One of the perks of teaching at a boarding school is that there is always an audience for concerts. We actually use one of our “Curricular Saturdays” for music, art, and drama performances. What this means, though, is that all of the performances have to be back-to-back. I can’t have choirs one day and bands the other. What this ends up looking like is:
9:10 am - 6th grade choir
9:30 am - 7th/8th grade choir
Intermission/Stage Change
10:30 am - 6th grade band
11:00 am - 7th/8th grade band
11:30 am - Orchestra
12:00 pm - “lunch” (yeah right, I was setting the stage)
1:15 pm - HS Choir
1:45 pm - HS Band
2:30 pm - Art activities with my advisory students (thankfully I was able to pass some of the buck here)
3:30 pm - Closing Ceremony
4:00 pm - pass out
Yes, that is 7 musical ensembles plus working on set-up, lighting, and sound. This is the life I volunteered for.
Here are some pictures from the day. They are mostly long shots or pictures of me. There isn’t FERPA here but I’m so used to working under it I feel guilty breaking what would be a FERPA rule.
Being a hype man during the HS Choir performance.
This staging reminds me of Seasons of Love from RENT. Next time, Ill focus the lighting.
6th Grade choir with hand drum accompaniment done by the students (not easy parts for them, either)
Before every winter themed song I stopped to tell terrible winter themed jokes. They went over pretty well.
7th/8th Grade Choir with our rock band accompaniment for “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
6th Grade Band warming up - yes, I am in the back row doing an emergency repair on a french horn.
7th/8th Combined Band with John on the podium.
My Middle School String Club. They are small but they are monsters for their age.
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