African Music/Culture (Day two of week four)

Watch the students practice! 

At the end of this lesson they cooled down by doing some breathing exercises...

Students got to put beads on their jugs to make Shekere (shakers)

African drumming, Making Shekere & Playing Mbira (Day one of week four)

Students learn African instruments from Jona Masiya, instructor from Shenandoah University who taught them about different drums, tuning them, and the Zimbabwean mbira (thumb piano).

Students playing Mbira

Students learning & playing drums

 Jona Masiya

Students began working on their Shekere (shakers). They painted their jugs

Water & Waste Water Treatment Plant Field Trip (Day five week three)

Students learning about how Waynesboro treats water

They also visited the waste water treatment plant and got an explanation of the waynesboro water systems, erosion and future improvements for the community.