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Music at GUES Pizzazz 2009!

 

     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!!!

 

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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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