Sasha is back! She shares her story of growing up with a learning disability and how that affects how she approaches teaching.

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Professor at SDCC, community organizer, and parent of Jonathan's students: Dr. Kirin Macapugay joins the chat! This is a very thoughtful episode, where Kirin talks about the value of our work, how to advocate for music education, and the difficulty of being a community organizer while being a teacher. Have thoughts? Join us!

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San Diego AOSA’s Vice President Rodnalyn Sese joins the chat! Only teaching for three years and between eight schools, she shares her heartfelt journey on how she went from following her parent's wishes of being a nursing major to pursuing music education.

Spiccato: Coffee Beans Packet

Round: White Coral Bells

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The YouTube Queen is back! Sasha Stone shares her struggles this year with 5th grade and how she was encouraged by her admin to go off script to do some cool stuff. Is it successful? You'll have to see.

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Books featured:

The Proudest Blue - Ibtihaj Muhammad & S.K. Ali

Where Are You From? - Yamile Saied Mendez & Jaime Kim

I Want My Hat Back - Jon Klassen

Unicorns Love Ice Cream - Ben Okon & Komal Sharma

The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! - Carmen Agra Deedy & Eugene Yelchin

Born on the Water - Nikole Hannah-Jones & Renee Watson

Arthur and the Cootie Catcher - Marc Brown

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We're back! Jonathan and the AROSA crew finish off the fantasy draft, creating the best lists of video game music for each Laban effort. It's a weird mix of nerd, theory, and praxis. Which list do you think is the best?? Listen to the last one (Ep 101). Listen to this one! Then cast your votes here:

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We'll announce the winner by the end of the season.

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Punch:

*"Festival de Chocobo" - Final Fantasy XV - Yoko Shimomura

*"Battle" - Fire Emblem: Three Houses -Takeru Kanazaki, Hiroki Morishita, & Rei Kondoh

*"Dragonborn" - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Jeremy Soule

*"Dr. Wily's Castle" - Megaman 2 - Takshi Tateishi

Glide:

*"Ashes to Ashes" - Eternal Darkness - Steve Henifin

*"Tetris Theme" - Tetris - Hirokazu Tanaka

*"Enter Hollownest" - Hollow Knight - Christopher Larkin

*"Nascence" - Journey - Austin Wintory

Dab:

*"Traverse Town" - Kingdom Hearts - Yoko Shimomura

*"Super Mario Bros. Theme Song" - Super Mario Bros. - Koji Kondo

*"Little One" - Detroit: Become Human - Philip Sheppard

*"Sapling" - Kena: Bridge of Spirits - Theophany

Flick:

*"A Proper Story" - Bastion - Darren Korb

*"Mirage" - Sdorica - Chamber Chu

*"Great Fairy Fountain" - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Koji Kondo

*"Bicycle Theme" - Pokemon: Red & Blue - Junichi Masuda

Float:

*"Forgotten Song" - Ghost of Tsushima - Ilan Eshkeri

*"Overture: Lore" - The Last Guardian - Takeshi Furukawa

*"Vigil" - Mass Effect - Jack Wall

*"Temple of Time" - MapleStory - Niazura

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Join us as we have another Conference in Review: CASMEC! Today, we're joined by our AROSA friends, Genesis Santos, Jamie Jun, and Jasmine Mah! This time we talk about sessions they loved, Jamie's presentation on music games stemmed from Korean culture, and how to combat our favorite: impostor syndrome.

Song: El Zapatero

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Come on and feel the Duh Mwahh! Crystal, Jonathan, and Rodnalyn chat about our experiences on the latest Orff Conference - at Des Moines, IA. We share our thoughts, our favorite sessions, and what we’d love to see from next year. We have some friends from across the country share their thoughts too. Come join us and share YOUR thoughts in the comments.

Spiccato: Sleeping Bag

Round: Viva La Musica

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Let's have some fun! Today, Jonathan and guests from AROSA bring what they think are the best soundtracks from video games that align with the 8 Laban Efforts. Who decides what's the best? YOU DO! (After Part 2 comes out). So listen as we four bring some great video game music to you!

Song of the Week: Saeya Saeya

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Press:

*"The Great Sea Stirs" - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - ACE

*"Demise of the Ritual" - Shadow of the Colossus - Kow Otani

*"Sumeru" - Genshin Impact - Yu-Peng Chen

*"Little Goth" - Celeste - Lena Raine

Wring:

*"Dearly Beloved" - Kingdom Hearts 2 - Yoko Shimomura

*"To Forgive.. Or To Kill" - God of War: Ragnarok - Bear McCreary

*"Qinshi Village" - Wuthering Waves - Adam Gubman

*"A Shine Upon Inkwater Marsh" - Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Gareth Coker

Slash:

*"One Winged Angel" - Final Fantasy VII Remake - Nobuo Uemtasu

*"Dark Colossus" - NieR Automata - Keigo Hoashi; Keiichi Okabe

*"Getaway and Arrest" - Persona 5 - Shoji Meguro

*"Battle Music" - Final Fantasy X - Nobuo Uematsu

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What is backward planning? How DO you get your students to have something presentable for an audience? And shows are a lot of work… why even put ourselves through all of it? This week, Jon and Crystal tackle how to plan lessons that lead to a performance to be proud of.

Spiccato: Wrapping Paper

Round: Little Tommy Tinker

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This week we are BACK from fall break. Jon and Crystal recap our vacation adventures. We also celebrate Jon Seligman being named a Music Teacher of Excellence by the Country Music Association! He flew out to Nashville, TN for the awards ceremony. Jon has also been busy here at home attending the MegaArts Conference.

Spiccato: Halloween Pumpkin

Round: Black Socks

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Bryan Pridmore is a financial advisor at Mission Trails Financial.

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