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29 Mar 2010
Approximately 700 elementary, middle, and high school students explore their gifts and talents at EGAT Day held March 23 at The Center for Rural Development

Photo Caption 1: Artist and instructor Deneen Wittlinger, right, shows Northern Middle School student Chelsea Smith some of the basic techniques used to work with charcoal at one of the break-out workshop sessions held March 23 during Pulaski County Schools’ EGAT (Exploring Gifts and Talents) Day. Approximately 700 elementary, middle, and high school students were given the opportunity to explore their gifts and talents in music, drama, dance, art, creative writing, and leadership at EGAT Day hosted at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset.




Photo Caption 2: Northern Middle School student Trey Baker appears to have more charcoal on his hands than his drawing, shown on the table in front of him, after finishing a workshop session on charcoal art at EGAT (Exploring Gifts and Talents) Day. Approximately 700 Pulaski County elementary, middle, and high school students attended EGAT Day on March 23 at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset. Students explored their gifts and talents in music, drama, dance, art, creative writing, and leadership.





Photo Caption 3: Master Musician Marcus Silva gives Kelly Brunson, a fourth-grade student at Pulaski County Elementary School, some hands-on instruction on how to play the violin at Pulaski County Schools’ EGAT (Exploring Gifts and Talents) Day. Approximately 700 elementary, middle, and high school students attended a series of workshop sessions, held March 23 at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset, where they explored their gifts and talents in music, drama, dance, art, creative writing, and leadership.




Photo Caption 4: Master Musicians Felix Borges, playing the cello, and Marcus Silva on violin present a workshop on music to a group of Pulaski County elementary students at EGAT (Exploring Gifts and Talents) Day. The event, which encourages students to explore their gifts and talents, was held on March 23 at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset and included a series of break-out sessions on music, drama, dance, art, creative writing, and leadership.

The Center for Rural Development—the Center of Excellence for rural Kentucky and the nation—provides economic and community development programs to residents in a 42-county primary service area of Southern and Eastern Kentucky, and is home to several statewide and national technology-based programs. For more information on programs available through The Center, visit www.centertech.com.
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