From Music Teacher Owen Roberts

The children have been preparing twice over to share the good work that they have been doing in music class and they are proud to perform for the community on the winter solstice this Friday, December 21.

Please join us if you can that morning in the sanctuary of our neighbor Netivot Shalom at 9:15 to sing, dance, play, and reflect on a transformative beginning of the school year. And if you haven’t already done so, please click here to let us know you’re coming. The Family Association will host a full breakfast beginning at 8:30a so we want to make sure they can prepare accordingly.

This is a bit of a special occasion (it’s not every day that we put on a concert for our families!) and we’d love for our performers to keep that in mind when they get ready Friday morning.

Below is information about the songs that your Cerrito student has sung, heard, and danced to over the last few months. Please ask them about the songs, have them teach you the games and dances, and share a laugh on a rainy day.

We’re Gonna Be Friends – by The White Stripes
Say Say Oh Playmate – a song in 2 (or 3) verses with a partner and hand claps.
Bamboo – by Dave Van Ronk, recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary; dedicated to their former teacher Hannah Sippl!
Ghost of John – a Halloween canon
Will It Go Round In Circles, Outa-Space, Space Race, Struttin’ – songs by Billy Preston that we have sung and danced to.
Peace Begins – a canon
Side By Side – Kay Star’s version is classic
Have You Ever – by Brandi Carlile
Dinah’s Dead – a game for showcasing your best dance moves
Concentration – a game usually played in a circle
Michi Kai – a game in which contestants are quickly eliminated and reinstated.
Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites #1 and 2– We listened and danced to each movement of this dynamic piece.