January 2012 - These talented youngsters pulled off 5 concerts in the space of three weeks at the end of 2011. At the end of November, they performed at the music teachers' concert Dance to the Music.  A lively rendition of "Cripple Creek" was the first foray into two-part music, which the children handled very well.  They sang as two choirs, keeping their parts with great confidence.  Then they formed a circle to perform a hora dance to the music of "Hava Nagila".  Dressed in their lovely party dresses, they whirled and hopped and grape-vined with excellent co-ordination.

December brought a new challenge, as the choir joined the Blossom Valley Singers on the auditorium stage for Singing in the Christmas Trees.  Their voices soared clear and true in O What a Wonderful Gift.  With a complete shift of focus, they then showed excellent synchrony in the complicated riser choreography of Frosty Hand-jive (to enthusiastic audience applause).  The 60-voice community choir then filled the risers to sing a 3-choir round Jinglin' Bells, with the Children's Choir leading.

Because of their excellent presentation, these kids were invited to perform again at a concert for the public schools, where they again presented the Christmas repertoire, as well as the Hava Nagila.  As with all choirs, however, there is an occasion when something can go wrong, and this performance of the dance presented several moments of entertainment that were unplanned, as one child's Santa hat fell off, another child lost her shoe, and at the end, the director called the cue to go off-stage at a very confusing part of the choreography.  Ah well, just smile and wave as you head off down the aisle!

January is open for new applicants to audition.  Please call Anita Stushnoff 250-428-5272 to make an appointment.  Rehearsals begin on Tuesday December 10.