Carol Ilene Slater Smolenski

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Worked as a museum educator and education manager in various science museums and other informal science institutions. Designing, developing and presenting school and public education programs, creating educational materials, training demonstration staff etc. Locations included the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, California Museum of Science and industry (now the California Science Center), and the Maritime Center at Norwalk (CT), an aquarium and maritime history center in southwestern CT.

So. Pas, Philadelphia, PA; Stratford, CT; Shelton CT; Salem NH

Parents (Gene and Ruth Slater) moved into SP circa 1968, living on Indiana Ave. Moved to Marengo Ave. 1971 Rebuilt on same site after major fire in 1984, still living there.

Susan Slater '83
Sharon Slater Levy (attended SPHS, finished HS in Israel)

Esther Ang Ryan - '86
Kirsten Durfee Provost - '86
Glenn Chenalloy - '82
Tina Nuckols Kistinger - '83

SPHS - Band, chorus, madrigals, Bengals, Tiger Topics

Current -
- Sweet Adelines International (women's barbershop singing) Past member Yankeemaids Chorus (CT), currently assistant director Merrimack Valley Chorus, Wilmington MA; bass, SoundScape Quartet

- boardmember - Lancaster school (Salem,NH) PTA; member - Woodbury School PTSA;

Now in my 16th year of singing barbershop-style a cappella music. As both assistant director and singing member of MVC, I get to perform, teach, and direct. Between chorus and quartet, we perform in venues from concert halls to nursing homes, and have presented music clinics for elementary school singers. We compete annually against groups from all over the Northeast and eastern Canada.

Enjoy traveling when we can. We're in CA to visit family every summer.

Played in marching band at SPHS and at the University of Pennsylvania (along with my now-husband), through graduate school.

Sang in 2 groups at SPHS, 3 in college, and 3 more since then.

Both older children play instruments in middle school band, and the youngest is waiting his turn (band instruments start in 5th grade here). Oldest will play in the local HS band this fall, which is an outstanding program that travels annually for major bowl parades, etc.

Some form of music is playing constantly at home and in the car - classical, jazz, classic rock, Disney tweenies (I do have a 12-year-old daughter). Barbershop a cappella is my primary hobby (only mentioned in 4 different places in this profile!) performing, teaching, directing, rehearsing - i'm singing all the time!

Living in southern New Hampshire (about an hour north of Boston) with husband and kids. Busy with school, scouts, sports, etc. - life with 9, 12, and 14 year olds...

Assistant director of the Merrimack Valley Chorus, an award-winning women's barbershop a cappella chorus, and singing bass with SoundScape quartet. Both groups perform year-round and compete annually.