Parker County Family Magazine March 2010

INSPIRING PARENTS MOTIVATING KIDS CELEBRATING LIFE MARCH 2010 / parkercountyfamily.com PRICELESS

INSIDE: Music From The Heart / Manners Minute / Discover Parker County / Laying Down The Law

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Music FroM The hearT By Holly and Russell Hughes

After spending twenty years as a university professor of music, Dr. Holly Hughes moved to Weatherford and founded The Burch School of Music with her husband, Fred Burch. The newest addition to the faculty at the BSM is Hollys brother, Russell Hughes. The two pianists attended Texas Tech for bachelor and masters degrees, and both were recipients of the Rotary International fellowship to study abroad, where they studied piano at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Holly later earned a doctoral degree from Ball State University, while Russell pursued a career in arts management, before returning to his first love, music. For more information about them and about the Burch School, log onto www.burchschool.com.

Marching to the beat of a different drummer now theres a phrase weve been acquainted with most of our lives! As classical musicians we were able to thrive in an unreceptive environment most of our lives. We grew up in Lamesa, Texas, which for those unfamiliar with that part of the state is located between Lubbock and Midland on Highway 180. Entertainment was limited to radio (country western music most days and Tejano on Saturday nights) and television. Those times we occasionally happened upon Leonard Bernsteins Young Persons Concerts on television presented us with a glimpse into a strangely fascinating world! Our parents small record collection inc luded Nat K ing Cole, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, and a box set of records distributed by Readers Digest called Mood Music for Listening and Relaxation. We would listen to the classical pieces in that set

for hours. The classical music culture we came to love was almost exclusively the gift of our piano teacher. It was nothing short of a miracle that we had such a wonderful teacher in that small town of less than 10,000. When we entered junior high school we both were recruited into the band program, and in high school there was also the opportunity to sing in the choir. But above all, we played piano. Because the town was small, and times were slower-paced, people knew that we were pianists, and our confidence grew in knowing we had a skill that many seemed to value and admire. As we continue these traditions in our own teaching, we encourage our students to learn the classics just as our teacher trained us in the hope that the joy they find will last them a lifetime. One past student of the Burch School was having difficulty as a fifth grader, and desperately wanted to quit piano. Her

astute elementary music teacher invited her to play for the class. As a result, her classmates were overwhelmed by her abilities, and she realized she could do something special which most cannot. Quitting piano was no longer an issue, and she became one of the outstanding graduates of our school. Not only do we march to a different drummer for the love of it, we have the added benefit of knowing from scientific research that playing a musical instrument particularly the piano is not only enriching, but also brain building. Much research has shown that musicians have larger brains, excellent math and verbal skills, and enhanced physical coordination through musical study. If your child seeks a place in which to thrive a different drum to which he or she can march why not try classical music? It has definitely enriched our lives beyond measure!

Snow Day Fun! Reagan Pace (13) Lauren and Lindsey Lightfoot (11) and Logan Lightfoot (8).


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The second recital in a series of four piano recitals offered by The Burch School of Music took place on Friday evening, Feb. 19, at Bethel United Methodist Church. Student performers were: (front row) Grace Hough, Audrey Harden, Brody Westbrook,

Jasmin Patterson, Maria Nguyen; (second row) James Weaver, Francesca Poole, Matthew Thomas, Sarah Roberts, Emily Pruitt, Emily Rowe, and Rebekah Brown. The students study with Holly and Russell Hughes.


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Manners MinuteBy Sharon Pate

Sharon Pate is the director of the Greater Fort Worth Chapter and the Hood County Chapter of the NATIONAL LEAGUE OF JUNIOR COTILLIONS.TM Her program, which targets sixth through eighth graders, builds self-confidence, character, and leadership skills while teaching etiquette, ethics, and social dance. www.nljc.com/chapter/sharon.pate

As a young schoolboy in Vi rg in ia , George Washington took the first steps toward greatness by copying a list of 110 Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation. A century prior, Jesuit priests compiled the list of precepts for young gentlemen, and the maxims were one of the earliest and most powerful forces to shape Americas first president. Most of the rules concerned etiquette topics such as how to dress, walk, and eat in public places and how to address ones superiors. In the introduction to the newly published Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts That Guided our First President in War and Peace, editor Richard Brookhiser states, The rules address moral issues, but they address them indirectly. They seek to form the inner man (or boy) by shaping the outer. So, what were the 110 precepts that guided our f irst president in war and peace, and more importantly, are they still applicable in our day and age? Here are just a few, so you can decide.

Every action done in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those that are present.

In the presence of others,

sing not to yourself with a humming voice, or drum with your fingers or feet.

If you cough, sneeze, sigh or yawn, do it not loud but privately, and speak not in your yawning, but put your handkerchief or hand before your face and turn aside.

When you sit down, keep your feet f irm and even, without putting one on the other or crossing them.

Do not gnaw your nails. Keep them clean and short, also your hands and teeth clean, yet without showing any great concern for them.

Do not laugh too loud or too much at any public spectacle.

If any one comes to speak to you while you are sitting, stand up.

Use no reproachful language against any one; neither curse nor revile.

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for tis better to be alone than in bad company.

R e p r e h e n d n o t t h e imperfect ions of others, for that belongs to parents, masters, and superiors.

Gaze not on the marks or blemishes of others and ask not how they came. What you may speak in secret to your friend, deliver not before others.

Think before you speak, pronounce not imperfectly, nor bring out your words too hastily, but orderly and distinctly.

While you are talking, point not with your finger at him of whom you discourse, nor approach too near to him to whom you talk, especially to his face.

Be not apt to relate news if you know not the truth.

Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.

Drink not nor talk with your mouth full; neither gaze about you while you are drinking.

Cleanse not your teeth with the tablecloth, napkin, fork or knife, but if others do it, let it be done with a toothpick.

Be not angry at table whatever happens, but put on a cheerful countenance especially if there be strangers, for good humor makes one dish of meat a feast.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

So, the next time your children choose to act ill mannerly, remind them that just as the rules helped shape George Washingtons strong sense of self-discipline, they can do the same for modern children. Who knows, your child may grow up to be our president!

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Weatherford senior defender Darci Hickey kicks the ball down the field against Paschal in District

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Kerry Bakers first grade class at Ikard Elementary recently completed an exercise on Measuring Length. Students measured the length of the kindergarten and first grade hallway with shoes that they had colored.

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Laying Down the Law By Timothy J. Mendolia

Parental Rage in Youth Sports

TIMOTHY J. MENDOLIA is managing partner of Mayo Mendolia & Starr, LLP, 5189 E. I-20, North Service Road, Suite 104, Willow Park, Texas, 871.546.4100.

A Mandevil le, Louisiana father follows an umpire to the restroom, pushes him up against a wall and threatens to kill him following his seven-year-old sons baseball game. In Dunbar, Pennsylvania, a T-Ball coach was found to have paid one of his players $25 to hurt a teammate so he would not have to put the boy in the game. The boy was hit in the head and groin with a baseball just before the game and did not play. The coach was arrested and arranged on charges of criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault, corruption of minors, criminal conspiracy to commit simple assault and recklessly endangering another. In Laporte, Indiana, a father who was disturbed over his sons lack of playing time threw a league commissioner to the ground as he approached to talk to the angry parent. Parental rage is beyond a

serious problem in America. Due to the innumerable reports of games turning tragic at the hands of enraged parents, at least f ifteen state legislatures have incorporated language into their states criminal codes specifically related the assaults at sporting events, including Texas. The Texas Penal Code section 22.01 def ines an assault as intentional ly, knowingly or recklessly-causing bodily injury to another or threatening another with imminent bodily injury or causing physical conduct with another when the person knows or should know that the other will regard such contact as offensive or provocative. It goes on to upgrade the offense from a Class C Misdemeanor to a Class B Misdemeanor if committed by a person who is not a sport participant (a fan) against another who is a sport participant (a player, referee, umpire, coach,

administrator or staff member.) A Class B Misdemeanor is punishable by up to 180 days in County Jail and/or up to a $2,000 fine. Obviously, the Texas State Legislature recognizes the problem. Do not wait for you or your organization to be an addition to the horror stories and be in the news. Stop accepting what we all have grown accustomed, the regular berating of players and/or coaches, and help take a stance on the prevention of this growing problem. As long as expectations for behavior in the stands and from the coaches is understood from the start and enforced vigorously, the youth sports experience can prove to be a very rich and positive one for everyone involved, especially the children. After all, isnt that what it is all about?


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Kaden Waggoner is 17 months old, and enjoying his first Texas snow!

Congratulations to WHS students Blake Weaver, Katy Bynum, and Melody Sizer for earning positions on the All-State Band and Choir programs. Weaver placed second in the state for bass clarinet, and Bynum earned a third chair position in the top band. Sizer recently earned a spot on the Texas Music Educators Association All-State Womens Choir. Pictured are Weaver (left) and Sizer (right) with their conductor Gary Hill of Arizona State University.

McCall Elementary had a great spirit night at the Weatherford Chick-Fil-A on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Teachers served as greeters and hostesses for the evening, and the place was packed for more than two hours with McCall students and families. The money earned from this event supports the Core Essential Program, which is McCalls school wide character-education program.

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First-year piano students prepare for an upcoming festival at The Burch School of Music:

(from left) Jasmin Patterson, Audrey Harden, Brody Westbrook, and Hyrum Harmer.

ahs teen to be honored at Capitol art show In January, Aledo High School Junior Ashley Everett entered a photograph in the annual Youth Art Month competition, which has been selected for the 2010 Youth Art Month Capitol Show. A member of the Powerhouse Photography Club, Ashley was one of only three who submitted entries from AHS. This is the 48th year of celebrating Youth Art Month an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art education for all children, and to encourage support for quality school art programs. To celebrate, the Texas Art Education Association sponsored a flag-design contest an exhibit of 100 pieces of student artwork for Pre-K through twelfth grades. It will be on display in the South Extension of the Capitol Building in Austin March 6 - 13, 2010. On Sunday, March 7, 2010, the Texas Art Education Association will honor these students along with the Texas Youth Art Month Flag Design winner with an award ceremony and reception. Each student will receive a certificate, medal, and a 2010 special edition YAM tote bag with art materials. Students will also be photographed on stage and receive a camera. The award ceremony will be at 2 p.m. in the Capitol Auditorium, followed by a reception in the Capitol Grill from 3-4 p.m. Each year Governor Rick Perry and his wife select ten works of art from the Youth Art Month Capitol Exhibit that is sponsored by TAEA. These works are professionally framed and are displayed in the Governors Business Office in the Capitol Building. The art is displayed for one year, signed by the Governor, and then returned to the student. Students and their art teachers are given the opportunity to visit with Governor Rick Perry during a special reception held annually in July.

Congratulations to the Weatherford High School Winter Guard for placing first in their division as well as earning the highest score of any other division in the contest at the North Texas Color Guard Association event Feb. 12 at Grapevine High School. Because of their outstanding performance, WHS Color Guard Director Megan Hibbetts said the Winter Guard was promoted from Division Regional AAA to Division Regional AA.

Legends Winter Tournament, Bedford, Texas. Winners from the Karate University. Hunter, Randi, Brendan & Aaron.

Ethan Plevak (5th grade) and Kylie Plevak (4th grade) showing off their awards at Brock Elementary School from this years

UIL Competitions. Everyone is proud of your hard work especially Mom and Dad!


For three days, children in the fifth grade through adults can learn about the challenges that pioneers and cowboys had cooking on the trail. Chuckwagon and Outdoor Cooking campers will prepare recipes from the 1800s, cook over an open fire and learn about the history of the chuckwagon that was developed in Parker County. The final day of camp will culminate in a cook-off with celebrity judges naming a winner in several different categories including bread and cobbler. The camp will be held at the Doss Heritage and Culture Center (DHCC) from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., March 15-17. The camp costs $110 for the three days. We had so many adults who volunteered at the camps or saw them going on as they drove past that we created Chuckwagon and Outdoor Cooking for them, said Judy James, DHCC Education Specialist. Last years group included our first set of adult campers who may have had more fun than the kids. Some of our adult chuckwagon campers even purchased

their own wagons so they could continue the pioneer spirit for themselves. Camp registration forms are available online at www.dosscenter.org or at the Doss Heritage and Culture Center located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. All camps have limited enrollment to enhance each campers experience and will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. Paid camp registration will assure a space reservation. DHCC Members receive a 10% discount and scholarships may be available. The mission of the James and Dorothy Doss Heritage and Culture Center is to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of Parker County through cultural and educational events that raise community awareness and pride in our western heritage. For more information visit the website at www.dosscenter.org or call 817-599-6168. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for students and senior citizens.

ChuCKwagon CaMP at the Doss heritage anD CuLture Center MarCh 15-17 During sPring BreaK

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Parker County Family Magazine March 2010