REMINDER...if you DID NOT pre-register for parking prior to February 15th, please remember to check in at the PARKING KIOSK tomorrow at the doors near security when you arrive in the morning! Thank you!
LUNCH SPECIALS at the MHC! Plan ahead for some good food and a sit down visit with friends!
THURSDAY
CRAVE BUFFET ($15.00) - Chicken Penne Alfredo, Caesar Salad & Garlic Toast, Vegetarian option - Mediterranean Penne CAFETERIA CORNER ($10.00) - BBQ Beef on a bun with Potato Wedges, medium fountain pop
FRIDAY CRAVE BUFFET ($15.00) - Pulled Pork on a bun with Cole Slaw Vegetarian option - Veggie Wrap CAFETERIA CORNER ($10.00) - Soft Tacos with Tater Tots, medium fountain pop
Of course the cafeteria will be open with a full menu! REMEMBER...MHC is CASHLESS!
Please NOTE: Pre-registration for Convention Parking is now CLOSED! If you need to register your vehicle for convention parking, please stop into the Courtyard room to use a parking Kiosk.
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Mental and physical wellness has never before been such a big topic in education. Over the past decade drumming has come to the forefront as an activity that has many health and wellness benefits. This workshop will take participants through numerous games and activities that can help ease stress, anxiety, other mental health struggles, and improve feelings of community, wellness, and general wellbeing. No prior experience is necessary. We will learn basic hand drumming skills, basic rhythms, and how to improvise. Come and play the drum, we will have so much fun.
The benefits of hands-on activities for young learners are undeniable. But often with the unique challenges of the music classroom, these experiences are difficult to provide. Join me for an overview of my tried and true method for Music Centres. With a little planning and preparation, your students will be playing, exploring, and music-making with engaging and independent activities no matter your own music teacher experience. This music centre plan is easily customizable to fit with the materials and instruments you have, and can be modified in a number of ways to suit the levels and needs of your students.
Not a music specialist but teaching music? Need some new ideas for music classes that you’re currently teaching? Then this session is for you! Joyce will arm you with songs, games, activities and strategies to turn you from terrified to terrifically confident. You’ll leave with a handout filled with tips for teaching, reinforcing, and assessing music concepts and skills. If you’ve never taught music or are a reluctant singer, you will learn strategies to have you and your students loving music time!!
Joyce Holoboff has taught elementary music and junior high band with Wolf Creek School Division for 31 years. She uses a hybrid approach combining elements of Kodaly, Orff, and world music in her elementary instruction, and she loves teaching beginning recorder. She has also directed... Read More →
Thursday February 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
S145 (Cap 42)Medicine Hat College, 299 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 3Y6, Canada
The benefits of hands-on activities for young learners are undeniable. But often with the unique challenges of the music classroom, these experiences are difficult to provide. Join me for an overview of my tried and true method for Music Centres. With a little planning and preparation, your students will be playing, exploring, and music-making with engaging and independent activities no matter your own music teacher experience. This music centre plan is easily customizable to fit with the materials and instruments you have, and can be modified in a number of ways to suit the levels and needs of your students.
Get ready to clap, stomp, snap and play! In this interactive session, Joyce will demonstrate a variety of fun activities to teach, reinforce and assess rhythms concepts for Div. I and II music. She’ll also show you fun ways to incorporate rhythm instruments to get your students playing and learning.
Joyce Holoboff has taught elementary music and junior high band with Wolf Creek School Division for 31 years. She uses a hybrid approach combining elements of Kodaly, Orff, and world music in her elementary instruction, and she loves teaching beginning recorder. She has also directed... Read More →
Thursday February 20, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST
S145 (Cap 42)Medicine Hat College, 299 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 3Y6, Canada
Teaching and reinforcing musical concepts, social skills, multicultural music - all of this can happen in the context of music games - and while having fun in the process!! Additionally, games are one of the most effective ways to engage reluctant singers. In this session, Joyce will introduce new game material and some “greatest hits” game activities which will bring enjoyment and learning to your music room.
Joyce Holoboff has taught elementary music and junior high band with Wolf Creek School Division for 31 years. She uses a hybrid approach combining elements of Kodaly, Orff, and world music in her elementary instruction, and she loves teaching beginning recorder. She has also directed... Read More →
Thursday February 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
S145 (Cap 42)Medicine Hat College, 299 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 3Y6, Canada
"1, 2 Make Up Your Own!" Sometimes it works, other times we get chaos, or nobody knows what to play! Improv is not a switch to be flipped but a dial that can be adjusted based on the needs of your group. The improv dial moves from "Constrained" (safety) to "Unconstrained" (risk) and back again. Constraints are not the limitations of creativity but the foundations of it. Constraints allow creative types to work their ideas into form and allow others to move from safety to risk with the rest of the group
