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Live Music: INFLUX

July 12, 2014 – 3:54 pm
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From 7-12-14: Live music with INFLUX featuring Gerald Homme (sax, keys, vocals), Karl Jancart (guitar, vocals), Jordan Allen (drums, vocals) and Chris Skelly (bass).

YES: The Chiodi Trio

July 12, 2014 – 3:49 pm
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From 7-12-14:  The Chiodi Trio featuring Nico (banjo), Enzo (banjo) and J.T. …

YES: Jessica Bitsura

July 12, 2014 – 3:46 pm
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From 7-12-14: 17-year-old singer-songwriter Jessica Bitsura with original music.

Live Performance: Three Rivers Storyteller Mike Kennelly

July 12, 2014 – 3:24 pm
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From 7-12-14: Mike Kennelly with the second installment of our series on the 2014 Three Rivers Storytelling Festival.

Radio Camp 2014 – Day 8 – Time Travel

July 11, 2014 – 10:43 am

Radio campers got to make like Marty Mcfly and imagine that, if they could travel back through time, where would they go, what would they do, and, most importantly, how would they teach a pteranodon to sing “Fancy?

Wilkinsburg Summer Program: My Radio Station & Songs

July 9, 2014 – 4:19 pm
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Students wrote and recorded if they had their own radio station what would they play and what would their tagline be. Also, some students wrote and recorded their own songs.

Radio Camp 2014 – Day 7 – Song, Rap, or Poem

July 9, 2014 – 11:32 am

Beats were dropped as campers tried their hand at songwriting. Some even wrote haiku poetry.

Radio Camp 2014 – Day 6 – “When I’m Older…”

July 8, 2014 – 10:37 am

On our sixth day of Radio Camp, campers were asked what they would like to be when they grow up. In class we have an aspiring Jacksonville Jaguar quarterback (don’t worry, there’s a plan), a doctor by day and a humanitarian jitney by night combo (like a very mild mannered Batman) and a ton of future teachers.

Radio Camp 2014 – Day 5 – “Who Am I” Game

July 7, 2014 – 10:24 am

On our fifth day of Radio Camp, we decided to readdress nuanced discipline known as “Proper Microphone Technique.” But, to make it more fun we played the “Who Am I” game where students each received a sticky note, wrote down the name of a famous person, then stuck said note to a neighbor’s forehead. Each camper then got a chance to use a wireless mic and ask Yes or No questions in an attempt to figure out who they were, all while having to exhibit perfect mic technique.

YES: Elise Parrish

July 5, 2014 – 3:47 pm
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From 7-5-14: Elise Parrish (7, Upper St. Clair) with an original composition on flute.