Quest Time is the period when students can have fun if they have good grades, or catch up in a class if they are behind or have a deficient grade. Dr. Samuel Tsugawa, orchestra teacher at Springville Junior High School, has started an activity back up during Quest Time. Dr. Tsugawa’s activity is called the Quest Time Blue Grass Fiddle Band, but some students like to call it Fiddle Band.
During Fiddle Band, students learn how to play songs by ear without music books. They are learning “Cripple Creek,” “Old Joe Clark,” and “Bonnie James Campbell.” Kenya Rodriguez, an eighth grader at SJHS, said, "I think fiddle band should use books only if we need to learn a song very quickly, but other than that I think we should learn by just using our hearing abilities." Members of the fiddle band may also learn how to play a new instrument rather than the instrument the students already play in orchestra. Students also have the option of playing their own instrument.
Many of the students in Fiddle Band decided to try it because they get to hang with friends, learn new songs, techniques, and play new instruments if they like. In Fiddle Band they sometimes play at concerts with the orchestra classes. Joseph Cieslewicz, an eighth grader, said, "I like blue grass music and my friends go to it." So, if Quest Time Blue Grass Fiddle Band in the orchestra room sounds like fun, come and try fiddling around with the band.