RHSPB Newslog

Plant Sale

The Rockville High School Pipe Band will sell bedding plants at the Wood Middle School, Rockville, MD on 3/27/2004, beginning at 7:30 am. We will be there until everything is sold. This is a fundraiser to help the band buy much needed uniforms and equiptment.

December 15, 2003

RHSPB Piper Awarded Grant

Congratuations to Erik Abbott, RHSPB Piper, and Bob Mitchell, Master Artist!

Erik Abbott and Bob Mitchell were awarded a grant from the Maryland Traditions Folk Arts and Culture Apprenticeship Awards Program. The Maryland Traditions Apprenticeship Awards Program welcomed applications for apprenticeships in all forms of Maryland’s traditional expressive culture. The Master Artist must have attained excellence within his or her tradition and be recognized as such by members of his or her community. The Apprentice must demonstrate ability in the basic skills of the specific tradition of the apprenticeship and demonstrate a commitment to the art form beyond the end of the apprenticeship period.

The judging was done by The Maryland Traditions Apprenticeship Awards Jury, comprised of regional folk life experts. They reviewed each application based on the following criteria:
· Traditional nature of the proposed art or skill
· Expertise of the master artist
· Relevance and importance of the tradition to the cultural history of Maryland
· Demonstrated level of commitment by the master artist and the apprentice to the apprenticeship
· Potential impact of the apprenticeship on the continued vitality of the tradition
· Feasibility of work plan and the coherence of the overall apprenticeship

Masters and Apprentices will participate in a culminating event for the program to be held in August or September 2004.

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