Exciting Things in the Future!

Hello everyone! My name is Danielle Funk, and I am the temporary music teacher at Catherine Nichols Gunn School for April and most of May. I have been working with the students since the middle of March, and it is high time that I introduce myself to the families and caregivers of these wonderful children:

I am a recent graduate of the University of Lethbridge, and hold a Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Arts. I just moved to Calgary at the beginning of February, and have fallen in love with both the city and this school!

As some of you have hopefully heard, the Division II students are getting ready for their upcoming spring concert. This year, we will be producing a full-blown musical, entitled Summer Camp: The Musical!

All students are learning three songs during music class, which will all play an important role in the musical. In addition, many students auditioned for and received speaking roles for our show; these students are eagerly practicing their lines, and have lunchtime meetings on Tuesdays and Fridays to rehearse.

Later tonight I will post another entry containing all of the resources students need for the musical. This includes PDF files of the lyrics to each song, as well as the audio files of each song in the show. Please feel free to download these resources and use them to practice as often as you like! The audio files could be uploaded to iTunes, and then to a music player, tablet, smartphone, or burned onto a CD.

Remember to mark your calendars for the day of the performance: THURSDAY, MAY 21st at 6:30pm!

If you have any questions about the musical or anything else related to this class, please do not hesitate to contact me at 403-702-0031 or drfunk@cbe.ab.ca

Musically yours,
Miss Funk