The halls will be alive with the sound of music this afternoon all across Grey Bruce and Simcoe Counties, and the rest of the country as well.
That is when more than 200 thousand students at more than two thousand schools from coast to coast will sing the same song at the same time.
Music Monday is a national celebration of music and four schools in Grey Bruce and five in Collingwood will be involved.
Ingrid Whyte — the Executive Director Coalition for Music Education in Canada — says at exactly 1 PM Eastern Time, everyone will belt out a performance of Serena Ryder’s song, Sing Sing.
She says this event is to remind students, teachers and parents how important music is to a persons education and how vital it is maintain strong music programs in the education system.
Whyte says young people get many benefits out of music programs like learning to work together in teams and learn new skills and develop an understanding of other cultures.
She also says music helps develop the brain and the skills needed to compete in the new world economy.
In Grey Bruce, Bayview school in Owen Sound, Normanby Community School in Ayton, Holy Family School in Hanover and St. Joseph in Port Elgin are taking part in music Monday.
In Collingwood, Admiral Collingwood Elementary School, Cameron Street Public School, Connaught PS, Nottawa Elementary and Pretty River Academy will be singing.