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PAN PIPES WINTER 2015 saI-NaTIONal.ORg 6 2015 Music Education Scholarship recipient Carly Huhn, a Sigma Lambda initiate at Iowa State University, sent a thank-you note to SAI National Headquarters. g reetings from eastern Iowa! ank you so much for providing the Music Education Scholarship For Graduate Students In Memory of Mabel Biever as I continued the Master's degree at the University of St. omas this past summer. I enrolled in three courses over six weeks: Advanced Topics in Music History and Literature, Voice Fundamentals, and Orff Level 1. All of the courses required a lot of reading, writing, analyzing, researching, collaborating, and presenting. ere was a lot to learn, but I am looking forward to writing my final curriculum project and graduating this December. Since returning from Minnesota, I have implemented many of the strategies I learned. My students are already better musicians, singers, instrumentalists, and people as they continue to improve. As a teacher, I feel like I have a lot more "tricks in my bag" in order for them to grasps the new musical concepts being presented. Plus, this is my fourth year teaching in the same school, so my relationship with my students has deepened every year. Even though school has only been in session seven weeks, we have had many musical happenings. In September, seven fih grade students auditioned for Iowa's Opus Honor Choir. In October, we are getting ready to march with the fih graders in our school district's Homecoming Parade. Also in that month the third graders presented a world music program. At the end of October, the Early Birds, our fourth and fih grade choir, performed at a Youth Choral Clinic. I also presented with other music educators from Kodaly Educators of Iowa at the Iowa Music Educators Association professional development concert in November. I continue to sing in different community events including two Valentine's concerts and a concert next week. In January 2014, I enjoyed singing in the chorus of Carmen with the Cedar Rapids Opera eatre. I also continue to play for my church's orchestra and am on the vocal worship team. ank you for providing me with the funds to let me attend graduate school. Without your support, it would not have been possible. D ianne McCarty, elected as National Treasurer in 1997, passed away on January 21, 2015. For 22 years she was employed by the Federal Reserve System, working in Auditing and Information Services departments in the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Richmond, and Chicago. Prior to her retirement from the Federal Reserve System in Spring 1997, she was responsible for planning the operating and capital budgets for the Federal Reserve national telecommunications network. She also was responsible for monitoring the expenses relative to planning and regular reporting of status. "I love to run, and have completed several marathons. One of my favorite experiences is my participation in five marathons in the high Arctic (northern tip of Baffin Island, six hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle)," she told PAN PIPES in 1997. Dianne was initiated into Sigma Alpha Iota by Beta Epsilon Chapter at the University of Evansville (IN) in 1963. She later affiliated with the LaGrange Alumnae Chapter, serving as chaplain, recording secretary, fraternity education chairman, and chapter representative to the Chicago area interchapter council. Dianne was the advance registration chairman for the Chicago, Phoenix, and Minneapolis National Conventions. From 1987 until 1997, she was Gamma Province Officer. She held the Sword of Honor and Rose of Honor. Dianne majored in piano and organ performance at the University of Evansville, from which she received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Her Master of Music degree came from Northwestern University, where she majored in organ. She served as Director of Music and organist at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Aurora, Illinois, and taught piano and organ privately. Dianne was a member of the Chicago EDP Auditors Association (former treasurer), Chicago Quality Assurance Association, Illinois State Music Teachers Association, Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, American Guild of Organists, and American Association of University Women. A history buff, Dianne served as a volunteer interpreter at a historic farm museum and at a Frank Lloyd Wright house owned and managed by the Kane County, IL, Forest Preserve Association. e LaGrange Alumnae Chapter and the entire Fraternity mourn her passing. the passing of Former neB member gRACE NOTE Carly Huhn was featured in a Summer 2008 Pan Pipes article regarding her work as a music teacher in Mauritus. An SAI Says Thank You

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