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Giving Tuesday

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Diamond Jubilee: Keepin' the Music Alive

My office is once again hosting the Congressional Art Competition, but we are adapting to social distancing guidelines and moving to an all-digital submission format. Last year, I was blown away by the creativity of the young people in our district and feel that now more than ever it’s important to provide students with an outlet to express their thoughts and ideas. The annual competition is open to high school students in grades 9-12 living in PA-17, and I encourage all interested students in the district to participate this year. All submissions are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 29, 2020 via e-mail to [email protected], and a complete list of rules and regulations can be accessed here. https://lamb.house.gov/services/art-competition

Please stay safe and I encourage you to follow the health and safety guidelines issued by your jurisdiction.

Sincerely,

Conor Lamb
Member of Congress

2020 Congressional Art Competition Learn more about the 2020 Congressional Art Competition open to all high school students in grades 9-12 that live in Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District.

PHAME - Penn Hills Arts and Music Education Foundation updated their website address.

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Newsletter & Membership Drive

Congratulations to Penn Hills senior, Skye Coto, for winning 3rd place at the nationwide 2019 Congressional Art Competition for Pennsylvania’s 17th District. Her watercolor, entitled "A Journey to the Urban Rain Forest" will hang in Representative Connor Lamb's offices for the next year. Skye was also recently awarded a $500 scholarship from PHAME and will attend the Pittsburgh Technical College to study graphic design. Congratulations Skye on all your successes! (far right.)

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High School Musical - Addams Family

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Neighborhood Training Choir - Spring Session

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Summer Camp Fundraiser through GiveGab

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Cabaret Ole

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Thank You for your Support! and artists-in-residence workshops to our students along with providing funds for community murals, and many other ventures.

PHAME - Penn Hills Arts and Music Education Foundation updated their phone number.

Nov 11 2017 Veteran's Day;
Martin Miglioretti - Inductee

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Paint & Pastries Party

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Look What's Happening on Nov. 11th
Come Paint with us... for fun and fundraising!!!

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Thank you, Nancy Cotts for all of our social media work!!
Please open up the link and find out lots of stuff about PHAME!

Check out the October 2017 newsletter for a chance to win tickets and catch up with PHAME: http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/420797/57faea0b87/1734500985/c4a6174607/
or go to phameonline.org

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Newsletter / Membership Drive / Event

Check out the October 2017 newsletter for a chance to win tickets to the Benedum, Byham and Heinz Hall and catch up with PHAME.

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Congratulations and THANK YOU to our Membership Drive Ticket Winners!
1) Michele Bartos: 2 tickets to "Dancing with the Stars" at Heinz Hall; 1st donation rec'd over $250.
2) Bill and Linda Nimick: 2 tickets to "Jim Brickman - Comfort & Joy" at Byham Theatre; 1st donation over $200.
3) Stephen & Esther Winikoff: 2 tickets to "Between Riverside and Crazy" at the O’Reilly Theatre' 1st donation over $100.

Also, we drew 4 winners from all donations and memberships received by November 15 for 2 tickets to River City Brass Band Concerts performed at Linton Middle School:

1) Bill Holodnik
2) Susan Chikalla
3) Barry and Rosanne Patterson
4) Mike and Mary Phan-Gruber

Congratulations to all our winners. Enjoy the show!

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Friendly Reminder: This Friday and Saturday: Singin' & Swingin' with PHAME

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Get your tickets to PHAME's Fall Fundraiser: "Singin' and Swingin" with PHAME" - October 21 and 22 on showclix!

Featuring the Tuesday Night Big Band, singer Frank Czuri, and Penn Hills Musical Alumni performing solos and duets. Don't miss the dance numbers choreographed by our own Joe D. Nickel !!!!!!

Doors open at 7pm

Singing' and Swinging' with PHAME Tickets for Singing' and Swinging' with PHAME in Pittsburgh from ShowClix. Join us for a great night of entertainment performed to tunes from Big Band era! Featuring The Tuesday Night Big Band - Plus... Penn Hills Musical Alumni Singers & Dancers

Yes! "Singin' & Swingin' with PHAME
on Oct. 21 and 22 is PHAME's fundraiser this year..
Featuring… The Tuesday Night Big Band…. with
our celebrated alums singing and dancing to tunes
that will fill your heart with joy and love!
7:30 at the PHHS Tom Bond Auditorium…$20.00/ticket.

SAVE the DATE!!!!

Oct. 21 & 22, 2016
"SINGIN' & SWINGIN' WITH PHAME
is coming to a venue near you!

Featuring "Tuesday Night" and Penn Hills Alumni!
Penn Hills High School Audituorium
More details to come soon…..

Congratulations to our Membership Drive Prize Winners:

1) Bill and Linda Nimick - 2 tickets to Celtic Woman Christmas at Heinz Hall - for the 1st donation received over $200.

2) Michele Bartos - 2 tickets to the PGH Symphony Orchestra's Valentine’s Day: Romeo and Juliet and Carmen - for the 1st donation rec'd over $150.

3) Dave Moschetta of J&M Printing, Inc. - 2 tickets to Pittsburgh Public Theatre now through June 16 - for 1st donation rec'd over $100.

For all donations and memberships received by Nov 2, 2015 at any dollar level, we held a general drawing for 2 sets of tickets to the River City Brass Band's "Christmas Brasstacular" to be performed on December 3rd at Linton Middle School. Our winners are:

1) Luanne Russell and 2) Rich and Patty Stevens

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR WINNERS !!!

Althought the prize-drawings have concluded, it's NEVER TOO LATE TO BECOME A MEMBER or make a donation to PHAME - the only local non-profit in the Penn Hills School district that serves to broaden support and appreciation for the arts and music in our schools and within the community. Print out the membership form below and become PHAMOUS !!

We offer a Basic fee for memberships - plus you can go Beyond with a more generous gift.

Membership Dues: _______ $10.00 Basic

BEYOND THE SPECTRUM

You decide what dreams you would like PHAME to accomplish.

Silver____$25.00 Gold ____$50.00 Platinum_____$100.00

Platinum Plus________$150 or more.

You can help make visions reality!


Please print out the membership form below, fill it out and mail to:
Nancy Cotts | 11612 Joan Drive | Pittsburgh, PA | 15235


Thank you so much from the PHAME board and all the young people whose lives you are shaping! Please feel free to share this post with others who are friends with a heart for the Arts!


MEMBERSHIP / DONATION FORM

Name: ____________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________

_____ Enclosed is my check to "PHAME" in the total amount
of $____________

_____ # of Membership Renewals at _____ per
person. $____________

_____ 2015 Tax Deductible Donation to PHAME - "Beyond the
Spectrum" $____________

______ Sign me up for the PHAME annual newsletter and
occasional emails. My email address is:

________________________________________________

______ I am an alumnus of Penn Hills Sr. High School

Mail to: Nancy Cotts | 11612 Joan Drive | Pittsburgh, PA. | 15235

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Mosaic Unveiled at New Elementary:

On October 17, students at the Elementary School got to see the result of the hard work put in by last year's third graders (now in fourth grade) to create a mosaic that represented both the past and future of our elementary students.


The mosaic project was done under the auspices of the Penn Hills Arts and Music Education Foundation (PHAME), which was formed to support the arts in the community. The group has paid for field trips and transportation, given scholarships to those going into the arts, and paid for an artist in residency program for the schools from the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.

Preparing for the unveiling
Representing PHAME, Elementary Music Teacher Barb Spiri explained at a Board meeting how the project came about. Last fall, she said she began to dream of a project that would start in the existing elementary schools but would bring those schools together as one in the new building. The resulting mosaic was divided into three sections--its name, the past, and the future. Each section had four panels sized 2.5 by 3 feet. Laura McLaughlin--well known for mosaics around the city such as at the zoo and many other schools--came to each building four times to work with the third graders.

The first workshop included some surrealism games and then the students were given the opportunity to draw pictures about schools in the past and future. The artist then took those 250 pictures and arranged them into templates.

The first day in each school included a 45-minute period where students "nipped" the black tiles into rectangles. Those who were not nipping went through the tiles and picked out the ones that looked good for outlining and those that needed to be re-nipped. All students were also rotated to concrete boards to paint the proper colors for later use. The second day in each school involved outlining. The black tiles were pasted around letters and pictures so they would stand out. A popsicle stick was used to clean off extra glue around each piece during the pasting process.

On the third day in each school, more tiles needed to be nipped to fill in each color. Students enjoyed this because they had to decide what would "fit," providing a spatial exercise for them. The background of the mosaic was made of mirror. Ms. Spiri and Mrs. Meryl Thomas cut the mirror for safety reasons and then had small groups of students come in to place the mirror. Once finished, the artist came in for one more step--grouting. This involved wetting the board, spreading the grout, and then scraping with popsicle sticks to clean it up.

"We wanted the fourth graders to be the first to see it," Ms. Spiri explained, "so I covered it with four long pieces of paper. After we showed them a slide show of the over 200 pictures I took, we unveiled it." She went on to say, "We are all Penn Hills Proud. Come and see it!"

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The new Penn Hills Elementary School will be holding an Information Night on October 21, 2014 at 6:30pm. Parents and students can learn about all the programs and services offered by the school district and our community. PHAME will be unveiling the beautiful tile mosaic created by last year's 3rd graders which names the building and memorializes their goals. You can find the PHAME table underneath the new installation inside the front entrance in the main lobby! Stop by our table for a chat, sign-up for our newsletter or join the PHAME Foundation.

Dear Friends of PHAME,

It's beginning to happen. Have you noticed? PHAME, Penn Hills Arts and Music Education Foundation, is starting to make a difference in Penn Hills! Our outreach is growing, slowly and surely. Our baby steps have taught us how to walk, and now we are ready to dance!

Thank you for supporting the PHAME Foundation with your memberships, donations and encouragement of our students and entire community. You may have noticed that we haven't hosted a Gala in a couple of years - they will be back - but in the meantime, all the funds we are raising are going straight to our students and community.

Last year we were able to give three $500 scholarships to students pursuing a career in some form of the arts:

Armon Coleman - Clarion University - Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Computer Science leading to Animation - Video Game Designer.
Erin Slage - Seton Hill University - Graphic Design / Art Administration.
Erin Altmeyer - American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles for Acting.

One of our former scholarship recipients, Carly Otte, was just in her first box office movie, "The Fault in Our Stars," filmed here in Pittsburgh! How great is that? The talent in Penn Hills always shines.

Having an Artist in Residence has been a gift to Penn Hills students for the last three years. This past year the support was given to last year's third graders in all three buildings. Their project was a beautiful 12' x 8' tile mosaic to be placed in our new elementary building. It boasts the name of the school as well as a section - "Proud of our Past" and another "Looking to the Future." The ideas were taken from their creative drawings and each step was done by the students. This project was done in cooperation with The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts with mosaic artist Laura Jean McLaughlin.

40 Hours were funded by PHAMEand another 60 Hours were donated by PHAME volunteers.

You will soon see the result of this project hanging in the foyer of our New Elementary School. This gift will keep on giving to all the students in the future from children in each of our former elementary schools. Their work of Art developed into a living remembrance of some of the best childhood memories of Penn Hills, from days long ago to today! What a great gift!

You can see that your memberships and donations are going a long way toward improving the Arts Culture in our community. We've been able to transport elementary students to the symphony. This year we hope to take about 500 2nd and 4th graders! You are helping us make a difference in the lives of our kids! We trust that this also gives you hope for the future of our children and their creative development.

Please help us support the Arts programs in our school district and community by renewing your membership today or by making a tax-deductible donation for 2014-2015, or better yet - both! Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Our Future Visions and Dreams include: Giving students an even greater exposure to their Creative side and the World. We would love to have Summer Theatre for Children, Drama Camps, African Drumming Workshops, Dance Classes, Scholarships for area Art and Music Camps and our Greatest vision......our "Beyond the Spectrum" dream.....An Eastern Area School for the Arts!

We're offering a Basic fee for membership plus you can go Beyond with a more generous gift.
Membership Dues ___________ $10.00 Basic

BEYOND THE SPECTRUM

You decide what dreams you would like PHAME to accomplish.

Silver ____$25.00 Gold____$50.00 Platinum____$100.00

Platinum Plus ______ You can help make visions reality!

Please, print out the form below, fill it out and mail to:

Nancy Cotts | 11612 Joan Drive | Pittsburgh, PA 15235

You can also become a member or make a donation on our website:
http://www.phameonline.org

Thank you so much from the PHAME Board and all the young people whose lives you are shaping!

Gratefully,

THE PHAME BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Margie Krogh, Mary Beth Sallinger, Barbara Spiri, Meryl Thomas and
Erin Remaley,


MEMBERSHIP FORM

Name __________________________________________________


Address ________________________________________________


Enclosed is my check payable to "PHAME" in the total amount of $____________.


______ # of Membership Renewals at ________ per person $__________________

______2014 Tax-Deductible Donation to PHAME - "Beyond the Spectrum" $__________________

_____ Sign me up for the PHAME Newsletter. My email address is:

______________________________________________
(You can unsubscribe at any time.)

______ I am an alumnus of Penn Hills Sr. High School


Mail to: Nancy Cotts | 11612 Joan Drive | Pittsburgh, PA. | 15235


Thank you for not only dreaming with us, but for helping those dreams become reality!

THE PHAME FOUNDATION IS A 501(C)3, NON-PROFIT, CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE.

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An Evening with Patricia Ward Kelly

PHAME's tile mosaic project for the new elementary school was featured in a Penn Hills Progress article in March. Thank you Meryl and Barb for your efforts in helping to coordinate this important, and fun project.