More Female Bands Campaign
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The Kenmore Village Improvement Society (KVIS) is an all-volunteer 501c3 non-profit group. Each summer we present a free Children’s Concert Series. We strive to provide interesting and varied music in each Series, ensuring that we have music from different eras, of different styles and ethnicities. We also work to have as much gender balance as possible among the performers, showing the children that music making is for everyone.
This is where we have run into a problem -it is very challenging to achieve gender balance for the Concert Series because so many area bands are made up primarily of men. We have launched a ‘More Female Bands’ campaign to encourage more girls and women to form and join a band. The campaign features a contest that will take place next year around this time. The contest will award cash prizes to the top three all-female bands and is open to all female bands playing any style of music with band members of any age. How you can help:
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Are You a Good Neighbor?
When the KVIS first started, we heard from many people who would sigh and say, "It seems like some people just don't know how to be a good neighbor." We realized that there may be some truth to that statement sometimes. So we set about finding out what the most common complaints are between neighbors and what makes for a really great neighbor. We created our Good Neighbor Guide as a way to help us all know what the basic guidelines are for creating a fair and peaceful co-existence. We also created the Good Neighbor Award to acknowledge and honor those whose goodness goes above and beyond. Kenmore is filled with good neighbors, so most of us likely know of someone who is deserving of this Award. Click below for the Good Neighbor Guide brochure and nomination form.
When the KVIS first started, we heard from many people who would sigh and say, "It seems like some people just don't know how to be a good neighbor." We realized that there may be some truth to that statement sometimes. So we set about finding out what the most common complaints are between neighbors and what makes for a really great neighbor. We created our Good Neighbor Guide as a way to help us all know what the basic guidelines are for creating a fair and peaceful co-existence. We also created the Good Neighbor Award to acknowledge and honor those whose goodness goes above and beyond. Kenmore is filled with good neighbors, so most of us likely know of someone who is deserving of this Award. Click below for the Good Neighbor Guide brochure and nomination form.
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Rich Richardson, Bee Ambassador
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