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Waipahu High teacher and student activities coordinator Joy Takara (from left) with students Clarissa Gomez, Sally Millon, Mc Erl Dave Andres, Sherrie Mae Gracie and Ashley Mae Macadangdang in front of the White House April 11-14 during a GRAMMY Museum-spon- sored workshop on \u201cThe History of Gospel Music.\u201d PHOTO FROM JOY TAKARA.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s not every day that five Waipahu High School students get the chance to visit Washington, D.C., meet First Lady Michelle Obama and participate in a GRAMMY Museum-sponsored workshop on \u201cThe History of Gospel Music.\u201d<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s even more rare that they get to do all those things for free.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was as simple as answering the phone,\u201d joked Waipahu High student activities coordinator and teacher Joy Takara.<\/p>\n

Management company AEG Facilities (who oversees Hawaii Convention Center) called Takara with the \u201cgenerous\u201d offer to arrange and pay for everything \u2014 just two weeks before the April 11-14 workshop dates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a great admin team, and they jumped on it,\u201d Takara said. Principal Keith Hayashi and vice principal Alvan Fukuhara helped select students and speed along the arrangements. \u201cNormally nothing happens that quickly, but we scrambled.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, five lucky students \u2014 Sally Millon, Mc Erl Dave Andres, Ashley Mae Macadangdang, Clarissa Gomez and Sherrie Mae Gracie \u2014 joined 130 other students from all over the country to explore the ins and outs of the music industry.<\/p>\n

\u201c(It was) getting the kids to see what goes on behind the scenes in music and the entertainment business, and understand what gospel is, and what part it played in history,\u201d Takara explained.<\/p>\n

Students talked with industry veterans like Smithsonian Museum of American History music manager Tim Prestige and GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles director Robert Santelli, learned how to sing with the Howard University Gospel Choir, and enjoyed music with Rodney Crowell, Rhiannon Giddens, Michelle Williams, Darlene Love and Lyle Lovett.<\/p>\n

And, of course \u2014 they met the First Lady.<\/p>\n

Takara said Obama pushed education in her short speech to students. \u201cEven if you might want to be in the entertainment business … No. 1 is getting a good education under your belt to be successful. <\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that we do is based on our education and networking. So it\u2019s not always how much you know; it\u2019s also who you know and how you use those connections,\u201d Takara elaborated. The students also had the chance to tour the Capitol with Sen. Brian Schatz\u2019s staff, visited Sen. Mazie Hirono, and got to check out the famed Cherry Blossom Festival, Arlington
\nNational Cemetery, Lincoln Memorial and much more. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an eye-opener for me,\u201d said Andres. \u201cI was amazed at the mix of populations on the Mainland, so different from
\nHawaii and Waipahu.\u201d Andres, who was born in the Philippines, is now even more anxious to become an American citizen, so he can \u201ccall these places my own.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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