A different drum: imagine a packed elementary school auditorium and only an hour between hundreds of kids and summer vacation. "Peace" isn't the word that comes to mind.It's the last day of school at George Washington Elementary in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster, is a city in the South Central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is the county seat of Lancaster County. With a population of 55,351,[1] it is the 8th largest city in Pennsylvania, behind Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Reading, , and Heidi Wert and the fifth-grade contingent of Drumming for Peace are pounding out "polyrhythms" on five-gallon buckets. "Polyrhythms show us how different sounds can work together just like us, even though we look different, sound different, wear different styles," yells Wert over the double cadence cadence, in music, the ending of a phrase or composition. In singing the voice may be raised or lowered, or the singer may execute elaborate variations within the key. . Wert and co-director Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Hartshorn harts·horn n. 1. The antler of a hart, formerly used as a source of ammonia and in smelling salts. 2. Ammonium carbonate. lead after-school workshops in conflict resolution and rudimentary drumming Lancaster's southeast neighborhood, notorious for gang shootings and drug deals. "This is when you have to catch these kids--before they hit middle school," Wert says. "This year they're, first-chair clarinet clarinet, musical wind instrument of cylindrical bore employing a single reed. The clarinet family comprises all single-reed instruments, including the saxophone. The predecessor of the modern clarinet was the simpler chalumeau, which J. C. , and next year they're cracking gum on the street corner." Before long, Wert has everyone chanting the Drumming Peace pledge: "As a drummer for peace, I will live at peace others. As a drummer for peace, I will respect myself and As a drummer for peace, I will honor the differences of others." Buckets thundering and feet stomping, the kids cheer until the bell rings--launching them into summer. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion