buttercups building up!

"Hey, that sounds like a song, kinda sorta. Or maybe it's a problem in the garden with a particular species of flowers running amok?"

Good joke! Hahahaha! It was the former, actually. As soon as I heard the opening bars of the song, I knew I was exactly where I was meant to be! Right place, right time!!!

"Wonderful!!! So, that was playing as you arrived?"

Oh, no. That song from my youth was the grand finale at today's Lower School concert and musical theater. I'd arrived a few minutes late to the standing-room only show, which meant I had to stand alongside the wall for the entire time. I wasn't the only one, either, and that was all along the back and both sides of Jenkins Auditorium.

"Wow."

I know! This was a free show, just as the Middle School event had been. I guess that's to give something back to the parents who have paid all year to send their kids to Savannah Country Day. Very nice! I'm glad I was able to be there for free, too.

"Did this show have a theme, or was it randomly put together?"

Oh, yes, it definitely had a theme: building. The title was "Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site", named for the book written by Sherri Duskey Rinker.  That's actually the last in her series about the machines that are needed for buildings. You know: cement mixers, dump trucks, cranes, excavators, bulldozers. For this concert-performance piece show, each of the pieces were composed by the 3rd-5th grade students as well as AP music theory students. I'm sure their teacher, Mrs. Graves, also helped. (smile!)

"Wow. That's impressive for students that are around Alyssa and Leila's age. They were in 5th grade this year."

It really was impressive! I'm going to talk about it to Christina and maybe her school will take on such a project. It'll certainly make the parents feel more involved in their children's education. I think they could do it! The 3rd graders got to demonstrate the sounds of the building site, but it was the task of the 4th and 5th graders to make the equipment itself come alive, so to speak, through spoken word and layered melodies, using xylophones and percussion. Essentially, these boys and girls told the story and then created the 'song' for each piece of equipment. I so liked it!!!

"Just imagine how much more you would have enjoyed it if your great-nieces were in the show!"

That's what I'm saying! The public schools could do this, too. I hope they will! I'll be glad to drive to Hinesville for their show!