Hey Karen Feeding listeners, we're off today for President's Day. We'll have a new episode for you on Thursday, so hang in there for that. But in the meantime, we didn't want to leave you empty-handed. So we're sharing a great episode from our friends at Dakota Ring where they'll

answer great questions about everything from the baby on board sign to why we all played the recorder in school.

If you like what you hear, be sure to follow Dakota Ring wherever you get your podcast,

especially because they have a new schedule.

Now they're dropping new episodes every two weeks all year long.

Okay, enjoy this episode of Dakota Ring.

We'll be back in your feed with a new episode on Thursday. Liz Stevenson grew up in a suburb outside of Boston and at her elementary school

you always did this one thing come third grade. You always learned the recorder, you always learned the recorder in fourth grade and learning to do so is a common

elementary school experience even if it is not always a mellifluous one.

Instead of going to the regular music classroom,

we would do this in what was called the multi-purpose room.

This big open room where they would put in like risers, I do remember thinking we sound bad.

If you played the recorder or know someone who did, you can probably imagine the sounds emanating from the

multi-purpose room.

All I remember learning is hot crossbonds.

And like, camp town races.

I think the only one that I mastered was hot cress buns.

I think it's fair to say that Liz's childhood experience did not leave her

with any lasting knowledge of the recorder as a musical instrument.

I don't even remember how many holes there are.

But it did leave her with questions.

What's the history of the recorder? Like when was it invented? Who invented it? Why? the at a certain era and then also like are there any people who are like talented at the recorder who play the recorder and like show off how good they are at the recorder.

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