Two eighths note	By: Pat	December 15, 2004

The 8^th grade Choral Group performing

Choral group is open to the eighth graders. It is a new club this year. We meet on Mondays at the music room in the basement of the school from 2:30 to 3:30 PM. The advisors for Choral group are Mrs. Falanga, Mrs. Jacobs, Miss Ward, and Mrs. Sallady. It was founded by Mrs. Falanga. Choral is a good thing to be in because it is a fun and relaxing extra curricular activity. It also provides the opportunity to have fun and to do something instead of sitting on the couch watching TV. It provides the opportunity to socialize and share our musical talents with the other people that enjoy singing. It is also a good way to get to know some of the students and teachers. It is a good way to pour out your emotions in song without getting teased. It is a great extra curricular activity to write on your high school application. Our next meeting is on January 6. We might go Christmas Caroling.

The 8th grade Choral group has just finished with their first performance, Grandparents Day. We sang two songs, one for Church and one for a performance in the gym. The songs were “Thank You God” in The Rise Up and Sing and “Grandma’s Feather Bed” by John Denver. Mrs. Falanga said that we did a great job and that she would do something like this again. She also said that the hardest thing to do was to get the kids quiet and singing with enthusiasm. Mrs. Jones said that the grandparents seemed to enjoy the program. She would do something like this again. She said that the hardest thing was all of the practices we had.

When the choral group was in gym we sat along the wall until it was time to go on stage and perform. It was fun to perform the skit for the grandparents because it was a funny song and the grandparents looked like they loved it.

We had a cast party on Monday after school. The cast party was really fun. We had cookies, Emedio and Sons Pizza, chips, and pop. We also played games like chess, checkers, and poker. We also talked. We all had a good time.

Some of the people in the group are Kyle, Adam, Matt, Alex, Evan, Anthony, Julie, Holly, Rachel, Victoria, Emily, Emily, and Zach.

Alex likes choral group because she gets to learn new songs that are very interesting and she gets to do an extra curricular activity for school. Anthony likes choral group because all of his friends are in it and they can sing secular (non-Church) music. Kyle likes choral group because he knows a lot of people there. Heather likes choral group because she learns new songs and she can put this as an extra curricular activity on a high school application.

I was a little nervous about being on stage but I thought it turned out really well. It was defiantly was worth all of the practice. Julie said that she thought that the ceremony went well. She also said that it was worth all of the practice.

If you want join our group just ask Mrs. Falanga.

Mrs. Jacobs

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