European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes monday March 12,1990 classroom close  amps Jim Derheim six year old Stacey Dawson finds a Roost above the mud and muck of the playground at the Aschaffenbur elementary and Junior High school in West Germany. He is the son of Dennis and Barbara Dawson. Education Roundup band choir festival in England to draw 200 High school students Eastcote England a amps a about 200 High school music students from the Dodds Atlantic schools and the european Council of International schools will join together for a three Day music festival this week. The festival ends saturday with a concert at the american school in London. This Marks the 15th year the International Honor band and choir festival has been held said John Stanley music coordinator for Dodds Atlantic. The students performances will be conducted by two stateside University professors. Frank Wickes director of bands from Louisiana state University will conduct the music presented by the 65 band members while Rodney Eichenberger professor of choral music at the University of Southern California will direct Between 110 and 120 voices in the Honor choir. The conductors also will provide training workshops for music teachers associated with the two school systems Stanley said. A the free concert will begin at 8 . Seating is limited in the schools 400-seat auditorium. Choral workshop scheduled for summer Torrejon a Spain a the Mediterranean Region of the department of defense dependents schools has planned a we Klong summer choral workshop to further develop students musical skills. Sing out �?T90 is scheduled from june 24 through july 1 at Centro pastorale Mons. Carraro in Verona Italy. The program strives to extend students skills through a balance of music and movement. The workshop will consist of 40 hours of rehearsals demonstrations and discussions. Students will participate in a Large choir and will receive Solo and ensemble instruction. Special sessions in sight singing vocal production and music theory also Are scheduled. Students enrolled in Dodds european school system in grades nine through 11 May apply. The number of students is limited to 50. The registration deadline is april 9. For More information Contact your music teacher or write to Gary Bogle music coordinator Dodds Mediterranean Apo 09283, or Call him at ets 723-3364. Essays sought on a keeping America Strong Wiesbaden West Germany a students in the Junior Reserve officers training corps can win up to $100 if the topic a keeping America Strong prompts some deep thoughts. To win students must share those thoughts in the 1990 freedoms foundation essay contest. Entries postmarked no later than May 1, should be typed essays of 100 to 500 words on the topic. Active duty air National guard Reserve Roth and a Roth members May enter. Entries should include name rank social Security number service military address name and address of commanding officer and a permanent Home address. Roth and a Roth cadets should include the names of their schools and their military instructors names and addresses. The foundation and the military order of the purple heart sponsor the contest for service members in an annual National awards program. The first place award is a framed George Washington Honor medal and a $100 . Savings Bond. Second place winners receive the medal and a $50 Bond. Entries should be sent to awards department freedoms foundation at Valley forge . Box 706, Valier forge a. 19481-0706.�?~Day in the life of usage urn dropped by Randy Mcclain staff writer the army a plan to publish a Glossy 200-Page Book of photographs chronicling a single Day in the life of soldiers in Europe has been scrapped because it would Cost too much. Maj. Mike Griffon chief of the . Army Europe c omd information office in Heidelberg West Germany said a commercial Printer would have charged More than $20 a copy to print the Book and Public affairs can to afford that. The Quot Day in the life of usage urn a Book had been on the army a drawing Board since last fall when dozens of photographers assigned to Public affairs units throughout Europe spent a Day taking pictures of army life. Griffon said the Blitz of snapshots did no to produce enough Quality photos to fill up a 200-Page Book and the Cost of getting the Book printed was the last Straw. So the army has come up with a fall Back position. Instead of the army producing a thick photo Book the May Issue of eur army a 32-Page monthly Magazine published by the european command will be devoted exclusively to photos on the a Day in the life of theme. It will be titled a keepers of the  the Magazine will include 50 percent color and 50 percent Black and White photos. The photos will be printed in More or less chronological order from Dawn to dusk. Soldiers raising a Flag and doing morning exercises will be on the first Tew pages and the last shot will be of a Soldier relaxing in the Field with a red Sunset behind him the major said. Griffon said that the special Issue of eur army wont be As spectacular As a Slick Book of photographs would have been but he thinks it serves the purpose of showing troops the big picture of army life in Europe. A maybe Well even get More copies into the hands of soldiers this Way a the major said. A the other route those books would have been too expensive and maybe we  have gotten them into As Many  eur army normally has a 45,000 press run. But 55,000 copies of the May Issue will be printed Gatton  losing Many tories support polls find London apr polls in three British newspapers published sunday show prime minister Margaret Thatcher losing support among her own conservative party lawmakers. The polls in the Independent the sunday times and the mail show that roughly one Quarter of the tory members of parliament surveyed want Thatcher to step Down before the next general election. The conservatives must Call a general election before mid-1992. The Independent said 41 of the 171 lawmakers it polled think the prime minister should resign before the next general election. Thirteen were undecided and 113 said the prime minister should not resign. A such a level of disaffection with mrs. Thatchers continued leadership is a serious embarrassment for the government at a time when its difficulties Over the poll tax have started to affect Sterling and opinion polls Are putting the opposition labor party up to 19 Points ahead a the Independent said. Hostility toward a new per capita tax to fund local government spending has brought violent demonstrations to London and other parts of the country. Shares on the London Stock Exchange traded lower last week amid poll tax concerns and rumours of jitters in the conservative party Over thatchers leadership sent the Pound sharply lower on foreign Exchange markets. The sunday times reported that 28 of the 100 lawmakers it polled believe Thatcher should either step Down immediately or before the next election. Thirteen said the prime minister should go a at a time of her choosing a and 59 said they wanted Thatcher to Lead them into the next election. The mail reported that 45 of the 146 tories they questioned said the prime minister should consider stepping Down before the next general election. The mail also reported that some conservative party lawmakers planned to ask Michael Heseltine the former defense Secretary to launch a Campaign Toi leadership of the party. Heseltine denied the report. A i have always made it Clear that think mrs. Thatcher will Lead us into u e next election and that the Conse Yati party will win it a said Heseltine 56. A Poppycock a Thatcher said on a visit to Scotland when asked about a Possi plot to remove her. % a fourth newspaper the sunday 1e graph reported that private polls by the g Emmentt scentral office indicated tha conservatives have lost support from so workers previously Loyal to the party