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Britney Spears looked lovely in a blue dress as she visited children at an elementary school in the Bronx on Wednesday. She posed for pictures, and signed autographs:






Update: A New York middle school got a surprise visitor: Britney Spears.

The pop star dropped by John Philip Sousa M. S. 142 in The Bronx on Wednesday to present a $10,000 check to be used as an endowment for the school's two-year-old music program.

As she entered the school (which was not in session due to the Jewish holiday), she was treated to a performance by the Sousatones, the school's eight-piece band, led by director Sal Mazzola.

"When you're ready to take us on the road for an opening act, we're ready," he told Spears.

Spears, who plans to tour in 2009, replied: "You'll be the first people I call."

Mazzola told the students in advance they would be playing for a "high-profile" guest, but they only learned it would be Spears earlier that morning. (Some kids guessed it would be P. Diddy or Barack Obama.)

Spears was also serenaded by a chorus of seven girls, including soloist Rachel Lewis, 14, who sang "I Am Woman."

"It was amazing," Spears said later. "I was very impressed."

The donation came from Elizabeth Arden, which is behind Spears's fragrances, Believe, Fantasy and Curious.

Source: PEOPLE