聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Arcola School hosted their annual Christmas Concert on Monday, Dec. 15, at both 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., both to a packed gymnasium.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Not only did the pre-Kindergarten to grade sixes perform, but special performances by the grade sevens were held during the afternoon performance as part of their curriculum regarding theatre.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The very cute Pre-K鈥檚 performed a call and response song, 鈥淒own by the Station,鈥� with a dance. Although technical difficulties struck during the afternoon performance, the music began to skip, they continued to sing along eventually giggling at the misfortune.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Kindergarten鈥檚 performed two short songs including 鈥淎BC Christmas鈥� and 鈥�5 Little Cookies.鈥� The latter bringing much laughter as the kids 鈥渃homped鈥� loudly at the part where the reindeer ate the cookies.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 They were followed by the grade one class who performed the Christmas Macarena. The kids sang along to the music, but had even more fun dancing to the tune.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Santa, played by Mr. Tetarenko, joined the grade two class onstage as they recited the poem, 鈥淪anta and Me.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Jingle Bells Dance was next up on the list with the grade threes performing a choreographed dance.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淢ust be Santa,鈥� was then performed by the grade four class accompanied by their teacher on the guitar. They had also fashioned props and pictures to use throughout the performance, which added a little bit extra to the performance.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The grades five and six class then sang the holiday song, 鈥淣uttin鈥� for Christmas.鈥� This was again met with laughter as the youth sang about getting coal from Santa for Christmas.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Usually the concert is finished with the Pre-K to grade sixes performing, but this year grades seven and eight performed three short plays for completion of a theatre project in English Language Arts.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The first play was about New Years Resolutions and about keeping them, though it can be difficult to do so.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 This was followed by 鈥淎 Christmas Truce鈥� which had four youth read letters to home as soldiers from World War I. A truce was made on the frontlines for a short time over Christmas between English soldiers and German soldiers; each soldier told a portion of the story in their letter home.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Finally the classes performed 鈥淭鈥檞as the Night Before Christmas.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Each of these plays were made up of a few students each, while they were also directed by a student.
