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Wide establishing of auditorium2. Medium of poster of cover of book3. SOUNDBITE (English) Don Felder/Musician:\"We, as parents, which I am, have an obligation to make certain that our children...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, 05 April 2006\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide establishing of auditorium\u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium of poster of cover of book\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) Don Felder/Musician:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We, as parents, which I am, have an obligation to make certain that our children have the same exposure in their schools to the arts that we had. Hopefully, with this pending legislation, this money will actually reconstitute the missing departments that are in the schools now. They have been cut down to a point where they''re just barely non-existant. And, I think, only 13 out of 133 schools in Baltimore, Maryland still have arts education in their schools. So it''s a great opportunity as parents to support something that will put back in the school the same exposure that we had when we were children.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Groban/Musician:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I was very fortunate. I mean, my parents took me to everything from youth programs here at the L.A. Phil to every concert that came into town. They got me interested very young. I had this love of music. I just didn''t know where to focus that love and how to get it across. And it wasn''t until I went to a high school and had a music teacher that had us in a group, vocal group. And he said one day, ''Does anyone here know what scat singing is?'' I thought, ''I think I''ve seen my dad do it around the house a few times.'' ''Oh Josh, what does that sound like?'' I started doing this little thing, I didn''t know what I was doing. But he said, ''That''s really good. You''ve got a good voice. Hey, we''re doing a cabaret show next week and I want you to sing the Gershwin''s song, \"S''wonderful.\" And we''re going to have a student drummer, a student guitarist, a student bassist, and you''ll have a mic. Invite your parents.'' And I did that show. For me, there was like 50 people and it was the most tremendous experience. My mom was there. She was just crying, this whole thing. But, for me, it was the eye-opening experience of finding what was my voice.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Greenwood/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You know, we are not supporting this program because we think the state needs more independent record labels and guitar players. We are supporting it because music programs have been proven to have a really broad impact. The research is clear: Students who are exposed to music have exponentially higher results in math, reading, temporal spacial, reasoning, geography, and history. In addition, to better social relationships if you can believe that.\" \u003cbr/\u003e6. Camera cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Groban/Musician:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, I think I definitely owe it to every teacher and every arts program that I''ve been a part of growing up. Growing up here in Los Angeles, to be here today -- it''s an exciting day for arts education. One-hundred million dollars is, in the grand scheme of California''s budget, doesn''t seem like a lot of money, but it is a huge, huge deal, and very, very cool of the Governor to do this. I went to Los Angeles County High School for the Arts which is an audition-based public school. And it was just the most tremendous thing for me to get that book and get that positive energy and feel like, yes you can.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Camera cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Groban/Musician, asked what his reaction would be if the proposal does not pass:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Then I''ll be fighting mad. You''ll hear a much less pleasant speech from me, but we''re all hoping that it will. I think it will. I think, like what everybody was saying, it''s a little bit of spending now or a lot of spending later. You want the kids here at the music center. Not at the Superior Court across the street. So I''d say it''s a great, great investment in California''s future.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Camera cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of all four artists posing for photographers\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide push out of children performing\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide push out of children performing\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide pan of children screaming in the Music Center Plaza\u003cbr/\u003eGrammy-nominated singer Josh Groban, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Don Felder (The Eagles) and Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood (\"Eight Below\") gathered in a press conference in Los Angeles Wednesday to urge the California Legislature to approve Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger''s $100- million proposal for an arts education. \u003cbr/\u003e\"We as parents,\" explained Felder. \"Have an obligation to make certain that our children have the same exposure in their schools to the arts that we had. Hopefully this pending legislation, this money will actually reconstitute the missing departments that are in the schools now. They have been cut down to a point where they just barely non exist. And I think only 13 out of 133 schools in Baltimore, Maryland still have arts education in their schools. So it''s a great opportunity as parents to support something that will put back in the school the same exposure that we had when we were children.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThese performers continued to tell their stories of how their artistic lives were touched and influenced at some point by arts education. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I was very fortunate,\" noted Groban. \"I mean, my parents took me to everything from youth programs here at the L.A. Phil to every concert that came into town. They got me interested very young. I had this love of music. I just didn''t know where to focus that love and how to get it across. And it wasn''t until I went to a high school and had a music teacher that had us in a group, vocal group. And he said one day, ''Does anyone here know what scat singing is?'' I thought, ''I think I''ve seen my dad do it around the house a few times.'' ''Oh Josh, what does that sound like?'' I started doing this little thing, I didn''t know what I was doing. But he said, ''That''s really good. You''ve got a good voice. Hey, we''re doing a cabaret show next week and I want you to sing the Gershwin''s song, Wonderful. And we''re going to have a student drummer, a student guitarist, a student bassist, and you''ll have a mic. Invite your parents.'' And I did that show. For me, there was like 50 people and it was the most tremendous experience. My mom was there. She was just crying, this whole thing. But for me it was the eye opening experience of finding what was my voice.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIf approved, this proposal for the 2006-07 budget will be the largest state investment in arts education in the history of the United States. Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood insisted arts education serves multiple purposes.\u003cbr/\u003e\"You know, we are not supporting this program because we think the state needs more independent record labels and guitar players,\" joked Greenwood. \"We are supporting it because music programs have been proven to have a really broad impact. The research is clear. Students who are exposed to music have exponentially higher results in math, reading, temporal spacial, reasoning, geography, and history. In addition, to better social relationships if you can believe that.\" \u003cbr/\u003eGroban remains hopeful that the 2006-07 budget proposal will be approved. If it''s not, Groban joked about how upset he would be.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Then I''ll be fighting mad,\" joked Groban. \"You''ll hear a much less pleasant speech from me, but we''re all hoping that it will. I think it will. I think, like what everybody was saying, it''s a little bit of spending now or a lot of spending later. 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