Approved dates for our performances the next two months:
Dec. 8 7:55-8:10 US Morning Meeting (2-3 songs)
Dec. 12 2:20-2:40 PS Community Meeting (2-3 songs)
Jan. 13 1:30-1:50 Primary Council Meeting (Alumni Cntr) (4 songs)
Jan. 20 8:00-8:10 4/5th Chapel (2-3 songs)
Jan. 26 8:30-11:00 Performance Tour to Inverness & Montereau (full concerts - 8 songs - invitation for parents and special friends to attend too)
Carnegie Hall NYC Trip
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Seriously? How Many?
Okay, no joke! We have 45 on the roll sheet and 43 students were there on last Thursday! That is tremendous! Yes, it's the quality, not the quantity (you're thinking) and I agree. That's why I can't WAIT for you to hear them! We're working hard learning 7 new pieces...we should have at least three learned by the end of November.
They will receive a practice CD this coming Thursday (10/20). You will hear a teacher (not Mrs. LeDoux or myself luckily) pronouncing the songs with foreign languages, then singing their part, followed by a performance of all singing parts together. This will be a helpful tool in their learning! If they listen once or twice a week in addition to coming to practice, they will soar through these songs brilliantly.
They will receive a practice CD this coming Thursday (10/20). You will hear a teacher (not Mrs. LeDoux or myself luckily) pronouncing the songs with foreign languages, then singing their part, followed by a performance of all singing parts together. This will be a helpful tool in their learning! If they listen once or twice a week in addition to coming to practice, they will soar through these songs brilliantly.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Bless the Lord
I don't have a proper recording of these two pieces, but I thought you may find this information interesting. Some of the animals are obvious, others are not so much. Test at the end...scroll down :)
Badgers- burrowing carnivorous mammal; 2 ft. long with gray fur and black and white stripes on the head
Hedgehogs- nocturnal insectivorous mammal, hair is mixed with prickles and spines; it can roll up in a ball
Squirrels- bushy-tailed rodent
Ferrets- semi-domesticated variety of polecat used for hunting rodents or rabbits
Foxes- wild carnivorous mammal of the dog family, smaller than wolves, having a pointed muzzle, erect ears, and a long, bushy tail.
Parakeets- a small parrot, with a tapering tail, native to Australia and Asia, and capable of mimicking
human speech, popular cage bird
Pelicans- large, fish-eating, web-footed, water bird, having a long flat bill with a
distensible pouch beneath, used for storing food
Porcupines- a rodent covered with sharp spines or quills, which the animal can use at will for his defense
Penguins- flightless marine birds, confined mostly to the Antarctic and sub Antarctic, that have flipper like wings well-suited for swimming, and webbed feet on short legs that act as rudders.
Guillemots- any of the various birds of the auk family (narrow bill)
Guinea Pigs- short- eared, short-tailed rodent
Gallinules- moorhen, an aquatic bird, its head shield is similar to the coot’s
Godwits- wading birds related to snipes (long bill with slight upward curve)
Weasels- related to minks- carnivorous- reddish brown coat
Warthogs- African wild swine
Wallabies- small kangaroos
Wombats- Australian marsupials resembling small bears
TEST: Is this animal a Guillemot, Godwit, Porcupine, or a Wombat?
Find out the answer on Thursday morning! HA HA :)
Badgers- burrowing carnivorous mammal; 2 ft. long with gray fur and black and white stripes on the head
Hedgehogs- nocturnal insectivorous mammal, hair is mixed with prickles and spines; it can roll up in a ball
Squirrels- bushy-tailed rodent
Ferrets- semi-domesticated variety of polecat used for hunting rodents or rabbits
Foxes- wild carnivorous mammal of the dog family, smaller than wolves, having a pointed muzzle, erect ears, and a long, bushy tail.
Parakeets- a small parrot, with a tapering tail, native to Australia and Asia, and capable of mimicking
human speech, popular cage bird
Pelicans- large, fish-eating, web-footed, water bird, having a long flat bill with a
distensible pouch beneath, used for storing food
Porcupines- a rodent covered with sharp spines or quills, which the animal can use at will for his defense
Penguins- flightless marine birds, confined mostly to the Antarctic and sub Antarctic, that have flipper like wings well-suited for swimming, and webbed feet on short legs that act as rudders.
Guillemots- any of the various birds of the auk family (narrow bill)
Guinea Pigs- short- eared, short-tailed rodent
Gallinules- moorhen, an aquatic bird, its head shield is similar to the coot’s
Godwits- wading birds related to snipes (long bill with slight upward curve)
Weasels- related to minks- carnivorous- reddish brown coat
Warthogs- African wild swine
Wallabies- small kangaroos
Wombats- Australian marsupials resembling small bears
TEST: Is this animal a Guillemot, Godwit, Porcupine, or a Wombat?
Aweigh, Santy Ano
This song comes from the days of the Gold Rush. In those days, it was necessary to sail around South America (no Panama Canal). Thus the trip from Boston to San Fransisco was quite lengthy by way of Cape Horn. This tune was a pumping shanty. Pumps were located on the bilge (the very bottom section of a ship) in order to drain the water that had collected there. A shanty helped the sailors to complete this very arduous task. Listen to this version of the song...it just may have sounded like this.
Sleep, Kentucky Babe
Yet another choir singing this sweet lullaby...it's an All-State girls choir, but they're singing the same arrangement as ours. It's not too interesting to watch, but the singing is nice to listen to.
Little David, Play on Your Harp
New song: here, you're viewing another choir singing this great Traditional Spiritual! This is arranged by our friend Rollo Dillworth! It's a great song!
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