A WINTER CONCERT - Rushford-Peterson Bands 6th-12th

Rushford-Peterson Public Schools Winter Band Concert
Directors: Burton Svendsen and Jacob Olson

6th Grade Band
"Jingle Bells"
"The Dragons of Komodo"
"Away in the Manger"
"Frosty the Snow Man"
"Edmondson"

7th and 8th Grade Band
"Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest"
"Acapulco Holiday"
"Queenwood Overture"
"Jingo Jango"

Senior High Band
"Good King Wenceslas"
"Greensleeves"
"A Christmas Festival"

Combined Band 7th-12th
"A Marshmallow World"
"Christmas Sing-a-Long"

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Once again I've come away from a school concert more impressed than I anticipated. The quality was quite good and the directors seemed to have a very good control of the students.

I noticed that there definitely is a marked difference between the grades which suggests that there is strong instruction during the course of the school year (as there should be).

I believe that one of my first experiences at a local band concert was less than impressive, so my hopes and anticipations are low, but that is changing and I'm soon going to expect much higher quality from this school.

FINAL DRESS REHEARSAL -- Rushford-Peterson Middle School

script: Jack Frakes
director: Forrest Musselman
cast: Freddy Scaife, Alex Kopperud, Amy Bessler, Alex Courrier, Rebecca Munson, Alisa Warnes, Audra Lea, Katie Wolter, Bridgette Volkman, Kyli Torkelson, Annie Scaife, Katie Prinsen
stage manager: Heather Brevig

Possibly the world's worst production of Cinderella is beginning the final dress rehearsal.

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This one act comedy is full of laughs. These young students, mostly seventh and eighth graders, keep the show moving quickly, never dropping the pace.

Director Musselman manages to keep the show interesting to the audience without losing sight of what this is about ... a bad show.

All the actor cameos are well performed.

A fun, one-shot production.

RUSHFORD-PETERSON VOCAL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

Rushford-Peterson High School and Elementary School Christmas Concert


High School Choir
"A Garland of Carols"
"Christmas Time is Here"
"Girls Rock the Fifties"
"Santa Baby"

(Choir personnel: Bekka Bunke, Laura Elit, Emily Frick, Katie James, Alicia Klungtvedt, Kat Lozano, Hannah Nitecki, Kristen Ostrem, Nikki Otterness, Kaitlyn Peterson, Carina Schiltz, Sawyer Stennes, Hannah Thompson, Tracey Todd, Elsa Van Gorp)


Grades 4 and 5
"Festive Processional" -- Audrey Snyder
"Goin' to Grandma's" -- Catherine Bennett
"The Reindeer Rap" -- Sally Albrecht
"First Footprints" -- Phyllis Wolfe-White & Karen Bodoin
"Merry Christmas to All" -- Arr. Jay Althouse


Grades 1, 2, and 3
"Six Little Snowflakes"
"The Day Before, The Day Before Christmas"
"Bonding"
"Mi Casa, Su Casa"
"Christmas is Music"

cast of characters:
Snowflake 1 - McCoy Hanson
Snowflake 2 - Alexandra Meldahl
Snowflake 3 - Lukas Rasmussen
Snowflake 4 - Adelia Buege
Snowflake 5 - Taige Kruger
Snowflake 6 - Megan Holien
Man - Landon Goree
Lady - Abigail Wieser
Soup - Julianna Malone
Tree - Allison Oian
Blanket - Sydney Boyum
Ham - Hayden Stensgard
Gravy - Ashley Keenan
Homeless People - Melody Paulson, Amanda Doerr, Nathan Wick
Xylophones - Ashley Agrimson, Aaron Munson, Savannah Skalet
Storyteller 1 - Samantha Kryzer
Storyteller 2 - Jordi Markegard
Storyteller 3 - Dalton Johnson
Storyteller 4 - Abigail Sand
Storyteller 5 - Joy Hundorf
Storyteller 6 - Taylor Warnken

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The standard, school Christmas concert with all the typical 'hard-to-understand' acting from the young kids.

What was different and very nice this year was having the high school choir perform (in their new robes!). Also slightly different was having the oldest go first. This prevented the parents and kids getting up and leaving during the concert (which has generally been the case).

Always nice to have the young students perform. A great opportunity, but certainly not recommendation-worthy.