IndyMoorlachs: Concerts and Programs and Plays Oh, My!

This December has been filled with many fun activities and some of the most enjoyable for us were the ones our kids were involved in. We kicked off the month with a 5th and 6th grade choir concert on December 2nd. Alexandra has worked really hard this past semester staying after school every Monday to learn words and music to some old and new holiday songs. She even sang a few

songs in other languages.

Leighton made his (semi) acting debut this month. The second graders put on a wonderful Winter Concert with some acting/dancing to each song. Leighton decided he wanted to do a bit more than just sing from the risers so he signed up to be a dancer/actor. He ended up with a part that required some dancing around on stage helping to build Frosty. He did his job very well and I do believe he was quite proud of himself.

Alexandra performed in "A King is Coming to Town" last Sunday at our old/home church. It was a darling play and pretty humorous. The premise: looking for a "king" and thus Elvis, King Tut, King Kong all made their way to town until at last, the true King. Alexandra was one of the towns' people being interviewed by a reporter and also a 50's girl who did a cute dance with some friends before Elvis arrived.

Olivia is in her second year of band. She is enjoying playing the flute, although, the 150 minutes of practice outside of school each week is not as enjoyable. It is amazing how well these students play after such a short amount of time. Olivia was excited about being "Fourth" chair for the concert. She was the only "sevy" on the front row. Interpretation: 7th grader. The mass band (150 students) is divided into five bands. Olivia is in Concert band which is second from the top. She plans to try again for the top band, Symphonic, in 8th grade. The band director commented that they had only played together as a mass band for 20 minutes before the concert. It didn't help that on concert day there was a 2-hour delay. You would never have known it that night. Each of the five bands perfomed a couple of songs and the mass band played a few songs as well. The sound was incredible. I captured some shots of Olivia before the concert and a few during. I'm thinking she was supposed to be listening to the other bands play while she was not. Fun times!

MORE DECEMBER HAPPENINGS!!

Alexandra graduated from the D.A.R.E. (drug and alcohol resistance education) program at school. This program was developed years ago by an officer whose son died from an overdose of drugs. Hopefully what they've learned will stay with them throughout life.

Alexandra and her cousin Stephen were both born on December 8th - only 11 years apart. We celebrated both birthdays at our house when Stephen returned from college on Christmas break.