001e e e [Music] all right good evening I'd like to welcome our Board of Education members our District administration I see Dr Gentile and Dr Bas are here let's give them a round of applause thank you welcome to family friends and special guests welcome to Parkway Elementary School's Winter concert we are delighted to have you join us tonight as our talented very very talented students and teachers showcas their hard work and creativity through both vocal and instrumental performances this evening's performance is especially exciting because it features a delightful production we've been eagerly anticipating the cookie production thank you to District administration and our board members for your steadfast support of our programs and for all that you do for celebrating our students musical Journey sit back relax enjoy the show as we celebrate the season
002through the gift of [Applause] music thank you Mrs Conway I'm going to add to that because tonight we have a very special guest with us um not I'm not sure many of you no but the New Jersey education Education Association is an association that promotes and supports School staff teachers and also your children once you decide to become a teacher you know that the priority is always the students you go to trainings you take classes so that you become a better educator and this very special person tonight is a veteran teacher and he is also the vice president of the New Jersey Education Association and the president elect for next year we're very happy to say when I was at at a conference trying to become a better educator I happened to be there with
003Mr Steve Bey who is the vice president he talked about in one of the sessions his love for music and playing the guitar and that was a way he relaxed so I went to him just by chance and I said you should come and play at one of our concerts I teach in Ying New Jersey would you come he immediately without hesitation because children are always first said I will be there I will do the best I can I followed up and he very gladly agreed to join us this evening for our performance so can we give Mr Steve Bey a round of applause [Music] tonight we're going to begin our program with four songs that celebrate the season the holiday season our first song is a favorite it is Carol of the Bells our
004second selection celebrates Hanukkah oh Hanukkah and the Festival of Lights our third selection is for the chilly days of winter for the winter and we will end with our holiday Quanza we hope you enjoy [Applause] [Music] spe for spee [Music] Christmas merry merry merry merry chist [Music] [Applause] [Music] Christmas merry merry merry merry Christmas [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] w [Music] let's have a party all the and around the table will give you a treat to play with and while [Music] we sh us [Music] table give you a to and while are playing the candles are burning [Music] one for each sh [Music] [Applause] [Music] spe [Music] Brees everywhere [Music] myind to the Tre and thear and I look inste to the and [Music] iight see bre in the fall as G to the [Music]
005win [Music] of as I say goodbye to the pain and [Music] the [Music] the and [Music] I for the win for the Winn [Music] for the winter [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh oh p p oh P oh p oh s days of cration 7 Days of C days of [Music] C days of [Music] cation oh [Music] oh [Music] oh days of C days of c s days of Celebration oh [Music] oh [Music] oh oh oh [Applause] up [Music] he [Music] well it's that time of the year again the days start to become shorter the air is chilly and cold and Tiny icicles start to appear icicles form when melting snow drips from a surface like a roof or tree bridge and the cold air causes the water to refreeze as it drips down over time as
006more water trickles down and freezes the wa the icicles grow longer and thicker creating sharp glistening spikes of ice our first piece High the beauty but also the sharpness of winter we hope you enjoy [Applause] icicles for [Music] n [Music] the [Music] [Applause] it's snowing it's snowing no car it's not snowing that's just the pizza of a towel pits snowing pits snowing what does pits mean pits is short for the tying word means to pluck the string when all the string and is pluck together it sounds like falling snow oh I get it now well I'm so excited to play pit snowing who knows maybe it'll convince the weather to give us a snow day [Applause] [Music] m [Music] w [Music] [Applause] [Music] yeah e [Music] you [Music] now that the snow has finally settled
007it is time for one of our favorite onter activities a slay ride join us as we take a care through the snow we might even hear some holiday favorites like Deck the Halls and jingle bells well I guess that's our cue here is first one to slay [Applause] ride for [Music] the [Music] he [Music] p a [Music] [Applause] guess what my family just baked my favorite Christmas cookies last night night well cookie gingerbread oh I love gingerbread last year I led up all my gingerbread men so they look like they marching across my kitchen table well if only they have real instruments there would be a real parade you know I think I know the perfect song for this parade we hope you enjoy ginger breadman on [Applause] [Music] I [Music] [Applause] [Music] every [Music]
008[Applause] [Music] going Co start to wake up and do what bers do [Applause] [Music] C [Music] [Applause] time to cookies cookies cookies time to make cookies time time they're almost almost done look the sun here they come one by one [Music] [Applause] come on everybody come follow me I'm the gingerbread boy as you can see I'm the Gingerbread I'm oh so sweet and I'm decorated from my head to my feet cookies your heart sauce with flter love me I'm peanut Buttle well if you look at me and you want to do some cacing that's cuz I'm all oatmeal racer [Applause] oatmeal we're so sweet to and kood especially we are s we're all cookies so give us a try you'll love me I'm W [Applause] [Music] pie everyone thinks I'm a little bit naughty but
009I'm not bad but I am B Scotty listen up everybody your future is clear he's a fortune cooking have no fear it may sound scary and it may sound strange but you're all headed to a cookie exchange a cookie exchange what's that that is what bers get together and each bring a bch of cookies then they meet up together and everybody take home a few of them sounds scary sounds fun seems to me like there's a catch you mean we all get separated from our batch making new friends or something I don't mind but I'd rather stick with my very [Music] own I heard of deer a swarm of bees we can live together like any of these PE a gagle before they even hatch that's what it means to be part of a batch
010a briide of lives a school of fish stay with my friends is all that I wish AES needy to catch that's why we stick together in the your back allik that's what we like wearn a l all what [Music] all we're just like a part of Wheels a pack of wols kids with Tails we should get like a con of bats One Big B around a tower giraffe a stand up amingo his best F that's where he go we stick together like chicks hat right at home in our own [Music] back what [Music] whats to be a of ACH that's what it needs to be a part of a match what it to be a of the [Applause] I don't know if I like this cooking exchange it all just seems a bit strange the
011whole thing seems quite scary to me I like my friends to stay close to me IDE seems like a TR I'd here the rest we lady fers don't want to be trouble with us but we rather be with cookies that are just like us oh aoy for something is approaching tell us forie what would be our Fortune someone is coming in a sure in a hurry they have four legs and look rather fur it's a little of puppies and their eyes have some fun they love cookies so to run [Music] I [Music] and I want [Music] R over s over [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] does puppy want a cookie what are you crazy or would you rather have a bone I ever I so I got my kiss from listen up everybody
012I have something to say why does he speak so slowly he's made of masses I think we should reconsider the cookie exchage if you give it a chance hey it might not be so strange I agree it might be time to try something new you might get to know others who aren't like you you mean a snowball cook you might get to know a dog biscuit you never know you never Isis it you mean a Russ and te Kake could be friends with a whoopy pie you never know unless you give it a try [Music] to hard to make all you have to do that you are and the new friends W be hard [Music] new friend all along the way [Music] new every all you have to do is you are true will be
013PR it's to your circle we got sweetest cookies I can ever actually that's true I'm learning that it's not so much on the outside of friends but it's in the middle that really really counts at the cookie stand I bet I find that we're not so different after [Music] all friend all along the way friends in every day all you have to do is show that you are true and the will be true to you true to you [Applause] cookie exchange will be here soon I hope I get to meet me nice macaroon I don't know why I was so frighten and scared friendship like cookies hard to be shared it's nice to meet others who are not just like you it's nice to make a brand new friend or two but wait I think
014the puppies are back they sure do love and on the sure friend be careful these are my friends and you just can't eat them these are my friends and you just can't beat them that's one tough cookie but I heard that there was bacon right over [Music] there nice work short bread that was the most rvest thing I've ever seen so that's way a cookie crumbles what a fun and delicious day we met a whole lot of friends along the way new friends come in all shapes and sizes and new friends may be full of surprises listen up everybody my fortune tells me you will have lots of fun let's start with cookies for everyone [Music] of day everybody clap your hands and cookies cookies on way here is going to without cookies chocolate chip
015gingery just a par [Music] the you're going to [Applause] [Music] treat EET we together we are see hoay it's a special kind of day every clap your hands and cookies cookies on your [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] cookie please be going [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I hope we've sweed you up a bit that was adorable thank you so much for coming to our holiday concert on behalf of Miss wri and myself and all of the teach and do you see those adorable [Music] costumes those were made by the art Club here students at Parkway and supervised by our fantastic art teacher Mrs vento she did all the makeup she is the hardest working art teacher at Parkway No Ex extraordinary we could not have done this without her I'm so glad that we had the
016opportunity to share your children's talents right back to you I know you are very proud of them I promise them that if they did a good job they make it an extra gift so from you not me so thank you I'm going to turn the microphone over to Mr oy weren't they awesome let's give them one more round of applause staging our annual holiday musical is an incredibly huge undertaking that takes countless hours of rehearsal Miss vento I think spent every weekend for the last month creating those cookie costumes at home learning choreography so I'd like to thank the people who made tonight possible starting with Miss Laura Hall Carney our vocal music teacher Miss Marissa Wright our instrumental music [Music] [Applause] teacher our art teacher Miss Diana [Music] vento fourth grade teacher and drummer
017extraordinaire Mr Eric Thomas and our returning accompanist Miss McDonald on behalf of Mrs Conway and myself we wish you a safe happy and healthy holiday season parents as you're picking up your children tonight we ask you to wait in the gym we will Spring the children back into the gym and you will exits out of door four and five thank you so much for being here tonight [Applause]