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Music Arts Inspires All Ages! A big round of thanks to the Johnson City Senior Center Foundation and Tennessee Arts Commission for their support of the very successful Music Arts Camp held at Memorial Park Community Center on May 31. An enthusiastic multigenerational group of 40 participants attended the free camp at which instructors offered lessons in six different art, music and movement classes. Each participant selected two of the specialized classes and took part in several group activities. Classes included rock painting, introduction to musical note reading, an overview of stringed instruments with a concentration on the ukulele, basic piano keyboard, paper quilts, hand bells, boomwhackers – (plastic tubes that create musical notes) and movement to music utilizing a parachute. The camp was held from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., and third-graders through senior adults all were given an opportunity to perform and show the group what they had learned. Many happily accepted the offer. Instructors included the Senior Chorale, Cherry Smith, Gail Morris, Terry Countermine and Gretchen Culp.