From time to time some newspaper, magazine, web site, broadcaster, or reviewer writes or publishes something
noteworthy about Special Orchestra and the work we do. This section of our site is dedicated to archiving a few of those articles, stories
and reviews for our visitors to enjoy.
We invite you to relax and browse a few clippings from our scrapbook. Every so often we add new clippings.
So be sure check this page when you visit to catch up on the latest Special Orchestra News.
By the way, have you written, read, seen or heard something published or broadcast about us that you think we and our friends
and visitors should know about? Send it to us. We'll do our best to
post it here.
Thanks!
Publication: Albuquerque Journal
Date: June 19, 2011
This story about Special Orchestra's 2011 Festival of the Arts, appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on June 19.
The story describes the program and performers who will appear in the performance and provides a brief summary of Special
Orchestra's history.
To read the article click the image or click here.
Publication: Valencia County News-Bulletin
Date: May 5, 2010
Reporter: John Bear
On May 5, 2010 the Valencia County News Bulletin (www.News-Bulletin.com) published this up-beat story featuring Belen resident and long-time Special Orchestra
Member, Bryan Castleberry. Castleberry -- who was the first member of New Mexico Special Orchestra -- and Special Orchestra, Inc. Founder Gair
Linhart were interviewed for the article which recounts a bit of Special Orchestra history and mentions our upcoming performance at
the Valencia County Sherrif's Posse Event on May 27, 2010.
To read the article, click the image on the right or click here or find it in the News-Bulletin archive.
We captured and re-posted this story as a "jpg" image from the News-Bulletin's site. That means your browser may try to
shrink the image to make it fit on one browser page, which makes it too small to read. To get around that, Use the magnifying
glass feature of your web browser (at the bottom right corner of the Internet Explorer window and the drop-down arrow next to it, or left-click the article
image in FireFox) to increase the size of the image and make it readable.
Television Station: KASA TV-2 Fox News - Albuquerque
Date: February 13, 2010
Topic: NM Special Orchestra Performs at Round House
On February 13, 2010 the New Mexico Special Orchestra provided a live music and dance
performance at the Santa Fe Round House to entertain the legislature. These
performances occur each year at the invitation of the Governor. Later Albuquerque's Fox News
station KASA - 2 broadcast this video about the event.
To view the KASA news video, click the image.
Television Station: KOAT TV-7 ABC News - Albuquerque
Date: February 13, 2010
Topic: Special Orchestra plays at Santa Fe Round House
On February 13, the New Mexico Special Orchestra performed live at the Round House in
Santa Fe to entertain the state legislature and public. These performances occur each year at
the invitation of Governor Richardson. Later Albuquerque's ABC News affiliate KOAT Channel 7
broadcast this video covering the event.
To view the KOAT news video, click the image.
Publication: Enchantment Magazine
Date: August 2009 Issue
Reporter: Karen Boehler
This informative and well written article by reporter Karen Boehler of Roswell appeared in the August 2009 issue of Enchantment
Magazine -- the paper and online voice of Socorro Electric Co-op and other New Mexico Electric Co-ops as well.
You can read the full article by clicking on the
cover image at the left or click here.
Special Orchestra thanks the SEC and Ms Boehler for granting us permission to feature this PDF reprint of their
article here.
Publication: Albuquerque Journal
Date: June 26, 2009
Reporter: Aurelio Sanchez
This article about the upcoming performance of Special Orchestra's Dance Musical Everything That You Feel was written by Aurelio
Sanchez a staff writer for the Albuquerque Journal. It appeared in the June 26, 2009 issue of Venue section of the
Journal.
To read the article, click the image on the right or click here.
Publication: YouTube Reviews
Date: August 5, 2009
Reviewer: care2drew
This short but touching review of Special Orchestra's new Everything That You Feel
music video by YouTube Member Care2Drew was posted on YouTube minutes after our release of that video on August 5, 2009. It made us
smile. Then it made us glad we'd worked so hard to make that video happen. In the end we decided we liked Drew's short review so
much we wanted to share it with all our members, friends and visitors.
Our reply is: "Thanks, Drew. If Special Orchestra 'rocks', that's because it's filled with folks like you who
deserve to be heard saying, Everything That You Feel I can feel too!"
Publication: Albuquerque Journal
Date: June 1, 2008
Reporter: Aurelio Sanchez
This story about the impending performance of Special Orchestra's Dance Musical Grease appeared on June 1, 2008 in the
Albuquerque Journal. The story was written by Aurelio Sanchez.
To enjoy the full article, click the image on the right or click here.
Publication: Valencia County News-Bulletin
Date: August 6, 2006
Thanks to our friends in Santa Fe, at the City of Belen, and the management of New Mexico's Rail Runner system, New Mexico Special
Orchestra has been invited to perform at several key Rail Runner events over the past few years. There's even a photo of Special Orchestra
members meeting New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson on our front page. This photo -- which appeared in the Valencia County News Bulletin
-- was taken with Belen Mayor Ronnie Torres during one of the Orchestra's trips on the Rail Runner.
Click the photo to read the caption or click here.
Publication: Steppin' Out New Mexico
Date: December 2005 - January 2006
This article about Special Orchestra's upcoming Christmas-time Music Festival appeared in the December '05 - January '06 paper and online editions of
the popular arts, entertainment and tourism paper, Steppin' Out New Mexico.
Click the image on the right to read the article. Or visit: www.SONewmex.com.
Publication: Your Host Magazine
Date: 2003
This story about Special Orchestra's planned trip to the Global Special Olympics in Dublin, Ireland appeared in Your Host Magazine in 2003.
To read the article click the image on the left or click here.
Publication: Valencia County News-Bulletin
Date: June 18, 2003
Reporter: Cassie Nicklen
This article by Cassie Nicklen about Special Orchestra's impending trip to Ireland and their performance at Global Special Olympics appeared in the
Valencia County News-Bulletin on June 18, '03.
To read the full article, click the image on the right or click here.
Publication: Albuquerque Journal
Date: September 2, 2001
Reporter: Tracy Dingmann
This feature about Special Orchestra, its members and mission appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on September 2, 2001.
The story - by Tracy Dingmann - does a good job of explaining how Special Orchestra got started. It also explains the
Special Orchestra Method and the part our Music prompter plays in teaching new members how to play music. It is
one of the most complete articles ever written about Special Orchestra.
To read Tracy Dingmann's article click the image on the left or click here.
Publication: Valencia County News-Bulletin
Date: June 28, 2000
Reporter: T.S. Last
Reporter T.S. Last's "These cats can really wail" article recounts the story of Special Orchestra's first performance at New Mexico
Special Olympics way back in June of 2000. It was written for the Valencia County News-Bulletin and rereading it still brings a gentle smile
suggesting fond memories to Special Orchestra founder, Gair Linhart's, face a decade later.
We think you'll agree Last did a fine job on this article -- especially in capturing the spirit that still exists in Special Orchestra's live
performances today. The story appeared in the News-Bulletin's June 28, 2000 edition. As one of the first articles ever written about Special
Orchestra, we still share it as a reprint.
To read the full article, click the image on the right or click here.
