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Article: Operetta advocates sing their own chorus; As OperaVenture revamps priorities, a Minneapolis magnet school works to continue a program that resonates with students.
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- March 13, 2002
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Byline: Lucy Y. Her; Staff Writer
In each of the past five years, fourth-grade students at the Ramsey International Fine Arts Center in Minneapolis have put on an operetta, learning to write songs and scripts and make stage props and costumes.
This year's presentation, about the 1862 Dakota conflict in which hundreds of Indians and white settlers were killed in southern Minnesota, was performed Tuesday after three weeks of intense preparation by more than 100 students.
Teachers say the program works because students retain what they learn. But they and fine-arts organizers are looking for ways to save it, because its sponsor, the Minnesota ...