The RD Parker Collegiate’s music department will be doing their Grade 6 instrument try-outs in the fall for the next school year due to COVID-19.

 

Sarah Lewis, a band director at the high school, says they will also move their music store to the fall as well.

 

Usually Lewis visits the Grade 5 students around this time allowing them to choose their instruments around this time, but the pandemic has led the department to approach the band signups differently.

 

Lewis explains there are many benefits for students who join band, as there are opportunities for students to meet other kids from the other schools, they can get familiar with the high school, and there are trips band students can take later on in the program.

 

Parents of students going into Grade 6 in the fall who are interested in signing up for band can email Lewis their child’s name and school to slewis@mysterynet.mb.ca.

 

Tune in to Thompson Today this afternoon at 12:40 and 5:10 for the full interview with Lewis.