In This Issue
Election Results!

We're so excited to let you know that the entire slate of CMNers running for the Board of Directors was elected by an overwhelming majority. Thank you for voting and thank you to everyone who chose to run this year. Most all of the Board, current and new, will be at the conference in Los Gatos where we will officially welcome Alice Burba, Marla Lewis, Bruce O'Brien, Dennis Ronberg, and Val Smalkin 
to the CMN Board and send Liz Benjamin off in style with our heartfelt thanks!
   


Social Media Corner

 
 
Hello everyone!

Twitter can be a great way to get in touch with organizations or individuals you admire. Due to the public nature of the platform, everyone can see what everyone else is saying or thinking. For this reason, organizations are much more likely to respond. This can be useful if you have a customer service problem with a company, but it can also make it easy to bring things to others' attention. For example, do you love Eric Litwin's new series on the Nut Family? Tell him so on Twitter! Do you think Musicians Without Borders is doing good work or could use your help in some way? Let them know. You'd be surprised how many of your tweets will be answered, and a few might even start a valuable conversation.

 This year's conference theme is How Can I Keep from Singing? So we've updated our hashtag to #cmnsing2016. Whenever you share on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram about the Conference, be sure to use our hashtag! And send a Facebook evite to all your friends.

See you there. #cannotwait

Also, remember the CMN Blog is looking for guest contributors! If you have an idea you'd like to share and write about, e-mail me.  
 
Thanks!
 
 
Alina Celeste (alina@alinaceleste.com)  
Regional News       

Mid Atlantic
Two great events in the Mid-Atlantic last week, one in Philly area and one in DC.  

New England   
An end of summer (how can that be??!!) chance to get together in the hills of central MA.  Dorothy Creswell is hosting a song swap, August 28. Read more
 
Northern California 
Got together on August 6 with special guest, Jay Sand, visiting. Great time was had by all! 
Get an update  
 
Spotlight on Our Silver Sponsors 
    
Looking for some great songs in Spanish? Check out CANTEMOS CON KATHY BYERS AND ALICE FIRGAU, a Spanish-language celebration of songs beloved by families throughout Spain, Mexico and Latin America and USA! Mucha canciones! Learn more about what Kathy is up to on her website. 
 
 
Merit School of Music




 












 

Guitars in the Classroom








 
Songs for Teaching





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