CorpusRecord 17997

Antheil 5th grade Winter Concert December 11, 2024

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Source
YouTube / EwingPublicSchools
Date
2024-12-12
Location
Mercer County, NJ
Material
Transcript
Extent
1,599 words · about 9 min
Collected
2026-06-06

Transcript

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001e e e [Music] [Applause] [Music] AB for [Music] your [Music] for [Music] good evening everyone my name is k hon principal here at anal and on behalf of our superintendent of schools Dr Gentile in the back and our Board of Education including Mr Anthony Ms who's somewhere in the audience Welcome to our fifth grade Winter concert [Applause] before we get into program just want to mention a couple things for you guys um if anyone needs to use the restroom you can exit right out the doors in the back make a left bathrooms are pretty easily identifiable also we encourage you to take photos and videos of your students tonight uh all I ask is please set your phone to silent or vibrate and that way it won't disrupt the the program um I will say

002that the students have been working very hard since September to prepare for tonight and I think you guys are for a real treat uh one last thank you to mention I'd like to thank Miss brindle and the art program for the snowflakes we have on display this [Music] evening and without further Ado we'll begin the evening with our fifth grade Orchestra onon an direction of Miss marrison and please enjoy your evening [Applause] hello everyone my name is Isabella welcome to the fifth grade Winter concert we've been working hard to prepare this and we're so excited to share with you you'll hear songs on make think of snowflakes LS and this in the joy of the special time of the year my name is Clara the first song or orchestra will be performing is the New

003World Symphony this piece was written by ant the borac in 1893 the VAC composed this piece after moving to America from Czechoslovakia the New World Symphony was inspired by the lgate music and cultures that the borack fell in love with after moving [Music] [Applause] [Music] here for [Music] sh [Music] Happ all [Music] l [Music] [Applause] my name is Gabby our next song is Carol of the bels car of the Bells was inspired by from the Ukraine and has became a popular holiday song Carol the bells has been recorded lots of different ways from orchestras to rock bands and even in video [Applause] games my name is Leila many of us are custom to play this song and we enjoyed practicing it care of the Bells taught us how to read and play and read and

004play music and new time signature this song makes us feel energized and excited for the winter [Applause] season for [Music] h la [Applause] mom mom [Music] my name is Maya as the weather gets cold many of us like to spend time outside in the snow our next song sleigh ride in the park will have you imagine going for a cold snowy sleigh ride on a horse dwn sleigh we'll be using SL to help bring this song toight [Applause] [Music] hi my name is Angel we choose to be form this song Last the you to leave you filled with excitement for the winter season thank you for joining us tonight happy holidays [Applause] oh all [Music] oh [Music] all [Music] a [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] good evening everyone my name is Miss mayerson um I

005would like to thank so many of you for coming out on this cold rainy night um it means so much to our students and our school community that everyone is here to celebrate these awesome students um our fifth grade Orchestra has worked incredibly hard and um these students to be able to put on a concert like this and get all of these songs ready from September October oober November and into early December is not an easy task um so I applaud all of them for all of their hard work and thank them as well um I also need to give a huge shout out to Amelia who uh decided or I asked to played Jingles about Jingle Bells about six hours ago so she did a great job at jumping in um yeah give them

006all [Applause] Applause we are going to have a very short transition get these students off the stage and our band students on the stage I will be back shortly thank [Music] [Applause] you is that going d for [Applause] [Music] go oh [Applause] [Music] it's so great to see our friends and families at our concer my name is salucci next you'll hear the fifth grade band we are looking forward to playing three exciting pieces for you [Applause] my name is Anthony Young music can help us tell stories and share emotions Conquest is a song that is full of energy and was written about bravery and Adventure each section of our band will be will get a chance to be futured in the middle of the pieces before the excitement [Applause] [Music] la [Music] w [Applause] [Music]

007excuse me my name is Jordan holidays are celebrated differently all around the world merry kissy musy which means Merry Christmas in the Shona language which is spoken in Zimbabwe you'll notice the Unique Sounds inspired by music from Zimbabwe blended with a holiday song you might recognize [Applause] my name is Andrew Mary kissing Lucy is a challenging pink set that we're excited to share with you this piece taught us a lot about playing as a large group and listening to each other even when we aren't playing the same parts we also learned some new GES like dotted half notes and ties [Applause] hi [Music] [Laughter] [Music] n la [Music] a [Music] w [Music] hi my name is Anthony our final song is six no slay ride it is a version of jingle bells that we enjoy

008learning percussion instruments like the Slate bells and the temple blocks will help you imaginate that you're going on a sleigh ride through the [Applause] snow my name is Kaye the fifth grade band would like to thank you for joining us tonight we hope you enjoyed hearing us play and hope you have a happy holidays [Applause] [Music] l [Music] the [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] good job good job so before I pass the program off to Mrs Davidson um a couple of huge thank yous number one thank you to these students as well for putting in so much hard work in three short months I push them very hard and um they're always willing and ready to work we have bned every Friday morning and I look forward to it every week so let's give them one

009more round of applause I have so many people to thank um the first group of people are our teachers uh some of who are here tonight backstage um helping out they gave up their Wednesday night to come help these students so huge thank you to them we have such a great staff here big thank you to our custodial office staff as well for just helping any day-to-day things we need our Administration uh both at antile and throughout the entire District Mr Harrison Mr M Mrs Rodriguez Mr mland who's here tonight um just so many people that help the Arts and Music at Ying really Excel and it's such a great thing that we have here thank you to all of you thank you parents and families for supporting these students thank you you're welcome yeah

010she caught me I didn't have anything to say all right so we are going to have a very quick transition to get these students all packed up and get our core students out if you could bear with us we should be back with you momentarily thank you [Applause] [Music] think [Music] get [Music] [Applause] the [Applause] [Music] you [Music] that [Music] [Applause] everybody [Music] go SC [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] good evening and Welcome to our chest part of our concert we will start off with our songs with a piece title we will come to greet you in peace it is a traditional Hebrew folk song We Will first singing it in English and then in Hebrew Alana sham [Applause] [Music] and we come to you andace we come to you to [Music] [Applause] Jose Fano Jose

011Feliciano wrote a song in October of 1970 that played that instantly became a hit song it is still played on just about every radio station in streaming service this time of year F dad I want to miss you a Merry Christmas [Applause] [Music] Poli I want to wish you a Merry Christmas I want to wish you a Merry Christmas I want to wishm heart Merry Christmas I want to wish you a Merry Christmas I want to wish you a merry chist [Music] [Applause] we know that Christmas always begins on December 25th this year so does Hanukkah to celebrate this holiday also known as the Festival of Lights this song tells about the SES and history of this holiday here is Festival of Lights [Music] and Cate the fesal of light [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] [Music]

012with one night then came Mir for days [Music] to beh the of and shame glory and [Applause] Holly Jolly Christmas was written in 1962 by Johnny Marx in 1964 bur L reported it for the stops animations film Rudolph The Rednosed Reindeer since then many other artists have recorded it but bar live standed out in the best [Applause] [Music] a Christmas is best time of the [Music] know a Christmas andet say hello to you know and [Music] Christmas oh my God have a h Christmas this year [Applause] having fun at holiday times is of course expected this Southern Appalachia fol song titled Christmas Christmas day is no difference lots of fun and lots of instruments we hope you enjoy Christmas Day [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Christmas [Music] Christmas morning [Music] morning [Music] [Applause] [Music] Christmas day

013in the morning a cow [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] morning a cow a sparrow Arrow [Music] AE Christmas Day the morning p a a cow a CL a sparrow [Music] a Christmas Day in the morning to a cow CL aarrow [Music] AEP in the morning in the morning Chistmas morning morning [Applause] [Music] speaking of fun how does 7et of snow sound okay probably too much but when you're singing about it in this song Sally alret is Sally out it really is fun here is s p [Applause] [Music] window [Music] [Applause] over we're waiting for 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 [Music] 7 we're for 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 of sow we're 1 2 3 4 5 6 7ow [Music] all we wait for 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 for

0141 2 3 4 5 6 7 we're for 1 2 3 4 5 6 [Music] even outside and a bunch of [Music] [Applause] [Music] sow we would like to take a moment to offer thank you to so many people before we sing our final song of course our administrators Board of Education our custodians secretaries Mr Harrison Mr Mali Mrs Rodriguez our teachers and all of you for coming [Applause] [Music] tonight we also want to make sure we thank our amazing accompanist Mrs Beverly McDonald's please give her a round of applause W happy [Applause] [Music] holiday wish you a mer Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year the tidings we bring to you and your kings We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy

015New Year we wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year there your kids [Applause] if that does not get you in a holiday spirit I don't know what will again the fifth grade choir [Applause] so the choir students who are backstage are aware of this the orchestra and band was not this was actually live streamed tonight on the YouTube channel and it will be available there on the district's YouTube page going forward so if you missed any part or just want to experience it again tonight or anym throughout this holiday season please do so I like to thank Miss Davidson for her work with the choir miss marison the back for work with the orchestra and the band a huge thank

016you Mr McDonald for being our accompanyment tonight and thank you all for coming hope you have a wonderful holiday season please be safe getting home thank you [Applause] oh [Applause]

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