2 x Grammy winner for the Sound Track and contender for Best Documentary 2002
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THE FUNK BROTHERS
CREDITS – “Standing in the Shadows of Motown” can be is the documentary film that tells the story of Motown’s legendary studio band, the Funk Brothers. The Funk Brothers were a relatively unknown group of musicians who have played on as many No. #1 one hits as the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined!!
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Alan Slutsky lives in New Jersey
Joe Messina lives in Michigan
[ I live in PA]
Carla Benson – Voice of an Angel lives in New Jersey
“THE MOST RECORDED FEMALE BACKGROUND VOCALIST IN THE HISTORY OF THE RECORDING INDUSTRY”
History
2/3/03 45th & 46th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS
BEST MOVIE SOUNDTRACK and BEST TRADITIONAL R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
” What’s Going On” – The Funk Brothers & Chaka Khan
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Funk Brothers WebQuest
12/14/2001 The Music Division of the Library of Congress
Presents the first preview showing of “Standing in the Shadows of Motown” a documentary film as part of “I Hear America Singing,” a major initiative to celebrate this nation’s rich musical heritage.
12/16/02 WINS BEST DOCUMENTARY. — New York Film Critics Circle
10/12/03 Funk Brothers Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Students can Find
JOE MESSINA was The First Funk Brother Hired by Barry Gordy
Joe is alive and well!! staying safe inside his home! Just spoke with him a few days ago. My personal page
JOE MESSINA HAS A BOOK CALLED GIANT STEPS — YOU CAN ORDER –
Facts about the Movie
About the book by Allan Slutsky “Dr. Licks” Grammy Winning Producer, Musician, & Author that inspired the film and his biography
WEBQUESTS: STUDENT PROJECTS FOR REMOTE LEARNING
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If you don’t realize why the government should support the ARTS then think about what you would be doing with yourself at home all this time while waiting out the COVID-19 plague. How bored would you be without, movies, books, games, etc. SUPPORT THE ARTS!!!
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WEBQUESTS ARE ALL ABOUT REMOTE LEARNING
WebQuests are designed to use learners’ time, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners’ thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The model was developed in early 1995 at San Diego State University.
Funk Brothers WebQuest ” What’s Going On” – The Funk Brothers & Chaka Khan
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TRY A STANDING IN THE SHADOWS WEBQUEST PROJECT FOR STUDENTS AT HOME
Joe Messina
Carla Benson
Friends,
If you are interested in REMOTE LEARNING Arts Education, Children’s Health, and Society the National Children’s Folksong Repository is a public folklore project will preserve what is left of our oral culture.
Children in the United States aren’t singing the songs of their heritage, an omission that puts the nation in jeopardy of losing a longstanding and rich part of its identity.
Use the K12PlayGround.com site show PROOF OF WORK
– ARTS – Music, video your playground song or chant proof of video creation skills
– Science, Put it up on youtube or vimeo – Science proof of technical skills
– English, write it down in your Playground Poetry Book
– Math, Learn to write the music notes that rhythmically transcribe the words to the playground chants and or songs.
– Register / login > find your K12 SCHOOL INFORMATION PAGE
Then link to your video that shows you singing the playground song, or chant, that you know – Geography and Story telling, Proof of the author’s work, tagging work with hashtags that allow anyone to find the #covid19 work associated with K12 Schools in the United States curriculum
– Engineering,
THIS IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY K12 #STEAM PROJECT
ARTS – collect children’s playground music,
English – read / write / spell / create a playground poetry book
Social Studies – geography / story telling
Science – includes technology / make and upload your video
This proves to everyone that you can — and can tell us a story about the geography of the town where you learned this.
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