Leslie Montoro and her fourth-grader son Michael Montoro. Photos contributed
Cherry Run Elementary School fourth graders in Burke held Colonial Day on Jan. 16. Students dressed in the styles of the 1700s. They learned the Virginia Reel and invited their parents in to the dance. Parents put together stations where students could stencil on cloth, hammer tin punch decorations, shake cream to make butter, and play games such as hopscotch, jacks, marbles and cat’s cradle. The highlight of the afternoon was a visit from the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps. These musicians in their red coats and curled wigs paraded around the circular hallway in school, then arrayed themselves on stage. There an announcer told students about ways that music sent messages on the battlefield and army encampments.