Supports National Standards And Fulfills Three Goals:  1.  A ìCarnegie Hallî quality performance that your students will enjoy and that demonstrates the value of discipline, devotion and hard work. 2. A motivational & drug free message that is up-beat, positive, and adapted to your age group. It is based on the themes of ìRespect & Responsibilityî and ìSay 'Yes' to your talents and dreams!î  3. A multicultural experience with Spanish music, language & culture.

Powerful Message:  More than just an "anti-drug" message, he shares the secrets of his own successful drug-free life: "Set goals.....work hard.....believe in yourself....always do your best.....discover your talents.....follow your dreams!" 

His program will encourage students to know that they are each unique and special and that we are all here to use our individual talents to make the world a better place.  He shows how success and happiness in life depends on respecting and caring about others as well as being responsible in everything we think and say and do.  Each moment is an opportunity to make a choice that can be a part of the solution to family, school, and world problems.  Speaking from his own life experience, he helps the students see that every choice has an outcome or result, and we always have the power to choose to do what is right.

As part of the National Program, he wears ìThe choice for Me, Drug Freeî red ribbon and identifies himself as a person who has never used any drugs.  His positive message points out that the greatest success comes from always saying 'Yes' to the good stuff in life rather than worrying about saying 'No' to the bad stuff.  Kids quickly understand the idea that what you focus on is what you tend to get more of - so focus on that which is good!

Educational Study Guide:  18 pages of preparation and follow up material for all grades. 

Support: The program is enthusiastically supported by teachers and administrators in  1. Music, 2. Spanish & Multi-cultural, and 3. Drug & Character Education, and is usually funded from these sources. 

He Loves Kids: "Always do your best, and the best will always come back to you" is an underlying theme of his stories which introduce each musical selection.  Besides being a successful concert performer he is also a 'compulsive educator' and his answers to students questions are spontaneous, educational and often humorous. He talks with the kids and not down to them in a friendly and unpretentious manner.  He get stacks of fan letters from Elementary children, and the High School students usually give him a standing ovation.

Ronald Radford, Artistry in Music and Life
by Paul Lessard, High Point Community Foundation - 336-882-3298

School audiences will be awe-struck by the talent and the musical artistry of Ron Radford, the American Master of the Flamenco Guitar, and they will be further inspired by his ability to pass on the truths and principles of a life well lived.

Ron's ability to weave a strong character education message in with his breathtaking talent with the guitar will leave your students with a new vision of what is possible in everyone's life.  From a boy growing up in poverty in an Oklahoma trailer park to a world-renowned artist who has performed at both Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center Ron's story of accomplishment will resonate with even the most reluctant student. 

As the very first recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship in Flamenco who has spent years traveling in Spain studying the music of the Spanish Gypsies Ron relates experiences in his learning and life process that will expand the vision and the possibilities in every student's mind.  While his music will tell the story of an emerging artist's mastery, his life story will teach every child the importance of travel, of aspiration, and of plumbing one's fullest potential.

Ron Radford's career has taken him to fifteen countries from Australia to Switzerland and Canada to Panama.  He has toured for the U.S. State Department as a musical ambassador in Mexico, Guatemala, and other Latin American Countries.  This program is a moveable feast of art, culture, and most of all a remarkable journey into the heart in which the most important lessons of life can be discovered.  

- Please call Ron anytime at 800-291-7050