Sounds of the Season: 6-8 Band and Choir Concert
By Jada Brummels
It's time! The holiday season is approaching quickly, and the band and choir students could not be more excited to celebrate. The band, led by Michael Sindt, the choir, led by Amy Barnhill, and Titus Sander, an accompanist, prepared 15 new songs to kickstart the fall holiday and spooky season spirit.
“I'm excited for each of the bands to get a chance to perform in public. They've been working very hard the past few months. Sixth grade is progressing nicely, and they got some fun songs to feature. Junior high hasn't been able to perform yet this year, so it'll be great to get them in front of people. Also, I'm excited that there's a full junior high drum line and hopefully that we can keep them excited in band and continue the band tradition into high school,” Sindt says.
The sixth grade band performed three songs titled “Creatures in the Attic” by Brian Balmages, “Stick’em Up 2” by Mike Sindt, and “Boot Scootin’ Barn Dance” by Bruce Pearson.
The sixth grade choir has also been practicing and has performed the pieces “Scissors, Paper, Rock!” arranged by Mac Huff, and “Ghostbusters” arranged by Roger Emerson.
“I was most excited to play ‘Spy Train’ and most nervous to play the drumline songs because the first half of the songs are very complicated and very hard to execute well with multiple drums going at once,” Ali Brummels, a seventh grade band student, says.
The junior high band performed four songs titled “Spirit of the Wolf" by Michael Oare, “Barrington Overture" by Bob Cotter, “Gettysburg” by Brian Balmages, and “Spy Train” by Robert Buckley.
In addition, the junior high drumline practiced and performed the songs “Middle School Drumline 101” by Carl Major and “Storm” by Cassidy Byars.
Finally, the junior high choir performed the songs “Purple People Eater" arranged by Greg Gilpin, “Song for the Unsung Hero” arranged by Joseph Martin, “Good News! (Chariot’s A-Comin’)” arranged by Roger Emerson, and “Rockin’ Robin,” also by Roger Emerson.
Chase Dvorak, Eva Pfeil, and Maci Kraft were solo speakers for the night and performed their parts in the song “Purple People Eater.”
Thank you to those who came to support, and be sure to attend the K-5 annual Christmas concert on December 10.
