This morning's Festival of Lights was a great success! All six grades at our school performed. We saw a theater piece about a sleepy owl by the Pre-K classes. We heard a beautiful song about trains by the first grade classes that related to their social studies projects. We heard two songs sung in Spanish by both the first grade classes and the third grade class. We heard wonderful violin pieces by both the fourth and fifth grade classes. And, of course, our second graders performed.
We sang Tom Chapin's "This Pretty Planet" in a round! It was a beautiful performance full of twirling ribbons, smiling faces, and amazing voices. All that practice sure paid off! The round was tricky, but it was great once we got it! Bravo!
Here's a link to the original song that our class listened to before learning to sing it on our own. I know it's been stuck in my head for weeks and I'm sure some of our second graders have been singing it around the house as well. So listen and learn too!
I hope you made it out to the Festival of Lights, but if not I know lots of parents took pictures and video. If I get one, I will email it out to everyone!
