Diversity Experience
“We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity life would be very boring.”
–Catherine Pulsifer
Band and Choir Tour
Being a part of both band and choir, here at the University of Mary, means that I've had the opportunity to go on a music tour every year. The main purpose of this music tour each year is to share the experience of college-level ensembles with those of the middle and high school levels. We visit both public and private schools, as well as churches of several denominations, however, mostly catholic. Our ensembles get the opportunity to work with some of the different schools' ensembles. In working with them, we get the chance get to know these students and are able to help them develop their musical skills. Each place has a different variety of diversity, however, most of the diversity we encountered were people of low SES, and minority.
During my experiences with the band and choir tours, we have gone to Rapid City, South Dakota, Billings, Montana, Minneapolis, MN, and around the western part of North Dakota, including Williston. In my time at UMary, the most diverse place that we toured was in Minneapolis and its surrounding areas, as well as Williston, ND. Both places were pretty diverse, in comparison to Bismarck, as far as the different backgrounds and cultures are represented in these different places.
During my experiences with the band and choir tours, we have gone to Rapid City, South Dakota, Billings, Montana, Minneapolis, MN, and around the western part of North Dakota, including Williston. In my time at UMary, the most diverse place that we toured was in Minneapolis and its surrounding areas, as well as Williston, ND. Both places were pretty diverse, in comparison to Bismarck, as far as the different backgrounds and cultures are represented in these different places.
Market Place for Kids
As part of our Cultural Diversity course, we got the chance to go the the North Dakota Heritage Center, here in Bismarck, ND for Market Place for Kids. This event is for students in grades 3-8. For this course we were split into groups within our class and got to lead groups of students through the Early Peoples exhibit, where we taught them all about the early people of North Dakota.