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Yolande Nicholson Spears
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West Suffield, Connecticut
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Biography:
Yolande Spears is Vice President of Education & Community Relations at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Connecticut’s premiere venue for Broadway theatre, music, dance, children's theatre, and special events. Along with her administrative leadership, Yolande regularly speaks at organizations throughout the United States, Canada, and in China, advocating the importance of arts education.
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Selected works by this author:
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The Gift: How Music and Family Saved a Young Girl
This first-person narrative begins in the early 1960s when the author’s father unexpectedly disappears, plunging the family into poverty. Faced with inner-city violence, her mother’s failing health, and institutionalized racism, her bitterness deepens. But when a violin enters her life, she experiences the stirrings of hope. In a series of funny and tender episodes, the author shares the many struggles she faces on the road to her dreams. Young readers will find inspiration here, while adults may read this book as a moving testimony to how the arts and a strong family can change a child’s life.
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Yolande Nicholson Spears
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0-7414-6765-8
©2012
Price:
$9.95
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The Gift: How Music and Family Saved a Young Girl - Hardcover
This first-person narrative begins in the early 1960s when the author’s father unexpectedly disappears, plunging the family into poverty. Faced with inner-city violence, her mother’s failing health, and institutionalized racism, her bitterness deepens. But when a violin enters her life, she experiences the stirrings of hope. In a series of funny and tender episodes, the author shares the many struggles she faces on the road to her dreams. Young readers will find inspiration here, while adults may read this book as a moving testimony to how the arts and a strong family can change a child’s life.
read more
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Yolande Nicholson Spears
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0-7414-7394-1
©2012
Price:
$17.95
Average Rating:
(not rated)
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