Caddo parish woman among Grammy's 2017 Music Educator semi-finalists

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Krista Fanning, a music teacher at Caddo Middle Magnet School in Shreveport, LA is one of 25 semi-finalists across 15 states for the Grammys Music Educator Award it was announced today. The semi-finalists were narrowed down from more than 4500 initial entries from all 50 states. Nominations for the 2017 Music Educator Award are now open at www.grammymusicteacher.com.The finalists will be announced in December. The Third Annual Award will be Ppresented at the special Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominees Reception on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, during GRAMMY® Week
 
2017 Grammy Music Educator Award Semi-finalists

Name			School Name		City	State
Bonnie	Anderson		Coronado Village Elementary School		Universal City	Texas
Ben	Case		Northwood High School		Irvine	Calif.
Caleb	Chapman		Pioneer High School for the Performing Arts		American Fork	Utah
Joyce	Click		North Central High School		Indianapolis	Ind.
James Russell	Cooper		Henry County High School		New Castle	Ky.
Mike	Dana		Fresno City College		Fresno	Calif.
Krista	Fanning		Caddo Middle Magnet		Shreveport	La.
Anne	Fennell		Mission Vista High School		Oceanside	Calif.
Doreen	Fryling		South Side High School		Rockville Centre	N.Y.
Frank	Gawle		Wilton High School		Wilton	Conn.
Alan	Guckian		Eastside Memorial High School		Austin	Texas
Keith	Hancock		Tesoro High School		Rancho Santa Margarita	Calif.
Peter	Holsberg		The Berkeley Carroll School		Brooklyn	N.Y.
Kathryn	Ingerson		Thousand Islands High/Middle School		Clayton	N.Y.
Darren	McCoy		Oak Harbor High School		Oak Harbor	Wash.
Richard	McCready		River Hill High School		Clarksville	Md.
DiAnne	Mott		Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Central District		St. Johnsville	N.Y.
Timothy	Powell		Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School		Augusta	Ga.
Penelope	Quesada		Lincoln Elementary School		Louisville	Ky.
Ulli	Reiner		Poway Unified School District		San Diego	Calif.
Phillip	Riggs		North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics		Durham	N.C.
Bill	Swick		Las Vegas Academy of the Arts		Las Vegas	Nev.
Brayer	Teague		Downers Grove North High School		Downers Grove	Ill.
Linda	Versprille		Cane Bay High School		Summerville	S.C.
Lois	Wiggins		Edythe J. Hayes Middle School