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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The upcoming MAR conference is really shaping up and the Student Service Project looks to be great! Christina Rulison has done a great job getting this set up and the facility managers are very excited. To accommodate all the groups, we still need 7 more MT-BCs to accompany the students on Thursday morning, March 31<sup>st</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>On Thursday, March 31 the students will all be going to Wesley Health Care Center at the Wesley Community in Saratoga. It is just a couple of minutes from the hotel. That facility will provide 11 groups of clients: pre-school, alzheimer, young adult TBI, health-related. 39 students are signed up to participate and will be providing music experiences in these groups, plus for some individuals. Each group will have a Recreation Therapist from the facility and will have a music therapist with them. Thank you to the two from Marywood University who have already volunteered! The tentative schedule is:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> 9:15 students and MTs meet at hotel to go over the plan, then head over to Wesley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> 10-10:45 Sessions conducted by students<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> 11:00 All meet (at Wesley) for debriefing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Return to hotel by 11:30<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>So if you can be at the conference on Thursday morning, aren't attending a CMTE or the Executive Board at that time and would be interested in coming along with the students, please contact Christina Rulison, MT-BC at <a href="mailto:christina.rulison@va.gov">christina.rulison@va.gov</a>, or call her at (518) 626-5883. Or if you know a qualified music therapist who would be interested in this, please pass along this information to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thanks so much and I look forward to seeing many of you in Saratoga Springs,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>Barbara MacLean, LCAT, MT-BC, FAMI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>Local Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>(518) 626-5834<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>