Ex South Lanarkshire librarian starts new musical class for the under fives

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Former South Lanarkshire children's librarian Rhona Young has swapped books for bells, whistles, drums, tambourines and other percussion instruments, in order to help develop music skills in the under fives.

There is a misconception that librarians want people who use libraries to be quiet and keep quiet.That was never the case in the children's libraries Rhona worked in, but she is now certainly on a musical mission to totally dispel that stereotype, by helping pre-schoolers to be as loud as they can in order to develop and learn new important skills.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Covering Hamilton, Bothwell, Strathaven and Rutherglen and the surrounding Lanarkshire area, Rhona’s 30 minute weekly Rhythm Time classes, are also tapping into her part-time passion for music and singing where she forms one half of the popular duet, My Pal Claire with singer Vivien Scotson.Rhona, who is