The Music for Youth School Proms, which involve performances by schools and youth music groups from all over Britain at the Albert Hall in London, were coming up. I thought it would be a really good idea if we did something to tie in with them.
We asked the parents if any of them played instruments and if they would come in and give the children, aged three and four, a demonstration. Over the two weeks they brought in a guitar, recorder, mandolin and keyboard.
The children especially liked the rock music played on the guitar. They didn't hesitate to correct one of the parents who kept calling the keyboard a piano!
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