Published by Music Row
Jan. 30, 2014
Article by Jessica Nicholson
Web article: http://www.musicrow.com/2014/01/lizzie-sider-promotes-anti-bullying-message-via-florida-school-tour/
Lizzie Sider is continuing her tour of elementary and middle schools in Florida where she is conducting her Bully Prevention Assembly at over 100 schools during January, February and March. The tour continues after a successful weekend in Nashville, where Sider performed the national anthem at the Nashville Predators game before taking the stage at the historic Bluebird Cafe.
“Bullying doesn’t just happen in October during Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, it happens all year,” says Sider. “As someone who understands what it is like to be bullied, I am on a mission to help anyone who doesn’t think anyone will listen.”
During the 30- to 40-minute assembly, Sider will encourage kids to help prevent bullying as she recounts her own personal journey as a young student being teased and ridiculed in elementary school, what it felt like, and how she tried to deal with it. In addition, Sider discusses the importance of everyone standing up to stop bullying. She will also perform her original song “Butterfly,” which Sider co-wrote about her experience. Her goal is to help kids as a positive role model, having risen above her own ridicule, to pursue a career in music.
As a spokesperson for PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, Sider visited over 80 schools in California before starting her school tour in Florida.
Lizzie’s Upcoming Assembly Tour Dates
Feb. 3 South Daytona (2 Assemblies) – Deland, Fla. Feb. 3 Manatee Cove Elementary – Orange City, Fla. Feb. 4 Citrus Grove Elementary – Deland, Fla. Feb. 4 Blue Lake Elementary – Lake Helen, Fla. Feb. 5 Volusia Pines – Lake Helen, Fla. Feb. 5 Woodward Elementary – Deland, Fla. Feb. 5 Umatilla Elementary – Umatilla, Fla. Feb. 6 George Marks Elementary (2 assemblies) – Deland, Fla. Feb. 6 Southwestern Middle – Deland, Fla. Feb. 11 Lake Okeechobee Girls Academy – Okeechobee, Fla. Feb. 11 Country Oaks Elementary School- La Belle, Fla. Feb. 12 Pinecrest Elementary School – Immokalee, Fla. Feb. 12 Highland Elementary School -Immokalee, Fla. Feb. 12 LaBelle Middle School – LaBelle, Fla. Feb. 13 Miami Childrens Museum Charter School – Miami, Fla. Feb. 13 Plantation Key School – Tavernier, Fla. Feb. 13 Key Largo School – Key Largo, Fla. Feb. 14 Stanley Switlik Elementary – Marathon, Fla. Feb. 14 Sugarloaf School Sugar Loaf — Key, Fla. Feb. 14 Horace O’Bryant School – Key West, Fla. Feb. 18 Dixon School of the Arts – Pensacola, Fla. Feb. 18 Liza Jackson Preparatory – Ft. Walton, Fla. Feb. 19 Franklin County School – Eastpoint, Fla. Feb. 19 Apalachicola Bay Charter School – Apalachicola, Fla. Feb. 19 Altha Public School – Altha, Fla. Feb. 20 Emma Love Hardee Elementary – Nassau, Fla. Feb. 20 Yulee Middle School – Yulee, Fla. Feb. 20 Callahan Middle School – Callahan, Fla. Feb. 20 Nassau City Homeless – Nassau, Fla. Feb. 21 Shadowlawn Elementary School – Green Cove Springs, Fla. Feb. 21 Lakeside Junior High – Jacksonville, Fla. Feb. 21 Mandarin Middle School – Jacksonville, Fla. Feb. 25 Parkway Magnet Middle School – Lauderhill, Fla. Feb. 25 Deerfield Park Elementary School – Deerfield Beach, Fla. Feb. 25 North Broward Preparatory – Coconut Creek, Fla. Feb. 26 Tavares Elementary – Tavares, Fla. Feb. 27 Sorrento Elementary – Sorrento, Fla. Feb. 27 Seminole Springs Elementary – Eustis, Fla. Feb. 27 Windy Hill Middle School (2 assemblies) – Clermont, Fla. Feb. 28 Challenger 7 Elementary – Port St. John, Fla. Feb. 28 Enterprise Elementary – Cocoa, Fla. Feb. 28 Discovery Intermediate – Kissimmee, Fla. March 3 Kingsway Elementary School – Port Charlotte, Fla. March 3 Port Charlotte County School to be scheduled March 3 Vineland Elementary – Rotonda, Fla. March 4 Myakka River Elementary School – Port Charlotte, Fla. March 4 Port Charlotte County School to be scheduled March 4 Peace River Elementary School – Port Charlotte, Fla. March 5 Liberty Elementary School – Port Charlotte, Fla. March 5 Neil Armstrong Elementary – Port Charlotte, Fla. March 5 Deep Creek Elementary School – Punta Gorda, Fla. March 6 Meadows Park Elementary – Port Charlotte, Fla. March 6 Port Charlotte Middle School – Port Charlotte, Fla. March 11 Wesley Chapel Elementary School – Wesley Chapel, Fla. March 11 Cypress Elementary – New Port Richey, Fla. March 11 Woodland Elementary – Zephyrillis, Fla. March 12 Fuguitt Elementary – Largo, Fla. March 12 Eisenhower Elementary — Clearwater, Fla. March 12 Melrose Elementary – St. Petersburg, Fla. March 13 Laurel Oak Elementary – Naples, Fla. March 13 Naples Park Elementary – Naples, Fla. March 13 Palmetto Elementary – Naples, Fla. March 14 Tommie Barfield Elementary – Marco Island, Fla. March 14 Gulf Coast Academy Charter South – Naples, Fla. March 18 Hobe Sound Elementary (2 assemblies) – Hobe Sound, Fla. March 18 Pine Crest – Boca Raton, Fla. March 24 Wildwood Middle School – Wildwood, Fla. March 24 Lake Panasoffkee Elementary – Lake Panasoffkee, Fla. March 25 Webster Elementary School — Webster, Fla. March 25 South Sumter Middle School — Webster, Fla. March 26 Forest City Elementary School – Altamonte Springs, Fla. March 27 Roundlake Elementary School – Mt. Dora, Fla. March 27 Bushnell Elementary – Bushnell, Fla. March 28 Pine Crest School – Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.