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Carol Channing Sweeping the State of California
Sending the message of the missing link in education to your public schools.  Some of our famous scientists, physicists, mathematicians, business managers, elected officials, know the value of arts. It endowed their professions with the disciplines and challenges necessary to claim achievement in their lives.
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Carol Channing, Modesto, You're My Hometown (CD Single/DVD Single)
Single-song releases by musical theater stars are rare. This one is by the rare talent of Carol Channing, sounding every bit the uniquely irrepressible personality she has long established. What a happy discovery to find that a special item has quietly emerged. "Modesto, You're My Hometown!" is a treat. Just listening to this song, you'll feel her smile and it's contagious. Carol sounds fine and fizzy celebrating the pleasures of her California town.
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Channing-Kullijian Foundation for the Arts Fact Sheet
Dr. Carol Channing and the Harry Kullijian Endowment for the Arts
California state research confirms, education inclusive of the arts
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Channing-Kullijian Foundation for the Arts Mission Statement
Education in public schools of California to reestablish Art as a prerequisite
not an option, inclusive at all levels and grades.

The continual decline in our cultural bonds within communities stretching from Oregon to Mexico, can be traced in part to the lack of attention on the Arts in public education. Studies have conclusively provided the statistical information that students with an art education are better students overall.
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Carol Channing: A lifetime of experience
Channing drops by Chapman University to deliver a new scholarship fund for arts students.

Carol Channing smiled her million-dollar smile, opened her mouth and began to sing in her instantly recognizable quaver: "Hello, Doti, well, hello, Doti. It's so nice to have you here where you belong..."

Chapman University President James L. Doti looked like a man who had just won the lottery. How many others can say they've been serenaded by a Broadway legend with a personalized version of her signature song?

Doti and his campus had landed something far better than a mere lottery win.
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Hello, Johnny!
CONCORD – Gov. John Lynch got the ultimate serenade at the Statehouse Wednesday, a lyrical remake on “Hello, Dolly!’’ by stage and screen icon Carol Channing.

Channing, 86, sang the impromptu lyrics in the Executive Council chambers, and later in Representatives Hall, to a standing ovation of legislators on their final day of the 2007 session.
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Children  and Music  By Robert Bazell (MSNBC News)
We have all seen cash strapped school districts forced to cut music and other arts education programs.  We have heard the complaints about how "No Child Left Behind" and other programs increasingly force a teach to the test mentality that emphasizes measures of  reading and math scores over a broader education.  But what influence does teaching the music and the arts really have on a child's ability to learn other things?
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Broadway Icon Carol Channing Coming to CSUEB
Broadway stage and film legend Carol Channing will visit the Hayward campus of California State University, East Bay on Monday, Oct. 8 and Tuesday, Oct. 9 to perform and offer professional advice to students of the university's Theatre and Dance Department.

The Tony Award winner for her role as Dolly in the long-running Broadway musical production of "Hello Dolly" is visiting Cal State East Bay as part of her support of arts education in California.
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Other Links Listed below, are additional links to web-based articles on Carol Channing.

Carol Channing front and center
Carol Channing: From Footlights to Lobby
Carol Channing, etc. in Veterans of Comedy Wars at SFSU
Carol Channing to Perform at Cal State Benefit
Musical-comedy legend Carol Channing will visit Fresno State April 13-14
Broadway Legend Charms Cal Poly
Chico Stories: Carol Channing
Carol Channing: A lifetime of experience
Broadway Icon Carol Channing Coming to CSUEB
Carol Channing to offer highlights from her six-decade career in one-woman show
Hello, Chapman!
Carol Channing Visits CPCC’s Halton Theater
Carol Channing Honored With PTA Lifetime Achievement Award
Carol Channing Honored for Arts Education Work

 

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