May Day 2009

Here are some photos from this year's traditional Maypole Dance!

For the full slideshow, visit the Early Elementary class page:

http://hisearlyelementary.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-pole-dance.html

School Wide Meeting: Full Moon Poetry and Barn Dances!

Here's a peek at one of our weekly School Wide Meetings.

On Tuesday, the 14th of October, Heather read us some poetry for the full moon, and then Courtney called some traditional New Hampshire barn dances.

The older students enjoyed teaching the kindergarteners how to dance these old New England steps.

September Music Slideshow

Here's a slideshow from some September, 2008 music classes and events:

More May Day Photos

Here are some more photos from May Day on May 2:

Holiday Tea CD Available

Our CD is now complete, and features all students in grades K-8. You can now view a complete list of the tracks (including which class sings which song).

You can also hear some samples of the songs on Marek's blog!

Each participating student received a copy of the CD. We're also taking orders for the CDs. (They make such great gifts!) We ask that you make a donation to our project for each CD you order (you decide how much), and the money we raise goes to the H.I.S. Playground Fund.

To order your extra copies, or to volunteer to burn some copies for the class, please email Marek.

Holiday Music CD

The Abenaki, Amoskeag, Ossippee, Soonipi, and Monadnock classes (K-8) have been recording their songs from Holiday Tea and from our North American year. We'd like to share them with you! Our charity fundraiser holiday CD features the singing voices and musical instruments of our students on songs like "This Little Light of Mine", "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Arise, Arise", "La Bamba", and more. It makes a great holiday gift for your family; stay tuned next week for details about purchasing your copy.

Holiday Tea 2007: Parent-Student Band

Many thanks to our wonderful parent-student Holiday Tea Band...




Without these talented musicians, our concert would not have been so lively!

Holiday Tea Songs

We've posted the list of all the songs we'll perform at Holiday Tea on December 7th.

Each song title is followed by the key (concert pitch) in which we'll play it.

SPECIAL UPDATE: You can now view the (nearly) complete lyrics of all the songs online! Print them and use them for singing anywhere, anytime!

You can also view (and print) the lyrics and chords for our versions of the following songs from the setlist:

• Jingle Bells
• Peace, Peace, Peace
• This Little Light of Mine
• The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night
• Go Tell It on the Mountain

Holiday Tea Parent-Student Band

We have a great group of musicians (both the young and the young-at-heart) playing in our Holiday Tea Parent-Student Band this year! At rehearsal Thursday night, we ran through the entire program with great success.

Thanks to all our parent volunteers and student musicians for making the music happen.