Kids learn folk songs, instruments in elementary school class

Gastineau Elementary School music teacher Patrick Murphy leads his class in song. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
Guitars, mandolins, ukuleles and banjos are common enough at bars, coffee houses and folk festivals. But one Juneau music teacher has made them the standard for his elementary students at Gastineau School in Douglas, which is part of Juneau.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/12/09KidMusic-L.mp3Gastineau student Derrick Price sings and plays mandolin during Patrick