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FARMINGTON — The Kingfield Pops and Arts Farmington, with help from the Onion Foundation, sponsored a concert May 3 for Mount Blue Middle School and Kingfield Elementary School students.
The concert was given by a string quartet made up of members from the Portland Symphony Orchestra.
The theme of the program was “America: the Musical Melting Pot.”
The quartet played a rendition of “Yankee Doodle,” “The Star Spangled Banner” and the slave song, “Follow the Drinking Gourd.”
Also included was music by Bach, “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, and a movement from Dvorak’s New World Symphony. A member of the Choral Arts Camerata, an a capella group from Portland, gave a lively narration. An active question and answer session followed, with many eager students asking good, sometimes challenging, questions.
PHOTO: The Kingield Pops, from left, Lidija Peno-Kelly, violin; Dee Dee Oehrtmann, violin; Jim Kennedy, cello; and Laurie Kennedy, viola. In back, Mardie Porter from ArtsFarmington, Susan Onion representing the Onion Family Foundation, and Cheryl Pike from the Kingfield Pops. (Submitted photo)
