promote harmonica activities. Harmonica Happenings: Published by SPAH since 1967, Harmonica Happenings is a quarterly magazine that features harmonica news, CD and book reviews, historical articles, and other information on topics of interest to harmonica players, in addition to official SPAH announcements. Harmonica Happenings is distributed to SPAH members as a benefit of membership. SPAH email newsletter: The SPAH email newsletter is distributed periodically to a voluntary email list. SPAH membership is not required to receive the email newsletter; anyone who wishes to receive it may sign up at http://spah.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6ebb059ecb9e9315d7d46c074&id=7f0071b975. SPAH website: The SPAH website is http://spah.org. It is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source for information on SPAH activities, including upcoming conventions. SPAH Facebook page: SPAH's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/pages/SPAH/111868439649, displays information on harmonica activities posted both by SPAH and by Facebook members. Annual SPAH Convention Every year in the month of August, SPAH organizes and presents a five-day convention in a city in the United States, in coordination with a local harmonica club. The SPAH convention is usually held in a hotel near an airport and major highways, and features daytime seminars and jam sessions, open mic stages, afternoon and evening concerts, a teaching event for local children, a free-form teach-in, a vendor room populated by harmonica manufacturers and vendors, crafters, builders, and customizers; builders of harmonica accessories and electronics. Tours are organized for those who wish to take in the local sights, and sometimes offsite events are staged in coordination with the convention. Promoting youth activities SPAH encourages young people to play the harmonica through two specific programs: Youth grants: SPAH makes grants, distributed from its William Rosebush Youth Fund, to youth (persons under 21 years of age) to attend the SPAH convention. Grant recipients receive amounts to defray their expenses in attending the SPAH convention, in return for which they perform service activities, participate in musical performances, and assist in fundraising. Kids' program at the SPAH convention: Each year SPAH and the hosting club work with the local community to bring several dozen schoolchildren to a half-day event at the SPAH convention to learn the basics of playing the harmonica, receive a bag lunch, and march through the convention playing a song they have learned together. Education To promote harmonica pedagogy, SPAH distributes information on teaching harmonica, and responds to questions about harmonica playing or teaching. SPAH encourages incorporation of harmonica programs into school curriculums as a