001You can see that uh you have um in the program we have listed all the concerts and all the names of the children that are participating all the students in the string program. Uh we have now 550 students across the city uh from kindergarten all the way to 12th grade. We started the string program in the year 2000 with just a few kids here at the Lafayette school and now we have all of those students. Uh the Lafayette school still remains the biggest school and Mrs. Pska teaches at the Lafayette school. And without further ado, I would like to welcome Mrs. Pska. Uh enjoy the concert. Um thank you very much. Thank you. I got this. Let us be in strong mighty for it should be he as you and All those sing 1 2
0023 4 In the violin class we sing, we play, sometimes we dance. And we wish you the best concert ever. Stretching upside down on your head. Nowhere to ear. Put it on your shoulder. Open the finger. Say hello. >> Hello. >> Nice ball. Very good. Leg first. Texas. Yes. Down down down down down down down. Hey, heat. Hey. Heat. Heat. In this song, students learned all the strings, different rhythms. So they know that we have four strings. They are different. They play data. They play data. They play pepperoni pizza rhythm. And the next next song we will sing about violining parts because they have to learn how do we call all of these parts of the violin. They learn this perfect should rest and chin. Shoulders and chin rest and finger. Good job. >> Now
003we will go around the world a little bit. First we stop at the our neighbor >> Yeah. >> at our neighbor city in New York. Mary heaven blues. Put it on your should Fast with your chin. Make your parents scared. Oh, she No, she won't. Okay. Place them on the D string. The D string. Straight up. All right. Yeah. gold. I see. true. Never touch the horse's hair. Good job. Now this is it looks like very easy song but in this song students learn how to lead the bow all the way down. So they use the whole bow. This is difficult. If we want to go parallel to the bridge, this is really big deal. And they thrive. I can't do it. eyes. Check your pinky. Is it like a rainbow? Dream. Find your third
004string. We start from the floor. We go down. Ready. Everybody want Heat. Heat. Next. Next song, we go far away Africa. This is a very popular song in schools. This is more or less like call and response. So we will ask for help. Our first grade will sing with only but they have very strong voices. Let's do it. Choo. This is our first song. Ja Jang. She my hair. One, two, three, four. Stop. Stretch your hand upside down. Put it on your shoulder. B with your chin. and slide all the way up the opening. >> Now we'll play two strings at the same time. Not sure and a behind. Hey Turn away. Hey, welcome. We have we have some students who come on Monday, some come on Wednesday, some come on Friday, right? But today
005is >> Wednesday. >> Let's sing Wednesday. Okay, that today is our final day. Let's do it together. Wednesday in my wild Wednesday. Bring my boulder. Bring my Wednesday. Wednesday is my day. Wednesday. Wednesday. Hey every song that we will see kindergarten on the stage. After this song, the longest song that you play, you will go back to your place. But you do not back up. to wait for last last very very I want Hey hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Eat. Heat. Yeah. Heat. One, two, three, four. Bows. Huh? Oh boy. I just have a camera right there. If you just go off to the sides of the shot. Thank you. Hello. Mrs. Bosar, are you satisfied? So now we have second grade on the stage. We're starting Old McFiddler instead of Old McDonald. I do not
006teach any farm life here. So we'll sing about the violin, about the fiddler fiddler. One, two, three. Old Macdonald had a string. E I E I O. And on that string he played a tune. E I E I O. had a stream. Either Look at it's really difficult. Next song is even harder because we'll retake. To retake the bow, you have to make a circle and don't drop it. So, you make a circle, you land, and you play down ball again. Super. And you will use this for the end of your 1 2 3 Heat. Heat. Heat. Daddy sweet. Just look at these eyes. All of them are so sweet. Long strokes guys, right? 1 2 3 4 1 2 Ready. Go down. Heat. Heat. Heat. Wow. Now we go to even harder song. This
007would be train. I don't know where you want to go. >> We will learn. >> We learned already how to play with the first finger. So now they will press the bow. Sometimes they complain and call mom my finger hurts. This is good because the skin has to be harder and harder. So keep practicing. Are you ready? Slide through the nut. Prepare your finger to press the string. Heat. Heat. Come on. Heat. and rest. One, two, three, four. Please careful. We are not backing up yet. We are not going anywhere because we still have to play a piece together at the end of the concert. So, we are not packing a violin just yet, guys. Just sit down and wait. A little pizzy cattle. even harder. Now they have to lock the string with a
008finger and they have to know exactly how to do it. There are three steps very complicated. I've learned one Hey, down 1h. Right. Uh-huh. Thank you. Yeah. Now we go to Ireland. This will be fun. Happy heat. my money. Yay. style. We have to cross the strings. We have to press the fingers. It's true. Hey, you don't want to Amen. Brazilian song. Hallelujah. Ready. You want to Oh my god. always. 1 2 3 4 1 stand up. Grab your violin. Grab your bow. This will be our last song. Remember song is surprise. Let's do it. Let's do it. >> Yes. Okay, stop. Stop. You can stand where you are. Okay, stand where you are. Just stay where you are. Are you ready? >> The last song. In this song, they learned what the sound 2.
009Stretch your hand up. Put it on my shoulder. Stand up. Stand up. Thank you. Thank you. La. And I say when I get you Heat. Heat. Ei. Oh my god. Wow. Heat.