Fifty-eight student musicians from Germany arrived on August 31 and stayed with host-families from District 99 for six days. This visit - a part of an ongoing cultural and musical exchange between the Village of Downers Grove and the German community of Bietigheim-Bissigen - included concerts by the German String Orchestra, Recorder Orchestra, and Guitar Orchestra. District 99 is scheduled to return student musicians to Germany in the summer of 2008.
