Union Street School students go to the opera

All 240-plus Union Street School students from Springfield got their permission slips in to attend the "All School" field trip to see "The Secret Garden Opera," at the Weston Playhouse.
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Union Street School students go to the opera Jan 12, 2015 Photo by: Courtesy Union Street School students bundled up for their trip to the Weston Playhouse to see "The Secret Garden Opera." From left to right are Ms. Taylor's fourth graders, MacKenzie B., Alivia E., Janiyah J. and Cayden W. SPRINGFIELD — All 240-plus Union Street School students from Springfield got their permission slips in to attend the "All School" field trip to see "The Secret Garden Opera," at the Weston Playhouse. Students and teachers braved the frigid temperatures as they piled into the four yellow school buses. A playhouse employee said, "I have never had such a kind and polite group come into the playhouse. I was thanked for holding the door and told to 'have a good day.'" Students took in the computer animated stage set for "The Secret Garden Opera" with awe. Fourth grader Alexis Tewskbury said, "The opera wasn't what I expected." Later, back at school, fourth grader Connor McCann,when asked how was the field trip, responded by opening his mouth in a big circle and breathing out from the bottom of his diaphragm a lovely operatic sound. Union Street School would like to thank the following people for assisting in funding this "All School" adventure: Springfield PTA, opera singers Erika Anderson and Jessica Anderson, the Read-A-Thon and the Mustache Day fundraiser.