I'm Ken Hall with Church Health and you're watching Live
at 9 on this Thursday, August 22nd.
Welcome to live at 9 where Memphis comes alive along
with your top news, weather with Todd Demers and trending
topics in coffee with Corey.
Get ready for a packed morning.
First live at 9 exclusive with Ernest Strickland, the president
and CEO of the Black Business Association of Memphis.
He's going to unveil their new brand live here in
our studio of first.
Also, basketball legend Penny Hardaway, attorney Art Horn and historic
retired judge Ernestine Hunt Doris will join us talk about
the Memphis Urban League to talk about some of the
golf that they are having and the perfect opportunity for
women looking to learn the game.
Plus, don't miss Nile of Memphis blog content director segment
with Jalen Sochik, she has her weekly visit this week
and she is sharing her top three hottest weekend activities.
And finally, University of Memphis Assistant professor Doctor Jim Pierce
is introducing us to the world of music therapy and
how it can actually rewire your brain to bring you
calm.
So get in here.
But first, be sure to record the show so you
never miss an episode.
And connect with us online at our website, live@9.tv.
That's also our handle on social media.
And turning now to the news at 9, the Memphis
Chamber has announced an activation of part of its Prosper
Memphis 2030 Strategic Plan with Certification Day on August 29th.
Registration is opening today for the free event to help
minorities, women, disadvantaged individuals and veterans understand the certification process.
These events allow the businesses to directly meet with eight
government agencies to compete for government contracts.
Representatives from eight key organizations will be on site to
guide you through the certification process.
It's happening one week from today, August 29th, but you
must register.
That's the website there on the bottom of the screen,
memphischamber.com.
And click the word events in the top right part
of your computer screen.
Tonight, the Democratic National Convention is wrapping up in Chicago
with Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepting her party's nomination
for president.
It will happen exactly 60 years after another black woman
mesmerized the nation with a speech.
Fannie Lou Hammer was a leader of the Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party in 1964 when the racially integrated group challenged
the seating of an all white Mississippi delegation to the
Democratic National Convention.
Hammer testified before the credentials committee about losing her home
and being beaten because of civil rights activities.
Top Democrats said that Hammer's group could seat 2 delegates,
but that was too little for the Freedom Democrats and
it was too much for the regular Mississippi delegation, which
filed and fled the 1964 convention.
Now Washington correspondent Trevor Shirley has more on the present
day DNC in this report.
At the end of Wednesday night, Governor Tim Walz formally
accepted his party's nomination for vice president.
It's the honor of my life.
The Minnesota governor promising voters they'd be better off under
a Harris Walls White House.
From her first day as a prosecutor, as a District
Attorney, as an attorney general, as a United States senator
and then our vice president, she's fought on the side
of the American people.
Polling shows the race remains tight, and Democrats continue pulling
out some of their most effective messengers.
We need Kamala Harris, the president of Joy, who laid
up former President Bill Clinton laid out why he says
Americans would be better off economically under a president.
Kamala Harris with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi making her
own case.
She is a leader of strength and wisdom and eloquence
on policy, most recently demonstrated fighting for women's right to
choose.
The convention wraps up just hours from now, with Democrats
hopeful this week's energy can carry the vice president through
November.
And today, Vice President Harris and Governor Waltz opponents former
President Donald Trump and Senator JD Vance are focusing on
immigration on the campaign trail.
Trump will visit the border in Arizona, while Vance hosts
an event in Georgia.
And in other news, on this Thursday, our morning began
a little cooler, the temperatures a little lower than we've
experienced.
It was a delightful week.
And you said that was going to happen.
Yeah.
You know, I really thought we were only going to
have three days of really spectacular weather, Kanji, But it's
gone into overtime.
We now have day four of this fantastic weather across
the Mid South.
And tomorrow's not going to be too bad.
But I think tomorrow's going to be more of a
day of transition as southerly winds return and temperatures start
to climb.
And I'm watching that big heat Dome that we've been
telling you got back through Texas.
This is the one that's been producing some record high
temperatures.
And that very hot air is moving in our direction
and will likely be here by the time we get
to the middle of next week.
So let's continue to enjoy this fantastic weather for today.
We still have the northerly flow, a few high thin
clouds.
So we still have low humidity and lower than normal
temperatures, which is why and and Kanji was just mentioning
this, it was so comfortable outside this morning and why
it will continue to be fabulous throughout the course of
the day.
Upper 60s to near 70 across much of the Mid
South will be near 80 by lunchtime and then mid
to upper 80s for afternoon highs before this day is
through.
Good looking day ahead.
It's been a cool start, sunny and mild this afternoon,
but the warm up begins for us tomorrow with the
return of southerly winds and that in turn means temperatures
back to near normal.
Highs likely in the low to mid 90s as we
head through the weekend and we're looking at some increasing
rain chances, but not until next week, which means getting
the car washed is going to pay off for you
over the next couple of days here as the next
best chances for rain don't show up for almost a
week.
Beautiful day ahead.
We'll have more on your 7 day forecast coming up
in just a moment.
The Black Business Association of Memphis partners with local entrepreneurs
to help them advance and grow.
August is Black Business Month, and This Morning live and
on continues our series, teaming up with the BBA to
spotlight their efforts and the businesses they help.
And joining us this morning with an exclusive announcement is
the president and CEO of the Memphis BBA, Ernest Strickland,
here to talk about a big change impacting the future
of the BBA and also the big events for the
50th anniversary.
That's right.
Good morning.
OK, so you have a lot going on this week.
It's the 50th anniversary of the Black Business Association, and
it's pretty much the finale to a month of celebrations.
Can you just talk about what's ahead?
Yeah, So I always say that August, if we were
HBCU, this is our the homecoming month because we are
super busy from the event that we have in partnership
with the Red Birds.
That was a huge success.
And the next upcoming events events are Friday, August 23rd.
We have Soul connections, a conversation with David Porter, singer-songwriter,
Hall of Famer, where we will be able to go
through some of the the the wins, the losses, the
lessons learned in the Stacks era and how can we
apply those things today?
And then Friday, Saturday is our grand finale.
We have our Building Wealth in the Black Community Symposium.
We're bringing in national speakers, local speakers to share a
wealth of information with our audience so that we can
have a better and more robust economy.
You know, it's interesting because, you know, you think, oh,
this is a music person, but it's, I mean, think
about the percentage of that that's actually business.
You know, people say, oh, I want to be an
artist, but I mean, 70% of that is just being
a business person.
Absolutely.
And and that's one thing that we have the talent
here.
How do we convert that talent into entrepreneurship endeavors that
last with legacy such as David has been able to
produce?
And so we're we're very excited to have that conversation
with him because he's seen the good, bad and ugly
and he's now a part of the Renaissance.
And so it's going to be a very thought provoking,
insightful conversation that we have 5:30 on Friday at Stax
Museum.
OK.
And so you know, you're talking about the the speakers
that you're bringing in.
These are people that people here can touch and talk
with themselves, but also national speakers.
Why is building wealth the the theme?
Why building wealth specifically?
That essentially has been what has, is holding Memphis back
traditionally, you know, we all have talked about Memphis being
on the cusp of greatness, where we'll never unlock that
greatness until there's more wealth circulating in the black community.
You know, being 65% of the population, you can't have
such a large demographic that has so little and be
prosperous as a community.
And so we're working tirelessly to ensure that the 65%
have greater wealth, greater equity so that Memphis can do
better as a whole.
Yeah.
So it's it's pretty much tackling that the poverty issue
that we face from the other end of speaking about
wealth.
OK, Now you have a big moment that is culminating
and you have a big announcement and unveiling that we're
going to show people.
Yeah, that's right.
You know, 50 years.
We wanted to reimagine what the BBA can be going
forward.
And as we thought about where the gaps are in
our ecosystem, we needed a stronger entity and a stronger
organization.
So we are rebranding from the BBA Memphis to the
Black Chamber of Memphis and we're excited to announce, you
know, this new structure, it's going to bring a host
of new programming and emphasis.
For instance, we're going to focus on people.
We talk about talent, workforce, but people that's going to
be, you know, one of the centerpieces of our activities
as well as supporting our company's existing businesses that are
here.
And we're excited about the future and being a chamber
activates a totally different and and maybe wider range is
is that absolutely.
We we've gotten, you know, we've we've gotten the conversation.
Are you on a chamber?
Are you a association?
And so this will dispel the confusion for sure, but
it also place us in conversations with, you know, national
chambers.
I serve on the board of the American Chamber of
Commerce Executives.
And so we'll be able to, you know, bring in
more sponsorship.
We'll be able to target companies and corporate partners in
a way that we haven't traditionally been able to engage
with them.
OK Turning Point in Memphis with the Black Chamber.
Thank you so much.
And how can people go to your event and connect?
I know on your website you have the info, right?
Yes, yes.
Bbamemphis.com.
You know, we will keep BBA Memphis active for a
while until we make the switch completely.
All right, all right, Ernest Strickland, we have one more
week with him, so we look forward to seeing you
next week.
Yes, thank you.
All right, and there's much more live at 9 ahead
this morning.
Two of our next guests are well known for their
day jobs.
One is an attorney, the other just happens to be
the head coach of the Memphis Tigers basketball team.
But they're both taught taking on a new role, all
in the name of charity.
We're going to explain this other sport.
They're talking about it.
That's coming up after the break.
Yeah.
Welcome back to Live at 9 Time now to head
on over to weather expert Todd Demers.
What a beautiful day, Todd.
It certainly is.
It's been beautiful all week long.
And I'm happy to report today's weather is looking almost
as nice.
However, we are about to be in the process of
transition with the temperature starting to climb behind some southerly
winds returning to the area over the next 24 hours.
It's one of those situations where we'll go to bed
tonight with the north winds and we'll wake up tomorrow
morning with that southerly flow having returned.
Storm Tracker 3S has been very quiet when it comes
to precipitation across the Mid South.
We've had a very dry, stable weather pattern.
And by the way, that's going to continue right on
through next week.
So if you've been looking for or hoping for some
rainfall, you've got a little bit more time to wait
because it's not going to get here for at least
a week.
The big story now is as we transition out of
these delightful temperatures, we're looking at heat returning to the
Mid South by the time we get early into next
week and maybe even through the weekend as well.
But today, clean sweep of the northeasterly breezes, temperature slow
to climb.
We only hit 84 for the high yesterday.
Right now we're holding it 70 at the airport.
Just beautiful weather to start the day.
And as mentioned, we're warming into the low and mid
80s by lunchtime, mid to upper 80s before the day
is through.
But if you're kind of watching the clock here, you're
noticing how the north and northeasterly flow continues for today
and into tonight.
However, overnight and while you're sleeping, that southerly flow is
going to sneak back up on us.
And that's why I mentioned tomorrow being a day of
transition with the warmer and slightly more humid air moving
back into the Mid South, allowing our temperatures to start
climbing across the area.
It'll take several days though for that humidity to really
begin to build and become really uncomfortable.
So even though the temperatures are going to be climbing
as we make our way through the weekend, the humidity
values will be slow to recover as well through early
next week.
Mid 60s E Arkansas, upper 60s West Tennessee and northern
Mississippi by Daybreak tomorrow.
So high pressure continues to move on out.
The dry, stable weather pattern continues.
The next big weather story for us is the return
of the southerly winds and how that's going to start
to warm us up in that big Dome of hot
air is going to be rolled pulling out of the
Central Plains and making its way right on into the
Mid South as we make our way through the weekend.
So yes, we have enjoyed now three and now today,
four days of fantastic weather across the Mid South.
And as we head into the weekend, sunshine, southerly winds,
we're back into the mid 90s, but it would probably
be the middle of next week before we have to
start talking about heat advisories again.
It'll take that long for the humidity values to build
once again across the area and rain chances continue to
be minimal across the Mid South as well.
All right, thanks, Todd.
The Memphis Urban League offers programs and other resources to
help underserved African Americans here in our community.
And they'll take their cause to the golf course with
the help of some highly recognizable names.
We have high profile attorney Art Horn, the 3rd and
U of M head basketball coach, basketball legends coach Penny
Hardaway.
Thank you so much for joining us, everybody.
Thank you for having thank you for having us.
All right.
And now you judge Ernestine Dorse, historic judge, you are
on the board.
Yes.
So tell me about this.
The golf clinic.
Well, the golf clinic is very important, but let me
say that the Memphis Urban League will be hosting our
first annual golf tournament.
And as a part of a any golf tournament, I
think that you have a secondary purpose.
It's usually youth golf that's held in tandem at the
same time.
But as a player myself, all of my golf people
my age and I just think that women, especially black
women, they don't play.
I mean, I don't know how many are out there
really playing, but it used to be in a lot
of them.
So if I've been playing 30 years, there are people
out here that have been playing five or ten, but
we don't have a base, but a couple.
I'm sure they're going to come out now.
I'm going to tell you, I'm going to tell you
what, I hope you have enough golf carts.
Well, that's what I'm I'm looking for them.
But Penny has done this golf clinic for me.
I had another organization that I was supposed to be
doing something with and I decided I wanted to do
a golf tournament, but the COVID stopped it.
But the time was reserved.
I said, well, let's see if we get some women
out here because, well, Tommy, you know, so so Penny,
you know, we saw you recently out at Southwind.
You did not play in FedEx the the golf tournament.
But tell us about your journey with golf.
Yeah, it started at Pine Hill.
You know, a lot of the older golfers took me
under their wing and taught me how to play golf
at Pine Hill.
And this is kind of evolved into where it is
now, you know, being a member at still at Pine
Hill and Southland and Spring Creek.
I love the game.
And it's it's it's you know, it went from having
board meetings to having meetings on the golf course.
So it definitely came in, came in handy for me.
OK.
And Art, I, I had to tell you this when
I first came to Memphis to, you know, cover the
news, I remember, you know, I was tracking you down
because you were somebody's attorney, somebody important.
And I was like, please, can I interview you?
And you were on the golf course and you met
me in the parking lot of golf course at Stonebridge.
I know you love that's where it.
OK, Stonebridge.
So let's talk about what drew you to wanting to
be part of this clinic.
So I've, I've known Judge Doris since I was a
little boy.
Yeah.
And I've been playing golf since I was 5.
So I was one of the first young African Americans
to start playing golf in Memphis before Tiger and.
Yeah.
And so, and that's even how Penny and I met
when he was leaving the University of Memphis.
Randy Wade hooked us up and we went and hit
balls together.
And.
And so I ended up, you know, playing college golf
and golf is just a love of mine.
And so when Judge Doris called me and said, Hey,
we need you guys to do to this clinic, I,
I jumped at the chance.
They're like, oh man, OK.
And so Penny with you, you know, you're a pro
basketball player, right?
So I'm sure you take some of those thoughts and,
and mindset to golf.
What do you want to teach the ladies?
Well, I think, well, the last clinic, we taught them
everything, putting how to grip the club, how to swing,
the dynamics of the setup.
And it was a lot of fun because they were
very interested and, and did a great job And art,
you know, I heard that you're good enough to, you
know, if if you had decided you could have gone
pro, what is what are some of the tips that
you would share?
But first of all, that was years ago.
I'm a professional lawyer now.
I know, I know my golf game is suffering because
I work too much.
But I think it's just introducing the game.
It's a great game.
We all have a love for the game.
And so it's just giving, giving the women the fundamentals.
So that maybe they can learn how to hit the
ball and there's some interest there, right?
Right.
And so we're going to get personal in a second
because I know about your second career here, but what
should people know to sign up?
Well, the sign up, we'll take you as a walk
in the, the ladies golf clinic is at 10:00 AM
at Pine Hill.
But the national bars, I mean, the national, the Memphis
Urban League's golf tournament starts shotgun at 8:00 AM.
So the man or whoever is actually playing in the
tournament will shotgun off at 8.
And the women's golf clinic will start at 10, and
hopefully they'll meet up together at lunch, that both of
them will be ending up and that they can be
further encouraged about it.
OK.
And so I said, let's get personal.
You are the first African American female judge in Memphis,
right?
And now you are a jeweler.
And since the last time we spoke, I just want
to know how that's going and what's next.
Well, I'm a jeweler and I've been a jeweler longer
than I've been a golfer, but I've been a golfer
for 30 years myself.
So I'm I'm spending my time with jewelry and golf
and just in service because that's how I ended up
the Urban League on the board.
And this is a service and my first job I
ever had out of college was at the Memphis Urban
League.
And so I have an affinity to it.
That was a 1975 was my first job.
And so now I'm over at the Urban League trying
to make sure that it can be all it can
be.
And so funding that not necessarily grant funding, but developing
streams of income to help support the services that we
already provide.
And so I knew that it could happen and I
knew that the women were very excited the last time.
Because she's also not telling you her sons had golf
pro at the course we grew up on, grew up
and all my children grew up.
Actually, Will, when he went to college on the golf
scholarship, he got a letter from Lauren Roberts.
And they said that was the first time they've ever
had a touring pro to write anybody a letter.
So I have some burning questions also for both of
you.
When you first became a coach, I was like, oh,
here we go, Here we go.
And I felt like right out the gate, the first
thing I saw was, oh, he donated $1,000,000 to the
school.
And I'm like, Oh my goodness, like, is he going
to be able to focus on coaching?
Like how, how do you one, keep the focus on
coaching when all these distractions are being thrown at you
and hurled at you incessantly?
I think that the NBA prepared me for that because
when you're in the NBA, a lot of things are
thrown at you at one time.
And you still have to play.
You're making millions of dollars, but you still have to
go produce.
You have to practice.
You have to be a leader.
Because me being the point guard, I had to be
the leader.
And that's what I'm doing right now with coaching.
The distractions are there, but you got to block them
out.
And I've learned to block those out with the help
of my coaches over the years.
Yeah.
What?
I mean, what is that key to just saying I'm
not going to let this get in my psyche?
I think it's just the mental toughness that you have
to have when you want to be great.
Because if you start letting the distractions get to you,
you'll get your focus is gone and you won't be
able to be great.
So for me, I always locked in on what mattered
the most and, and took everything else out.
OK.
And you're, you're a, a voice of resilience because you
had some accusations thrown at you that were lies and
you won a case, successfully won your own case.
And now you have a thriving law firm and you
you defend some of the highest profile cases in town.
What is your word of resilience for others?
And riding through a storm?
What are those words you would share?
I think you just have to want have a strong
faith in God and have a good community of people
around you and a good support system.
And so I feel like I've created a good village
of friends around me.
Penny Hardaway, just doors, I mean, David Porter, I mean,
it's just good people.
And I think that you see when you go through
something like that, you see who's really with you and
you see who your true friends are and that, and
that's a blessing to know that.
All right, we learned some lessons here on the red
couch.
Thank you so much for joining us here.
Enjoy the clinic and make sure you just have enough
of the golf carts, please.
And, and are you, are you coming?
Well, I, I take care of my mom.
I'm a caregiver.
So I, I, I take care of it more.
I love you.
All right, thank you for joining us.
Thank you.
So welcome.
Maybe I'll drive up and my mom and I will
do a drive by Judge Doris.
Everybody.
Great music, great food and wrestling.
Memphis is famous for all three and you have a
chance to enjoy each of them this weekend.
We've got all the details coming up.
Get in here, Memphis.
Let's plan your weekend with the help of the I
Love Memphis blog content director Jalen Sochuk.
She's back and joining us now with all the details.
Good morning.
You look sporty.
Yes, we're wrapping the 15th anniversary party.
Look today.
I love it.
OK.
And we have a bonus after we go through our
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Yes.
OK, Jalen.
So let's talk about Friday.
Well, Friday is going to be the continuation of the
summer Music series happening at 4th Park, known as Solon
on the River.
So it is free to attend 7 to 10.
The music will start at 8:00, but you're going to
want to get there early because you have that beautiful
backdrop of the Mississippi River and that sunset.
So you want a good spot.
You can bring chairs, blankets, your own cooler.
There'll be food trucks.
There'll be a bar too, that you can purchase from
really good experience if you're, you know, some people are
visual learners.
I'm a visual planner.
I want to see what the experience is like before.
So if you go to the I Love Memphis blog
on Instagram, we have a video that shows the last
one on our feed.
So you can see what the experience is like before
you head out.
But it looks like a great time.
You can't beat that sunset with music.
And we're all benefiting from your visual.
You know, that's great.
I love that.
OK, so let's head into Saturday.
Saturday.
So two BBQ competitions in May was not enough.
We're having a third one.
Patio Parkers on Beale is back.
This will be at Handy Park.
Get on Beale Street, free to attend.
They're going to be inviting up to 30 teams to
compete and really smoke off to determine who is the
best of the backyard barbecuers.
And there's going to be a prize.
It's about $4000.
And again, you know, open to spectate and watch people
as they cook.
And if you get hungry, there's a bunch of BBQ
served on Beale Street that you can eat after.
I love this.
I love that we're expanding because it's like, you know,
we, you target the things that people love about a
town.
And so this is just expanding on that.
That's great.
All right, with the BBQ competitions too, you know, there's
so many people that come into the city and compete.
This is a celebration of the best barbecues, which we
know are Memphians.
Oh my goodness.
See, that's what I'm doing.
All right, so, so what's happening Sunday?
Sunday we're doing the wrestling like you mentioned before the
break.
Memphis has, you know, it's a storied wrestling history and
such good talent here.
So Memphis wrestling will be competing at their wrestling facility.
It's like the Memphis Wrestling Center will be on Sunday
at 1:30.
Tickets only start about $13.
A very affordable weekend that you can have.
So you can come for that local talent, but then
stick around for the Sandman, who you see on the
screen now, very notable figure, legendary name and wrestling.
So he'll be competing, and I think it's kind of
a rare sight that he's on the circuit because I
don't think he's been wrestling lately.
So I've been to some of the local wrestling matches.
They're so fun, and you're going to be laughing and
you're going to be hooting and hollering.
It's a great time.
So definitely go out and participate in US.
Exciting.
Yeah.
I mean, that's another thing.
It's like BBQ wrestling, you know, soul music.
Those are the things that we are known for.
And I love it.
It's all happening this weekend.
All right, now, what's with this bonus?
Yeah, we're talking about tonight.
So we are having our 15th anniversary celebration.
This is going to be happening at the ravine, you
know, super cool new area in the Edge District and
the home to Memphis maids.
New tap room.
So it's going to be from 5:30 to 7:30.
We have a ton of giveaways.
We're giving Justin Timberlake take away tickets.
Mempho Zoo Rendezvous.
Which of the Justin Timberlake fir is it?
FedEx Forum.
OK, well, OK, so it's local.
Yeah.
A bunch of hotel stays, a lot of good stuff
on hand.
First 100 people, the drinks on us, if you get
there, you get there early.
It'll be a lot of fun and a good celebration.
And let's talk about that space again because I just
beautiful.
Really.
Yeah.
Is it open now or?
Yes, it's completely open.
And then they cut out the concrete and the walls
so the brewery feeds out into the ravine.
It's a little tucked away, but we do have some
maps and everything on our event listings online if you
go to the blog.
And we have this QR code if anybody is trying
to get to that.
And it has all the details, like does it have
the hours and everything?
Yep.
It has every detail you need to know about the
previous events we mentioned, plus everything else, what's happening this
weekend, as well as the 15th anniversary.
OK, Happy 15th anniversary.
And I love Memphis blog.
I love Memphis.
I love I love Memphis blog.
Yes, there we go.
That's what I've been trying to say.
All right, thank you.
So thanks, Kajis.
Healthcare and music come together in a newly accredited program
at the University of Memphis.
But what exactly is music therapy?
A local professor is going to explain that for us
coming up next.
We're back on live at 9 now here's Kanji.
A nationally accredited program at the University of Memphis aims
to prepare students for unique industry within healthcare.
This is all kind of a new thing.
It combines the arts and health and Wellness and it's
more than just enjoying your favorite kind of music.
Doctor Jim Pierce is the assistant professor and area coordinator
of music therapy at the University of Memphis to explain
what this is all about.
Wow, this is interesting.
Hi, thanks for thank you for inviting me.
This is wonderful.
Yes.
Music therapy.
Have you ever heard a song from childhood and remembered
the lyrics and immediately be able to sing along?
Or yeah.
Or maybe you heard music and immediately you're transplanted to
events or something that happened and you had all these
memories.
Music is universal.
It has the ability to be moldable and adaptable, and
when you apply it to a therapeutic setting, can have
incredible benefits for individuals and groups.
Wow.
And so the best way to kind of explain what
music therapy is, to give you some examples.
So let's say you're a music therapist and you are
working with a child that is been diagnosed with the
autism spectrum disorder.
One of the issues they have is they don't make
appropriate eye contact.
So the music therapist would provide music that the child
loves and they would be engaged in a musical experience.
And just like your eye contact is with me now,
if I was playing guitar and playing and you were
the child and you looked away, the music would stop.
Now that doesn't seem like a big deal to the,
the, the observer, but the child is learning that for
me to get this pleasurable experience, I have to make
eye contact.
So, but you can't take a guitar and follow the
kid around at the store, right?
So what you do is you fade the music, they
learned that behavior, then you fade the music and you
transfer it to other areas.
So that's one example.
Maybe you work in adult psychiatric facilities and a lots
of times that population needs help with psychoeducational ideas like
maybe coping skills or stress management or the idea of
a support, a support group and why that's important.
So a music therapist would have a group of patients
and they would basically brainstorm and talk about their experiences
and find commonality.
And from those feedback that they provide, the music therapist
would then take that turn it into music and make
it a songwriting intervention.
And then from there you would debrief and you would
be able to help each other cope and deal with
and and promote Wellness.
So another idea would be if you are a Hospice
music therapist.
Now Hospice is at the end of life.
So lots of times the the patient is working on
processing emotions, reconnecting with their family.
Maybe the family is reconnecting with them and music is
there to help process that and to also help them
maybe write a song or engage in music, have those
last quality moments before they pass away.
But the big notion that music therapy is passive, it's
an active involvement.
So it is not for musicians.
And when you are involved in the music therapy relationship,
it is this therapeutic relationship.
It's there to promote Wellness.
And you music therapists conduct assessments, they develop treatment plans,
and they can provide documentation.
So just like any other discipline, this is not passive
listening.
This is you engaging somebody to meet, you know, some
very specific goals to help you.
I remember this video that just brought me to tears
every time I saw it.
There was an Alzheimer's patient, and she was a prima
ballerina.
And they play the music and she starts to do
the dance.
And I was like, yes, but so it sounds like,
you know, that is connecting her with memories.
Can you explain how this is going to play out
in a course, in an accredited course?
Oh yes.
So the music therapy program is to become a music
therapist, you have to attend a four year degree and
you have to complete 1200 clinical hours.
Then you have a national board exam.
So just like any credential degree, you have to pass
an exam and then you become a music therapist, board
certified MTBC beside your name.
So lots of times in the music courses I'm bringing
in lots of themes of psychology because you have to
work with people.
So you have to have orientations of how to approach
different populations because music therapy is the lifespan.
So you could be working with in a NICU setting,
you could be working with adolescents, adults, older adults.
And so you talk a lot about how do you
approach people?
How do you work with people?
What's the best way to use music?
Because music is just the vehicle change.
So you're going to come up with a music experience
that will be best for them to meet their goals.
And these are non musical goals.
So this could be an array of applications.
All right.
And we've run out of time, but when does the
next, when does it start?
Some people the deadline to sign up.
You have you can apply right now.
We are taking applications and we start this fall.
All right, all right.
It's only fitting that this is happening in a music
town, Memphis music town.
Thank you so much, Doctor.
Thanks for having me.
We appreciate what you're doing.
All right, there's more LIVE at 9 coming your way
this morning.
A new streaming service may soon be coming to a
television near you.
Plus, one company wants to change the way you experience
your favorite movies and TV shows.
How Smellivision may actually be a real thing, huh?
That's coming up on Coffee with Corey.
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You know, George, you get your groceries.
You don't have to drive to a whole new location
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That's right.
In fact, we're right here at Kroger Pharmacy.
We call it Kroger Health.
And a lot of people will come in and they
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If you ever had chicken pox when you were a
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It's time for coffee with Corey burned in part by
Kroger kicking off today.
It's what you're talking about is nostalgic for me.
I just saw the first little part of what it
is.
We're going to be talking about some really good stuff
in this first story.
OK, For starters, we're going to kick it off.
So good morning, everyone.
Happy National Tooth Fairy day, right?
Fun fact, the value of a lost tooth is closely
related to the US economy.
I can see that.
Delta Dental released the findings and more in its 2024
Original Tooth Fairy poll this week.
So the survey found that some eight in 10 American
homes welcome the Tooth Fairy when a child loses a
tooth.
However, when it comes to the payout for the time
honored tradition, the average value of a single tooth reportedly
declined during the past year.
I don't feel that.
Those surveyed said that the Tooth Fairy tightened her purse
strings and went from the average of about $6.23 a
tooth to over just $5.00.
So when it comes to the average values regionally, the
the West of the big winner.
So according to the Tooth Fairy poll, kids in the
western US typically get about $8.54 a tooth.
That's followed by more than $6.08 in the Northeast, then
$5.50 in the southern States, and finally $3.60 for the
Midwest.
So I clearly have a child at home that has
lost some teeth, and it is rather interesting when it
comes to what the tooth fairy leaves behind, 'cause I
think it just depends on when the child loses the
tooth, what part of the day it's in, if it
happens right before we go to bed, what the tooth
fairy has at that moment.
Yeah.
I mean, it really all depends on those.
There's so many factors that the tooth fairy has to
factor in.
And then you're also exactly when she flies in.
It's just like, what's what we got going on?
And then also everybody talks about it at school, so
everyone feels like they need to one up.
So I feel like the Joneses.
Exactly.
So the tooth fairy.
Yeah.
I'm glad she's tightening her purse strings.
Yeah, she needed to Yeah, you need to chill out.
She needs.
No, but I I'm going to date myself because I.
It would be like.
It was like in the dollar range, you know, when
we got like a dollar, you know, I feel like
we got coin.
It was like $8.
I'm like, who's got $8 per tooth?
My son came home.
He get he somebody in his class received $20.
I was like that's, that's going to have to price
this tooth fairy out anyway, so we're moving on to
our next story.
So how about some Chick-fil-A Nuggets, their famous sauce and
a side of unscripted content.
Well, the popular chicken spot is reportedly cooking up it's
very own streaming platform.
So according to variety.com, the fast food chain has been
working with Hollywood production companies and studios to create family
friendly, mostly unscripted shows.
So one of the programs is a game show where
it it actually has been given 10 episodes.
That's exciting.
And Chick-fil-A is also considering some animated programs and perhaps
some scripted projects in the future.
Well, the chain actually previously produced a series of short
animated films for its site and has already launched its
own brand of Children's Games and puzzles.
Who knew we were going to be streaming Chick-fil-A?
You know what?
It's the added to the app of what we pay.
Like you need to kind of like always talk about
those organizations that pull everything together so you can figure
out exactly how much you pay for streaming and how
much you're paying per app for everything.
But I'm interested to see this unscripted content.
I think I'm excited to kind of see what they
have to offer.
It's like Happy Meal 2.0, you know what I mean?
Because it's the future.
Because remember we were, we would get the little, you
know, like crayons and you drawing and then you'd like
get the little figurines.
And but Chick-fil-A has always been really ticking it right.
They've also always offered like books.
And they've also make sure they offer healthier options stuff
when they get the for the kids and everything.
So I'm interested to see their own unscripted content.
OK, so and finally, Chick-fil-A may also want to get
in on this.
So simply watching a movie may soon be a thing
of the past.
The new device makes a smell of vision.
That's right, smell of vision possible with the same device
with a small device in your living room.
So get this, the device is called Movie Scent and
it's designed to add dimension to movies and TV's by
spraying aromas to match what's on the screen.
So it includes the smell of fresh cut grass, the
ocean, a forest, a restaurant, and will even spray water
during a storm.
So the device is powered by AI and it will
listen to programs and detect key clues like sounds of
rain or ocean.
I'm just hanging open here for watching Twister, the new
Twister like and all of a sudden like you hear
wind blowing in your living room or something, or you're
watching like a boat movie and then all of a
sudden you get like spritzed by water.
You're like what's happening?
And the smell that's it's intriguing.
It's intriguing.
I don't think I'm going to have AI be listening
to everything that I'm watching.
But, you know, all I can imagine is like, OK,
I remember seeing Avatar and, you know, in 3D IMAX,
and at one point there were like, flowers dropping and
I was like this.
And I was like, oops, you know, like, I went
to reach out.
My, I didn't.
I was like, yeah, what am I doing?
It's a true versive Vaginet 3D and smell.
Oh, my gosh, that's crazy.
That's crazy.
You never know.
Technology at its finest.
We are.
We are in a new era every time.
All right, thanks for all the tea.
See you tomorrow, Corey.
All right, we'll be right back.
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Coming up, we are taking a critical look at why
restaurants in Memphis and this whole area are closing with
a University of Memphis expert in business.
And we are also talking community connections with Shelby County
Commissioner Charlie Caswell, who is going to be bringing community
services Director for Shelby County, Sandy Bromley.
With him, they're going to talk about this new district
connector program that's designed to strengthen ties across Shelby County
District.
So we'll have that.
Plus, we're also going to sit down with a key
player in the Memphis Police Departments Victims Services program.
So author Alicia Denton and Reverend Dr.
Jonathan McReynolds from Full View Missionary Baptist Church are going
to be joining us.
They're going to talk about an important community forum that's
coming up and why this is so critical for our
people in this community.
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