skwus t sequesters such as public school districts like the district of columbia are arts, education. one of the things that s interesting, i do some work in chicago, chicago symphony orchestra. one of the things that chicago has done as a city is that they went and did a lot of town hall meetings and said what do we need for culture plan, what do you want in the core curriculum. they all voted for the arts and now it is part of the core curriculum. so it s in a democracy we get the country we deserve. so in that sense, a place like the ideas festival is to convene and figure out what do we really want. what kinds of ideas are really worth fighting for. it invites participation. full participation. why is music important to children? because children have incredible imagination. we don t want to lose that imagination as they go through k through 12 through college to their jobs, because what