tax.  She used a guitar, banjo, dulcimer, jaw harp and jack in the box to  time travel through the Revolutionary War, Minstral Shows, Civil War, and the building a barn, railroad or panning for gold.  She explained the development and use of the instruments and classic songs like "Old Dan Tucker" and Yankee Doodle.  The students and teachers joined in with singing  percussion and laughter.   The assembly ended with a though about the future of American music:  The children. 

Natasha Bingham’s second grade class at Hobble Creek Elementary is alive with rhythm.  Natasha attended the Arts Express 2014 “Converting Pressure to Power with STEAM”  One of the sessions that she selected was Drums Alive led by the creator, Carrie Ekins.  Natasha decided to bring drumming into her classroom.   She requested that her desks be replaced with tables.  She used her classroom supply money to purchase a classroom set of 30 rhythm sticks ($24) and Home Depot buckets at $3.00 each.   

     The class watched drumming on Youtube.   They were surprised to see that they could drum as an ensemble just like the students on Youtube.  They had to learn the right amount of force to use with the sticks on the buckets.  In the process a few sticks were broken.  By December the class performed for the area PTA council meeting and a school assembly.  

Hobble Creek Students of the Week for January 8, 2016 were: Mya Gilbert, Pearl Steele, Timothy Evans, Reis Brothers, Lea Cardon, Maurie Hartman, Ian Smith, Jameson Hess, Ben Jensen, Dahlia Torgersen, Chloe Brooke, Kayla White, Emily Lindsey, Kaila Finlayson, Jeran Theoblad, Savannah Nuttal, Addie Hales, Jocelyn Brown, Paityn Bird, Tomokia Kaanga, Avery Todd, Jenny Darby, Annie Rex.

Threads of the Silk Road will be exhibited at Hobble Creek Elementary 1145 East 1200 North from January 6, 2016to February 3, 2016 Hobble Creek is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 3:30

The romance and influence of the legendary Silk Road has been a subject of centuries of fascination, from the medieval account of Marco Polo’s travel to cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s contemporary Silk Road Project. This vast 7000-mile network of trade routes from China to the Mediterranean existed for almost 2000 years, opening the Far East to European lands. It was a conduit for cultural, economic and technological exchange, representing the earliest form of globalization.

This collection of evocative photographs depicts surviving remnants of the historic Silk Road and ancestors of the civilization along its route. Themes of travel, trade and tribes are evidence today of the Silk Road’s ancient past. Colorful, ceremonial hats, traditional head coverings and travelling gear accompany the exhibit.

Photographer Edgar Gomez traveled to countries along the Silk Road while conducting research projects in his work as the international director of a Utah biotechnology company. His photographs have been featured in Newsweek and Current Biology and in exhibits in the United States and Central Asia.