Love Live Music Day :

Midsummer Day String Fever at Holy Family School

It was standing room only on the balcony of Holy Family Montessori School when the  4^th class violin students called around to give an impromptu  performance  for their youngest colleagues. The performance was part of a ‘proms’ class  to mark Love Live Music Day .  The youngsters clapped and cheered and sang along as the group of seventeen 4^th class students played children’s favourites, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Old Mac Donald had a Farm.

Cathy Desmond, director of the string programme at the school explained.   'The Level 1 Stringschool programme provided violin tuition to every 4th class student. That  finished in May and there was an option for interested students to continue.Over the last six weeks a group of eighteen students drawn from three 4th classes have continued to have violin lessons in small groups as part of their curriculum. The final class of term fell on 21^st June , Midsummer Day . Love e Live Music Day, an initiative which encouraged live music events all over Europe. At Holy Family School we marked the day in our own way with a special promenade music class. We marched around the grounds of the school yard playing different rhythms as we went ,  and paused at each corner to play one of our tunes . When we got to the corner where the Montessori school is sited, the boys and girls  came  out to see  what was going on and stayed  to hear the older children play.

Staff member Pauline O Neill, said it was a lovely surprise to see the students. We were really impressed with how much they have come on. Our students really enjoyed the impromptu performance' she said

Play On Group 2013 at HFSS