Music Week 13-14

Hello everyone. My apologies for not getting back to update. It was very busy before the holidays here at school. First of all, thank you to all the parents and students that participated in the Winter Concert. Everyone had a great time and I felt like it was the best ever. Thank you to all the faculty and staff that made it possible. Thanks to the resource team and Mrs. Brockman for helping coordinate students, thanks to the custodians for setting up and tearing down the stage and cafeteria, thanks to the PTA for the advertising, and thank you to our business partners for providing some of the snacks afterwards.

The last two weeks before the Christmas break we worked with geomats. Geomats are these rubber pads with numbers that are used for excercising. You can also use them for games as well. After resolving some technical difficulties, I was finally able to post them in the form of podcasts. Just click on the Wildcasts link to download and view what we did. The first file explains what we did. The second file shows how the students learned the steps. The file labeled kindergeomat shows a kindergarten class learning how to learn the moves. Here is a sample of one of the songs:

Song: Boom Boom Pow
Artist: Black Eyed Peas
Low Impact

Intro:

Home-march 32 beats/counts-5
Verse 1:

Wide Step Lead L 24 counts-4,6
Home 8
Wide Step Lead R 24 counts- 6,4
Home 8
Chorus:

Home 32
Verse 2:

Wide Together Lead L 24 counts-4,6,5,5
Home 8 counts
Wide Together Lead R 24 counts-6,4, 5,5
Home 8 counts
Bridge:

Side Rock Lead L 8 counts-4,5,4,5
Home 8 counts
Side Rock Lead R 8 counts, 6,5,6,5
Home 8 counts
Rock two Corners 24 counts-1,5,7,5 (I be rockin..)
Home 8 counts
Rock Two Corners 24 counts-3, 5, 9, 5(here we go, here we go...)
Home 8 counts
Step Tap Lead L 8 counts-4,4,6,6
Home 8 counts
Step Tap Lead R 8 counts-6,6,4,4
Home 8 counts
Home 16 counts
Verse 3:


Wide Step Lead L 24 counts-4,6
Home 8
Wide Step Lead R 24 counts- 6,4
Home 8






I hope that we are able to continue the use of geomats in some form. I am thinking of starting a geomat club on possibly Mondays and Wednesday or Friday.

Thanks for your patience and Happy New Year!