Well, it's almost over. The end of another school year is coming to a close. So this month, we have been hit with an onslaught of end of the year programs and concerts. We are half way through the month and Alek has participated in two so far.
Alek's Strings Concert was held at one of the nearby high schools. They call this the "Strings Spring Fling," and all of the elementary schools that feed the closest middle school participate. This involved approximately 600 elementary students. You can imagine the insanity. But it actually went really well. They even served the kids dinner! Can you imagine?????
We've been really fortunate to have such great music opportunities for our kids through the elementary school! The middle school orchestra teacher comes to our elementary school twice a week after school to teach the fifth graders. I'm so glad Alek has been a "joiner" with all these things. He has really enjoyed it and learned a lot.
We also attended the "Choir Cluster Concert" in which several elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school choir participated. All of the schools had a nice sized choir... maybe 40 kids each. And then came our elementary school. Yes, all of these kids in the red shirts are from our school. Seriously. These are fourth and fifth graders, and they love choir. Mrs. Farmer is quite simply amazing. She is quickly approaching 70 and does three choirs, chimes, orff instruments, a 5th grade Christmas production, a 2nd grade spring program, and music for all the grades. CAN YOU IMAGINE?????? Amazing woman. So glad the kids got to experience her. Walt will have her next year, but I've gotten the impression that she isn't sure beyond that. Alas.
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