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<p>Navin Chettri, center, performs alongside Lucas Duff, left, and Mat Shaefer, members of the University of Idaho's Dancers, Drummers, Dreamers, during a workshop with Lake City High's Stomp alternative percussion class on Monday. The workshop was followed by a fundraising concert to help fund the school's music education program.</p>
<p>MaryEllen Rose-Witt plays percussion with drum sticks on a chair back during a workshop with Dancers, Drummers, Dreamers.</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - Music education doesn't have to end after high school.
Zach Maryon, a 2010 graduate of Lake City High School, is proof.
The 18-year-old University of Idaho mechanical engineering student returned to his alma mater Monday, as part of the university's Dancers Drummers Dreamers performance group.
The UI students spent the day giving workshops to 18 members of Lake City High School's Stomp alternative percussion group, preparing the younger students to perform on stage with their college-age counterparts.
"It feels great coming back and being able to help them," Maryon said.
While attending Lake City, Maryon studied the "art of Stomp" for three years, under the direction of music instructor Tim Sandford. The Stomp performance concept involves the creation of music and rhythms, often using unconventional items as percussive instruments.
Maryon said the lessons learned through this style of performance extend beyond the musical.
"You get over any fear of stage fright or of speaking to large groups of people," Maryon said. "You just get in the zone, and it feels so great when you finish."
Lake City High School junior Taylor Hanzen said working with the older university students made her realize she wants to continue participating in music after high school graduation.
"It teaches you to push yourself. It's about being part of a group," Hanzen said.
Music is a lifelong skill, said teacher Tim Sandford.
"Their lives are enriched for all their lives, if they choose to continue," Sandford said.
The culmination of the workshops was a 7 p.m. performance by the Dancers Drummers Dreamers group, with high school student performers joining them on stage.
The cost of attendance was a donation at the door, with proceeds benefiting the high school's music education program.
Sandford said the workshops and performance were an "extremely valuable and rare" opportunity for the high school students to receive hands-on, face-to-face learning.
"We are very grateful to the University of Idaho for working with us, especially in these days of shrinking budgets," Sandford said.
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