Music at Union Memorial School

“Oceans Of Fun” – Tuesday, February 21, 2012    

“We’re Sharks” – Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Wow!  We’ve got some great performers here at UMS.  For the second night in a row, UMS students came through.  The Wednesday night cast of “Go Fish” did a fantastic job!  Just imagine…  This was only the other half of the school…  And Colchester High School Theater was packed again!!!  Ms. Mutz is VERY proud of all the UMS students.  She is so lucky to be able to work with all the students — she does have the best job in the world being their Music Educator!!!

Stay tuned to this blog as there will be some concert photos/videos forthcoming!!!

Have a great vacation everyone!!

Congratulations to all the students for a fine musical performance last night of “Go Fish”!!!  The Tuesday night performance was a big success!!  Ms. Mutz needs to get ready for the Wednesday performance with a dress rehearsal this morning.  Stay tuned to this blog as she is hopeful blog pictures will be forthcoming.  GREAT PERFORMANCE!!!  EVERYONE LOOKED FANTASTIC!!!

Students need to arrive at Colchester High School at 6:00 pm for the “Go FIsh” performances next week.  A Parent Letter #3 dated February 16, 2012 incorrectly stated the arrival time.  If you received that prior notice, please disregard it.  The correct information will be sent home on Monday, Feb. 20. Sorry for this inconvenience…  Ms. Mutz over-estimated the time needed and she knows that everyone’s time is precious, so no need to arrive too early!!  See you next week!!!

GOFISHParentLetter#3

The final parent letter from the Union Memorial School Music Department is going home either today or tomorrow.  It will hopefully answer all your questions about the upcoming musical “Go Fish.”  If you still have question, please feel free to contact Ms. Mutz   mutzm@csdvt.org .  See you next week!!

All students are progressing nicely in preparation for our whole-school mini musical “Go Fish.”  A second parent letter was sent home today (Friday, 2/10/12). This note is specific to your child’s performance night.  Please check Performances 2011-2012 to see a copy of the Parent Letter #2 that was sent home.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 21, 2012, 6:30 pm “Go Fish” Performance at Colchester High School in the Theater for the following classes:

Mrs. Anderson’s Kindergarten, Mrs. Mulcahy’s Kindergarten

 Mrs. Hughes’ First Grade, Mrs. Kelly’s First Grade 

Mrs. Davis’ Second Grade, Mrs. Thibault’s Second Grade

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 22, 2012, 6:30 pm “Go Fish” Performance at Colchester High School in the Theater for the following classes:

Ms. Barnes’ Kindergarten, Mrs. Helfrich’s Kindergarten

Mrs. Barnett’s First Grade, Mrs. Sorenson’s First Grade

Mrs. Howard’s Second Grade, Mrs. Marshall’s Second Grade

All Union Memorial School students will perform for parents, friends and the community a mini musical called “Go Fish,” by John Jacobson and John Higgins.  Because there is no performing space big enough at our school, we practice, practice, practice here and then pack everything up and go to Colchester High School to use their Theater!  We hold a dress rehearsal the same day as the performances.  These special performances will be held on Tuesday, February 21 and Wednesday, February 22, 2012.  This is an event not to miss!!  Please mark your calendars now!  Click on the link below to see Parent Notice #1 that went home on Tuesday, January 24, 2012:

Parent Notice #1

First Graders did some moving with this song.  There are only two words in the whole song:  ”Move” and “Freeze”.  Students needed to feel the beats in order to know when to freeze — on the 9th count.  They came up with some very creative ways to move!!

December In Our Town… Deck The Halls… 12 Days of Christmas… Do You Hear What I Hear?… My Dreydl… O Kwanzaa… Frosty, the Snowman… Santa Claus Is Coming To Town… Up On The Housetop… Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer… Jingle Bell Rock… Light The Candles All Around The World… WOW!!!  What great singers we have here at Union Memorial School!!  Check the link below to see photos that can be viewed as a slide show of this annual event.

UMS Sing-Along 2011

It has been a tradition here at Union Memorial School to have our annual whole school Sing-Along the last day of school before December break.  This year it will be on Wednesday, December 21st.  Ms. Mutz prepares a Power Point presentation with song lyrics which encourages the children to read as well as helps everyone learn the words to the songs.  This is a school-wide assembly, rather than a concert performance, and is conducted during the school day.  Because the size of the space we have (our multipurpose room) is limited, we do not open this assembly up to guests, as we cannot accommodate everyone if everyone decided to come — That is why we hold our whole-school musical performances at Colchester High School and we invite everyone to come!