We're so much more than music ...

Kindermusik educator Maria Condon holds 24 hour concert with Kindermusik children and helps raise 14,000 Euros for Haiti earthquake victims.

Maria Condon, Waterford's first Kindermusik educator (Waterford, Ireland, that is!) came up with the idea as a fundraiser for the earthquake victims from Haiti. The Concert was the first ever of its kind in the county and possibly in the whole of Ireland to the best of her knowledge. Maria's Village, Our Time and Young Child classes took part on the Sunday morning as well as all of her piano, voice, and flute students. Other local educators' students participated as well. It was a phenomenal success and has raised just under ?14,000 to date!

Maria stayed up for the whole 24 hours along with local piano teacher Catherine Fitzgerald and her "orchestra" of helpers! The Kindermusik kids part of the concert was a REAL treat, and they performed to a packed audience of 180 people. The concert was held in the newly built Town Hall Theatre.

"It was a fantastic showcase for Kindermusik," Maria exclaimed, and would have no hesitation in doing something similar again. It will be lovely for the Kindermusik children when they grow up and look back in years to come and know they went down in history of Ireland as the first Kindermusik classes ever to take part in the first 24 hour Charity concert. "We make a life by what we give" and it was a concert they will never forget.

For more info on Maria's programme see http://www.musicforkids.ie/. A big thank you to the E Hyland (http://www.creativeimages.ie/) who photographed the children and captured such an important event. Well done Maria and the Kindermusik children involved. All us us at Kindermusik International and Kindermusik UK/Ireland are very proud of you!