October 22, 2013, 4:00pm A group of Fairfield North Elementary School students never imagined that a lesson in music class would lead to a face-to-face meeting with a music icon. Music teacher Kelly Massie wrote to Harry Connick Jr., sharing her students’ interest in his music. Massie had selected Connick as a study subject in her monthly lessons about musicians, composers or bands. The goal of the monthly lesson is to broaden their musical appreciation and to encourage them to enjoy music they might not otherwise listen to, she said. In September, the class focused on Connick, discussing how he got into music, the style of music he plays and sings and his achievements in movies, television and Broadway. “My students have been enthralled and I have made fans of probably 90 percent of my 650 little ones,” Massie wrote in an email to Connick’s representatives. “When I told my students he was giving a concert in Cincinnati, they went nuts. They all wanted me to take them.” Massie said she was surprised to hear back from Connick’s “people.” “They were so touched by my email and the students reactions that they wanted to do something special,” she said. The school received tickets to Connick’s concert, which Massie then raffled off for interested third- and fourth-graders. The tickets also included after-show passes for the students to meet Connick. To be eligible for the drawing, the students had to write Connick a letter telling him why they wanted to attend his concert and why they wanted to meet him. Their names were entered into a raffle and six students were selected.