School to host annual Holiday Program Performance
The Sanibel School’s Music Department will present an evening of seasonal songs this week.
The Holiday Program Performance will take place on Dec. 19 at 6 p.m. in the school’s cafetorium. It will feature the Steel Drum Band, Orff Club, Elementary Choir, Seahorse Chorale and K-3 classes.
“Our holiday performance is an annual concert that we do every year,” Music Department Director Joey Giangreco said. “It’s something that our staff, our families and our students look forward.”
“It is free and open to the public,” he added. “We invite all to come out and see the show.”
The Steel Drum Band will perform a pre-show in the courtyard at 5:30 p.m.
“They’re going to be doing holiday favorites,” Giangreco said, listing “White Christmas,” “Jingle Bells” and “Feliz Navidad” as the songs. “We’ll also be doing some other fun selections.”
Those will be “Surfin’ USA” and “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”
Opening the concert, the Orff Club will take the stage.
“The Orff Club is an ensemble made up of fourth and fifth grade students,” he said. “We experience making music through a variety of different ways — playing instruments, singing, movement and using otherwise nonmusical instruments.”
They will perform an arrangement of “Dreidel Dreidel” using xylophones and other non-pitched percussion instruments, followed by the song “Everyday” by Buddy Holly and an arrangement of “Last Christmas” utilizing cups.
Next up — and mixed in with the Orff Club performance — will be the Elementary Choir. The students will present “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “It’s the Hard Knock Life,” known from the musical “Annie,” along with a third to-be-determined song.
“After that, we’re going to do an audience sing-a-long,” Giangreco said.
The Elementary Choir and Seahorse Chorale will lead attendees through holiday favorites, including “Deck the Halls,” “Up on the Housetop,” “Jingle Bells” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
The Seahorse Chorale will then take to the spotlight, fresh from its Dec. 13 performance at Walt Disney World in Orlando. The students will perform “Believe” from the movie “The Polar Express,” “Hot Chocolate” — also in the movie — and a medley that is entitled “Disney Dreams to Share.”
“That’s a medley of songs including ‘A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes,’ ‘A Whole New World,’ ‘I’ve Got a Dream,’ ‘Into the Unknown’ and ‘When You Wish Upon a Star,'” he said. “We’ll also be doing a song entitled ‘Carry the Light.'”
Following intermission, the students in grades K-3 will take the stage.
“They’ll be presenting a program that is entitled ‘December Nights, December Lights,'” Giangreco said, explaining that it will involve different songs and speaking parts for the young performers.
They will present “December Nights, December Lights,” “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” “Light the Candles (for Eight Nights),” “La Fiesta de la Posada,” “Holiday Lights” and “One Candle Lights the Way,” along with a reprise of “December Nights, December Lights.”
“To close, all students performing — so K though 8th grade — will combine for our annual song that we do every year for our program and that’s ‘Light the Candles All Around the World,'” he said.
During the concert, the concession stand will sell food and drinks. The proceeds raised will help to support the Seahorse Chorale’s upcoming trip to Nashville, Tennessee, that is planned for March.
The public is invited to come out and enjoy the evening.
“We are very much looking forward to celebrating the holidays and bringing holiday cheer to all who attend,” Giangreco said, noting that it is their first concert back at the campus. “We welcome everyone out to the show to see the kids and their very exciting performance.”
For more information, contact 239-472-1617 or josephag@leeschools.net.
The Sanibel School is at 3840 Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel.
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IF YOU GO
What
Holiday Program Performance
When
Dec. 19 at 6 p.m.
Where
The Sanibel School, 3840 Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel
Details
Free and open to the community