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From http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_258215355.html

Most of the students taking German at Beverly High School don't consider themselves very good singers.

But that's not stopping them from writing a song — in German — using professional recording equipment to create a CD, and then performing on stage with Sebastian Krumbieael, a lead singer for the band Die Prinzen (The Princes) and a famous German rock star who's flying in for a special concert at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School with the kids.

In a whirlwind week, Beverly High School became the first high school in the country to try out the program, which is designed to teach German to American students using music and pop culture. The German musicians will be at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School this week.

Read the entire article at http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_258215355.html .

More information about this program is available from the Goethe Institut at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/en3663407v.htm .

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