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...concert with "Concert Variations," a trumpet trio feature based on "Carnival of Venice," some themes from "Mr. Holland's Opus," and then closing the concert with "Sing, Sing, Sing." Planning meeting set Wednesday The Brainerd Planning...

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Foundation makes joyful noise in Pillager

...PILLAGER -- To Pillager School, Mr. Holland's Opus means more than an award-winning...journal about the work of Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation. Johnson is Pillager's...Encourage a school to apply to the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation. To witness an...

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Open Forum

...he begins to siphon money from public school coffers to support his voucher/school choice program. Remember "Mr. Holland's Opus?" That scenario was played out in Aitkin and Crosby when vouchers weren't even a factor. God help public education...

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ENTERTAINMENT SHORTS

...Brother Bob," "Salute to Louis Armstrong," "Creole Suite" and "Cajun Folk Songs." All funds will go to the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation, which will match the donation and give the money to students and schools that lost instruments in the...

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Upcoming arts and entertainment events

...free, donations welcome. Preceded by Cajun barbecue dinner, 4:30-6:30 p.m., $5. Proceeds go to Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation. EAST GULL LAKE Festival of Trees Live music TBA, noon-5 p.m. Thursday, Cragun's Legacy Clubhouse...

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Entertainment
Open Forum

...logic gone? I don't believe a band, choir, ensemble or a soloist (bottom of the educational food chain - "Mr. Holland's Opus") should perform at any "budget cutters" event, whether it be an inauguration, a wedding or a funeral. Bitter...

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Opinion
Fall TV schedule is loaded with cops and sobbers

...concepts, if not clear success prospects, in three standard CBS dramas: Richard Dreyfuss as a college professor ("Mr. Holland's Opus," anyone?) in "The Education of Max Bickford"; Lou Diamond Phillips ("La Bamba") in the "Wolf Lake...

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Entertainment
Open Forum

...Congratulations Mr. Sviggum! You won! Now you can take your well-earned rebate checks to the video store and rent "Mr. Holland's Opus" (Band Director loses his job due to budget cuts). Please know that, for nothing, you'll get to watch this...

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Opinion
Names and faces

...Goodbye Girl." He's also starred in films including "Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Mr. Holland's Opus." 'Xena' a mom again LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Former "Xena: Warrior Princess" star Lucy Lawless is a mom again...

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...everyone cared about teachers as much as we care about kids. I believed that even conservatives cried at the end of "Mr. Holland's Opus." I believed that home-schoolers would come back to school and save the day for band, choir, and sports...

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