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May 2: Rainbow Schools celebrate Music Monday
Rainbow Schools are celebrating Music Monday on May 2, 2016, the world’s largest single event dedicated to raising awareness for music education. Each year, hundreds of thousands of students, educators, and music makers across Canada participate in a simultaneous nationwide concert performance of an original song written by a Canadian artist. This year the song is We Are One by Connor Ross.
A.B. Ellis Public School
A.B. Ellis Public School will host a school-wide sing-a-long and the school’s concert band will perform.
Adamsdale Public School
The Adamsdale Talent Show will be held in the morning, with students showcasing their singing, dancing and instrumental talents. Students, staff and guests will then be invited to sing this year’s Music Monday anthem, We Are One, at the conclusion of the performances.
Alexander Public School
Alexander students, under the direction of music teacher Barb Jeffrey, will hold pop-up concerts throughout the day, held in a variety of locations around the school as well as broadcast over the PA system.
To celebrate the week of Music Monday, music teacher Cory Ross and students will present a concert on May 5th from 10 am to 11:30 am featuring LDSS’s four bands (Grade 7 Concert Band, Grade 8 Concert Band, Grade 7/8 Rock Band and Grade 8-12 Rock Band). Students from R.H. Murray and Walden Public Schools will join Intermediate students from LDSS at the concert. LDSS will also host a public evening concert on May 5th from 7 pm to 9 pm.
Princess Anne Public School
Students will perform an outdoor concert at noon led by music teacher Julie Cornwall. Princess Anne has recently received a MusicCounts Canada grant of $5,000 to fund a new ukulele program. Students will be surprised on Music Monday with this wonderful news.
Redwood Acres Public School
Redwood Acres will celebrate Music Monday at 11:30 am by revisiting in song all of the previous Music Monday anthems in a sing-a-long format.
R.L. Beattie Public School
The Band of Barons will perform O Canada, Power Rock and Centurion. Other music groups at R.L. Beattie will sing and perform on Orff instruments, flute, autoharp, guitars, boomwhackers and drums. Students will also perform this year’s Music Monday anthem, We Are One.
Walden Public School
Walden Public School will host an assembly to celebrate Music Monday. Featured performers will include the Walden Primary Choir, Glee Club, Chime Group, Guitar Club, Franco Rainbow participants and the teacher ukulele group, led by music teacher Stacey Foy.
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Media Contact:
Nicole Charette, Senior Advisor,
Corporate Communications and Strategic Planning,
Rainbow District School Board, 705-674-3171, ext. 7217.