"Are they real people?"

 

Holly story - Tessa Couch - 2023-03-08

“Are they real people? Are they really coming here to sing with us?”

Tessa Couch is the music specialist at Palsson Elementary. She has taught the songs to the students, learned and leads the actions, wrangles the kids on and off the stage, and leads the performance charge to lift off and victory. She is the musical lynchpin and connector in the school. She created a string timeline in the library that shows the 1300 years of historical events referred to in the lyrics for “Mr. Douglas”: she posted pictures of Ghengis Khan, European sailing ships contacting West Coast First Nations for the first time, the African Queen movie, giant trees being felled in high winds. Because, as she said, kids who are only five can’t conceive of what 1000 years is about.

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