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String Festival
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Grades 4 – 12 Orchestras
String Festival Dress Rehearsal
7:50 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. @ HS Auditorium

String Festival
7:30 p.m. @ HS Auditorium
Special Guest: 

Concert Program

Featuring:
        Elementary Orchestra
        6th Grade Orchestra
        7th Grade Orchestra
        8th Grade Orchestra
        High School Orchestra
        The FAHS Chamber Ensemble

And special Guests:

                                           

     All string students from grades four through eight participate in learning the progressive levels. There are ten levels and the students begin with the most simple. These are very short pieces, but each successive level adds challenge(s) in the way of string playing, and bowing technique, style, and/or form. The goal is to master all ten levels. This section of the concert will begin with all students playing level 10, the hardest level. As the students  continue through the levels, only those able to play the level will perform. The students will end with everyone playing the beginning level.

Dress Rehearsal & Student Information

DURING THE CONCERT
In consideration of our performers, audience, and facilities, please
silence cellular phones, pagers, or timepieces, and refrain from talking
during the concert. Please exit and re-enter only during applause, and
do not rest feet or legs on the seats in front of you.

Food and beverages are prohibited, as is flash photography.

If you ar attending with small children or infants, please sit in the
back, near and exit, so you can leave quickly if necessary.
 

A concert is your 'test" in Orchestra and therefore part of your grade.
IF
you can not make a concert, your parents must contact Mrs. Nielsen, or
Ms. Rensberger, BEFORE the concert. Absence due to  due to  work, or conflicts,
other than illness, may be reflected as a lowered grade.  The yearly concert schedule
is published in the school calendar which is received in August at registration,
in the Orchestra Newsletter, and on this web site.  Please plan accordingly.

Students are expected to stay for the entire concert

2001 Special Guests:        Rob Abbott
                                               Betsy Larson, piano

2002 Special guests:         James Athas, keyboard

2003 Special guests:        
Harmony Greenhalgh
                                               John Hershman

2004 Special guests:          James Athas, keyboard;
                                                Kit Ehrhardt, voice;
                                                Will Ehrhardt, trumpet;
                                                Betsy Larson, piano

2005 Special Guest:          James Athas;
                                               Program

2006 Special Guest:         James Athas, keyboard;
                                              Jordan Parker, composer, vocalist
                                              Lauren Nielsen, string bass, vocalist
                                              Heidi Miller, MC
                                              Program

2007 Special Guest:


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