The Day the World Famous Orchestra Came to Memorial

We are Memorial third graders in Mrs. Petro’s class. Our assignment was to write about the day the world famous Cleveland Orchestra came to our school. We would like to share our experience with you.

The day the orchestra came was very exciting. Nyline Hunt was impressed right from the start, “the Cleveland orchestra came to play and I saw a lot of people dressed in black playing instruments.”  Jamison Augustine said, “There are four kinds of instruments, strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. My two favorite string instruments are the violin and the bass.”  Wendell Mitchell added, “I loved the way the music got louder and louder.” But Jason Owens says, “When I was watching the orchestra it was peaceful and I fell asleep!”  Then Dionna Rucker added, “I liked the part when they told what happened in Sleeping Beauty and the music got deeper.” Finally, Aohna Ogaltree and Al-mamun Rhiam both thought the, “drums made awesome noises that were silly at the same time.”

We all agreed with Dionna Rucker when she said, “Watching the orchestra made me feel excited and special!” Jomane Gore was excited and, “loved when the orchestra was playing to the poems.” Ny’eliah West said, “I didn’t hear much of the harp but when I did it sounded nice. And the best part was when one lady played the piccolo.” Cerena Moore enjoyed the fairy tales, “I liked when they played Sleeping Beauty and The Princess and the Frog.” Kortni Allen also enjoyed the music because, “she could recognize the fairy tale music.”   We all enjoyed the lady conductor, but Al-mamun said it best when he said, “The conductor was fun to watch because she was holding a baton.”

The beautiful music was about to end but we have more to say. Cierra Wright, “knows they are talented by the way they played.” We all agree that it was a beautiful performance.  The Cleveland Orchestra was awesome and we hope that someday we can go see them perform at Severance Hall. 

A special report by Memorial 3rd grade student, Dionna Rucker

Mrs. Kirk’s 3rd grade class invited our class to see a solo performance by the first chair violinist from the Cleveland Orchestra. This is what Dionna had to say about this exceptional experience.  “The way she played the violin was awesome. She was focused the whole time. The fairy tale music I remember was Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and the Beast. But the best was learning ballet moves to the music. We also did a finishing dance to our ballet moves it was fun. I liked it, and want to see that again and again.”

All of our third graders would like to express our appreciation to the Cleveland Orchestra for coming to dazzle us with their playing. We know it was a big job getting here, but hope you enjoyed us as much as we enjoyed you. Bravo!