Music Therapy

Baroness Michie of Gallanach: Lib Dem peer committed toScotland and the Gaelic language (Independent)

12 May 2008

On 31 October 2001, a small but important piece of history was made when Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach, became the first person ever to take the oath of allegiance in the House of Lords in Gaelic. In doing so, she was true to her inheritance. Her father, Lord Bannerman of Kildonan, had spoken the first words of his maiden speech in the Lords in Gaelic.

Teaching seniors tai chi (KTAR 92.3 Phoenix)

11 May 2008

It's not your regular exercise class. No slamming of weights. No squeaking of shoes. Just a half-lit room at Scottsdale's Granite Reef Senior Center. Twenty seniors are seated in chairs, their arms and torsos tracing fluid arcs to the music of Chinese flutes.

Festival for the whole earth (The Daily Democrat)

11 May 2008

On a warm afternoon in the quad area of the UC Davis campus Saturday, the earth became whole - and will do so again today from 9 a.m to 9 p.m. For zero dollars you can come to the 39th annual Whole Earth Festival in Davis to partake in freejam music, organic foods and the many booths displaying