Last week the neighbors of Gail and Ken Myers were treated to some music as past, and current members of the Grand Forks Symphony played music in their yard. The Myers daughter Chanel used to play in the symphony, and she joined the performance Wednesday night. Gail said a lot of neighbors and friends turned out. “We had a lot of friends and neighbors from Crookston come,” said Myers. “So, we had a really good turnout. People did all the social distancing, the masks, and enjoyed the music, and it was a lot of fun.”
Chanel said Tamara Auer has been organizing these music events in Grand Forks, and this was the first in Crookston. “Tamara teaches violin lessons to three to four students in Crookston,” said Myers. “She puts together a group of musicians to play around in different people’s yards in Grand Forks, and this was the first one she did in Crookston. It’s just to get people together to hear music and give musicians the chance to play since the symphony hasn’t been able to have any of their indoor performances.”
Chanel said the members of the symphony plans to come back again with some different music. “I talked with Tamara after the performance,” said Myers. “This time they did some classical music, and because it was a good turnout next time, they’ll do some folk, polka, maybe Irish fiddle music. They’re thinking about a few different options since they spoke with a lot of the audience members and found out what kind of music they like.”
Gail added that Ainsley Boucher, a student at Crookston High School, also played with the group last week. “They invited Ainsley Boucher, who is a student at Crookston High School, to play with them too,” said Myers. “It was fun to have her be a part of that group.”
