A Musical Celebration of America's Westward Expansion-There's gold in them thar hills! Gold has been discovered in the hills of California. Land is being given away to settlers willing to make a fresh start in the newly explored regions of the American West. Cowpokes andminers farmers and trappers gamblers and adventurers of all kinds are making their way west to chase the promise of the American Dream. They come by way of wagon train horseback stream boat and rail. Go West combines music history and drama to explore important facts about the westward expansion of early United States and discovers that real gold is not always the kind made into ingots and baubles. Real gold is discovered in the ideas andinspiration derived from new lands fresh starts and attainable dreams abundant in the promises of the land of the free. Perfect for upper elementary and middle school performers this historic and entertaining 35-minute musicalfeatures 7 original songs connecting script John Jacobson's choreography and a helpful production guide. The Teacher Edition includes full script accompanied songs Production Guide and choreography suggestions. Available:Teacher Edition Singer Edition 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals only) Performance/Accompaniment CD Performance Kit/CD (Teacher 20 Singer books P/A CD). Performance Time: Approx. 35 minutes. For Grades 4-8.

100 Inspiring Ideas-Penny Stirling is Director of Yorkshire Young Musicians and one of the UK's leading figures in instrumental teaching. She regularly acts as adjudicator examiner consultant and Professional Development leader in the UK and abroad and holds a Fellowship at the Royal Northern College. Karen Marshall is a successful instrumental and classroom teacher based in York. Specialising in multi-sensory music teaching she trains teachers across the UK on teaching students with special needs regularly writes for Music Teacher magazine and is co-author of the acclaimed Get Set! Piano series.