001Good evening. My name is Paul Wilson, principal of Washington Elementary, and it is my pleasure to welcome our parents, grandparents, and special guests to our holiday concert. Our Washington music teacher and chorus director is Melissa Ashbrook standing behind me. Uh she has spent an incredible amount of time preparing our students for the concert. So I hope you enjoy it. Before we get started, I do have a few reminders. Uh please remain seated and refrain from talking during the performance. Uh please stay for the entire performance. Uh please take a moment to either turn your uh cell phones off um or silence your phones please. Uh please refrain from shouting or yelling your students names as this distracts from the experience of all all those that are in attendance. Uh if you need to leave uh
002at any time for the restroom, please try to do so in between songs. The restrooms are located out the doors towards the fieldhouse and then to the left. Uh, and then after the concert is over, uh, we will be dismissing students from the auditorium. Uh, please check in with your students classroom teacher to verify that each student leaves with you. Um, I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the city of Beaver Dam on receiving best communities for music education award according to the National Association of Music Merchants. [applause] >> [applause] >> Uh it is educators like U. Melissa Ashbrook who's standing behind me that make all the difference. [applause] [applause] And lastly, your children have worked incredibly hard and I did get a little of a sneak peek today. It was awesome.
003uh preparing for the performance and look forward to having everyone's full attention. Thank you for coming to tonight's event and please enjoy the show. [applause] Good. >> The fourth graders have been learning how to play the tone charms. These instruments make songs by vibrating metal. We will play them to a familiar Christmas carol, Jingle Bells. [applause] >> [music] >> Dashing through the [music] snow in a onehorse open sleigh for >> [music and singing] >> The fields we go laughing all the way. Bells on [music] ring making spiring [music] [singing] bell jingle bells. Jingle all [music] the way. Oh, what fun it is to ride in [singing] a onehorse open sleigh. Jingle bells, jingle [music] bells, jingle all the way. Oh, what fun [singing] is to [music] ride in a onehorse open sleigh. Dashing through [music]
004the one open for the [music] fields we laughing all [singing] the bells on [music] my tail making spirits >> [music] >> What fun is our s jingle [music] jingle open [music] jingle jingle. Oh, [music] all is to [music] all I want is to ride in a one [music] sleigh. Jingle all the way. >> [applause] >> Our next song has two different parts. One class will be skating and the other class will be slaying. See if you can figure out which class is skating and which class is slaying. >> [applause] >> I'm [music] skating. I'm skating. I see. I'm skating. Were [music] I going to wait? No way. Can't you see? Watching [music] the other circle after circle. Hey, look at [music] me. I'm sc I'm [music] [singing] going on a sleigh ride. Jump on in
005[music] and hold on tight. We're going [singing] on a sleigh ride. Cross the snow right. [music] Come on everyone, you'll see. We'll have so much [music and singing] fun yet. We're going on a sleigh ride yesterday. [music] Jingle bells, [singing] jingle bells, skating all the way. [music] Oh, what fun it is to ride in an open sleigh. We're [music and singing] going on a sold [music] [singing] on a ride [music] feel [music] every [singing] [music] so much fun. [singing] We're going on a [music] sleigh ride. Yes. We're going on a sleigh ride. Yes, we're going [music and singing] on a sleigh ride. Yes, sir. [applause] >> During the holidays, most of us put up a tree. Our next song is about the beautiful evergreen trees that help make the season bright. This song features instruments
006and soloists. [applause] [clears throat] >> [music] >> Hangar upon the door. Make the seed [music] of Mary. >> Mary, [music] >> all you hear me the tree. >> Make the seed [music] of Mary. Mary ever grease. Evergreen. Evergreen. [music] Every make [music] the season. [singing] >> Bring the bul. [singing] [music] >> Here we are. A festive green. >> Make the season [music] Mary. Sing rejoice sing evers [music] every [singing] [music] make the season. [singing] Oh ever green ever every [music] make the season green. [applause] >> [applause] >> All right, the fifth graders are also going to start with tone chimes. I got a little excited about Tom Chimes this year. Um, but they're going to be doing We Wish You a Merry Christmas tonight and I just wanted to um I'm really trying not to
007cry here, okay? But this is their last concert with me and I've had most of them since kindergarten and so I just I'm just wanted to say how wonderful and amazing they are and I'm going to miss them so much. I hope they come back and visit me uh when they go to middle school. So anyway, here they are. We wish you a merry Christmas. >> [applause] >> I'm going to >> [music] [music] [bell] [music] >> We wish you a merry Christmas. We wish you a merry Christmas. We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Good tidings to you. Wherever you are, good tidings for Christmas and a happy new year. We wish you a merry Christmas. We wish you a merry Christmas. [music] We wish you a merry Christmas and a
008happy new year. >> [bell] [music] [bell] [music] [bell] [applause] >> The fifth grade The fifth grade would like to begin by singing a familiar carol, Let It Snow, with a jazzy ending. [applause] >> [music] >> Oh, the weather outside is [music and singing] frightful, but the fire is so delightful. And [music] there's been no place to [singing] go. Let it snow. Let it snow. Let us know. It doesn't [music and singing] show signs of stopping. And I brought [singing] some corn for popping. The lights [music] are turned way down low. Let it know. Let [music and singing] it know. Let it know. When we finally say good night, I will [singing] hate going out [music] in the storm. But if you [singing] really hold me tight [music] all the [singing] way home, I'll be warm.
009The fire is slowly dying. [music] And my dear, we're still [singing] goodbye. As long [music] as you love me, so let us know. [singing] Let us know. Let us know when we finally [music] say good night. How I hate [singing] going out in the storm. But if you really hold me [singing and music] tight all the way home, I'll be warm. Be warm. [music] Oh, weather outside [singing] is frightful, but the fire [music] is so delightful and [singing] no place to go. Let it snow. [music] Let it. Let it. [singing] Let it. [music] Let it. [music] [applause] Gotta tumba is a traditional Spanish Christmas song which often has rattles or bells. This song has been challenging for us. We will have three parts singing together by the end of the song. >> [applause] >> I'm
010here. >> [music] >> Got a ta [music and singing] dancing assembles. Got a tuma tuma tuma. Shake the rattle. [singing] Play the temple. Got a tuma [music] tuma tuma. Do not throw the h. Got a [music and singing] tuma tuma tuma. Come dance the night away. [music and singing] Jingle bells are ringing. [singing] Hear the [music] children singing. D music [music] [singing] in [bell] the night away [music] [singing] [music] children [singing] singing a dollar Hey [singing and music] dancing night away. [music] [music] [singing] [music] You join. [music] [singing] [music] [applause] >> [applause] >> on the back. Are you on top of this? No one. I am so thankful for Miss Ashbrook for starting chorus because it is so fun and it has helped so many people learn to sing and do the things they love.
011I want to thank her for taking her time out of the day to do chorus. Thank you. [applause] We are so thankful for Miss Ashbrook for introducing us to band. We all do bands and we all get to meet new people doing bands and we get to see our friends and also try new instruments. >> [applause] >> Okay, this is every second. I must thank Miss Ashbrook for ukulele club. It brings me joy and I enjoy playing this instrument. Mrs. Ashbrook is a great teacher. [applause] >> You all miss her in sixth grade. >> [applause] >> a Maddie. >> The chorus will begin with a swinging holiday song that is two parts. Part one will sing the melody while part two will be scat singing. Scat singing is when a jazz singer tries to imitate
012instruments like trumpets or trombones. >> [applause] >> We wish [music and singing] you a swinging holiday. We wish you [music and singing] a swinging holiday. We wish you a swinging [singing] holiday and [music] a happy happy happy new year. [music] Good [singing] tidings to you and [music] all of your hip and happy friends. [singing] Good tidings for merry holidays and a [music] happy happy happy happy new year. Oh shy dooy dooy papa [music] scooby [singing] dooy dooy papa. [music] Meo [singing] we me I oy the lady. Oh Shy. [music] Oh [singing] Shy. [music] Oh, we [music] are we [singing] [music and singing] wish [music] Happy [singing] happy happy [music] happy [singing] year. Good tidings [music and singing] to me and all of your happy friends. [music] Good [singing] tidings on our merry holiday. [music] Happy
013[singing] happy happy new year. [music] Merry holiday [singing] [music] happy happy. [screaming] [music] [singing] Yeah. [applause] >> This song is about how much we love seeing holiday lights around our neighborhoods and towns. [applause] >> [clears throat] [music] >> Let's go [music] around [singing] tonight to look at all the lights. There is so much to [music] see on every street. He's on a [singing] new surprise. A candy for my eyes. There's more to see. [music and singing] A special treat. I love the lights that sparkle [singing] in the night. I love the way they call to [music] me. I love the lights when they twinkle and glitter [singing] and shine. I love how [music] they glow peacefully. So [singing] peacefully. So peacefully. [music and singing] Let's go around tonight to look at all the lights. There
014is [singing] so much to see on every street. [music] Each one a new surprise like candy for my eyes. There is one more to see. A special treat. I love [music] the lights that sparkle in the night. I love the way they call [music] to me. I love the lights when they twinkle and [singing] glitter and shine. I love [music] how they glow peacefully. I love the lights [music] sparkle [singing] in the night. I love the way they [music] call to me. I love the lights [singing] when they twinkle and glitter and shine. I love how [music] they glow peacefully. [singing] so peacefully. [music] Peacefully. [singing] I [music] love the lights. I love the lights. [applause] Before the chorus sings their last piece, I just wanted to give them also a special shout out because
015they do meet with me after school. Um, and I know their time is precious. They're in so many things and involved in so many wonderful things. So, I just wanted to give them special little thank you for giving me your extra time after school. So, please give them an extra hand. >> [applause] >> We will end with a jazzy song with more scat singing. This song features our fifth graders singing. [applause] >> [music] [music] >> Holly in [singing] the hallway. Title on the tree. Twinkle and roll are special to me. [music] Candy canes and carrots. That's holiday jazz. [music] on the chimney. A wreath on [singing] the door [music] spread all over the floor. Red. [singing] That's holiday jazz. [music] [singing] What do you know? Everybody's happy [music] cuz it's starting to snow. Dooby doob
016[music] away. That's all holiday jazz. Now we're really [music and singing] swinging. So, how about you go have a jazzy holiday. Whatever you do, remember [music and singing] there is nothing as remarkable as that's jazz [music and singing] [singing] [music] and hal [singing] Yes. [music] Da [music and singing] ha ha and hoo. That's holiday [music] jazz. [singing] But what do you know? Everybody's [music] happy cuz it's starting to snow. Shooby doobydoo. But [singing] away. That's [music] all holiday jazz. Now we're really swinging. So, how [singing] about you go have a jazzy holiday. [music] Whatever you do, remember [singing] there is nothing as remarkable as [music] all the holiday. [singing] All the holiday. EVERY HAPPY HOLIDAY. EVERY HAPPY HOLIDAY. ALL the holiday. [music] All the holiday. Yeah. [applause] [cheering] >> [clears throat] >> Washington temple. Bulldog,
017let's hear how [screaming] old let's hear. We will work and play together. We are the school that stands forever and let's hear how [singing] stormy there [cheering] we always are the best. Yes. [applause] All right, a few final uh reminders about dismissal. Um uh fifth graders are going to head to this stairway and you may come up to the stairway and pick them up. Fourth graders will go to this side. We'll try to make it as smooth as possible. Make sure you check in with your child's teacher before you take them home. And anyway, thank you so much for supporting Washington Music. It really is my absolute joy to teach the kids every day and thank you so much for supporting all the things that we have going on. Um the chorus will be singing
018again at the boys varsity basketball game if you want to check us out. That's January 8th here at the high school. So come and see us again. Anyway, happy holidays. Hope you have a wonderful holiday. [applause] It over here. Okay, turn your lights. >> [music] >> I just want [music] and you just want to [music] and we pass the [singing] flame from w [music] to wake from us to you and you. And if [music] we keep it going around [music] the world, you'll see the world is [music] glowing with [singing] the light that came [music] from you and me. With one [singing] candle, [music] just one candle. Yes, one candle [music] burning bright. With one [singing] candle, just one [music] candle, we can [singing] fill the world with light. >> [music] [music] >> If we
019[singing] light just one candle and pass the [singing] flame to [music] you. Our light will flow [singing] from [music] place to place. And we will go there too. And [music] we keep it going. [singing] The [music] light will show [singing] the way to [music] touch the people around the world. A shining night and day [music] with one candle. Just one [music] candle. Just one candle. [singing] Burning bright. With [music] one candle, [singing] just one candle. We can [music] fill the world [singing] with light. With one candle, [music] just one candle. [singing] Just one candle. [music] Burning bright. With one candle, [music] just one candle. We can [music] fill the [singing] world with light. With [music and singing] one candle, just one candle, we [music] can fill [singing] the world with light. [music] [music] with life.
020[music] Heat. Heat. [applause] [cheering] [applause] >> [applause] [cheering] [applause]