Music, we all love it! On January 29, 2025, the fourth grade strings group performed two songs in the one and only Blake School MPAC. They played two songs: Ode to Joy and Boil Them Cabbage Down. They played to have some fun for them, the kids, and grownups. They did this by mixing together instruments like viola, violin, and cello.

Fourth grader Elin Lall says, “I liked it when they played many different parts.” Brooke Guerrera says, “I noticed that there was a special part at the end, the stomp HEY! part.” This part of the performance happened at the end, when the orchestra stood up and stomped their feet and shouted “Hey!” Another fourth grader, Pepin Gihring, said, “I thought that it was funny when they played London Bridge with a few extra bits here and there.” They are very excited to play at another performance soon.

Everybody probably knows that music has been with us since a long, long, long time. It goes back many decades. Did you know the first instrument was a hollowed out stick which was supposed to be a flute? Another fact is that there are about 300 different stringed instruments.