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This Malibu Choristers season was dynamite! I want to extend a very heartfelt THANK YOU to Kim Daniels, Clint Cochrum, Eileen Treon, Erin + Matt Simeone for being there to chaperone our trips and watch after the Malibu Choristers. It takes time and patience which are both limited resources! Thanks to Kris and her staff for taking care of all our setup and building needs! You guys are the best. Thank you to Mr. Maloney and Mrs. Bailey for being incredibly supportive of our thriving Malibu music program. 25% of students enrolled in extra-curricular music! That's huge. I also want to thank the PTA volunteers who decorated the auditorium and hallways for the Wednesday night formal concert. They really created an atmosphere that really made the students feel that warm, magical, festive, holiday spirit. I couldn't do it without you! Lastly, a big than you to the beautiful Malibu Choristers. You worked hard and it PAYED OFF!!! You sound great, and you've learned so much

The things that can be done with a light voice...

Great big voice! With a phenomenal band. Take a look at the concert format, audience sitting in and around the band members. Guitar solo by Gabriel Morales, age 15. Beautiful talent, Hard work.

Malibu Choristers will perform tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at Malibu. Students need to come to the music room at 5:45 dressed in their finest! NO EARLIER. Thursday, we will meet at Malibu again at 5:45 to load the buses to attend the Holiday Lights at the Beach festival. Remember to dress warmly! We perform at the first street stage (beach side of Rudee Inlet) at 6:30.

Skip around in the video to find some really phenomenal playing.

A Year With Frog & Toad (C major, melody starts on E)) The sun is out, the sky is clear We came back, spring’s almost here So let’s begin a year with Frog and Toad The sun is out, the sky is clear We came back, spring’s almost here So let’s begin a year with Frog and Toad Frog jumps in the water, toad sits on a rock. They are two of the bestest friends to live up on their block…I said… The sun is out, the sky is clear We came back, spring’s almost here So let’s begin another year, let’s begin another year, Let’s begin a year with Frog and Toad  (getting softer) Frog and toad, Frog and toad……………. (shout)   a year with Frog and toad! Eating Cookies (insert after Toad says, “Yes, let’s sit and eat cookies together”) Eating cookies, eating cookies We’re so happy eating cookies Cookies, cookies, cookies we adore---- Cookies, cookies, cookies, cookies ( shout) WE GO KOOKY EATING COOKIES! Maybe we should stop. (GRAND PAUSE) Toad

Al McLean plays through three different sizes of saxophone: tenor, alto, and soprano. Beautiful playing. It's worth putting headphones on and closing the eyes...

There was an old man named Michael Finnegan He grew whiskers on his chinnigan. The wind blew them off, but they grew in again. Poor old Michael Finnegan, begin again. How many claps are there in his name?

Will re-upload when I get a better quality video recorded. This works for now.

Victor Wooten is regarded as one of the best bassists in the world. His views on music as a language represents the foundation of what students should be learning in public schools, and why music is still a vital part of elementary education.

Worth the 13 minute commitment. The Virginia Beach City Public Schools was recently named one of the  Best Communities for Music Education for 2012 . This is a prestigious national designation sponsored by the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing active participation in music. Beach schools were among the 166 school divisions and 10 schools across the country recognized. Some takeaways...and why we do what we do. Is it really just a fun activity, or is there a lot more to it? "Music is worth teaching for its own sake. It is worth teaching because it is good. It is worth teaching  b e cause it is unique. It is worth teaching  because it empowers children spectacularly" "Music is an aural art...Sound organized in some way passing through time." "It is abstract. It doesn't mean anything outside of itself. In each person, music evokes a different response Mus

Every year, VA Beach Schools All City Chorus is an amazing experience for the students involved. Every elementary school sends six of its fifth graders to sing as part of the powerhouse chorus. Way to go to our 4 that attended this year out of the six that were selected! Drew, Leo, Noelle, and Jahre! Here are some recordings I found that a parent uploaded to Youtube. While they don't show the whole chorus, the recordings are pretty good. Stop and listen to the 25 minute concert through all the videos. Jahre is right in the front, and Noelle is behind him to the right. Drew and Leo are just outside the frame on the right, but the video doesn't pan that far over. Congratulations to you all! Well Done.

Though it's a song with a sad message, the beauty of music, simply stated, can't be undone in the ears and minds of a focused listener.