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Community Composers join Parkway Middle School Jazz Band and Vocal Ensemble at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, through a Broward Schools SEAS Grant on Monday, November 21, 2011, at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

  • Arrangements of songs by Joan Cartwright by Dr. Malcolm Black
  • Arrangement of Stumpblocker by Arthur James Wilscon
  • Arrangement of Light The Way by Paul Banman

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