Madison Bell, 11, was among the 40 students who recorded a song celebrating her hometown of Lac-Mégantic, Que.
She only moved to the town about six years ago. But the Grade 5 student is acutely aware of the significance of the tragedy, attending elementary school a mere kilometre from Frontenac Street, the town's main street that was decimated. Students recorded the song after school and at recess with their music teacher, Charles-Antoine Dumas, far left, and Yvon Pion, centre.
Dumas worked with Pion to set up microphones, headphones and audio equipment, and he and the children recorded the song after school and at recess."There's really not a lot of nine-, 10- or 11-year-old children who can [say], 'I have done a professional recording,'" said Dumas.