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stouffville suntribune u thursday oct 23 2003 21 staff photoshannelore volpe byhannelorevolpe staff writer ballantrae public school students will soon be hum ming new tunes and coming up with heartfelt lyrics to songs theyve created thanks to a program- introduced this week musician and songwriter don quarles of musselhians introduced the sass school alliance for student songwriters initiative to an assembly at the aurora road school monday helping him were former guess mo guitarist dale russell grade 4 teacher jason kaiizcak and ballantrae song writer william wallaces mr quarles is one of the four founders of the program after a successful pilot proj ect last year the sass program was introduced to a dozen schools in durham region that number will be expanded this year the program is designed to fit the curriculum taught in each grade ballantrae is the first school in york region to take part in musselmans lake resident don quarles right arid joe taylor talk to students at ballantrae event organized by mr quarles the songwriting workshops which mr quarles will lead twice a month the songwrit ers hold monthly workshops at high schools songwriters association we wanted to bring music into the schools said mr quarles who is also the song- writirig workshop coordinatpr for the nashville songwriters association internatiorial students will learn about lyric writing song structure writing a chorus and eventu- ally learning how to create a melody out of thin air he added theyll also learn how to cbllabprate with other stu dents this program gives young sters a chance tosee musicians who have had successful careersmthemusicindustrylt is sponsored by leland industries a toronto company information on the pro gram is available by calling 9056423645 former guess who guitarist dale russell and singersongwriter artemis per form monday songwriting workshop for students at ballantrae public school saturday november 8 2003 4pm7pm v wbrldbowl 9 east wumot street richmond hill onsors mwuumsioufmue sohy pharma inc angus glen develop registratioiipledge forms available at markham stoufrville hospital foundation or on line at wwwmsh6nca go to foundation then events for more information call 9054727059 proceeds to- on most new instock remaining 2003 ford f150 regular cab supercab and now on supercrew models on the cash purchase purchase financing or lease of most- new instock remaining 2003 ford f150 vehicles oct the best purchase financing of the year on 2003 supercrew right now hss markham stouffville hospital foundation sbifcjorarwtarn esi ss p2o pv oro caeoc and alter factory to dealer credtt dcducim on 2003 150 xtb super cat t ah ole exducsa frelck s104sa894 kcenoe msuranco admssaoo foes sxj jm h 1 1 6 1 m