The sound of kazoos echoed from the Blackmon Amphitheatre for possibly the first time Thursday night.

Rick Hubbard and his Kazoobie Kazoo Show served as the grand finale of the Arts Alive! final program, issuing kazoos to all of the participants and calling on them to take part in the show.

Throughout the two-week program, participants learned about stars and constellations while singing songs and making crafts and T-shirts. They learned that a falling star is not really a star. In fact, it could be an astronaut dropping a tool from space. They also learned that constellations are patterns of stars that make pictures.

One of the big highlights for the two weeks was Star Lab, an inflatable planetarium instructors used to allow participants to see the constellations as they are in the night sky.

“Star Lab was fun,” said Josh Jones, 4.

“It was huge. It almost reached the library ceiling. Almost,” said Destiny Hudson, 8.

Emma Hiatt, 6, and Caitlin Hiatt, 10, also said Star Lab was their favorite part of the program.

“We learned a lot of myths about the constellations. My favorite one was about draco,” said Caitlin. Draco is the constellation of a dragon.

The participants also made a number of crafts and art projects during the week.

“I liked to make the dragon and I made me a bear mask,” said Jones. “I also liked the shirts. It has constellations on the back.”

The kids all agreed that Arts Alive! was a success and they came away with new knowledge about the stars.

“It’s amazing and awesome!” said Hudson.

“Do you know where we went after the Star Lab? To the library!” said Jones. “There were books about a space man that have stars in them!”

Caitlin was ready for the program to go on all summer.

They were able to show off some of what they learned for parents at the finale celebration when they went on the stage at the amphitheater and sang a number of songs from the week from “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” to “Puff the Magic Dragon.”

Contact Morgan Wall at mwall@mtairynews.com or 719-1929.