Article: First-graders perform opera `Stone Soup' for audience


Portland Press Herald (Maine)
04-14-2005
First-graders perform opera `Stone Soup' for audience
Edition: York
Section: Your Neighbors
Column: Schools & Families

WELLS --

On March 30, first-graders at Wells Elementary School presented the first of five performances of the opera, "Stone Soup."

The school's first-graders have been presenting this "little opera" to audiences for about the past 10 years as part of their integrated arts curriculum.
According to music teacher Karen Taylor, the children's' involvement in the production was almost total. She says they made their own costumes, including hats, and painted all the sets and background. For nearly 30 minutes, students sang and danced ...

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