Michael Patrick Welch has generated a lot of additional information that you might find interesting: his class projects, including G4's “Girls,” can be found at http://myspace.com/mrmichaelsclass. His book, The Donkey Show, about the New Orleans public school system, is available at amazon.com. He has also written many articles on his experiences during Katrina and teaching in New Orleans. You can find them on the following sites:

About escaping the storm with his goat:
Part 1: www.houstonpress.com/2005-09-22/news/between-is-and-was

Part 2: http://kitchensinkmag.com/sectionlayout.php?mainsection=sexfoodgod&story=outhere

Part 3: www.houstonpress.com/2005-10-06/news/goat-tales

Part 4: www.houstonpress.com/2005-11-03/news/au-revoir-chauncey

About New Orleans music in Houston:
www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2005-09-15/music/music.html

About the Ninth Ward rock band Morning 40 Federation:
www.houstonpress.com/2006-07-20/music/life-in-a-hurricane

About the one-man-band Quintron and the drowning of Spellcaster Lodge:
www.clevescene.com/2005-11-09/music/underwater-dance-club

About painting flooded Mardi Gras floats:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11432914/site/newsweek

About teaching rap music to New Orleans kids:
http://gambitweekly.com/dispatch/2006-09-12/mus_feat.php

If you or your class would like to help, these programs are helping rebuild school music in New Orleans:

MusiCares

www.grammy.com/MusiCares

Tipitina's Foundation
www.Tipitinasfoundation.org

VH1 Save the Music
www.vh1.com/partners/save_the_music

Young Audiences
Contact Richard Bates
www.ya4la.org, www.youngaudiences.org