On Saturday, 6th of February 2016, Elementary School Milka Šobar – Nataša had its Open Day with this year’s topic ‘The World of Music and Games’. Our aim was to prove to the pupils, parents and all visitors that with music one can also learn something new. So in the morning, we got a visit from some students from The Music School Črnomelj, which present their instruments and played on them.
We were very pleased as so many parents, friends and various guests visited us. We prepared four different workshops for the pupils. In the recording workshop with tamburitza and the group Vodomec, the pupils learnt about the process of recording a song as they participated in the making of one song. The music workshop with Martina Mravinec and Markom Simčič, sang and played on different guitars. The instrumental workshop with musicians from folklore group Dragatuš, showed the instruments they use in their performances. In the next workshop, pupils made two cajon drums, which will be used in the music classroom.
The workshops were a lot of fun for the children. This was so obvious in the final ceremony, in which each workshop presented its work. They have performed exceptionally well as they played on new instruments that were purchased with donations Rotary Club and Bar Piccolo.
We were very honored by the visit of the two representative of Rotary Club Ljubljana, Mr. Janko Rome and Mr. Jaka Pucihar. We were also honored by the visit from the US Embassy Military Attache, Lieutenant Colonel Todd A. Scattinija and his family and the vice-mayor of the Municipality of Črnomelj, Mr. Štefan Misje.
Translated by: Jožica Lah
