North Springs Students Produce Song for the
John Lennon Tour Bus

Eleven North Springs Charter High School music students have created a song and music video as a Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the John Lennon Tour Bus which which aired May 22, at Atlantic Station and again Saturday, May 23 at Sam Ash Music.

Wednesday, May 20, they rehearsed and recorded their song, "We Dream" with the help of industry professionals and the state of the art recording studio provided by the John Lennon Tour Bus.  The students who had participated earlier in the school’s composer concert, learned of their honor only a few days before and wrote the lyrics and music in less than 48 hours.  Their vocals are backed by their own piano, guitar, drums, harmonica and flute arrangement.

“This is a tremendous honor for our students and for North Springs as we were one of only two Atlanta area schools chosen to create a PSA,” according to music teacher Van Craven, whose own reputation in the music industry helped to make this possible.

And according to James Caldwell, with the John Lennon Bus team, “the students did a great job.  They came in completely prepared, professional and ready to work.  The engineers loved them.”

The PSA will be used to promote the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus and to garner support for having a bus for Georgia students.  Since 1998, the Bus with some of the biggest names in the music industry has provided free-hands on programs to students interested in learning the skills and career options involved in music and video production at a professional level.

The Advisory Board composed of Atlanta area music and education industry stakeholders whose mission is to develop resources to create the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, Georgia, believes “this type of mobile, technologically advanced education tool will allow the state to more effectively expand the interest of students . . . by providing hands-on experience through the use of this “School on Wheels;”  where literally media excitement meets the road.”

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