Performance Schedule
Divisions 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 19 will be performing on Tuesday, December 12th at 1:30pm and 6:30pm in our school gym.
Divisions 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 18 and 20 will be performing on Wednesday, December 13th at 1:30pm and 6:30pm.
The Grade 7 band will also perform on Wednesday December 13th only.
Practice
Here is a playlist of videos so that classes can practice their dances:
Costumes
We are going back to the Disco era for this one! – The late 1970s
The aesthetic we are going for is bell bottomed pants, glitter and sparkle. Headbands that go across the forehead were big too. This show has many different characters, but overall we want the kids to dress in a 1970s vibe.
Please help your children get ready for the Winter Concert by going through your closets to find clothes for their costumes or buying one or two items for their costumes. Shopping at local thrift stores can be inexpensive and get the vintage fashion vibe we are going for. Below is the list of costume items they will need.
Divisions 1-4 will be dressed as people who work on a T.V. show – so casual clothes, but with accessories that backstage crew members would have – headphones, clipboards, lanyards, etc.
Divisions 5-7 will be dressed in rags or as monsters like Krampus. Some of them will be the “Yule Lads” from the tales of Gryla. The Yule Lads are as follows:
Sheep-Clot Clod: He steals sheep
Gully Gawk: He steals cow’s milk
Stubby: He’s short and steals food from frying pans
Spoon Licker: He licks spoons
Pot Scraper, aka Pot Licker: He steals unwashed pots and licks them clean
Bowl Licker: He steals bowls of food from under the bed (back in the old days, Icelanders used to sometimes store bowls of food there—convenient for midnight snacking?)
Door Slammer: He stomps around and slams doors, keeping everyone awake
Skyr Gobbler: He eats up all the Icelandic yogurt (skyr)
Sausage Swiper: He loves stolen sausages
Window Peeper: He likes to creep outside windows and sometimes steal the stuff he sees inside
Door Sniffer: He has a huge nose and an insatiable appetite for stolen baked goods
Meat Hook: He snatches up any meat left out, especially smoked lamb
Candle Beggar: He steals candles, which used to be sought-after items in Iceland
Divisions 8-9
Nature creatures – trees, flowers, wild (tame) animals
Divisions 10-13
Snowmen – white tops and bottoms, brown sleeves, a carrot nose, a scarf and a hat
Divisions 14-15
Italian children who live in a small town – kerchiefs, shawls, peasant clothes from a long time ago
Divisions 16-18
Santa’s Elves
Divisions 19-20
The kids in Divisions 19 and 20 will be dancing to Y.M.C.A. They are to look like members of a gym in the 1970s, so gym clothes, but with 1970s colours and vibes – mustard yellow, oranges, headbands, etc.
Here is an article that explains more about late 70s fashion:
Here are some costumes ideas for the classes and characters: