“This isn’t an original idea,” said arts council committee member Elizabeth Scott, a founding organizer of the Denton event, now in its fourth fall. "When I was living in New York City, Leonard Bernstein did this very activity on Saturdays at the New York Philharmonic." The petting zoo is a rare chance for local students to try out an orchestral instrument before they enter the sixth grade, which is the year they choose whether they’ll join band or orchestra. Full Article at Denton Record Chronicle