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    • NEWSPAPER ARTICLES >
      • Orchestra students get a $2K boost from Robson Ranch music clubs: 'It becomes a part of your life'
      • 11-23-2021- Denton Record Chronicle- Seasoned Voices Finding Fresh Harmony
      • 10-25-15 Denton Record Chronicle Article
    • Past Pioneer Press Articles >
      • 4-15-2025 RR Music Club- Music Club Gears Up for Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
      • 4-15-2025 RR Music Club- APRIL 2025, GENERALS Robson Choir Invited to Perform National Anthem at May 26 Frisco RoughRiders Baseball Game
      • 2025 Pioneer Press Articles >
        • 3-15-2025 RR Music Club- Robson Ranch Choir Bring Broadway Hits in April
        • 3-15-2025 RR Music Club- Robson Ranch Community Choir Delivers Singing Valentines to Residents
        • 2-15-2025 RR Music Club- Music Club Sponsoring Music Bingo
        • 1-15-2025 RR Music Club- Music Club Has Composed a Great New Year
      • 2024 Pioneer Press Articles >
        • 12-15-2024 RR Music Club- A ‘Sparkle Jolly Twinkle Jingley’ Concert
        • 12-15-2024 RR Music Club- New Years Eve Dinner/Dance Celebration
        • 11-15-2024 RR Music Club- Kelsey Rae Coming Back to the Ranch
        • 10-15-2024 RR Music Club- Kelsey Rae Coming Back to the Ranch and New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance
        • 10-15-2024 RR Music Club- Okie Dokie, It’s Scary-Oke with Veterans Concert Right on Its Heels!
        • 9-15-2024 RR Music Club- Music Club Merrily Rolls Along
        • 8-15-2024 RR Music Club-AUGUST 2024 Let The Chirping Begin!
        • 7-15-2024 RR Music Club- Robson Ranch Choir Did It on the Diamond
        • 6-15-2024 RR Music Club- It’s All About the Music
        • 6-15-2024 RR Music Club- Come Shimmy and Shake at the Sizzle!
        • 5-15-2024 RR Music Club-MAY 2024, GENERALS Baseball and Bingo and Band, Oh My!
        • 5-15-2024 RR Music Club- Greatest Hits! A Huge Hit!
        • 4-15-2024 RR Music Club- Music Club Celebrating 20 Years with Greatest Hits
        • 4-15-2024 RR Music Club- Music Club Hosts Youth Symphony
        • 3-15-2024 RR Music Club- Robson Choir Spreads Some Love
        • 3-15-2024 RR Music Club- ‘Robsons Greatest Hits: 20 Years of Memories’
        • 2-15-2024 RR Music Club- Robson Ranch Choir Members Sing in Rio
        • 2-15-2024 RR Music Club- Music Club Has Much in Store for ‘24
        • 1-15-2024 RR Music Club- JANUARY 2024, FRONT PAGE Music Club Has Much in Store for ‘24
        • 1-15-2024 RR Music Club- Audiences Charmed by Magical Concerts
      • 2023 Pioneer Press Articles >
        • 12-15-2023 RR Music Club-
        • 12-15-2023 RR Music Club- Music Club Hitting High Notes
        • 11-15-2023 RR Music Club- Two Robson Clubs Help Local Elementary School Orchestra
        • 11-15-2023 RR Music Club
        • 10-15-2023 RR Music Club- Okie Dokie, It’s Scary-Oke Time
        • 10-15-2023 RR Music Club- A Tribute to Veterans
        • 9-15-2023 RR Music Club- Music and Bingo, a Winning Combo!
        • 8-15-2023 RR Music Club- It’s Hot! But the Robson Ranch Music Club Is ‘Cool’!
        • 7-15-2023 RR Music Club- Music Bingo Coming to Robson Ranch
        • 6-15-2023 RR Music Club- A Patriotic Music Concert
        • 5-15-2023 RR Music Club- The Robson Ranch Community Choir Put on a Show
        • 5-15-2023 RR Music Club-The Special Edition Band Ready to Sizzle!
        • 4-15-2023 RR Music Club- Robson Ranch Community Choir Presents ‘Silver Screen Classics’
        • 4-15-2023 RR Music Club-
        • 3-15-2023 RR Music Club-
        • 3-15-2023 RR Music Club- St. Patrick’s Day Karaoke/Dance
        • 2-15-2023 RR Music Club- Concerts and Singing and Dancing! Oh My!
        • 1-15-2023 RR Music Club- The Music Club Is Hopping to It!
        • 1-15-2023 RR Music Club- 'Christmas at the Ranch’ Both Heartwarming and Poignant!
      • 2022 Pioneer Press Articles >
        • 12-15-2022 RR Music Club- New Year’s Eve Dinner/Dance
        • 12-15-2022 RR Music Club- Christmas at the Ranch’ Concert December 17 and 18
        • 11-15-2022 RR Music Club- New Year’s Eve Dinner and Dance
        • 11-15-2022 RR Music Club- Christmas at the Ranch Concerts
        • 10-15-2022 RR Music Club- Choir Members Sing in Europe
        • 10-15-2022 RR Music Club- Community Supports Elementary Orchestra Program
        • 10-15-2022 RR Music Club- Spirited Events from the Music Club
        • 9-15-2022 RR Music Club- Robson Ranch Music Club Falls Back into the Season of Song
        • 8-15-2022 RR Music Club- Music Club Represented in Parade
        • 7-15-2022 RR Music Club- Robson Ranch Music Club Cooling Off!
        • 6-15-2022 RR Music Club- Cool Off at the Summer Sizzle Dance
        • 6-15-2022 RR Music Club- Music Club Welcomes the Denton Community Band
        • 5-15-2022 RR Music Club-Music Club Sponsoring Two Great Bands in July
        • 4-15-2022 RR Music Club- Robson Choir Performs an Exhilarating Concert
        • 3-15-2022 RR Music Club- Robson Ranch Music Club Presents ​ ‘He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands’
        • 3-15-2022 RR Music Club- ‘Singing Valentines’ Spread the Love
        • 2-15-2022 RR Music Club- The Jig Is Up’ St. Patrick’s Day Party and Dance on March 11
        • 1-15-2022- Robson Ranch Music Club Ecstatic for the New Year
      • 2021 Pioneer Press Articles >
        • 12-15-2021 RR Music Club- Christmas at the Ranch
        • 12-15-2021 RR Music Club- Music Club Sponsored Scary-Oke
        • 11-15-202- Robson Ranch Music Club Is Thankful
        • 10-15-2021 RR Music Club- Music Club Falling into Their Groove
        • 9-15-2021 RR Music Club- Robson Ranch Community Choir is Warming Up
        • 8-15-2021 RR Music Club-
        • 7-15-2021 RR Music Club- That 70’s Show, So Good, So Good
        • 7-15-2021 RR Music Club- This Lovely Lady Attended the That 70’s Show Concer
        • 6-15-2021 Robson Ranch Community Fortunate to Have This Tantalizing Choir
        • 5-15-2021 RR Community Choir Revives the 70's
        • 4-15-2021 RR Music Club-Robson Ranch Community Choir Springing into Action
        • 3-15-2021 Choir Delivers Singing Valentines
        • 3-15-2021 RR Music Club Is Lying in Wait
        • 2-15-2021 Music Club is Loving the Outlook for 2021
        • 2-15-2021 RR Music Club Loves their Sponsors
        • 1-15-2021 RR Music Club Planning for the New Year
      • 2020 Pioneer Press Articles >
        • 12-15-2020 RR Music Club Wishes All a Happy Holiday
        • 12-15-2020 RR Music Club sends Happy Holiday Wishes to Gold Inner Circle Sponsors
        • 11-15-2020 RR Music Club Gives Thanks to Gold Inner Circle Sponsors
        • 11-15-2020 RR Music Club Hoping for Higher Notes in the New Year
        • 10-15-2020 RR Music Club Acknowledges the Gold Inner Circle Sponsors
        • 9-15-2020 RR Music Club Sponsors are Golden!
        • 8-15-2020 RR Music Club Holding that Note
        • 7-15-2020 RR Music Club Brings Back the 70's
        • 6-15-2020 RR Music Club Thanks our "Gold Inner Circle" Sponsors
        • 6-15-2020 RR Music Club Sings the 70's
        • 4-15-2020 RR Music Club has APP-S for that
        • 3-15-2020 St. Patrick's Day Karaoke and Dance Party
        • 3-15-2020 That 70's Show is Coming to Robson
        • 2-15-2020 RR Music Club Hummin' Bout Things
        • 1-15-2020 RR Music Club Ends Year on a High Note!
      • 2019 Pioneer Press Articles >
        • 12-15-2019 Christmas at the Ranch
        • 12-15-201 9 New Year's Eve Dinner Dance
        • 11-15-2019 Robson Ranch Choir Honors Veterans
        • 10-15-2019 Music Club Hosts SCARY-OKE October 25
        • 9-15-2019 Robson Ranch Choir Understands "Why Music?"
        • 8-15-2019 Robson Ranch Choir warms up for new season
        • 7-15-2019 Robson Ranch Choir Staying Cool
        • 6-15-2019 The Robson Ranch Choir uses SPF to fend off signs of fading
        • 5-15-2019 Robson Ranch Choir's Spring Concert "gits 'er don"
        • 4-15-2019 Our irish Eyes were Smiling
        • 3-15-201 9 St. Patrick's Day Karaoke and Dance
        • 3-15-2019 Robson Ranch Choir is Going Country
        • 2-15-201 9 St. Patrick's Day Karaoke Party March 15th
        • 2-15-2019 RR Music Club Concert was a Huge Success
      • 2018 Pioneer Press Articles >
        • 12-15-2018 Special Moments at Vetans Day Patriotic Concert
        • 12-15-2018 Looking Ahead....
        • 11-15-2018 "Christmas at the Ranch" Concerts
        • 11-15-2018 Robson Ranch Community Choir Accompanis Paul Lees
        • 10-15-2018 Honor Our Veterans November 10
        • 9-15-2018 Karaoke and Concert Events Planned for 2018
        • 9-15-2018 North Texas Giving Day set for Sept. 20
        • 7-15-2018 Karaoke: A Good Time was had by All
        • 7-15-2018 Karaoke and Concert Events
        • 7-15-2018 Do You Love to Sing? Join the Robson Choir
        • 7-15-2018 Happy Birthday, America! Celebrate with free Fourth of July Concert
        • 6-15-201 8 Karaoke and Concert Events for 2018
        • 4-15-2018 Broadway Foreve Spring Concert
        • 4-15-2018 Karaoke and Concert Events
        • 3-15-2018 For the Joy of It
        • 1-15-201 8 Music Club Calendar
      • 2017 Pioneer Press Articles >
        • 12-15-2017 New Year's Eve Dinner Dance and Karaoke Party
        • 12-15-2017 Christmas at the Ranch: Concerts December 16th and 17th
        • 12-15-201 7 Don't Miss the Annual Christmas Concerts
        • 11-15-2017 New Year's Eve
        • 10-15-2017 Honor Our Veterans on November 11
        • 8-15-2017 Support the Music Club on North Texas Giving Day
        • 7-15-201 7 Do You Love to Sing? Join the Robson Choir!
        • 7-15-2017 Karaoke at the Ranch
        • 5-15-2017 St. Patrick's Day Karaoke
        • 5-15-2017 Karaoke and Dance Party Friday, June 9
        • 4-15-2017 Spring Concert and Wine and Cheese Reception
        • 4-15-2017 Talented Musicians to perform April 22 and 23
        • 3-15-2017 Unforgettable An Evening of Jazz Standards
        • 2-15-2017 St.Partrick's Day Karaoke and Dance Party
        • 2-15-201 7 Christmas at the Ranch and New Year's Eve 2016
        • 1-15-2017 Community Choir Honors Veterans Day
        • 1-15-2017 Calendar of Events- RR Music Club
      • 2016 Pioneer Press Articles >
        • 12-15-2016 Dinner, Dancing and Karaoke for New Year's Party at the Ranch
        • 12-15-2016 Calendar of Events-RR Music Club
        • 11-15-2016 Calendar of Events- RR Music Club
        • 10-15-2016 Veteran's Day at Robson Ranch
        • 10-15-2016 Karaoke Ends for the Summer
        • 10-15-2016 Calendar of Events-RR Music Club
        • 9-15-2016 Calendar of Events- RR Music Club
        • 9-15-2016 Your Gifts Count on North Texas Giving Day
        • 9-15-2016 November 11 Veteran's Day- save the date
        • 8-15-2016 Summer Karaoke flies by
        • 8-15-2016 Robson Ranch Choir participates in North Texas Giving Day 2016
        • 8-15-2016 RR Music Club float made the Roll Call
        • 8-15-201 6 Music Club's Calendar of Events
        • 7-15-2016 Music Club Calendar of Events
        • 7-15-201 6 Dr. Ortega conducts West Side Story
        • 6-15-2016 Music Club Calendar of Events
        • 5-15-2016 Did Somebody Say Karaoke?
        • 5-15-2016 Calendar of Events-RR Music Club
        • 6-15-2016 It's Still Rock-n-Roll to the Audience
        • 4-15-201 6 Music Club Calendar of Events
        • 4-15-2016 Choir and Good health
        • 3-15-201 6 Music Club Calendar of Events
        • 3-15-2016 Spring Concert Rehearsals
        • 2-15-201 6 Christmasing at the Ranch!
        • 2-15-201 6 Music Club Calendar of Events
        • 1-15-201 6 Music Club announces new board for 2016
        • 1-15-2016 Calendar of Events-RR Music Club
      • 2015 Pioneer Press Articles >
        • 12-15-2015 Scaryoke 2015
        • 12-15-2015 2015 Veterans Day Concert
        • 12-15-2015 Music Club Calendar of Events
        • 11-15-2015 Music Club Calendar of Events
        • 11-15-2015 Robson Ranch Christmas Concerts
        • 10-15-201 5 Welcome to Robson Ranch, Dr. Ortega
        • 10-15-2015 Music Club Calendar of Events
        • 10-15-2015 Veterans Day Concert November 11
        • 9-15-2015 Veteran's Day at Robson Ranch
        • 9-15-2015 Joe and Tawana Arnett- "Thanks for the Memories"
        • 8-15-2015 The Ranch Celebrates July 4th with Music
        • 8-15-2015 Music Club Selects new Director
        • 7-15-2015 Scaryoke- The Best Party of the Year! October 30
        • 5-15-2015 The Arnetts Give Final Performance
        • 4-15-2015 Join the Karaoke Crowd
        • 3-15-2015 And the Beat Goes On
        • 2-15-2015 New Year's Eve Karaoke a huge success
        • 2-15-2015 Spring Is In The Air
        • 1-15-2015 Thank You and Happy New Year from the Music Club
      • 2014 Pioneer Press Articles >
        • 12-15-2014 Christmas Is Almost Here
        • 12-15-2014 Veterans Day Concerts
        • 12-15-2014 RR Music Club seeking New Director
        • 9-15-2014 Karaoke- Another Great Party
  • Photo Gallery
    • April 12 & 13, 2025- It's A Grand Night For Singing
    • 2025 Photos >
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      • 2024 Christmas At The Ranch Concerts
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      • October 25, 2024- SCARYOKE!!!!!
      • 5-26-24- Rough Riders Game- Star Spangled Banner Performance
      • 5-3-24- Cinco de Mayo Karaoke and Dance Party
      • April 20 & 21, 2024- 20th Anniversary of the RR Community Choir
      • 2-9-24- Mardi Gras Dance Party
      • 12-16 & 17, 2023- Christmas At The Ranch
    • 2023 Photos >
      • 11-11-23- Veterans Day Concerts
      • 11-5-23- Music Bingo!
      • 10-27-23- SCARYOKE!
      • 8-13-23- Music Bingo!
      • 7-22-23- Choir Pool Party
      • July 4, 2023 Community Concert
      • 6-9-23- Summer Sizzle Dance Party
      • 4-15 & 16, 2023- Silver Screen Classics!
      • 3-17-23- The Jig is Up St. Patrick's Karaoke and Dance
      • 2-17-23 Mardi Gras Karaoke & Festival
      • 2-12-23 Singing Valentines
    • 2022 Photos >
      • NYE- 2022-2023
      • 12-17 & 12-18-2022 Christmas at the Ranch
      • 11-11-22- Veterans Concerts 2022
      • 2022 Scaryoke-by Jerry Schlesinger
      • 2022- Borman Elementary Orchestra Fund Raiser
      • 7-1-2022 Summer Sizzle-
      • 4-2 & 3, 2022- Gospel Celebration
      • 3-11-22 The Jig Is Up Karaoke Dance Party
      • 2021-2022 New Year's Eve
    • 2021 Photos >
      • 12-18 & 19-21- Christmas at the Ranch
      • 10-11-21 Veterans Concerts- Randy Hatcher
      • 10-29-21- Scaryoke PORTRAITS
      • 10-29-21- Scaryoke Candids
      • 7-2-21 Let Freedom Sing!
      • That 70's Show- May 29 & 30, 2021
    • 2020 Photos >
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    • 2019 Photos >
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      • 2019 Christmas at the Ranch
      • Veterans' Day 2019
      • Scaryoke 2019
      • Diamonds & Desperadoes- April 13 & 14, 2019
      • Karaoke- March 15, 2019
    • 2018 Photos >
      • NYE Karaoke Dinner- 12-31-2018-2019-
      • 2018 Christmas at the Ranch
      • Veterans Day 2018
      • Scaryoke 2018!
      • It's Still Summer- August 17, 2018 Karaoke
      • Karaoke British Invasion June 8, 2018
      • 2018 Broadway Forever
      • Karaoke March 16, 2018
    • 2017 Photos >
      • 2017 Christmas at the Ranch
      • Veterans' Day 2017- Photos by Randy Hatcher
      • Scaryoke 2017- Photos by Jerry Schlesinger
      • Karaoke- August 18, 2017- Jerry Schlesinger
      • Karaoke June 9th Summer in the City
      • An Evening of Jazz Standards- Spring Concert 2017
      • Karaoke- March 17, 2017
      • 2016-2017 NYE Karaoke
      • 2016-2017 NYE Karaoke- Scott Baker
    • 2016 Photos >
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      • 2016 Christmas at the Ranch- Scott Baker
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      • Karaoke- August 19, 2016
      • July 4th 2016 Parade Photos
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      • Scott Baker's Karaoke June 2016
      • Before Sunday Concert, Tear Down & Choir Dinner
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      • It's Still Rock & Roll to Me 2016
      • Karaoke- March 18, 2016
    • 2015 Photos >
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      • NYE-More Photos from Scott Baker!
      • Christmas at the Ranch 2015
      • Veterans Day 2015
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      • Group Shot from Denton Record Chronicle
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  • 2025 Events
    • 5-22-25- Music Bingo
    • 5-25-25- Rough Riders Baseball Outing
    • 6-13-25- Summer Sizzle
    • 6-14-25- Paul Lees at the Keys
    • 6-28-25- Pool Party
    • Borman Elementary Orchestra Fund Raiser
    • 2025 Events Completed >
      • 5-2-25-Cinco de May Dance Party
      • April 12 & 13, 2025- It's a Grand Night For Singing
      • March 15, 2025- Karaoke & Dance Party- Sing Like a Leprechaun
      • 3-7-25-Denton Youth Symphony
      • 2-16-25- Music Bingo
      • 2-9-25-Singing Valentine!
    • 2024 Events Completed >
      • 2024-2025 NYE Dinner Dance
      • 2024 Christmas at the Ranch Concerts
      • 11-16-24-KELSEY RAE +2B1
      • 2024 Veterans Day Concerts
      • 10-25-24- SCARYOKE
      • North Texas Giving Day 2024
      • 9-15-24- Music BIngo
      • 8-18 -24- Music Bingo
      • 7-20-24- Pool Party
      • 7-4-24-Denton Community Band
      • 6-14-24-Summer Sizzle
      • 6-11-24- Music Bingo
      • 5-26-24- Rough Riders Baseball Outing
      • 5-3-24- Cinco de Mayo Karaoke and Dance Festival
      • 3-3-24- Youth Symphony of Denton
      • 2-18-24 - Music Bingo!
      • 2-11-24- Singing Valentines!
      • 2-9-24--Mardi Gras Karaoke Dance festival
    • 2023 Events >
      • 4-20 & 21, 2024- Robson's Greatest Hits- 20th Spring Concert
      • 2023 Christmas at the Ranch
      • Veterans Day Concerts 2023
      • 11-5-23- Music Bingo!
      • 2023 Scaryoke
      • North Texas Giving Day 2023
      • 8-13-23- Music Bingo!
      • 8-21-23- Choir Meet & Greet 2023
      • 7-22-23- Choir Pool Party
      • 7-4-2023- Denton Community Band Concert
      • 6-9-23- Summer Sizzle Dance Party
      • 4-15 & 16, 2023- Silver Screen Classics Spring Concerts
      • 3-17-23 St. Patrick's Day Karaoke
      • 2-17-23 Mardi Gras Karaoke & Festival
      • 2-12-23 Singing Valentines
    • 2022 Events >
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      • NYE Dinner Dance- December 31, 2022
      • Christmas At The Ranch- December 17 & 18, 2022
      • Veterans Day Concerts 2022
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      • North Texas Giving Day 2022
      • 7-25-22- Choir Meet and Greet
      • 7-4-22- Denton Community Band- July 4th
      • 7-1-22- Summer Sizzle
      • 2022 Spring Concert
      • St. Patrick's Day Dance Party
      • 2022 Singing Valentines
      • New Year's Eve Dinner Dance-2021-2022
    • 2021 Events >
      • 2021 Christmas at the Ranch
      • 2021 Veterans Day Concert
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      • North Texas Giving Day 2021
      • 7-2-21 Let Freedom Sing
      • That 70's Show- May 29-30, 2021
      • 2021 Singing Valentines
    • 2020 Events >
      • 2020 NYE- Cancelled!
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      • 2020 Veteran's Day Concerts- Cancelled!
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Darryl Williams, a co-founder of the Robson Ranch Classic Rock Club, chats with Borman Elementary School fifth-grade orchestra students. The Robson Ranch Music Club and the Robson Ranch Classic Rock Club donated more than $1,800 to the elementary school orchestra to cover fees and transportation to a 2023-2024 music festival.

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Orchestra students get a $2K boost from Robson Ranch music clubs:
 'It becomes a part of your life'

By Lucinda Breeding, Staff Writer

September 13, 2023 


Thanks to two music clubs at Robson Ranch, orchestra students at Borman Elementary School won’t have to worry about the expense of maintaining their instruments. They also get to end the school year with a music festival at NRH2O, the water park in North Richland Hills, with the trip expenses covered by the clubs’ donations.

Frances Hackley, Jay Vandenbree and Darryl Williams decided their Robson Ranch music clubs could help Denton ISD elementary school students better afford the introductory string program. Hackley is the president of the Robson Ranch Music Club, the community’s longstanding choir. Vandebree and Williams are a member and cofounder of the Robson Ranch Classic Rock Club, respectively.

The clubs set a target amount of $1,800 to cover students’ annual fees for orchestra and to cover transportation to a festival performance. They donated $2,286 Wednesday morning.
“Here at Robson, music and the arts are really, really important,” Hackley said.
The choir performs concerts for Veteran’s Day and Christmas, capping off their seasons with a spring concert. The classic rock club brings in cover bands for its wildly popular concert series, Epic Unplugged.

“They’re huge,” said Williams, who opened the Flower Mound School of Rock years ago before retiring.
“People camp out here for tickets. They set up tables and play games. We sell out.”

The choir raised money for the Borman program’s 2022-23 school year, and when Hackley started thinking about renewing a fundraiser for the 2023-24 year, she reflected back on the reasons the singers wanted to pitch in.
“I was talking to my board, and I was saying music is so very important. It’s something that, once you learn it and know it, it stays with you and it helps you your whole life,” Hackley said.
Hackley said she also started reading about some successes educators and music therapists are having by using music with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
“When you get started with music at a young age, it becomes part of your life a lot of times and it’s helpful in a lot of areas in your life,” she said. 

Robson Ranch residents have supported Borman Elementary School through a backpack drive for school supplies.
Hackley said the neighborhood around Borman is more economically challenged than other schools, so she called last year and asked if any students had to forgo music studies because musical instruments are too expensive to rent. School officials told her that the rental rates are affordable, but students still have to pay for a pair of shorts to wear in concert, as well as cleaning cloths and resin for their instruments.


When Hackley posted on the community’s message board, the Classic Rock Club answered.
Vandenbree said he’s seen music make people more thoughtful and curious, so he jumped at the chance to give Borman students more access to orchestra education.
“Imagination and creativity really come out in a music student because they’ve had to do that all through their studies,” he said. “And they also appreciate, a little bit deeper, culture because they play music from different eras and different countries and different things along those lines.”

Williams said he’s had a lifelong passion for music and enjoyed his years at School of Rock passing that passion down to emerging musicians. The Borman students might not be sitting behind a drum kit yet, but orchestra will open new worlds for them. He said the Borman program can bring students out of their shell, just like the garage band program does through School of Rock.

“And these are kids usually that aren’t the cheerleaders, and they aren’t on the baseball team or the football team,” Williams said. “I would see kids come in and want to get in the program. And they couldn’t, a lot of them, look you in the eye. But at the last concert of the year, you’d see that same student with their foot on the monitor, leaning over and singing to the crowd. You’d be like, ‘who are you?’ I think the kids in this program can have the same kind of experience.”

For the 2023-24 year, Denton High School Orchestra Director Sandra Cubero said the Borman orchestra could use help getting students to the music festival in North Richland Hills. Cubero and the assistant orchestra director, Michael Jones, lead 26 Borman students in their violin studies.

Jones said the program takes good care of the instruments.
“Right now, it’s my violin cases that are falling apart,” he said.
Cubero said she’s thrilled the clubs have paid for the bus for the North Richland music festival.
“Transportation is actually really expensive,” Cubero said. “We go on a field trip every year, and it’s something we do for retention. They get to perform and then have fun at the water park.”
Cubero said the dollars from the Robson clubs stretch further than the donors know and that their generosity is something of a tradition.
“It’s amazing,” she said. “It’s really great, and this is a very Texas thing to support the arts. Texas is very supportive of the arts, and these students get to participate without worrying about all the costs. It’s not a scary topic. I tell them that money should never be the reason for you to not participate in this.”
Getting fifth graders to continue orchestra in middle school benefits Denton High School, which ultimately provides the instruments to Borman at a lower cost. Students on the free and reduced lunch program can rent an instrument at an even lower cost.
“The longer they have the instrument in their hands, the more comfortable they are by the time they get to high school,” Cubero said.

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Sandra Cubero, the Director of the Denton High School Orchestra, surprises Borman Elementary fifth graders who are studying orchestra. The Robson Ranch Music Club and the Robson Ranch Classic Rock Club donated more than $1,800 to the school's orchestra program to cover fees and transportation​during the 2023-2024 school year.

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Pictured, from left: Juan Cardona, Borman Elementary School music teacher; Darryl Williams, Robson Ranch Classic Rock Club; Mike Jones, Denton High School assistant orchestra director; Frances Hackley, president of the Robson Ranch Music Club; Jay Vandenbree, Robson Ranch Classic Rock Club; Kelley McGee, Denton ISD Assistant Director of Fine Arts; and Sandra Cubero, Denton High School orchestra director.
The Robson Ranch Music Club and the Robson Ranch Classic Rock Club donated more than $1,800 to the Borman Elementary School's orchestra program to cover fees and transportation during the 2023-2024 school year.

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The Borman Elementary School Orchestra poses for a photo with members of the Robson Ranch Music Club and the Robson Ranch Classic Rock Club. The clubs donated more than $1,800 to the elementary school orchestra to cover fees, as well as transportation to a 2023-2024 music festival. 

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