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Northside African Ensemble
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Music teacher Sarah Bodell, left, with students, from left, Liam Saroca, Aidan Carpenter, Holly Carpenter, Collin Jackson and Evan Vandellen try out a little “call and response.”

Forty-eight Northside Elementary School fifth graders meet after school on Thursdays as members of African Ensemble. 

On this day the students were particularly energized as they welcomed new members and began the process of learning new pieces and instruments.