Cary Woods Music Photo Album

Cary Woods Music Photo Album

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The Jungle Book

On May 1st, the entire student body presented the musical play, The Jungle Book. It was awesome!

A Beautiful peacock from the Indian jungle	Shere Khan, the terrible tiger	Many talented musicians
"That's what friends are for..."	"The Bare Necessities"	"I Wanna Be Like You - oo - oo"
Kaa the Snake	Elephant March	Take a bow -- you were terrific!

December In Our Town - Our chorus program!

Winter Celebration!

Honoring Our Veterans With a Special Program

Singing for our country	"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness..."	honoring our veterans
God Bless America	Our lives, our fortunes, our sacred honor...	Thank you veterans

Our Spring Chorus/Honor Choir musical: Hooked on Classics

On May 5th, our chorus and honor choir, along with several other cast members, presented a musical play in which Professor Step in Time and Her assistant, Melvin, led the audience through several centuries of musical history.

Waiting for the scene to start	Traveling through musical time	The rhythm of life is a powerful beat
"Classical Idol" finalists	Don't forget about opera!	Roll over Beethoven!
The name is Band...James Band!	B B Blues tells us about Jazz	Singing "Sir Duke"
Look at my Tony Award -- I'm amazing!	Stop! In the name of love	What you want, baby I got it!
R-E-S-P-E-C-T!	Joyful, Joyful from Sister Act II	Sign Language for Joyful, Joyful
"What have you done for him lately?"	"Great job, honey!" "Thanks, Mom!"	"That's all, folks!"

Ms. Fin's Awesome singers!

Make friends, spread love...	Dress-up and Disco winners	We're totally groovy in a far out way
More dress-up and disco winners	Que pasa, man	Joy to you and me...
A little too groovy???	more dress-up and disco winners	Like, wow

The last week of September we invited the parents to "spy" on our music classes in first grade.

Playing themes A, B, and C of Olympic Fanfare	The "C" section has a slow tempo.	After the class, parents played the instruments .
The bass drum is a favorite.	teaching Dad to play the djembe	Doesn't the metallophone sound cool?
You did a good job! You too, Mom!	A future Cary Woods musician	Look, there are more instruments in here!

Drum Circle Clip	using sound shapes and a djembe	The drum circle facilitator keeps it together	Improvising plays an important role
Throughout history, drum circles have built community	First Graders rotate through the instruments	Xylophones, drums, and temple blocks	Everyone loves the bass drum!

2003-2004

On December 10 and 11, students presented holiday programs at various times.

One of our fifth graders designed the program cover for our chorus program	First and Second graders sing holiday songs on Wednesday.	"Vanish darkness, vanish night. Hanukah is the feast of light..."	Our soloist did a great job on Wednesday and - as an encore - on Thursday!
Cary Zoo Crew members play the bells.

In November, 5th graders participated in Colonial Day activities, including the Virginia Reel.

5th graders dress in the spirit of the 1960's for our study of American popular music.	It's, like, psychedelic in music today!	That's right, baby, I'm groovy!
"Peace out, man. Popular music is totally far out!"	Helping Mrs. Gilbreath organize and care for the instruments	Practicing for next year's American Idol

2002-2003 SCHOOL YEAR

On Friday, March 7th, the fourth graders participated in a Broadway revue. They sang a few favorite Broadway tunes, and they heard from several of our teachers and parents. Even our principal got in on the act!

"These are a few of my favorite things..."	Our intern sings "On My Own."	"All I Ask of You"
an attentive audience	"Bali Hai will call you..."	"Wow, our principal can SING!"

On Thursday, March 6th, the fifth graders concluded their study of the Harlem renaissance with a "Live from the Cary Theater" showcase. They worked in groups to create musical acts, from singing, to lip-synching, to improvisation.

"Hello Dolly"	"Satchmo" plays a solo	Barrett's rhythm band improv
Cope's rhythm band improv	Percussion improv solo	"The Entertainer"

The third graders are taking a music trip around the world. They are learning about music, musicians, and instruments from various countries.

Fourth graders are learning some basic guitar skills during the month of January. They will learn to play on single strings and to strum simple chords.

On Friday, November 8th, second graders presented a Veteran's Day program for parents.

Drawing our own versions of "The Thing That Isn't There"	Creative writing to "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Greig	4th grade writing
I love music!	Mrs. Hamilton's and Mrs. Hawkins' classes	Third graders during Native American Day

R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

"I'm bad!"

The fifth-graders do reports on popular musicians each year. Here are a few photos from their reports. Can you guess who they are?

Preparing for AHS homecoming

Singing the national anthem

"o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave"

Marcus the music teacher?	Fifth grade quartet!	Circle Time with first grade
Girls' turn!	"I See a Song" by Eric Carle	"jump my jiggles out"
Like wow, it's groovy day	Chorus - as they appear	Chorus - as they really are!!