Before Piper Barnes was born, her mother Ashley and older brother Hamish attended music classes at the Early Years Music School.
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The family has continued attending ever since so Early Years Music School owner Ruth Thompson has seen the limitations Piper faces due to infantile epilepsy.
When Ms Thompson heard the family was trying to buy a stander to strengthen Piper’s legs in the hope she will one day be able to walk, she offered to host a children’s music concert.
On Saturday, Ms Thompson brought a group of musicians together for the concert at the Orange Public School hall where they performed a variety of traditional and newer children’s songs for the fundraiser.
“I was hoping we would raise about $3000 and we will make it,” Ms Thompson said.
Tanya Marschke
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
