Now that the excitement and success of our first concert is behind us, we are ready to move on to bigger and better things! Both the 5th and 6th grade bands have started working on new music, and we are excited to share what we are learning.
The Fifth Grade Band has REAL music! Yes! We have 3 pieces to learn that are a full page long. Besides learning new notes and rhythms, we have learned how to read rehearsal marks, many measure rests, and....we all have our own parts for our instruments! It is a challenge, but we have a good start on " Popcorn Prelude". You'll have to watch us in our next concert to see what is special about this piece.
The Sixth Grade Band is playing WAY COOL music! Can you say....Prehistoric??? We have a piece about dinosaurs that is challenging our technical skills. We love playing this because....every piece describes the behavior of a species of dinosaur. We also moved on to a new rock piece- "Stone Age Stomp" and we do rock! Even with the short time we have had to practice since the concert, we are catching on.
Congratulations to Logan Musel, Eve Thomas and Juawan Thomas who were selected to the Karl King Honor Band. These three students will travel to Ft. Dodge in January to participate in this Festival. Fifth Graders, keep practicing so that you have a chance to try this!
We say goodbye to Mr. Anders, our student teacher. We all enjoyed having him with us. We will have another student teacher next semester.
Keep the music going! And, have a wonderful winter break. I look forward to the rewards of working with you in 2011!
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