In no rush:Above, South School fourth-graders Ashley Caron (left) and Gianna Mousalimas take center stage Monday to sing about the drudgery of mining in the California gold fields during a production of the school’s “Gold Dust or Bust” musical, which chronicles the boom following the 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill. Nicholas Hsiao (from left), Kody Forbes and Jacob Andrews sing their way through the Gold Rush. A student chorus takes its turn before friends and family.

