Monday, November 28, 2011

Important Christmas Concert Info!


Parkside Elementary School Christmas Concerts
December 8, 2011;
Grade 3-6 Concert: 1:15PM
Grade K-2 Concert: 6PM


Parents of Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, and Grade 6 Students:

·        Concert begins at 1:15 PM in the gym, Thursday, December 8, 2011.
·        In the interest of safety as well as smooth transitions, the public entrance/exit to the concert will be the BACK GYM DOOR as the front gym doors will be locked.
·        Please send your child to school dressed in his/her concert attire.
·        Choir members should be in uniform (any combination of black and white clothing).
Parents of Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2 Students:

·        Concert begins at 6:00 PM in the gym, Thursday, December 8, 2011.
·        Please drop students off at school between 5:30 and 5:45PM at the FRONT DOORS closest to the office. Students will go directly to their homerooms.
·        Choir members should be in uniform (any combination of black and white clothing).
·        In the interest of safety as well as smooth transitions, the public entrance/exit to the concert will be the BACK GYM DOOR as the front gym doors will be locked.
·        Public exits through BACK GYM DOOR, and we appreciate you staying for the entire concert!!
·        Please wait outside along the front of the school to pick up your child after the concert.
·        Please let us know ASAP if your child will not be attending the concert!
PLEASE NOTE…
·        Parkside Home & School will be having a bake sale at both concerts – all proceeds going towards our spring production of Disney’s 101 Dalmatians Kids: the musical! Food donations for the sale are greatly appreciated!
·        There will be a donation box placed at the entrance to the gym. Any donations will be greatly appreciated, and will go directly back to our music program to buy new instruments and resources for your child’s use in music class!

Friday, November 18, 2011

November 18 Music Room Update!


Wow! What a great week of vocal auditions! Over 3 days, the musical audition committee saw over 80 students! We are so pleased with the level of interest in the musical! We were also very impressed with the level of preparedness and confidence that many exhibited in their auditions. Older students were all given a sample of the script to practice this week. Next week, will will call them back to read the lines in an acting audition. Older and younger students will also be called in to go through some simple choreography/movement exercises. We are aiming to have the entire cast decided by the middle of December. This way, students with speaking parts will be given the script to practice over Christmas vacation.

Parkside's Christmas concert will be on Thursday, December 8, 2011. Students have been working very hard this week at learning the lyrics and tunes for their class's concert songs. Grade 3-6 classes will be performing at 1:15 PM. Grade K-2 students will be performing at 6PM. A more detailed letter will be sent home in the coming weeks.

Remember that ALL concert song lyrics and some youtube videos are available above by clicking on the "CHRISTMAS CONCERT" link at the top of this page. Please have your child download the lyrics and practice them! You can print them if you like. You can also use the YouTube videos to sing along with the songs (where available).

Have a great weekend everyone!

Miss Gallant

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Christmas Concert 2011

Parkside's Christmas Concert will be on Thursday, December 8, 2011.
Classes from grades 3-6 will perform at 1:15 pm in the afternoon.
Classes from grades K-2 will perform at 6:00 pm in the evening.
Both concerts  will be held in the gym. Please use the rear entrance.

See the "Christmas Concert" link at the top of this page to download lyric sheets and vew YouTube videos of songs that students are working on. These are great resources for your children to use to practice at home for our concert!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Call for Auditions!

In the spring of 2012, Parkside students will be presenting the musical, "Disney's 101 Dalmatians: Kids." All students who are interested in the possibility of a part in the musical must audition. All interested students received an audition letter today (Tuesday). If you did not receive a copy of this letter, or yours has been misplaced, you may download it here: Auditon Information & Permission Letter

Please note that students who wish to audition MUST have a signed form. This form needs to be returned to the school by Monday, November 14, 2011. Please read the letter in its entireity as it contains very important information regarding the audition process as well as the show as a whole.

Auditions will begin on Wednesday, November 16 during recess times at school. A formal schedule will be forwarded to participating students once we know how many and which students wish to audition.