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Teachers, staff throw musical send-off for Rochester students
Jun 25, 2018
A staff member blows into a trumpet at the sendoff ritual. BY TYLER A. MCNEIL
An annual tradition, teachers and staff members at Rochester Memorial School bid farewell to students on the last day of school through chiming, banging, shaking, and puffing.
As students boarded the buses on Monday, they were serenaded by teachers and staff playing instruments. The buses circled the parking lots as the music continued, and children popped their heads out of the windows and waved goodbye.
The tradition is more than 20 years old.
A staff member blows into a trumpet at the sendoff ritual. BY TYLER A. MCNEIL
Teacher Tracy Talbot conducts rhythms and melodies as school buses roll past the instrumental educators. BY TYLER A. MCNEIL
Students Lexi Bishop, Nikki Charbonneau, and others wave outside of the bus while taking round trips across Rochester Memorial School's back parking lot. BY TYLER A. MCNEIL
