Sioux City music teacher retiring after 30 years EARL HORLYK, Sioux City Journal April 23, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Veteran music teacher Eleanor May-Patterson has a unique way of calling her class to order. “I say, “Bow’s up!’” she explained, literally placing her musical bow, vertically, on top of her head. “That signifies that all eyes should be on me and class is getting ready to begin.” This has been May-Patterson’s style as a Sioux City Community School District string instrument instructor for the past 30 years. While we can take music seriously, we can have fun for ourselves. Set to retire at the end of the 2020-2021 school year, May-Patterson conducted her final high school concert earlier this month at East High School.