Staunton Star - Times - Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years

This month’s children’s program featured Peter and the Wolf, on Feb. 17. This is a classic tale of a boy who captures a hungry wolf with the help of a small bird.

The Russian composer Sergei Prokoviev first wrote the story, along with a musical accompaniment, in 1936. In it, Prokoviev used different instruments in the orchestra to depict the characters in the story. Children that came to the program first heard a short musical introduction to the story, then a reading of a picture book version adapted and illustrated by Ian Beck. Afterwards, everyone made paper wolf marionettes to take...