Sc 7C questions for HW

Read p. 69-75
Answer questions: Communicate p. 72 #1-2, Communicate p. 75 #1-3

Homework check for the above questions will be on Tuesday, Dec. 1st

A change of pace...

Today's lesson: Brush your teeth or else you may end up on a dentist's Comic Life poster.

Testing comments for 7L

Hi girls! As you are aware, your teachers are now connected to you via homework/announcement blogs. You are able to leave comments on some of them, mine being one. Today we are going to practice doing exactly that.

Please leave me a comment with your favourite (school-appropriate) quotation. It can be inspirational, funny, motivational, reflective, etc. Some topic ideas: friendship, music, faith, family, nature.... you choose!

Sc 7 questions for homework

Pg. 68 #1-3 (Communicate)

7C = due Thurs. Nov. 26th
7L = due Mon. Nov. 30th

Alice in Wonderland rehearsal schedule (all rehearsals 7-9pm)

Monday, Nov 23 - Read-through/music (Full cast)

Tuesday, Nov 24 - Dodgson Land (Cards, Flowers, Chorus, Medium Alice, Mathilda)

Thursday, Nov 26 - Scene 1 (Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, Medium Alice, Chorus, Queen of Hearts, Mad Hatter, Rose, Caterpillar, Dodo Bird)

Monday, Nov 30 - Scene 2 (Small Alice, Medium Alice, Tall Alice, Doorknob, Cheshire Cat, Chorus, Rock Lobsters, Dodo Bird)

Tuesday, Dec 1 - Scene 3 (White Rabbit, Small Alice, Medium Alice, Tall Alice, Dodo Bird, Cheshire Cat, Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum)

Thursday, Dec 3 - Scene 4 (Small Alice, Cheshire Cat, Flowers, Caterpillar, Chorus)

Full cast read-through Nov. 23

Just a reminder that tomorrow's Alice in Wonderland rehearsal will be a read-through of the script (with music included) for the entire cast from 7-9pm. Rehearsal schedules were made available on Friday outside of the office; if you did not pick one up, please do so asap so you can ensure your attendance at your required rehearsals. I will post the full schedule on the blog tomorrow.

I hope you had a great weekend!

Testing comments for 7C

Hi 7C! We are going to practice leaving comments on the blog. This will be useful for you if you are at home and you have a question about an assignment, exam, rehearsal, etc.

Leave me a comment with a good, clean joke. This will be fun to read. :o) It can be cheesy if you want.... I mean, I do it all the time to you in class. It might be payback time.

Alice in Wonderland rehearsal info - Tues. Nov. 17th

There will be no formal Alice in Wonderland music rehearsal tonight. Instead, all cast members should take time on their own to review their music and/or dialogue. Aim for getting yourself off-book (i.e. memorizing all of your lines, song lyrics, etc.) as soon as possible. We don't want to be bogged down by scripts and music books once we take our rehearsals to the stage!

Rehearsals have been going well so far. Thank you for all of your hard work! :o)

Level 4 Band at UNIFEST 2009

All Level 4 Band students will be attending the UNIFEST Music Festival in Saskatoon this Thursday, November 19th. We will be joined by the St. Mary Senior Band for our performance at the festival. The details of the day are as follows (more information and a permission form will be sent home asap):

- Leave the school at 12:30pm
- Arrive in Saskatoon and go directly to the U of S campus
- Play from 3-4pm (performance + clinic)
- Pack up immediately after clinic and stop for lunch at a mall food court (please bring $)
- ETA at the school - 6:30pm

Parents/guardians please call me at the school asap if these plans pose any problems. Thanks!

Alice in Wonderland rehearsal - Mon. Nov. 16th

Monday's Alice in Wonderland rehearsal will be to go over the songs "The Golden Afternoon" and "Painting the Roses Red" (and "Simon Says," as time permits). Required for this music rehearsal are:

7-8pm: All flowers/Girls of the Golden Afternoon
8-9pm: All cards/Queen of Hearts/King of Hearts/Medium Alice

I hope you've been enjoying your extra-long weekend!

- Miss Campbell

Choir warmup

Hi Senior Choir! Today's warm-up likely will be running through your head all day (it happened to me when I learned it, too!), so here it is, in case you've forgotten it and it's driving you crazy:

Left, right.... you're wrong, it's.... not right, it's left!
And you'll find it.... left.... right where you left it! ...... ..... That's right!

:o)

Also, please take a look at "Only Time" and start memorizing it. We will perform it for our Christmas concert, which is coming up in less than 5 weeks now! Please put in some practice time for "Jamaican Noel" and "Grown Up Christmas List" as well so that we're not panicking and scrambling to put it all together before the concert.

Sounded great today - please ask me for extra help on your parts if you need it. :o)

Hello from the SK Music Conference!

Hi everyone! Wow, I just spent the greatest weekend in Regina at the SK Music Conference! I got to attend some incredible sessions with some wonderful presenters. The keynote speaker was Peter Boonshaft, who wrote one of the books in my collection, "Teaching Music With Passion." He was just fantastic! I also got to play in the SMC Wind Ensemble, which was a total blast, and gave my chops a great workout! I recorded one of our pieces, "The Redwoods," and will post it on here once I get it uploaded.

I also picked up some really cool ideas for things to try at Rivier. Choir, watch out... I've got some pretty cool warmups for us to try, including some body percussion and other funky things. Level 2 band, I bought you a new piece that I can't wait to read with you this week! (I even bought a piano-patterned nail file for $3 just for fun!)

I've had a great weekend. I have to admit that after all the inspirational speakers I've heard, I have once again been reminded of why I love this job, and I actually really miss you girls and can't wait to get back home and teach you some of the cool things I've learned!

Cheers from Regina!

Level 1 Band

Great rehearsal today girls! Keep practicing your Concert Bb scales, as this scale is the basic foundation of our technical playing. Once we learn Concert Bb we can start learning new notes and more scales! YAY, BAND!

You girls are awesome! :o) (Don't forget to hand in your October practice charts too.)

Alice in Wonderland rehearsal change

Hello to the cast of Alice in Wonderland!

Due to my attendance at a provincial music conference on Friday morning, our Thursday evening rehearsal will be postponed until further notice. Several of you mentioned that you would not be able to switch the rehearsal time to 3:30pm on Thursday, so this was the best alternate option. On the bright side, I will be learning lots of great things at the conference that I can bring home to us at Rivier! :o)

Rehearsal books/chorus songbooks/scripts will be assigned and handed out to you asap.

Comp 7 Concert Posters assignment

Hi girls. Here's all the info you need for your concert posters:

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
7:00pm
Rivier Academy Auditorium
1405 Bishop Pascal Place
Prince Albert, SK
Silver Collection
Performances by all band, choir, orchestra, and vocal jazz students
Joint performances by Rivier and St. Mary Senior Bands

Remember to choose pictures with high resolution so that your posters are not blurry!

Have fun and be creative - I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Update: 7L posters will be due Thurs. Nov. 19th. 7C posters will be due at the beginning of class on Tues. Nov. 17th (you will have 10 minutes to finish up any necessary last-minute edits). Remember, you are responsible for creating 2 posters each with different templates.

October practice charts

Just a reminder that your October practice charts are due by this Friday. Hand them in early to avoid the last-minute panic that happened for some of you last month. Remember that for full marks all you need to do is practice for a minimum of 1 hour per week! The baskets to hand in your charts are located on my filing cabinet in 7C and on the table in the auditorium.

"Taumata" for short

The longest place name in the world!

This will be on your next spelling test. Just kidding!