Carnival of the Animals

Saturday, March 9 | 1PM - 4PM

"My son is 3 years old, and he really enjoys music. It was wonderful to watch his curiosity come alive at Carnival of the Animals."

"The students were delightful and the event was a huge success. $5 was a bargain!"

"The reed he got to keep is in his box of prized treasures!"

"I was particularly impressed with the students as they encouraged the children to play and handle their instruments."

"This was truly an amazing event that should become a tradition!"

"I can’t believe this was your first time. It was really terrific."

"We loved the event and we will recommend it to all our neighbors next year!"

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The Event

The Carnival of the Animals is a community music festival hosted by Montgomery Blair High School. Our goal is to provide a fun and educational musical experience for young children.

The festival's main event will be a performance of Carnival of the Animals, by Camille Saint-Saëns. We will also feature an "Instrument Petting Zoo," a marching band, instrument making, face painting, raffle prizes, and more.

Instrument Petting Zoo

Member of Blair Bands and Orchestras will be on hand with their instruments so kids can see them, learn a bit about them and can try them out. We expect to have a full compliment of band and orchestra instruments, as well as pianos on hand. This is something the National Symphony Orchestra does, but it costs way more and is all the way downtown!

Schedule

Our event will run 1 pm – 4 pm. The format is designed to accommodate families whenever you arrive. We will run the instrument petting zoo the entire time, and both the Orchestra and the Marching Band will perform twice, both times for kid-friendly durations (25 minutes, and 15 minutes respectively). You can go to one or both performances. See the schedule below.

1:00 PM

Festival opens. Ongoing Festivities: Instrument Petting Zoo, Face Painting, Bake Sale, etc.

1:15 PM

Marching Band Performance (15 min)
Raffle Drawing 1

1:45 PM

Carnival of the Animals Performance 1

2:30 PM

Marching Band Performance (15 min)
Raffle Drawing 2

3:00 PM

Carnival of the Animals Perfomance 2

3:45 PM

Instrument petting zoo closes

4:00 PM

Closing

Thanks to Our Wonderful Sponsors

Thanks also to the MCPS Educational Foundation for their support.

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