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Pickle Festival 2009

Immaculate Heart of Mary School participated in the twelfth annual Winchester Pickle Festival this past weekend. Whenever the festival does not clash with the Auriesville Pilgrimage, the students perform at the gazebo. This year, the older students also walked in the parade: one of the first marching fiddle groups in history! (There were marching violins [...]

Posted 14 September 2009 † Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M. § Music § School Life § Society ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

One week to the Blueberry Fiddle Festival

Can’t afford to take the family to Disney World this summer? Come to the 7th annual Richmond Blueberry Fiddle Festival, Immaculate Heart of Mary School’s unique, old-fashioned family festival.
Enjoy Friday’s Fish Fry & Contra Dance, Saturday’s Fiddle Contest (endorsed by the North American Fiddling Judges Association), and another original New England melodrama.
Music includes performances by [...]

Posted 29 July 2009 † Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M. § Drama § Fathers § History § Mothers § Music § School Life § Society ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Plato and Liberal Education – Part Three

by Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M.
Plato and Liberal Education
III. The Epochs in Plato’s Educational System
The key for Plato’s system of education is the Greek word μουσικε (sounds like “musikay”) which has survived in our modern languages in such words as “music” and “museum”. To the Greeks the term had a wider signification, including within its comprehension [...]

Posted 03 December 2008 † Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M. § Educational Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,