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Luverne Elementary first-grade students performed “Pajama Party” for their very first singing program for parents and friends Friday afternoon in the school’s performing arts center. Director Beth Capistran told those in attendance that the students began practice six weeks ago, spending 25 minutes each day on the program. “Pajama Party,” with students dressed in sleepwear and holding their favorite stuffed animal, centered around activities at a sleepover that included “staying up all night long,” Capistran said.
This year’s third-graders at Luverne Elementary School were learning the songs and movements for “Bada Bing, It’s Spring!” as first-graders in March 2020 when the pandemic prompted state officials to close all schools and begin distance learning. The students were finally able to perform the song, “What has Happened to Spring,” from the program that began two years ago, in front of friends and family Friday afternoon in the school’s performing arts center.