STOUGHTON
Stoughton Central School held its Christmas concert on Dec. 14.
The gymnasium was filled with parents, grandparents and friends, so much so that they had to add chairs three times to accommodate the extra people that came out to watch the show.
Collecting for the food hampers, audience members were asked to bring a nonperishable food item to support those who have struggles this season.
Bailey Baumgartner and Madison Richaud were the MCs for the evening, introducing each class and the songs they would sing.
It started with Chantel Rawn’s kindergarten/Grade 1 class singing Reindeer Pokey and Must be Santa. They were clear and loud and had a flawless performance.
Next up was Mr. McKee’s Grade 2/3 class performing It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas and All I want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth. They did a great job with their hand signals and eagerly getting into the music.
Trina Schell’s Grade 4/5 class sang Last Christmas and “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.” The Grinch pranced around the crowd looking pretty mean while the students sang about him.
The Grade 6/7 class from Mr. Cugnet sang Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Jingle Bell Rock, which had the class bouncing to the beat of the music.
Scott Kirkness’s Grade 8/9 class had their own version of 12 Days of Stoughton Christmas, which was written by the Grade 8/9 English language arts class.
Also, by Kirkness’s class, his Grade 9/10 group had a short skit, which included their Christmas happy teacher who annoyed the students. It was also a way to get the crowd singing a Christmas song.
The final act was performed by Immanuel McArthur, who is in grade 11. He did a rap rendition of Rocking Around the Christmas Tree.
All the classes did a great job which was noticed by the audience with their very loud clapping after each performance.
Kirkness thanked everyone for coming out and was pleased to see such a great crowd that came out to support the kids.
He said that they have put many hours of work into this performance along with their teachers.
A special thank you went out to Deane Buchan for tuning the piano as a donation to the Christmas concert, and to Danica Donnelly for accompanying the students on the piano at the rehearsals and on the evening.
