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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

MOTOWN MADNESS

Students in all of Mrs. Bruley's classes are learning about the history of MOTOWN. They are also learning music and choreography for this year's Variety Show being planned for Thursday evening, March 4th at 7:00 p.m. All song and dance acts should have a MOTOWN spin on them. An admission of $5.00 will be charged to attend this spectacular event with all profits going to the school for Cavalier incentives!

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Celtic Music

The CMS Cavalier Chorus is learning music for their upcoming concert on December 10th. We are exploring holiday music from other cultures. Students are learning about Irish/Celtic music and will be performing THE CELTIC CAROL which is a beautiful two part setting in the style of Celtic Women

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Animation story about Bicycle Safety

On her own, this student wrote the script, drew the pictures, recorded the footage and used her own voice in this animated story to promote bicycle safety.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Don't Text and Ride!

Another Bicycle Safety Video

This video was produced by a group of 8th grade Theatre Students. They've modified the theme of "Don't Drink and Drive" to work for Bicycle Safety.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Chorus students sing about Bicycle Safety

In chorus, students were challenged to take some of our current repetoire and rewrite the song lyrics to promote bicycle safety. In this video the group uses the country hit "There's a Hero" made popular by artist Billy Gillman for the melodic background of their song lyrics.