For more than 30 years, Vicki Reader taught music and movement to more than 600 pre-school-age children on a weekly basis and led the East Valley-based PK ROCKZ band which performed children’s music. Reader unexpectedly died from a brain tumor on Feb. 13, but her family members and band musicians will continue her dream of keeping music in school, within families and communities. Reader will be honored at noon on Saturday at the Chandler Ostrich Festival at Tumbleweed Park where the band originally was shceduled to perform a 35-minute show. (submitted photo)
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