001Good morning and welcome to our eighth concert of the season. This is our string spring concert festival and we are very happy to have all these concerts and all these students playing wonderful pieces. This is our last concert of the season. Two weeks ago, we had two concerts at the high school for grades 3 through 5 and then another one for grades 6 through 12 and that was at night at the high school. And then last week we have uh concerts in every K through 8 school including the Webster school. And this is our last concert here at the English school. Let's save best for last, right? And um and so we will have kindergarten, first and second grade concert today. This is a series that we started just this year because well, let me
002give you a for those who don't know me. Um I am Mr. Kachmarik and I um started teaching here in Everett uh in the year 2000. My wife who is Mrs. Kachmar and she's a music teacher, general music teacher at the Lafayette School. We started the string program in the year 2000. She started teaching here in ' 94. So um so the string program started so this is our 26th season and the string program um started with about 80 students. Uh we had one concert combined with the chorus at the high school. Then we had to split it because we had too many students. So we have two night concerts. And now we have 550 students in the Ever public school system. Yes. So we are going thanks to you. Thanks to you and we
003are very proud of it. And so now we had to split the concert into eight concerts. This way our young students don't have to be sleeping and being tired at night in the night concert. They can have a wonderful concert here. And then in third grade, our second graders will go up to the high school and play the high school concert. And that is how it's going to work. Um this um I just wanted to say a couple more things. Um Mrs. um Pska joined us um I don't know about 12 years ago. She is full-time teacher, violin teacher at the Lafayette School because that is our biggest school. So she's taking care of that school. And um Miss Develin and I, we go around all the other schools and the high school. And Miss
004Develin is an ex- student of mine who grew up here in Everett and she is now. She was just standing like this playing violin for for her parents and uh and now she's teaching. And same thing with Miss Amigo, who is your general music teacher. She was also my supply at the parliament school and now she is a general music teacher here. So we are very proud of it and thank you very much. I would like to thank the administration uh Mr. Hart for his support. I would like to thank uh uh Mr. Lamresa and his administration for your support and the staff that put the chairs together and um also thank Miss Develin for doing the programs. Jesus does a wonderful job of the program. So thank you very much and with and without
005further ado we will uh start our concert. So the first piece is we are singing and singing is very crucial for violin learning because pitch recognition is very important because the violin does not have frets like a guitar and it does not have keys like a piano. So whenever wherever you put the finger the pitch changes and just like our with our voice. So we sing a lot in violate class. So right now we are going to sing about getting ready uh for class right. Excellent. Ready, guys? [Music] God [Music] mighty [Music] Christmas I love you and me all the one 2 3 [Music] 4. So before I forget, I always forget and I have to do this. I would like to thank the video department. You guys, Justin, thank you. You they are the
006best. They videotape every single one of our concerts and that those concerts are going to be on the website and you can watch the full concert. uh we will send you links on class dojo and if not through emails here from school. Okay. All right. Thank you. Our next piece will be uh traveling around the world. So you will hear sounds from all over the world and we're going to play on all our strings across the violin. So we travel across the world and across the violin. 1 2 3 4 violin out this way. Lift the bottom part. Put the sponge on your shoulder. Pin the violin with your chin. Hold it just with your chin. Put your thumb under the violin. Next, slide it down. Wiggle your fingers and say hello strings. Hello string.
007Stringings. Lift your bow. Try to put your pinky on top of the stick and place your bow on the E string in the middle of the contact area. The skinniest string. And we're going to play five strings across the [Music] world. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Yeah. Down. [Music] Down. Keep going. [Applause] Our next piece we will be singing about what we learn what the violent parts names are. Right. So it will we'll start with the scroll scroll. Ready [Music] go and bridge [Music] and head and finger. Awesome. Good job. Now we are going to travel to New York to Manhattan and we're going to play some blues for you. It's called Manhattan Blues. 1 2 3 4 up. Put it on your shoulder. Chin on your chin rest. Slide your thumb back.
008Wiggle your fingers and say hello. Flip your bow. Place your bow on the E string. Roll it over once to the A string. And one more time to the D string. So we start on the third string, D [Music] string. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Right now we are going to continue a little bit of singing where we are going to uh let everybody know show everybody what the bow parts are in song form. Right. We're going to end Pro nice and loud. Frost never touch or tear by the bridge. Excellent. [Applause] Okay, now we're going to travel to Africa. And there in Africa, they sing a lot of call and response songs where somebody calls and someone and another group responds. So that's what we're going to do first. Second grade is
009going to do the call and kindergarten and first grade are going to respond. Okay. Ready? It's called chool. One, two, ready, go. It's taken. [Music] Excellent. And now what we're going to do is we're going to do the same thing, but we're going to play the violin. So, second grade will still sing, but we will answer with our violins. One, two, three, four. Violet up. Put it on your shoulder. Chin on your chin rest. Slide your thumb back. Wiggle your fingers. Hello string. Okay. Flip your bow. Place your bow in the middle of the contact area on the E string. And then roll it over to the A and B, the two middle strings. Right. [Music] JK. [Music] Mommy [Music] la. [Applause] Our next song is a song that helps us remember to bring our
010violin on our violin. And we are going to say Wednesday because Wednesday is our violin day. So ready. Wednesday, Wednesday is my violin day. Wednesday, Wednesday, that is what I bring my bring [Music] my Wednesday. Wednesday is my Wednesday. Wednesday, Wednesday. That is what I [Music] [Applause] Yay. The next piece we're going to play helps us with building strength for holding the violin. The violin. In order to hold it up, you have to hold your arm for a while and that is difficult. So we have to develop that we don't usually use. So this piece is called techno symphony and it's a fun way to build up strength. One, two, three, four. Stop. Slide it up. Put it on your shoulder. Chin on your chin wrist. Slide your thumb back. Wiggle your fingers and say
011hello. [Music] Flip your ball. Place your ball on the E string and roll it over once to the A string. So now we are on the second string. Here you go. Steo symphony. [Music] Hey, Er. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Hey, don't be Yeah. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Yeah. [Applause] Yeah. [Music] Yeah. [Music] Heat. Yeah. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Let's bow together. Ready? 1 2 3 4 stay [Applause] up. Very good. So, kindergarten now is finished playing. However, however, kindergarters still in first grade will play alone in second grade. At the end of the concert, they will join us and play one last grand finale song, please. So, um kindergarten, we are going to go and sit down on go all the way around the table and go
012where is [Music] Very good. You guys are doing fabulous job. Okay. Good. Whoops. Hey, welcome second grade to the stage. [Applause] So now we are going to now we are going to travel to a farm where we are going to meet somebody whose name is McFiddler. Right. So we are going to sing and play. 1 2 3 4. Put it on your shoulder please. Chin on your chin wrist. Flip your ball. Place it on the E string. Remember we are playing singing first and then play. [Music] [Applause] Old neighbor had a string. E I E I [Music] O. Yeah. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] first position. Our next piece will take us to South America and it's called [Music] Laisa. And I like the South American pieces because I was born in Poland, but I actually
013grew up in Mexico. So my father had a contract to come to play violin in Mexico. Nice. That's where I come from. So, uh, all right. So, let's play. 1 2 3 4 up. Put it on your shoulder. Put your chin on your chin. Go. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Now we are going to do a very emotional piece where we learn how to play with very long bows. very much, right? We're very patient with it. It's called sailing home. So, we are going to go turn around and go home wherever that is. 1 2 3 4. Stop. Fil up. Put it on your shoulder. Chin on your chin rest. He and [Music] Fre [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Okay. So, now we continue our journey to it a little bit quicker.
014It's our one of our favorite pieces. It's called the train. So, we're going to continue our journey in a train. 1 2 3 4 up. Put it on your chin. On your [Music] chin, go. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] All bow together. Ready? 1 2 3 4 B. Stay stay up. Excellent. One more time. 1 2 3 4 5 [Applause] B. First grade, we are out on the stage on this side. Please go talk to them. First grade will go and sit down where second grade was sitting. Okay, don't forget we have one more to play at the end. Simply right back position. Almost there. [Music] All right. kindergarten and first grade. We have to be quiet now. All right, we continue with our journey for the world. And we are going to
015learn how to pluck on the violin. Plucking on the violin. It's called picato. And we're going to play a little picato but with a little attitude. Right. One, two, three, four. Stop. Fly up. Put it on your shoulder. Chin on your chin rest. Fly your back. Here you [Music] go. Go. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey A1 [Music] Hello. Hey. E A [Music] Hey, hey, hey. A long [Music] Excellent. Good job. So, as as we were uh going back in time this time because literally to cut those sounded more like now we are going to go to Ireland and we are going to do some jib. Right. So, yes. And we're going to show you how they dance in Ireland. Right. One, two, three, four. Step out. Put it on your shoulder. Chin on your chin.
016Take your bow. Swallow down [Applause] [Music] J. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] We move on and we practice our shorts. Mark mark those. And we're going to be marching. Right. One, two, three, four. Stop. B. Put it on your shoulder. Chin. All right. Now, we're going to march military style. Right. All right. Here it goes. Go. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] 3. [Music] [Applause] And and now the last one from our second grade group is called Pinto. It's a little spotted pool. And so we are traveling back to South America all over. There's a lot of countries that sing this song. And we're going to play it for you. Uh the one thing that you recognize that see at the beginning of the piece we do something that is
017called tremble where you go up and down with the ball really fast and you shake your cheeks like this. All right. Ready? One, two, three, four. Put it on your shoulder. Chin on your chin rest. Flip your bow. Bow on the D string. Third string over. Kindergarten and first grade. There should be no talking, guys. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] One, two, three, four. One more time. One, two, three, four. Excellent. Kindergarten and first grade, please stand up in rest position next to your chair and we are going to do the hip hop of grand finale. You're going to do it right from there. Okay. Okay. Are we ready? One, two, three, four. Stop. V out. Put it on your shoulder. Chin on your
018chin rest. Flip your bow. Place your phone the E string. Get ready to slide your finger and you dance. Right. [Music] I never [Music] Hello. Hello. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat up [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] here. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Excellent. 1 2 3 4 5 again. One, two, three, four, five. Very good. Thank you for all your support, students. Thank you for practicing. You're doing a great job. Second grade will be in the 3 through five concert next year at the high school. Um, we will have a couple minutes here to take pictures to maybe just two minutes, three minutes
019at the most because then we have to take off the