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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I hope everyone is home safely and ready to get back to work. It's hard to leave<span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,"EmojiFont","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
</span>the MMC utopia where everyone understands the value and POWER of music. I'll also miss <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline; float: none; font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,"EmojiFont","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">the
'love in the room' wherever string teachers are gathered!</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Business first: We were supposed to vote on Abby Alwin's grant request from Joe Harmsen. It is a Program Grant (different from the one he got last year) and no one else applied. I asked several of you at the reception
but to be legal, we should vote. Please send a yes or no in reply to this e-mail. </p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Thank you for your hard work, professionalism, collaboration and support as MASTA Board members. Our board is the equivalent of a top-notch chamber orchestra where each member is a prepared, effective and talented artist.
From the bass to the solo violin, each person is important to the end product. We have achieved a magical synergy. Our MASTA ensemble is more powerful than a philharmonic!</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Thank you also for your kind and positive words. <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,"EmojiFont","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I
was deeply moved and </span><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,"EmojiFont","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">humbled
by</span> the ovation at the General Membership meeting. It was one of the most heartwarming moments in my career. I remain honored to serve as your guest conductor!</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Love, </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Janis</p>
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<div id="Signature">Janis Shier Peterson, President
<div>Michigan American String Teachers Assn.<br>
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<div>932 S. Lake St.</div>
<div>Marquette, MI 49855</div>
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