Making a joyful noise!
On Saturday, I accompanied my Chorus (under the direction of Helen Krofchick) to Carowinds to the 2008 Chorale Music Festival. Our group performed at 11:00 a.m., and they were superb! Their music truly brought tears to my eyes. (I noticed some sniffing and passing of tissues behind me, too. Believe me, there were lots of proud parents there on Saturday.) Not only did I attend this field study as the administrator of our school, but also as a proud parent. Following their performance, the judges presented Mrs. Krofchick with a plaque rating our choral performance “Superior.” Later in the day, as we prepared to depart and return to Lugoff, one of the choral hosts for the festival stopped Mrs. Krofchick to share with her that OUR group was the ONLY elementary choral group to receive a Superior rating all day! Now, you want to talk about pride? We were all about to burst! And, our students were beside themselves as this was the first competition or festival of which they have ever attended.
We are so very fortunate in our school district that our district leaders and partnering arts community sponsors celebrate and make the arts an area of curricular importance in our elemetary school setting. As a parent, I appreciate all that these leaders do on a daily basis to fight for bugeting and programmatic needs. I can assure any of you - had you been with us in Carowinds, you would have be supremely proud of this very fine group of young people and of my unbelievably talented teacher! Kudos to the DME 3-5 grade Chorus!
Also, thanks to the wonderful bus drivers who transported us to and from Charlotte safely on a Saturday….I thank Mrs. Garza for all that she did to help make our trip a safe and fun one. I also cannot say enough to give credit to and thank our super parent volunteers who accompanied us on this trip to make sure that our children were safe and taken care of. It truly was a team effort!
P. S. I did get to ride the Carolina Cyclone and the Hurler!!! More on this experience later…..
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