I just realized that I never blogged about our Winter Concert 2016 on December 1. It was awesome! The Kindegartens sang 2 songs: "The Hat I Got for Christmas is Too Big" and "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer." The Grade 1-3 classes did the play, "Melton, the Warm-Hearted Snowman." They had many songs and dances to learn and did a great job at putting it all together last minute. The Grade 4/5 classes performed "Elflandia." It was a fun and fantastic show. Congratulations to all our students on your hard work.
Solos for Silly Humans
Melton and his momma!
Santa and his hard-working elves! Getting ready to deliver those toys to all the good girls and boys!
Our Kinders are learning a new song called "ABC Ya Later." We are learning about using our hands to talk which is called sign language. We are excited to practice our alphabet and share with you our song at the February I Love to Read Assembly.
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?
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!
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 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!
