 POEMS BECOME SONGS AT SCHOOL PROGRAM
Charismatic Valley sings, dances for McNary Elementary
MISHAWAKA — Students at Bittersweet Elementary School saw one of their poems become an instant song during a presentation at their school. . . . Click
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PIED PIPER PERFORMS
Charismatic Valley sings, dances for McNary Elementary
Jim Valley danced, sang and conversed with McNary Elementary
School students Tuesday in a soothing, yet energetic voice reminiscent
of the late Mr. Rogers. He traveled to Umatilla, one stop on
a worldwide itinerary to interact musically with children.
Next month, he will
fly to Russia to perform at an American International School. He’s
already visited India, Egypt, South America, Saudi Arabia and
Japan, among others. The charismatic performer, nicknamed “International
Pied Piper” mesmerized his young audience with his Pollyannaish,
rainbow-loving view of the
world . . . Click
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Jim Valley’s Rainbow Continues to Inspire
All Ages
Jim Valley has an innate desire to make the
world a better place. His simple blueprint for change? Inspire
and instill in the younger generations the idea of respect, friendship
and peace so that they, in turn, can have a positive impact on
the world . . . Click
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International Pied Piper to Pay Visit
Jim’s work operates on the understanding
that children learn in many different ways and one way to help
students learn to read is through musical/ rhythmic intelligence.
This is a language related intelligence, which begins with a
degree of sensitivity an individual has to the pattern of sound
and the ability to respond emotionally to these sound patterns.
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‘JIM VALLEY WAS HERE!’
A pied piper of the ‘pint sized’ visits Huntley elementary
schools
“Jim Valley is coming! Jim Valley is
coming!” rang the cry
of elementary school children throughout Huntley over the past couple
weeks. Musician Jim Valley is probably known to adults as a member of
the ‘60s band “Paul Revere and the Raiders.” But to
children, Valley is more like a big kid himself. . . Click
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PUT IT TO MUSIC
“Singing is one of the most beautiful things we do. It keeps us healthy.”
You might think it was his vibrant tie-dyed socks sticking
out from his sandals that kept the children’s eyes on Jim Valley this week.
But spend just moments watching this one-time member of Paul Revere and
the Raiders, and there’s no mistaking it: Children love this man.
He sings for them, he sings with them, and he tells them they are special.
But he tells them from his heart, and children, wise in ways we are not,
know beyond a doubt he is sincere. . .
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Musician Brings Power of Imagination to Students
It brought chills to the spine to see the room full
of kindergartners through sixth graders singing with all they had and
hand motions down pat. Most interesting of all was the way he brought
them singing with great emotion, and the next moment the crowd was
perfectly silent talk about in the palm of your hand! I can tell you
that Jim Valley orchestrated his crowd with virtuoso finesse. Like
any good performer, he left them wanting more. I’ll bet it was
the shortest hour most of those kids will have all year, thanks to
the power of Jim Valley.
Students Get Musical Dose of Friendship
An internationally known Pied Piper of peace, love
and understanding ambled merrily into town Thursday morning. And he
stayed late into the afternoon, entertaining and enlightening young
people of assorted race and ethnicity at Gifford Elementary School.
Jim Valley—a grandfather
of four who turns 56 on Saturday—spends September through May day-tripping
around the world, bringing his special message of creativity and imagination
to multinational school children from the four corners of the Earth.
An energetic outgoing performer, Valley’s local appearance featured
four separate one hour sessions. Though divided by grade level, they
were linked by enthusiasm. Even shy-looking youngsters appeared to lose
all inhibition under his mesmerizing encouragement. Those in Janet Wall’s
and Sue Leaver’s class clapped loudly when Valley gave an improvised
rock beat to their collaborative poem, Friends.
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