Lucky Lake and Beechy

Shows #7 and 8. 

The hills were alive with the sound of music!  On Monday we drove out to Lucky Lake and Beechy … a lovely drive into the country where the ‘flat prairies’ were actually very hilly.   Whoever said Saskatchewan was nothing but flat prairie-land?  

We watched “The Sound of Music” on the bus.  There are so many great songs in this movie … but “Do Re Mi” had most of us singing on the bus and even on our way into the Lucky Lake School!  This is the song that Fraulein Maria uses to teach the children the notes of a major music scale.  The notes are called Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do and they make up the Solfege system.  

So, just like you having to know your A B C’s before learning how to spell, you need to know your Do Re Mi’s when learning music.

We were delighted to meet the grade 5/6 class in Beechy who are working on making their very own instruments.  The students gave us a peek at their works in progress and we were so impressed with their creativity that we’re including some of the creations on our blog! 

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