Blanc Elementary News Today

For the first time, the LeBlanc Elementary School Fiddle club is taking center stage this week at Festival International.

LeBlanc Elementary teachers expanded its French immersion experience beyond learning the language to include another integral part of the culture — the music. More than 30 fourth- and fifth-graders have been learning to play the violin, rub board and triangle over the past year as part of the schools Fiddle Club. "I joined because I wanted to learn to play the fiddle, and I know its a big part of our culture," said Clayton Broussard, a fifth-grader in the club. "Way back, music was just big...