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Kudos From Those Who Know
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Appreciative Audiences
Foster and his energetic performances elicit enthusiastic responses from schoolchildren and professional colleagues, among others. Thankful letters and emails stream back to Foster after his appearances. Below is a sampling of recent responses.
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"Dear Mr. Brown:
Your presentation was amazing. You created laughter like a wizard. I will always remember this experience. All our heads are filled with information. From beginning to end, from sentence to sentence, word to word, bits of information all came together."
-Georgia, 4th grade
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"Foster holds the attention of groups of all ages as well as any interpreter I've ever known. He understands his audiences and always uses relevant examples, music, good solid facts and FUN to share his message. Faces light up when he smiles and begins to sing."
-Ginger Murphy, Chief of Interpretation, Indiana Department of Natural Resources
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"Dear Foster Brown:
Thank you so much for your presentation. If I was to rate it from 1-10, it would be a 10. My smile was huge. I did not whisper a single word to one of my friends. My eyes were fixed on you. I can't wait until you come back."
-Patrick, Lincoln Elementary School
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"Foster's work demonstrates an extensive knowledge and mastery of folk music idioms from ballads to blues that he effectively uses for composing music of great vitality that evokes imagery and emotion. Foster's gift is the wonderful ability to digest historical information, devise a storyline and produce songs written from a very human point of view: portraits of times, places and people from the past. This is the mark of a true artist: one who can convey a chapter of local history in the confines of a three-minute song."
-Daniel J. Best, Chief Naturalist, Geauga Park District
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"Dear Mr. Foster Brown, Voyageur:
The performance was great. I liked how you played the fiddle. YOU ARE AWESOME!! I want to play the fiddle just like you. I am going to do what you did for us. You inspired me to do the story on a person that people don't know a lot about.
Thank you."
-Matt, Lincoln School
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"He is always a hit with seniors, who are charmed by his personality, and by young children who are entranced by his patient ways. His mastery at weaving cultural and natural history together in interpretive themes is exceptional. Foster has talent as an interpreter and a musician, but perhaps his greatest gift is his willingness and skill in sharing those talents with others in the field, and that is the sign of a true 'master'."
-Evelyn Kirkwood, Director of St. Joseph County Parks, President of NAI
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