Teddy Bear Band Mission: Music and Fun

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	Ron Gustafson B.A. in Education, Concordia College MN Dept. of Education, Licensed Teacher in Elementary Education & Early Childhood Education Currently: Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) staff in Minneapolis Public Schools Created the concept of Teddy Bear Band and with Richard Erickson formed TBB as a performing group in 1985. Created and currently teach ECFE class titled, "Play & Learn with Music. Developed early childhood and family presentations for TBB. ("Dads and Kids," "When Grandma and Grandpa were Little") Produced Early Childhood Education programing for Minneapois Public Schools Television, Cable Ch. 15 (Comcast) Production manager for current ECFE Coordinated Outreach program on DVD, "Building Blocks for School Success." "Community Educator of the Year" statewide award, MN Community Ed. Association, 1994 Wrote proposals for and conducted "Music in Early Education" workshops with Teddy Bear Band at annual NAEYC Conferences in: Atlanta, Washington D.C., Anahiem, Dallas, and Toronto.
	Richard Erickson Normandale Community College graduate 1972: Marketing/Advertising. MacPhail School of Music, Studied under Art Gold-Minnesota Orchestra, Howard Roberts Seminar. Former Bands: In The System 1967-'72, performed with 3 Dog Night, Steppenwolf, James Gang, Sha Na Na, The Everly Brothers, etc. Since then performed locally with Spangle, Cabaret Connection, Wall Street, and more. Current Bands: Teddy Bear Band, The Resistors, Higher Ground, Little Prairie, Gotta-Did-Dat, and more! Performing with Teddy Bear Band since 1985, also managing the creative and business direction of TBB. Wrote and conducted "Music, Reading and Literacy" keynote and workshops at National Head Start Convention, receiving honorary degree from National Head Start. Wrote and recorded music for Time Life Books educational game "Bodyland." Wrote and developed numerous educational presentations for Teddy Bear Band. President of Richard Alan Productions: Managing and booking Teddy Bear Band and other music groups Richard performs with. In charge of all legal, licensing, and other business entities of Teddy Bear Band. President of Bear-Traq Recordings: Managing distribution, music rights (physical and digital) of Teddy Bear Band recordings.
	Don Paulson University of Minnesota 1972 Former Bands: Chameleon (with New Age icon "Yanni"), Melvin James (MCA Records), Dugan McNeil (Polygram Records) Current Bands: Teddy Bear Band, The Resistors, Higher Ground, Little Prairie, Gotta-Did-Dat, and more. Presented Teddy Bear Band's "Music, Reading and Literacy" keynote and workshops at National Head Start Conference, receiving honorary degree from Head Start. Wrote and recorded music for his solo CD "Last of the Pioneers" with Little Prairie. Currently guitar and music teacher at LaVonne Music in Savage MN.
	Scott Bolin University of Minnesota graduate 1975: Journalism/Advertising Major Former Bands: Jasper, Cheeks, Mystics, Twist & Shout. Traveled the world for the USO, entertaining troops in Germany, Spain, Italy, Holland, Iceland, Greenland, Greece, Japan, Korea, the Phillipines, and the Carribean. Current Bands: Teddy Bear Band, Grayhawk, The Resistors Partner in Bolin Advertising Agency: Writer, creative director, broadcast producer, music writer, audio engineer, video shooter and editor.