“Land of the Free,” oil painting by Sharon Yarbrough. COURTESY PHOTO Sharon Adele Yarbrough, who led the Peace River Painters group for nine years, passed away March 9, 2023, following a bout with cancer. She was 78. Sharon was well-known in local art circles, both as the director of the Peace River Painters group, as
DeSoto High choir director one of 10 Grammy education award finalists
Pamela Dawson’s has been improving student lives through music as DeSoto’s choir director since 2007.
DeSoto High School Choir Director Pamela Dawson is one of 10 music teachers who are finalists for the Grammy s Music Educator Award.(DeSoto ISD)
DeSoto High School Choir Director Pamela Dawson has been named one of the ten finalists for the 2021 Recording Academy and Grammy Museum’s Music Educator Award.
“I am so honored to have been nominated for this prestigious award,” Dawson said in a news release. “God has given me the gift of music and has called me to teach. I continually challenge my students to attain success not only musically but in every aspect of their lives.”