5th to 8th grade Specific -- Winter Festival

5th Grade  Our musical program remains the same as the one we have been practicing--Scarborough Fair, Jasmine Flower, Billy Boy, Carnival of Venice, O Tannebaum, Lovely Evening, Over the River and Through the Woods, and Jingle Bells.  Please have students bring instruments to the Butterfly Nursery Friday morning.  There is some chance your students will sit with me in the pavilion before the festival begins, and play music as parents enter.  If this happens, we may repeat songs; I may add solos that I play; or we may have to cut a song short if the rest of the festival needs us to.  I have asked the students to prepare to be flexible.

6th to 8th Grade  In recent weeks, students have shown remarkable recall (and strong technical improvement) on Christmas songs we played last year from Strings Extraordinaire (the first green book).  They also requested to reprise Pachelbel's Canon and played it well.  Because the students are so motivated, we have added some of these songs to our program and removed some of the less-rehearsed songs from More Strings Extraordinaire.  I have told students new to the school, students who have switched instruments, or students who have missed many classes in recent weeks not to worry if they feel unprepared for certain songs.  The ensemble as a whole sounds strong, and they can play what they can in a supportive way.

Friday's program will be:  (from the green book)  Pat-a-Pan, Two French Carols; then (from the blue book) Bluegrass Blastoff, German Dance, Daydreams, Fanfare Minuet; then (back to the green book) What Child is This, Carol of the Bells, and Pachebel's Canon.

Thanks for supporting our program,

William Geoffrey Dolde