Video: Narashinodai Daiichi Elementary School Band, “Slava!”

As I watched this video, I wondered if the parents of these Japanese children have any clue as to how lucky they are. Are they aware of recorder concerts, wherein a couple dozen moppets haltingly work their way through “Three Blind Mice,” or is it all Leonard Bernstein for them?

Also of note is the fact that this video features the only rational, coherent, logical comments I’ve ever seen on YouTube.