Sam Schmetterer of Silver Lake Middle School, Kingston,
MA presented a live class demonstrating the Australian
didgeridoo to his music class as well as the orphans of HIV/AIDS
and vulnerable children from the Demonstration School in
Lilongwe, Malawi. All the students enjoyed the sounds this unique
instrument made and Mr. Schmetterer did a fine job bringing to
life this Aborigine tribal experience.
Mr. Sydney Kojere, the music teacher at the
Demonstration School, demonstrated a Malawian tribal drum.
The session ended with Mr. Kojere drumming while the students
in Malawi sang to the students at the Silver Lake Regional Middle
School.
Ms. Kathleen Spicer, also from Silver Lake Middle School,
taught a class comparing the climate and topography in
Kingston, MA to Malawi Africa. Her students put together a
Powerpoint pictorial presentation that was later viewed by the
students in Malawi showing a glimpse of Kingston from crops of
cranberries to Cape style homes. Students from the
Demonstration school were in awe of the school buses and the
size of the middle school.
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