Jamey Turner knew it when he was six years old. He was the youngest one sitting around the dining table in a modest house in Lewistown, Montana. His father, an elementary school teacher by day and fiddler/singer by night, had gathered his barbershop quartet for dinner, and some of them began to have some acoustic fun with the glassware. “I remember it so clearly – everyone going around the table striking their glass for a different note, one by one,” said Turner, now 65 and living in Alexandria, Virginia.

Thanks to all of the TAPDC volunteers who braved the wind and the rain to help us make our stunning PSA commercial set to air in a couple of days.

Volunteers came from as far away as West Virginia and as close as the parking lot next door. Thank you Shamrock Fest goers for helping us out and providing us with non-stop entertainment.

The Tap DC team is looking for people willing to be filmed as they take part in forming a large-scale work of art. We will be filming on the National Mall on Saturday, March 14, and the footage will be used to create a TV commercial promoting UNICEF’s Tap Project airing before and during World Water Week (March 22-28). You’ll see the commercial on TV 48 hours after we shoot! So come out to support a great cause and have a great time doing it.

In Brobo Village in the Cote d'Ivoire, Suzanne and Claudia, age 13 and 11 respectively, are eager to show their homework to their teachers.  The routine of going to school, however, is a recent development.  In the past, the girls woke up at four in the morning to get to the nearest water pump (3 miles away) and return home by 7 a.m.  During droughts, fetching water could take a whole day—the only alternative was the nearest pond, often the cause of severe health problems.