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Brightspark Blog
Planning Out Band Season: Director Shares Tips
Spring band season is in full swing, and the amount of opportunities for your students to perform and compete is incredible. There are so many …
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Brightspark Employee Spotlight: Matt Bartling
Editor's Note: Originally published on April 13, 2016, this blog post was updated with current information on July 17, 2020. Matt Bartling is a …
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50 Creative School Fundraising Ideas
School fundraising events can be as fun and educational as they are lucrative. We put together our favorite school fundraising ideas in a variety of …
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What to Do in San Francisco With Student Travelers
Considering a student tour to San Francisco? This California city has so much to teach young people. With a uniquely American history and an …
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Disney Professional Says NPAF Is “Top-Notch”
Michael currently works as an assistant and technical director at a high school theatre department, but he has experience working in Walt Disney …
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What Will You Find at the Smithsonian Institution? [Infographic]
Housing over 138 million cultural, historical and scientific items, the museums of the Smithsonian Institution are some of the most popular …
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Top 6 Ethnic Neighborhoods in Chicago
America is a country of immigrants, and nowhere is this more obvious than Chicago — a city where individuals from throughout the world settled in …
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Hawaiian Group Travels to Disney for a Performance Festival
Traveling from Hawaii is expensive. Traveling from Hawaii to Florida is really expensive. But that didn’t stop Meagan Olsen’s island-based theatre …
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Performing at Disney: A Trip to Remember
Kevin has brought dance and musical theatre students to plenty of regional competitions. But this year, he wanted to give them a purely educational …
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Educational Travel Veteran Says "Yes!" to Disney
Leslie is a sixth grade teacher who’s brought her students to participate in Disney YES programs in Walt Disney World for the past 19 years. Some of …
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