CorpusRecord 27783

Dodd MS Grade 8 Orchestra Concert

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Source
YouTube / CPS Video
Date
2021-12-08
Location
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT
Material
Transcript
Extent
664 words · about 4 min
Collected
2026-06-05

Transcript

Verbatim source text

001is oh oh my goodness this is foreign oh um [Music] oh uh in honor of uh it being pearl harbor day and uh just before acknowledging all of our servicemen and women that are making our lives a little safer would you please stand and join us [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] us [Music] uh [Music] [Applause] [Music] ready [Music] is [Music] is [Music] um [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] all right [Music] foreign [Music] and [Music] oh [Music] nobody can use [Music] is [Music] on the outside [Music] foreign [Music] do you ever really crash [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] okay i just thought it was beautiful all right okay [Music] is [Music] is [Music] something cautioned [Music] me [Music] oh [Music] foreign [Music] it was [Music] is [Music] is [Music] whispered

002[Music] [Applause] okay we haven't done this for two years it's not so hard for two years this is absolutely beautiful and i'm just i'm so grateful for you guys truly um so we had some great soloists in our last number we had imani reed and vanessa anderson jane wooden goldberg dana dixon madeleine tabor uh michelle coyer and maddie buchter did i say all of it did i get them all okay um just before we sing our last two songs we have a community service organization here called musicians care you may have seen fox out there and saw the notices about the sock drive we are also going to hold a sandwiches and cookies event on december 23rd that is our half day but if i could get eight kids or so to be in an

003assembly line it takes all about a half an hour and they help me choose that date so i'll put a sign up sheet you can donate uh or you guys can work it's going to be a first come first serve when i put up the sign up if you want to work that day and sandwich supplies you know you can share with a friend just kind of organize so we don't have 18 pounds of ham and no bread okay so basically the 10 sandwich thing is one half of meat one pound of cheese and one loaf of bread so if you could coordinate so that we make sure that we have enough uh without a lot of extra and then the cookie tray can be homemade or small blot and we will turn them into

004beautiful cookie trays all of our musicians care projects go to st vincent de paul shelter in waterbury so and if you forgot your thoughts tonight maybe tomorrow night or sometime this week you guys can send those in those are the most needed and least donated items to the homeless shelter so um all right so we are going to do a little bit of fun here and we've got a couple we've got three frosties kayla dwyer lindsey doosick and miriam noes and let's have a little bit of fun they're gonna have asked you to do the handshake with them so like when they're standing here just put your books down and have a good time [Music] because [Music] is [Music] around [Music] foreign [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Applause] uh before we

005go for the night i just want to thank uh some people first of all i want to thank my accompanist seth has been our confidence here at dot for many many many years last year he we never saw each other in person but he recorded all our piano components for us so we could do a virtual concert and i just want to thank him for just always being there for me i want to thank you guys seventh graders you haven't sung in a long time uh but you took a chance of course and i thank you for that and eighth graders last year was not a chorusy kind of year so but you're stuck with it you didn't give up i asked you not to give up when you didn't and you came back and

006i absolutely appreciate that um i want to thank you all to parents for encouraging your kids to continue with their music that that's why they're here it's because you value it in your homes and that's awesome and i've got to thank our custodians because these are a lot of work we rehearsed in the band room today they did a lot of moving the risers and the pants and all that extra stuff so they got a big thank you and mr woods is live streaming so that's pretty cool i didn't have to worry about videotaping which was awesome so thanks all right our last number it's children go whereas hope you enjoyed and uh happy new year and merry christmas and i hope you have a wonderful hanukkah and we'll see you on the other side

007[Music] oh [Music] how shall i send [Music] thee baby [Music] how shall i set [Music] me baby boy [Music] three [Music] baby boys [Music] oh [Music] baby boy [Music] shall i send me [Music] baby boys [Music] oh [Applause] oh [Applause] it's okay

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