General music is taught at Grenada Upper Elementary to all students. National, state and district skills in music continue to be the foundation for the school’s music curriculum. Students are exposed to keyboard instruction and Orff instrument instruction through which they hone their music skills.
Students are allowed to audition for two plays per year. At Christmas, the school alternates between two Christmas classics: A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker. This year—2009—we are presenting A Christmas Carol. In the spring of 2010 we will be doing a children's classic. Information about this will be forthcoming.
Pizzazz! 2010 is the Grenada Upper Elementary showchoir group. It is made up of fourteen fifth graders selected by audition at the beginning of the school year. The group performs for school functions, civic clubs, nursing homes, businesses, etc. as they are invited to do so. Mrs. Billie K. Shute is the group’s director. Mrs. Tina Sanford, Claire Sanford and Katie Beth Walton add the choreography.
Auditions for Pizzazz! 2009 will be held on Monday, August 10, in the GUE Gym and in the Music Room. Audition forms will be available when students return in August for school. Requirements for audition include: sing My Country Tis' of Thee acapella and from memory, repeat a few vocal patterns using "la"(individually) and a choreography audition which will be done as part of a small group on the stage. The 2009 group was as follows:
Pizzazz! 2009
Girls Boys
Morgan Bland Connor Allen
Carson Carrithers Rylee Artman
Sarah Hutchinson Raylin Ellis
Alisha McNeal Peyton Porter
Sloane Reid Jaylon Townsend
Melissa Sones Trent Walls
Katie-Noelle Steed Gage Welch
Alternates: Alternates:
1st: Jessi Morgan 1st: Devin Jordan
2nd: Robin Holly 2nd: Edrian Patty
The announcement was made at school at the end of the school day on Tuesday, August 12. The crewperson was Jacob Palmer. The crewperson helps set up and run the equipment for most performances and makes all of the trips with Pizzazz! except to Showchoir Spectacular.
Attention: Parents of Pizzazz! The list of dates on this site is correct and the corrections will be made here even before you get a printed one. Hopefully that will be a great service for those of you who have Internet. For those who do not, we will still have a printed one and will try to keep it up to date with the one on this site.
Three GUES students made the prestigious All-State Elementary Honor Choir by audition in October: Morgan Bland, Jessi Morgan and Jaylon Townsend. They will participate in the event from Thursday, April 16-the performance on Saturday, April 18. Congratulations!
For your information, the remaining GUES Music Dates are as follows:
March 27, 2009 Pizzazz! in Community All Day
April 7, 2009 Pizzazz! to MDCC All Day
April 16-18, 2009 All-State Honor Choir 3 days
April 22, 2009 Pizzazz! in Community All Day
April 30, 2009 Dress Rehearsal/Pops Concert
Pizzazz!/Party 2:40-5:00 P.M.
May 1, 2009 Pizzazz! 2009 Pops Concert 8:30 A.M./12:30 P.M.
For plays and Pops Concert, admission is $1.00 for students/children and $2.00 for adults.
Note: Through the generosity of Abitibi Bowater to pay gas expense, Pizzazz! has added two additional days in the community. Thank you, Abitibi Bowater!!!
Pizzazz! Photos
Sloane Reid was selected by audition for a vocal solo and Jaylon Townsend was selected by audition for two dance features in the concert for Showchoir Spectacular!
A Christmas Carol
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Tom Sawyer
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