001Hello, SAU 16. This is Superintendent of Schools, Chris Andriski, and I am at Exeter High School to do our 60 in 16 to talk to you about the first ever fourth through 12th grade orchestra from all of our bands at our elementary school, middle school, and high school. And I'm joined by Emily, Miriam, and Bridget, who will talk to us a little bit more about tonight's activities. Hi, I'm Emily. I'm a senior. I play bassoon in the band, and this is really exciting for me as like it's my last year, and it's really exciting to play with all these people. And also, as drum major, I am conducting at this concert, so that's just really meaningful to like conduct one last time as well. That is amazing. Good luck tonight. I'm Miriam Morris. I am
002playing the flute at the band, and I come from Lincoln Street, and this is like really awesome cuz we get kids who are like fourth grade, fifth grade, and then we get like my grade, like it was just sixth grade, and then all everybody up, which is just like so cool cuz you have like experienced people, like pure people who just started, and it's just really cool to like watch everybody play at their like different speeds, and you can just be like, "Yeah, that's really cool." That's awesome. Thank you, Miriam. And Bridget, can you tell us a little bit about tonight? I'm Bridget. I'm a fifth grader, and I'm really excited because there's going to be so many different songs, and they're all going to sound really good. We've been practicing for months, and we
003come to school early in the mornings to practice, and we have our lessons during the day, and I'm really excited to see how it's all going to turn out.