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MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <font size="2" face="Arial Black"><em>Tonalta Fall Jamfest</em> </font>Tonalta bands took the stage in December 2011 and performed&nbsp;at JamFest.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; JamFest is Tonalta&#39;s end-of-semester concert for bands and was held in the Auditorium at Groves Elementary.&nbsp; It was a&nbsp;great show!&nbsp; Congratulations to Tonalta bands for a a fantastic concert!</p><hr> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <font face="Arial Black" size="2"><i>Tonalta band FOEHS recording in studio </i></font>&nbsp;The Tonalta band For Our Eyes Have Seen completed recording sessions in the studio at Lamar State College - Port Arthur.&nbsp;&nbsp; The recording sessions were part of the the prize package the band won in Lamar&#39;s Battle of the Band contest in the spring.&nbsp; They also appeared in concert in Port Arthur Live! Sept 29, 2011 as part of <font size="5" face="Comic Sans MS"> <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <a href="http://www.lscpacm.com/"> <font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri"> Lamar&#39;s Commercial Music and Recording Arts</font></a></span></font> concert series.</p> <hr> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <font face="Arial Black" size="2"><i>AM1300 KSET Interview</i></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jim Cammack was interviewed by Jody Holton on&nbsp; AM1300 KSET.&nbsp; Jim talked about Tonalta&#39;s Children&#39;s Music Camp and other events at Tonalta.</p> <hr> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <font size="2" face="Arial Black"><i>Tonalta&nbsp;band High Voltage featured on Channel 6 News </i></font>&nbsp; Tonalta was recently featured on <a href="http://www.kfdm.com/">Channel 6</a> Morning Show.&nbsp;&nbsp; Channel 6 carried a live feed from from Tonalta.&nbsp; Carl Richardson was interviewed by Dan Gresham and the Tonalta band <a href="bands/highvoltage/index.htm">High Voltage</a> performed.&nbsp; See photos on <a href="bands/highvoltage/index.htm">High Voltage web page</a>&nbsp;and on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tonalta">facebook</a>.</p> <hr> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <em><font face="Arial Black" size="2">Tonalta bands take 1 &amp; 2 in Lamar Port Arthur&#39;s Battle of the Bands</font></em></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> congratulations to the bands Seaweed and For Our Eyes Only for taking 1st and 2nd place in Lamar Port Arthur&#39;s Battle of the Bands.&nbsp; The bands win recording time in LSCPA studio, featured performances in Lamar&#39;s Fall Concerts, and scholarships for all the band members who elect to enroll at LSCPA.</p><hr> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <font face="Arial Black" size="2"><em>&quot;Sleep&quot; Multitrack by Beau Au</em></font><em><font face="Arial Black" size="2">tin</font></em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Take a look at </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: left"> <strong style="font-weight: 400"> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), &quot;91460&quot;, event, bagof(null));" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: underline; " href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOaxJ5slAs8"> &quot;Sleep&quot; Multitrack by Beau Autin</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong></span></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"> Beau&nbsp; is a former student of Tonalta&#39;s and is now studying music at Loyola, in New Orleans. This recording has over 10000 views on YouTube and was featured by Eric Whitacre on his web page!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If you haven&#39;t heard of&nbsp; <a href="http://ericwhitacre.com/the-virtual-choir"> Eric Whitacre&#39;s and his Virtual Choir</a> it is pretty cool.&nbsp; At Tonalta, Beau studied vocals and keyboard and was in the Tonalta performance band Allynce .&nbsp; We are very proud of you Beau!&nbsp; (PS:&nbsp; the silhouettes at the top of our main web page are the Tonalta band Allynce and the singer with the mic is Beau).</span></p><hr> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <em><font face="Arial Black" size="2">Tonalta Bands in Relay for Life and Riverfest:&nbsp; </font> </em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman">three Tonalta&nbsp; bands entertained the crowd recently in Relay for Life in Nederland and eight Tonalta bands participated the next day in RiverFest in Port Neches.&nbsp; </span></p> <hr> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <em><font face="Arial Black" size="2">Tonalta Bands in Heritage Festival:&nbsp; </font> </em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp; Four Tonalta bands, For Our Eyes Have Seen, Seaweed, 6-Inch Shadows, and Flashback recently performed in the Nederland Heritage Festival&#39;s Battle of the Bands.&nbsp;&nbsp;Seaweed took home 3rd place in a very competitive field.&nbsp; Congratulations Seaweed and all those who participated.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was a great experience for all our kids, and thanks to everyone who came out and supported the bands.&nbsp; </span></p> <hr/> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <em><font face="Arial Black" size="2">Tonalta Offering Songwriting:&nbsp; </font></em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"> Tonalta is now offering classes in songwriting.&nbsp; Some prerequisites apply.&nbsp; Call or email us for more information.&nbsp; </span></p> <hr/> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <em> <font face="Arial Black" size="2">Tonalta Adds Violin&nbsp; </font> </em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Tonalta has added violin lessons to its program.&nbsp; Call or ask at the front desk for more details.</span></p> <hr/> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <font face="Arial Black" size="2"><em>Tonalta Sponsors American Idol </em></font> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp; Tonalta was the title sponsor for this year&#39;s Fox 4 Idol event held at Parkdale Mall.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p> <hr/> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <i><font size="2" face="Arial Black">Tonalta Teaches Lamar State College - Port Arthur Discovery Classes</font></i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp; This past summer (and as in past summers), Tonalta assisted Lamar Port Arthur with their Discovery program.&nbsp; Tonalta instructors Jon-Michael Wallace and Tyler Henderson </span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman">taught the Discovery music classes and Tonalta provided</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> the curriculum, gear, and instruments.&nbsp; During the week-long program, students learn the basics of guitar, keyboard, and drums, and,&nbsp;at the end of the week, they recorded a music video of the class playing as a band.</span></p> <hr/> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <font size="2" face="Arial Black"><i>Yard signs now available&nbsp; </i></font>Tonalta yard signs are available.&nbsp; Now you can tell everyone that a &quot;Rock Start Lives Here.&quot;&nbsp; Check at front desk and find out how to get yours.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> <td height="1204" valign="top"> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"> &nbsp;</p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"> <a href="bands/index.htm"> <img border="0" src="images/index_page_images/band_montage_text.jpg" width="297" height="233"></a></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"> <a href="bands/index.htm">View and Listen to Tonalta Bands</a></p> <hr> <p align="center"> <font size="4"> <a href="tonalta_philosophy.htm"> <img border="0" src="images/buttons/learnmoreaboutthetonaltaprogram2.jpg" width="230" height="150"/></a> </font> </p><center> <hr/><font face="Comic Sans MS"> <font color="#800000" size="4"> <i>You&#39;re practicing hard...</i> <i>so</i> </font> <i> <font color="#800000" size="4">why not get in the&nbsp; game?<img border="0" align="left" src="performancegroups/soccerball.jpg" width="126" height="101"/></font>&nbsp;</i> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="left"> <font size="2"> <br/>Ask about Tonalta Performance Groups and <b>get in the band</b>!</font> <br/><br/><br/></p><hr/> <div align="left"> <font size="5"> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"> <font face="Calibri"> <b> <i> <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> T-shirts for Sale<br/></span> </i> </b> <i> <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp; </span> </i> </font> <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <font face="Calibri">Tonalta has t-shirts for sale.&nbsp;<br/> The shirts come in a variety of colors<br/><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> &nbsp;</span>(</font><a href="images/t-_shirt_art.jpg"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">preview t-shirt artwork</font> </a><font face="Calibri">)&nbsp; If you would like to purchase a t-shirt, please drop by the studio.</font> </span> </p> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> Copyright 2003-2011 Tonalta LLC, All Rights Reserved<br/> Tonalta School of Music, Port Neches Texas</span> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </body> </html>