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THE NEXT MUSIC IN THE PARK IS SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2012- "100 MINUTES OF MUSIC" TO CELEBRATE ARIZONA'S CENTENNIAL.
THE LAST MUSIC IN THE PARK, WAS OCTOBER 23, 2011, It wiwas Octoberfest staged on the grounds of the Garcia Little Red Schoolhouse.  Click on this link to Music in the Park for more information




Bandstand Boogie was April 9, 2011 and it was great!!  Thanks to Charilyn and Ed Keintz of Benner-Nauman for permitting the tents in their warehouse when we were rained out.  Click here for more information and scroll down.  
 



Cox Charity broadcasted a piece they did on the new Orchestral program at Wickenburg High School, supported and encouraged by WCO.    Click Here to go to the  Cox website and scroll to WCO and click again to see the video of the this program.  The video is also be on the Cox 7 website.

Music Matters, Especially for Children is going great.  If you would like to see a sample of the Model Creek students in Yarnell, Click Here.
 
Listen to Friends of WCO tell their story about what this organization is all about by clicking here.  This movie was produced several years ago as a gift to WCO by Arizona Public Service.  Many of the friends have moved on to new positions.  The WCO director in the movie has moved on to the banking Industry and our current staff member is Kathy Kelley, a long time employee of a  number of non-profit organizations.
 
 

In recognition of our work for the community and area children, the Community Bank of Arizona (now Meridian Bank) donated the historic Garcia Little Red Schoolhouse to the WCO in the fall of 2003. LRSH1

The red-brick Garcia Schoolhouse was built in 1905 on land donated by Don Ignacio Garcia, considered the "father of Wickenburg education". The present building replaced a small wooden building brought from the Vulture Mine and erected in 1895.

Today, the building houses a pictorial and written history of early education in and around Wickenburg. We have copies of yearbooks dating back to 1921 and many vintage photographs. Our collection includes copies of the Board of Trustees Minutes from 1884 - 1930, and written oral histories of former students of the school. There is a replica of a schoolroom from the early 1900s on display. The exhibit was created in collaboration with the Desert Caballeros Western Museum.

The Schoolhouse also serves as the offices of the WCO and our music program.

The Garcia Little Red Schoolhouse is on the National Register of Historic Places and is open to visitors Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm , in historic downtown Wickenburg at 245 N. Tegner St. 

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Wickenburg Cultural Organization · P.O. Box 2687 · Wickenburg AZ 85358 · web: www.wco.org · email: music@wco.org
   
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