Meeting with the Mayor

This past Tuesday morning a couple parents and I met with Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen. I don’t know if our meeting with the Mayor seems unusual or not, but at least in this case we knew we should set it up. Mayor Van Dusen is not only extremely visible in our community, but he is also a very strong supporter of the arts and schools. The Village Board is always one of the first to congratulate us on our successes. The Mayor attended our Spring Concert a few weeks ago…all two hours of it, and it’s not usual to see him at one of our elementary school musical performances. Hopefully he’ll be able to attend our Midwest Clinic performance in December.

On our agenda were several items including fundraising, publicity, and how we might use our Midwest performance to promote the Village of Skokie. I had originally thought that maybe we were meeting with him a little too early, but it turned out to be perfect timing. He was gracious to spend nearly 90 minutes with us, and he gave us terrific guidance in terms of how to approach building community support of this performance and ways that the Village can and cannot help.

(For topic suggestions or questions relating to our Midwest performance I can be contacted via email: cdestefano@skokie735.k12.il.us or through the contact page on our website.)

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