The
John Lennon Educational Tour Bus visited the ESD 113 headquarters in Tumwater
in late August. Local students and educators were able to participate
in activities on the bus and in classrooms inside the ESD facility.
The Lennon Bus is committed to providing students with increased access
to music, audio, video, and broadcast technologies. The program works
together with local partners to create free events for middle, high school,
and college age students to tour the bus, and participate in the production
of music, video and digital photography projects reflective of their ideas
and concerns, regardless of their levels of expertise.
Since 1998, the Lennon Bus has provided free hands-on programs to millions
of young people at high schools, colleges, Boys and Girls Clubs, music
festivals, concerts, conventions and community organizations.
The Bus is a non-profit, state-of-the-art mobile audio and HD video recording
and production facility. With the very newest technology and gear, the
Bus continues to be dedicated to providing young people with tours of
the studios and participation in free songwriting and multimedia production
workshops. With the assistance of three on-board engineers, students learn
how to write, perform, record, and produce original songs, produce and
shoot music videos and documentaries and complete a broadcast quality
music video.
According to Yoko Ono Lennon, “This is precisely the kind of project
John Lennon would have loved.”
For more information about the Lennon Bus visit to ESD 113, contact Debbie
Hale, director of the ESD 113 Media and Resource Center at dhale@esd113.org
or (360) 464-6780.
~Judy McDaniel, ESD 113
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