Every spring the Pierce music ensembles pile onto buses and head the the Great East Festival.

The Great East Festival affords the enembles to perform in a “non-threatening adjudicated setting.” (You can visit the Great Festvials web site here.)

The festivals take place near amusement parks. After giving a performance to the judges the kids get to take off and have some fun.

It is a great opportunity for the students to get an objective assessment of their ability as an ensemble. Both band and strings were awarded gold medals.  Congratulations!

Talk of the Town host Brian Kelly videotaped the performances. Click on the “Continue reading. . . ” link to view the videos.

You can view Talk of the Town shows as well as other Milton videos on Brian’s YouTube page here.