I wasn't sure how to share about last night. Maybe the best way would be to quote Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother. "Challenge-Accepted!"
Fête de la Musique was the biggest evening event The French School has ever had! Over 400 people came and each of the 11 classes performed their songs admirably. I had been dreaming/planning/stressing about it for four months and thanks be to God it was a success!
I tried to plan for some things to go awry and having no air conditioning in the gym was probably the biggest challenge. But everyone was gracious and we made it through. I cut a couple of the Orff-Schulwerk demonstrations to make the total performance time a little shorter due to the heat.
I couldn't have done it without the wonderful parent committee to help me plan, fold programs, make beautiful posters, organize food and setup! One family even donated a huge projector screen for the picture slideshow!
Another blessing was that several of my coworkers stepped up at the last minute to help hang decorations and transport the instruments. One of the assistants, Rémi, even accompanied the 2nd and 3rd grade classes on his guitar.
The highlight of the concert was the last song called Tender Care by Tim Weigand. I translated it into French and the children wrote letters of appreciation for their parents. 5 of the students read their letters aloud at the end of the song. One of the 1st grade boys wrote: Dear Mommy, I love it when you pick me up. I was not the only one with shining eyes!
Bringing our school closer together through music-this is one of the reasons why I do what I do!
