did you have art and music in school?

[Withywindle]

13. Appalachian public school, 1970s

We had music a few times a week - this included some dancing too, the teacher would put on a record and we'd kind of jump around. Had some square dancing as part of PE. We had a piano teacher come and lead us in choir - mostly singing popular and folk songs. We put on a community concert/talent show every year. Musical instrument instruction was mostly done outside of school, but enough kids were learning a little piano or guitar that we always had someone plucking or plonking.

Art was less organized, it was mostly just an hour or two a week when we were given paints and crayons and told to draw whatever we wanted (within reason). Artworks got posted around the school to show off.