8/14/11 Swimming/ Musical

So yesterday I needed a break from the claustrophobia of school preparations and cleaning/packing my room. So I decided to put together the Winter Concert for choir this year. Well, I knew it had to be WINTER themed. No holidays whatsoever because holidays and school don't (and shouldn't) mix. Some parents do get upset that their child would be celebrating a holiday that they at home to not celebrate. Even in a secular fashion. So I set to work scoping out songs, publishers, and prices. Unfortunately, we don't have a pianist, so I have to buy the performance cd with the music. Each one is about $30. As you can imagine, this eats up my budget! Thankfully, I happened upon the J.W. Pepper website (I've sung their music before) and stumbled upon their mini-musicals for kids. BINGO! So after perusing the website and finding adorable little musicals I paired my list down to two of my favorites. 1) The Big Chill, and 2) Crazy Carols.  Crazy Carols takes well know carols and gives them school-setting lyrics: "Still, Still, Still, Why Can't You Just Sit Still," (Still, Still, Still), "Our Good Principal" (Good Kind Wenceslas), "The First Snowfall" (The First Noel), "They Test You Merry Gentlemen," (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen). They lyrics are hilarious. But, it does use the tune of traditional carols, and seems sort of easy for 3-6th graders. So, I decided to go with #1 The Big Chill. Which is a cute musical about both the students and teachers/staff wishing for a snow day, and how they both discover that they want the same thing and that they are alike. It's cute and makes you want to dance in your seat. Plus the price is right and has no religious undertones! (So no upset parents, especially at the school that I would like to work at permanently!) If you want to know more about the musical, you'll just have to go to the concert. Or, you can go here: http://www.jwpepper.com/3300814.item

Also, I got my friend to go swimming and "workout" with me in the pool last night. The "workout" didn't really work-out, but we had a lot of fun. =D