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stouffville suntribune thursday march 30 2006 21 we rock music school brings its heart downtown community focus- part of philosophy by hannelore volpe staff writer the we rock school of music has found a new home in the heart of stouffville and its bringing its commu nityoriented focus along with a renewed sense of vigour the school didnt have a per manent home after moving from eastridge church on 10th line for a time the stouffville lions club let we rock to work out of latcham hall the school has also taught guitar lessons in the lebovic leisure centre but then representatives from the pace credit union ltd at 6245 main st decided they liked the schools philosophy and made the second floor of the building available to the schools operator stouffville resident jim mcmillan we rock still teaches drums guitar and voice it has a record ing studio and offers coaching programs it plans to branch out into providing music therapy the school will continue to focus on helping the communi ty coowner kathi wood said that includes having stu dents from we rock perform at community events and eventu ally give music lessons to chil dren who couldnt otherwise afford them one of its students 28-year- old robert gagnon who has cerebral palsy has been taking drum lessons from paul greco for two years first at the stouf fville pentecostal church and now at we rock two years ago mr gagnons muscles were so contracted he held his hands up in front of his chest most of the time now with the drum exercises hes been doing he can move freely students from we rock perform at community events and eventually giving music lessons to children who couldnt otherwise afford them mr greco has been a musi cian for 35 years and studied at the ontario college of percussion there is nothing fast track about his teaching method he says it is a very thorough process that is rooted in military style and we branch out from there mr gagnon who receives his master of theology degree in may has improved his coordi nation so much that he now qualifies for drivers education it is really remarkable what changes have happened the stouffville resident said adding playing the drums has been a lifelong goal hes not sure what hell do after graduating saying only im keeping my options open mr greco has worked with other students who have condi tions such as attention deficit disorder after outlining the results hes achieved in working with mr gagnon mr greco was invited to teach music therapy at the bloorview macmillan childrens hospital in toronto the schools youngest drum student is eightyearold bethany mazzeo whom mr greco described as bam bam bethany we fit the teaching style to the needs of the students and make it enjoyable mr mcmil lan said elevenyearold stephen downey has been learning the drums since november at we rock he recendy received an a in drum class at his school his mother linda said stouffville residents have a chance to see one of the we rock voice students brittany ewart who is in grade 8 at the youth week talent show in may while ms ewart continues with classical voice lessons she came to we rock to hone the pop songs she likes singing at home unlike her classical lessons we rock is really fun and laid back she said its a way differ ent style fusv a place in markham for people ages 1 6 and up to meet friends use a computer see movies learn to cook receive supportive counselling find out about local services a safe open and fun environment the living room is a program of the canadian mental health association york region call 9052010432 a member agency of united way of york region this message brought to you as a community service of economist suntribune 1000sof new dvds now instock free members mags toys fine selection of marital aids more 2 for 1 rental on sundays tuesdays 3 for 10 all other days biggest best selection of gay videos this side of toronto 0ver 5000 videos in stockw lowest prices in york region 5261 hwy 7 markham uarkviue o shopping o 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