Spring Concert 2015 Pictures

Our Spring Concert "Movies and the Imagination" was a great success. Congratulations 4/5 chorus, 5 band, and 4th grade ukuleles on your performances! Click here to view pictures of the concert on the DBS Facebook page.

Movies and the Imagination

Spring Concert

Grade 5 band, grade 4 ukuleles, and grades 4/5 chorus.

Date:  Thursday, May 21^st, 2015                                                    
Time: 6:30 PM      (Doors open at 6:10 PM)
Place: DBS Gymnasium                                                                          
4/5 Attire for PM Concert Only: Black bottoms and colored top with no writing or pictures.

Procedure

5^th grade chorus members who are not in band and all 4^th graders:

·       Arrive between 6:10 and 6:25 PM.

·       Students will leave belongings with their parents/guardians for safe keeping. 4/5 chorus members will go right to their places on the risers and non-chorus 4^th graders will go to the 4^th grade ukulele seating.

5^th grade band students:

·       Arrive at 6:10 PM.

·       Students will go to the music room to store cases and belongings, place their instruments/music at their band spot, and go to their riser spot if in chorus.

All concert students:

·       We will begin our performance promptly at 6:30 PM. Please note that the doors to the school will not be opened until 6:10 PM.

·       After the performance band will be dismissed first to the music room and meet parents back in the gym, followed by non-band students dismissed to meet parents in the gymnasium.

·       Please remind your child to use the restroom before they arrive or right when they arrive as there will be no time to go once the concert starts.

Save the date! Spring Concert May 21st

SAVE THE DATE!

Our Spring Concert this year will be on
Thursday, May 21^st, at 6:30 PM.

The theme is “Movies and the Imagination.”

The concert will include Grade 4/5 Chorus, Grade 5 Band, 
and all Grade 4 students on the ukuleles.

See you there!

4/5 Chorus Lyrics to Practice

CIRCLE OF LIFE

Opt. Solo: From the day we arrive on the planet, and blinking step into the sun,

there's more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than can ever be done.

All: There's far too much to take in here, more to find than can ever be found.

But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky keeps great and small on the endless round.

CHORUS (bold means everyone in unison):

It's the circle of life, and it moves us all

through despair and hope, through faith and love,

'til we find our place on the path unwinding.

(1, 2, 3) In the circle, the circle of life.

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK

Repeat Chorus

UNDER THE SEA

The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake.

You dream about going up there, but that is a big mistake.

Just look at the world around you, right here on the ocean floor.

Such wonderful things surround you, what more is you lookin' for?

CHORUS 1:

Under the sea, under the sea, darlin' it's better down where it's wetter, take it from me.

Up on the shore they work all day. Out in the sun they slave away,

while we devotin' full time to floatin' under the sea.

Down here all the fish is happy, as off through the waves they roll.

The fish on the land ain't happy. They sad 'cause they in the bowl.

But fish in the bowl is lucky, they in for a worser fate.

One day when the boss get hungry, (opt. solo) Guess who gon' be on the plate?

CHORUS 2:

Under the sea, under the sea, nobody beat us, fry us and eat us in *fricassee.

We what the land folks loves to cook. Under the sea we off the hook.

We got not troubles, life is the bubbles under the sea.

CHORUS 3:

Under the sea, under the sea, when the sardine begin the *beguine, it's music to me.

What do they got, a lot of sand? We got a hot *crustacean band.

Each little clam here know how to jam here under the sea.

Each little slug here cuttin' a rug here under the sea.

Each little snail here know how to wail here. That's why it's hotter under the water.

Ya, we in luck here down in the muck here under the sea!

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

CHORUS:

Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-do-cious! Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious,

if you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Um diddle diddle diddle, um diddle ay! Um diddle diddle diddle, um diddle ay!

Solo 1: Because I was afraid to speak when I was just a lad/gal, me father gave me nose a tweak and told me I was bad.

But then one day I learned a word that saved me achin' nose. The biggest word you ever heard and this is how it goes!

CHORUS

Solo 2: He traveled all around the world and everywhere he went, he'd use this word and all would say "there goes a clever gent!"

Solo 3: When dukes and ma-'arajas come to pass the time with me, I say my special word and then they ask me out to tea!

CHORUS

Spoken solo 4: "You know, you can say it backwards, which is "doh-shus-ally-ex-pee-istik-fajee-kally-rupus", but that's going a bit too far, don't you think?"

Spoken solo 5: Indubitably!

Solo 6: So when the cat has got your tongue, there's no need for dismay. Just summon up this word and then you've got a lot to say.

(Solo 7 could start here) But better use it carefully or it could change your life.

Solo 7: One night I said it to me girl and (Spoken) now me girl's me wife!

She's Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

(whisper)  Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

 The Bare Necessities

Chorus:

Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities;

forget about your worries and your strife.

I mean the bare necessities,

1) or Mother Nature's recipes that bring the bare necessities of life.

2) that's why a bear can rest at ease with just the bare necessities of life.

Wherever I wander, wherever I roam, I couldn't be fonder of my big home.

The bees are buzzin' in the tree to make some honey just for me.

When you look under the rocks and plants

and take a glance at the fancy ants, then maybe try a few.

The bare necessities of life will come to you, they'll come to you.

Chorus

So try and relax, yeah, in my back yard.

If you act like that bee acts, you're workin' too hard.

Don't spend your time just lookin' around for something you want that can't be found.

When you find out you can live without it and go along not thinkin' about it,

I'll tell you something true.

The bare necessities of life will come to you. (Spoken solo: They'll come to me!)

They'll come to you. They'll come to you. Spoken: Yeah!

IMAGINE IT TRUE

There's a place where dreams are made and ev'ry one comes true.

You can find it in your mind if you know what to do.

Chorus:

If you can imagine it true, there's nothing you can't see or do.

Solo 1: Sail the seven seas or catch a breeze and fly away.

Solo 2: Like an astronaut you'll dance across the Milky Way.

Chorus

Solo 3: Panda bears and dinosaurs skate around the bedroom floor.

Solo 4: You become a prince or princess in a fairy tale.

La la la la la la la la la la la la. La la la la la la la la la la la la.

Chorus

*At same time:

5th grade: Imagine it true! Imagine it true!

4th grade:  La la la la la la la la la la la la.  La la la la la la la la la la la la.

HAPPY

It might seem crazy what I'm 'bout to say.

Sunshine she's here, you can take a break.

I'm a hot air balloon that can go to space,

with the air, like I don't care, baby by the way. Here's why!

Chorus: (teach both parts and decide which grade does what)

Because I'm happy (clap along if you feel like a room without a roof).

Because I'm happy (clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth).

Because  I'm happy (clap along if you feel like that what you wanna do).

Here comes bad news talkin' this and that.                 Yeah!

Well gimme all ya got, and don't hold it back.              Yeah!

Well, I should prob'bly warn you I'll be just fine. Yeah!

No offense to you, don't waste your time.  Here's why!

Chorus

Bring me down, can't nothin' bring me down. My level's too high!

Bring me down, can't nothin' bring me down, I said.

2nd time add: Happy, happy, happy, happy. Happy, happy, happy, happy.

Happy, happy, happy, happy. Happy, happy, happy.

Chorus

Hartford Performing Arts Camp this August for Students entering Grades 6-9 (Current 5th graders)

Registration is now open for this FUN summer performing arts camp on August 3rd-7th. It is for students entering grades 6-9, so 5th graders this camp is for you! This will be my second summer as a teacher there and I know you will love it! Sign up through the Hartford Rec. Dept.

Grade 4/5 Chorus starts again Tuesday, February 10th.

Chorus will be starting back up again this coming Tuesday, February 10^th,. Anyone in 4^th or 5^th grade may join and is certainly welcome (even if they have never been in chorus before!). Chorus will meet every Tuesday/Thursday during recess. Our Spring Concert will be on May 21^st, at 6:30 PM. The theme is: Movies and the Imagination!

If your child was in chorus for the winter concert, you DO NOT have to fill out the chorus contract again. If your child is joining chorus for the first time this school year, I will be sending a chorus contract home to be signed by the parent/guardian and student.

Please email me with any questions or concerns at moons@hartfordschools.net .

Photo by: OpenClips

Hungry to Learn Spring Concert Pics!

Our Spring Concert "Hungry to Learn" was a wonderful event! The 4th grade ukulele players plucked their hearts out, the 4/5 chorus danced the night away, and the 5th grade band wowed us with their pieces about garden gnome attacks and superheros flying through the sky! Here are some pictures of the concert:

4/5 Chorus

Grade 5 Band

4th graders on the ukuleles

'Attack of the Garden Gnomes' with gnome hats!

Thank you to everyone in the audience who supported the arts at DBS and to all the wonderful staff that helped make this concert possible. See you next year for some more fun music-making!

Chorus performs a concert "preview" at the healthy brains assembly!

The chorus gave a "preview" today of their May 21st concert by performing two songs about learning and healthy brains! They performed them at the healthy brains assembly that kicks off screen time turn off week and brain-o-mania night on Friday April 25th from 6-7:30 PM at DBS.

"Hungry to Learn" from MusicK8

"Forever Learning" from MusicK8

Like what you see? Come see our whole concert, "Hungry to Learn", on May 21st at 6:30 PM in the DBS Gym! The concert includes 5th grade band, 4th grade ukuleles, and 4/5 chorus.

4/5 Chorus Performs at the VA Hospital

4th and 5th grade chorus members performed at the VA Hospital's celebration of Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural address, on March 31st, 2014. Students performed "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Amazing Grace". They were eager and excited to learn these two songs in addition to the six songs they are already preparing for their concert on May 21st. Great job chorus!

Chorus videos to practice

Here are two links to chorus dances we are doing for healthy brains week and our upcoming concert on May 21st. Please note that students are not mirroring these dances but doing the same exact thing as the dancers in the video. Aka, if the dancer uses their left leg students use their left leg.

Hungry to Learn:

Forever Learning: 

Unity Day Dance

October was national anti-bullying prevention month. The 4th and 5th grade chorus worked hard to learn the Unity Dance the past few weeks. Below is the performance at the DBS Unity assembly on October 24th. The staff surprised students by doing a flash mob of the dance.

 To learn more and download the song for free, click here.