Please forward the following information to anyone who might be interested to attend. In addition to our presence at the Texas Assistive Technology Network in Houston next week and the National Federation of the Blind convention in Orlando next month, Dancing Dots will be giving a special presentation sponsored by Washington State Services for the Blind in Seattle on July 11. We will also present and exhibit at the 2011 AHEAD conference July 12-15. For details on upcoming events, please see www.DancingDots.com and follow "Training" link to our Conferences and Training Events page. Scroll down to the heading that says: Conferences, Presentations and Demonstrations Here's a description of the presentation planned for July 11 in Seattle. There is no cost to attend but you must contact Mr. Cho to reserve your place. *** ACCESSIBLE MUSIC TECHNOLOGY FOR BLIND AND LOW VISION MUSICIANS AND AUDIO PRODUCERS Monday, July 11, from 1 to 4 PM at the offices of Washington State Department of Services for the Blind 3411 S. Alaska St., Seattle, WA 98118 To reserve a place and for more information, contact: Mr. Yang-su Cho yancho@xxxxxxxxxx 1-800-552-7103 How do blind and low vision people read and write music? Can I read magnified music notation while I play my instrument? Isn't that braille music code impossibly hard to learn? How can blind producers make great sounding records independently? How can blind and low vision people participate in music groups with sighted musicians? To learn the answers to these and related questions, you are invited to attend a presentation given by Bill McCann, founder and president of Dancing DotsR. This special presentation is sponsored by the Washington State Department of Services for the Blind. . Even if you consider yourself to be one of the singing-impaired, join in with the group as we zip through Richard Taesch's 7 Little Steps to Braille Music Literacy. You will receive instruction on reading actual braille music. Through clapping out rhythmic patterns and singing simple melodies, we will take the mystery out of reading braille music. Dancing optional but not discouraged. . Next, you will get an overview of how to use technology for scanning/importing, editing and transcribing printed music into accessible formats for blind and low vision students. Access methods include braille music, magnified standard print music, and musical and verbal descriptions of notes and chords. . McCann will demonstrate how he can notate his own musical ideas, proof and revise them, and finally print them out for sighted people to perform his composition. . You will witness a demonstration of The Lime Lighter music-reading device and hear ideas on ways to use this new device to improve how low vision people practice and perform music. . In a very short time, you will learn how a hit record can be made by a blind producer working independently. Well, OK, a record anyhow. You can rate it on the good old American Bandstand "Rate-a-Record" scale of 35 to 98. Does it have a beat? Can you dance to it? (Again, dancing optional). . There will be time for questions and answers and, if possible, for you to try using the Lime Lighter and our other technologies. . Feel free to bring print music scores with you that we can scan and convert to your preferred accessible format: magnified staff notation, braille music, or "talking" score. Bring your musical instrument along if you would like to take a turn at reading braille or magnified print music and maybe even to get a recording credit on the hit record we're going to make. . See www.DancingDots.com for details and audio/visual presentations. Regards, Bill Bill McCann Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992 www.DancingDots.com Tel: [001] 610-783-6692 PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq