Students at a school in Carroll County will have the option to learn piano when they return to school Wednesday.
A volunteer donated 26 keyboard pianos to the music department of Whitesburg Elementary school.
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Music teacher Troy Walburn will be introducing his fourth and fifth graders to the piano with a new 45-minute course at The Alton and Opal McWhorter Music Center this year.
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The students already attend STEM, physical education and music every week. Now, they will have an opportunity to go to piano lab.
Linda McWhorter donated the $31,000 worth of keyboards.
She said she hopes it will be a confidence booster and encourage students to dream big.
“The possibilities are endless,” McWhorter said.
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