Courier-Journal article: KCD celebrates spring's arrival

Wednesday's Courier-Journal carried a front-page Neighborhoods article on our Grandparents Day Program:

Using colorful streamers, white kites shaped like doves, poetry and music, elementary students at Kentucky Country Day celebrated the arrival of spring.

Hundreds of parents and grandparents filled the gym to see an annual performance that has become a rite of passage for the lower school students.

Emma Baker, 10, remembers being a part of the show when she was in first grade and said being involved has gotten better now that she's older.

'You get to recite poems when you're in the fourth grade,' she said.

All 275 first- through fourth-graders performed during the April 17 music program, which is put on as a reception for grandparents — but parents and friends are also welcome.

Many come each year. This was the sixth time for Anne Williams, who has two grandchildren attending the school. She said it's fun to return every year and see what the students have in store.

'I love it,' she said. 'I can't believe how much hard work it takes to pull this off.'