Fine arts performance at Standard school’s junior high

Times Contributor

 

Parents of the junior high students at Standard School along with the Elementary students were impressed by the amount of talent that the junior high students showed in their Fine Arts Performance  “An Occasion To Sing” on Wed., Dec. 21. 

Mr. Ed Yu, a teacher in the junior and senior high at Standard School has been teaching a junior high fine arts class as an option. He is strongly dedicated to the arts and has encouraged his students to sing, dance and act. 

Over the last two years Yu has performed with a group that he started at the school last year called “The Accidentals”. 

This group is made up of dedicated students, some teachers and interested members from in and around the community. They come and learn some new pieces to sing and perform at both the Christmas and spring concerts in Standard.

The Grade 7 and 8 girls performed “We Need a Little Christmas” accompanied by Carol McKay on the piano. They also performed the song “If I Die Young” written by the popular group called The Band Perry from Nashville.

A quartet of 7 & 8 boys made up of Mason Zakariasen, Jack Sherman, Dustin Wolfs and Greg Lavoie sang “We Must Stand Together” by Nickelback. The rest of the 7 & 8 boys performed “Kung Fu Fighting” and also “Little Drummer Boy” accompanied by Brayden DesRoche on electric guitar and Morgan Miller on percussion.

The Grade 9 boys sang two songs. The first was “Blue Christmas” and the second, lead by Mr. Yu, “Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer”.

The final performances of the afternoon were by a junior high girls ensemble singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” accompanied by Carol McKay, and the choreographed “Showbiz Santa” with glittery top hats and candy canes.

Yu said that right after the holidays they would start practicing for an encore spring performance.