Cultural Dancing

Understanding music in context is very important at Stevenson and a focus of the Manitoba Music Curriculum. Students connect music to contexts of time, place, and community, and develop understanding of how music reflects and influences culture and identity.

In this season, there are many holidays celebrated by the various families in our community. We can seek to understand and appreciate the beautiful gifts that they give through music, song, and dance, by experiencing them and participating in activities in the music room.

One of those traditions celebrated by some of our families at our school is Hanukkah (the Jewish word for 'dedication'). It is called the Jewish Festival of Lights and it remembers the rededication of the second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. This happened in the 160s BC (before Jesus was born).

As the Grade 1s are learning about this festival and Jewish culture, they were learning a modified dance from this community.  We discovered that the song had a pattern.  Can you guess it?

Folk Dance - Niguno Shel Yossi

Showtime!

We just finished our first show of the season and we have one more on Thursday, December 1 in the evening.  Congratulations on all the hard work of students and staff.  It takes a whole village to do this and we are so grateful for all the support as we perform for you.

REMINDER:

Thursday, December 1
Grade K-3 ARRIVE FOR 5:30.  Go to classroom to get on costume.  SHOWTIME 6:00-6:45
Grade 4-5  ARRIVE FOR 7:00.  Go to classroom to get on costume.  SHOWTIME 7:30-8:00

We are collecting for Winnipeg Harvest so any canned food donations would be appreciated.  Thanks for your support!

Costumes

Notes have gone home about costumes.  Please see your homeroom teacher for the specifics of your child's costumes. 

ON THURSDAY EVENING - Grade K-3 arrive for 5:30 (SHOW 6:00-6:45)

Grade 4-5 arrive for 7:00 (SHOW 7:30-8:00)

Winter Concert

Lest We Forget

Great job to the Grade 4/5 Orff Club today on presenting at our Remembrance Day assembly.

The Grade 1 classes made a special video about what peace means to them.

The Grade 2/3 choir also sang for our assembly.  We sang "Danny Boy."

Great job to the Grade 4/5 choir for helping lead "Danny Boy" mass choir style.

MusiCounts at Stevenson

This year we are LOVING our new instruments!  It's been alot of fun trying them out.  Thank-you to MusiCounts and all the sponsors of this Caras music grant that have allowed us to purchase many new instruments for our school.  Here is alittle video that was made of some of our music journey at Stevenson-Britannia.

Thank-you Ms. Couch and Ms. Amaral for your words in the recent SJASD Contact Newspaper.

Congratulations

Congratulations to all our students for your fantastic auditions!  We auditioned 73 students from Grades 2-5.  We are doing 2 shows this year.  Grade 1-3 will perform "Melton The Warm-Hearted Snowman" and the Grade 4-5 students are preparing a hilarious show called "Elflandia."  The concert will take place on Thursday, December 1 with the Kindergarten and Grade 1-3 performance at 6:30 and the Grade 4-5 performance at 7:30.  More information will be sent home as we get closer to the dates.  Please mark them on your calendar!  Kindergartens will be doing their own separate songs.

Now comes the big task of memorizing and learning songs and dances.  Rehearsal schedules will be sent out as soon as we have them.  Thank-you in advance for your support in helping your child learn parts and prepare for these fantastic shows!

See the "Melton Gr. 1-3" tabs above for music

 See the "Elflandia Gr. 4-5" tabs above for music

RAPPING THE RULES

Reach for the Stars

Welcome Back 2016-2017

Welcome to the Stevenson-Britannia Elementary Music Blog.  My name is Ms. Rempel and I am so excited for our new 2016-2017 school year.  This is my 9th year at Stevenson and we have many new exciting things happening in our music room and throughout our school.  This blog will give you a little window into who I am as the facilitator of learning and the many things we do in and around the music room.  Our classroom is a community place where we meet to connect, create, respond, and of course, make music!

Please feel free to drop into the music room at anytime and keep connected via instagram and twitter.

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And leave us some comments on our blog.  We like to hear from our readers.

On the ferry to Bowen Island, BC

Looking forward to our time as we paddle the waters together.