Forefield Junior School
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A Christmas Celebration
A Christmas Celebration 2007
This year saw our biggest ever Christmas Celebration with 124 children taking part, showcasing the tremendous range of musical talent at Forefield Junior School.
 
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Miss Sprawson leads the school choir

The evening was opened by the school choir, featuring children of Years 4, 5 and 6. They peformed two modern Christmas songs,

Midnight
and
Gabriel.

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The first of our musical ensembles was the Year 5 and 6 Recorder group, who performed four traditional Christmas carols,

O Come All Ye Faithful,
We Three Kings,
O Little Town of Bethlehem
,
and
We Wish You A Merry Christmas.

Year 5 and 6 recorder group
   
Woodwind duet
Next on stage was a fantastic woodwind duet featuring the combined tones of an oboe and an alto saxophone. The girls performed the evening's first interpretation of the classic Christmas song, Jingle Bells
 
Brass ensemble

Our second ensemble of the evening was the brass ensemble. Together, they performed two songs,
Jingle Bells and Little Donkey.

This was followed by a solo of
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
,
performed on the trombone.

Trombone solo
   

Miss Carson's Guitar groups were next. Accompanied by the young voices of some of our Year 3 choir, they played chords to

Little Donkey and Jingle Bells.

Guitar group
   
Miss Crawford leads the Year 3 choir.

Children of the Year 3 choir were next to take to the stage. Led by Miss Crawford, they performed two songs, complete with actions...and crackers!

Ding Dong
and
Can I Pull A Christmas Cracker?

Can I pull a Christmas cracker?
   

Next, we had another woodwind performance, this time in the form of a clarinet group performing their version of

Jingle Bells.

Clarinet group
   
Year 4 recorder group

The last ensemble of the evening was the Year 4 recorder group. Accompanied by Mr Marriott on the piano, they played three songs,

Mary Had A Little Lamb, Jingle Bells and a new song, composed especially for the evening
Laying In A Manger.

   

Our final instrumental performance of the evening was a flute duet performance of

Jingle Bells.

Flute duet
   
School choir

The concert ended as it began, with the school choir taking to the stage a second time to perform the beautiful Starlight Carol.

This was followed by a rousing rendition of Jingle Bell Rock.

School choir
     
Mr Naylor and the teddy bear
A collection was taken to raise money for school funds. The prize of a huge teddy bear was available to one lucky member of the audience. Instead of a raffle, there was a golden ticket hidden under one of the chairs.
Hunt for the golden ticket
     

We would like to thank all the staff, who regularly give their time to help develop the musical talents of our children, and to those who assisted on the night. Special thanks go to Mrs Burgoyne, who accompanied the choirs on the piano, and Miss Sprawson, our music co-ordinator, who organised the running order of the evening and has done so much to develop music at Forefield.

Thanks also go to the pupils who have practised so hard to present such a stunning performance.

 
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