A Musical Force

June 2, 2016 by Mark Mirko
Mansfield, CT, 5/16/2016 - Their bows lit with LED lights, seventy students in the Mansfield Public Schools Suzuki String Program perform the theme from Star Wars at Annie E. Vinton school while on an end-of-the-year tour of the town's three elementary schools. Suzuki violin teacher Barbara Vaughn said the idea to light bows like light sabres started after student Brendan Kaufold asked if they could "take a vacation from" the standard Suzuki songs during their one-day three-school concert. The Suzuki program in Mansfield has been touring their town's elementary schools since 1979. Photo by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com

Mansfield, CT, 5/16/2016 – Their bows lit with LED lights, seventy students in the Mansfield Public Schools Suzuki String Program perform the theme from Star Wars at Annie E. Vinton school while on an end-of-the-year tour of the town’s three elementary schools. Suzuki violin teacher Barbara Vaughn said the idea to light bows like light sabres started after student Brendan Kaufold asked if they could “take a vacation from” the standard Suzuki songs during their one-day three-school concert. The Suzuki program in Mansfield has been touring their town’s elementary schools since 1979. Photo by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com

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