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Dear MASTA members,</div>
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It was wonderful to see you all last weekend!</div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please note that the deadline for the MASTA Chamber Music Festival and Competition has
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<div><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">A reminder that to compete, students must be one on a part.  If students choose not
 to compete, they are still very welcome to attend, be coached and participate in the enrichment classes!</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">And as always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via email or
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Mary Kothman</div>
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Western Michigan University </div>
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</div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jed Fritzemeier, <div>Michigan Chapter President, </div><div>American String Teachers Association<div><i style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif">"So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning." Aaron Copland</i><br></div></div></div></div>