Last week, over 150 family members of Garden Place Academy helped 72 kindergartens each create a papier-mâché violin!  The paper violin orchestra helps young students learn to hold and bow the instrument before graduating to real violins at the end of February.

[img src="http://elsistemacolorado.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6700864181_31dd6a6c22_o.jpg" alt=""]Student with newly made Papier-mâché violin
[img src="http://elsistemacolorado.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6700866561_9b563a6621_o.jpg" alt=""]It takes concentration and a lot of craftsmanship
[img src="http://elsistemacolorado.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6700867791_dcd6a43893_o.jpg" alt=""]"Like that?"
[img src="http://elsistemacolorado.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6700866743_0489e7dcaf_o.jpg" alt=""]"Hey, Dad's doing all the work!"
[img src="http://elsistemacolorado.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6700866317_8b6931cb4e_o.jpg" alt=""]Teamwork is a must
[img src="http://elsistemacolorado.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6700867325_073f140fb7_o.jpg" alt=""]Lacquering the violin.
[img src="http://elsistemacolorado.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6700864457_105e307c21_o.jpg" alt=""]Sisters
[img src="http://elsistemacolorado.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6700868465_86ed391a32_o.jpg" alt=""]Demonstrating how to hold a violin
[img src="http://elsistemacolorado.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6700867219_db9b99dda1_o.jpg" alt=""]Success!
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Photographs by Brigid Mcauliffe and provided courtesy of The Piton Foundation.