Performances

 'Tis the season of performances! The Cienega Instrumental Music Program had their fall concert in November. Rachel had a SOLO! And she did a great job with it. The final for Symphonic Band was a playing test for new seats next semester and Rachel moved up from last chair to second chair! Mr. Bailey made it a point to tell me about how impressed he was with how much Rachel was improving since the beginning of the school year. I think part of it is that he's been pushing her to do things that are hard, and part of it is that she's been bringing her trumpet home and practicing a lot this year. She's becoming a stellar musician.

Annie joined drama this semester and absolutely LOVED it. They did a play that was a spoof on Harry Potter: Sally Cotter and the Censored Stone. Annie got the role of the Censor, which turned out to be the villian of the play. She did such a great job! 

Having had so much fun in drama, she was really very torn about next semester. She wanted to do drama again, but she also wanted to do basketball. The drama teachers said that if you're doing a sport, don't bother coming out for drama because they would conflict too much. Annie loved basketball, especially because it was fun with Courtney last year. But she also loved drama and wasn't satisfied when I reminded her she would be able to do it again next year first semester. She finally talked to the teachers and set out her dilemma and suggested that maybe she could have a small role since she would be able to come on Fridays (but miss M/W practices), and 4th quarter she could come all the time. They agreed and she was so relieved and excited.

Desert Sky band had their concert in December. 6th and 7th grades played 3 songs together, then 7th and 8th grades played 3 songs together. Short and sweet and very well done. 

Ryan and Carter are happy to be in band together, and both playing the french horn. It sure makes for more fun having a friend to sit next to in band. 

After the Desert Sky concert we went out for ice cream at McDonalds. 

The last school performance for December was the Cienega Fine Arts Showcase. They started with the marching band playing out front, then we walked through the fine arts hall to see the artwork on display before finding our seats in the student union for the other performances.

Each group played/sang one number, then they all finished together with the Hallelujah Chorus, which sounded so good. 

Ryan and Megan also performed a Christmas song each at the Reimann's party that we went to, wrapping up the performances for the month.