The leadership students are hosting a Talent Show coming up on June 5th!

Sign-ups are happening right now in the music room!

After you sign up for an audition for the Talent Show, take a notice and jot down your audition date and time. Then get your parents to sign the back of the form. ONE FORM PER AUDITION (group or solo)

Here are the guidelines for acts that will be considered for the Talent Show:

Each performance: 

• Needs to be well practiced and rehearsed 
• Is to be a creative, lively, thoughtful and entertaining presentation  
• Is to be no longer than five minutes 
• Must include appropriate language, dress, actions and topic 
• Must contain no violence or put downs of others 
• Must have age appropriate lyrics 

Each performer: 

• Needs to provide his/her own equipment, except for use of the piano, music stand, audio player and sound system 
• Must wear the same outfit for the audition and show 
• Must provide own background music for performances in dance, singing, gymnastics, etc. 
• For singing auditions, background music must not contain the vocal part if the child is singing 

Practices will need to done outside of school

The talent show is completely voluntary – only children interested in sharing a talent need sign up for an audition

Dear Inman Families,  

We are pleased to share the following information regarding ticket sales for our upcoming Spring Concert, Interplanetary Odyssey. 

 

Concert Dates and Performance Times 

• Tuesday, April 15 at 1:30 pm and 6:30 pm  

• Odd numbered divisions: Pastora, Fernando, Medjed, Fox, Gough, Phillips, Ng, Trahan, Kopplinger, Broadworth 

 

• Wednesday, April 16 at 1:30 pm and 6:30 pm  

• Even numbered divisions: Taylor, Marshall, Gillard, Georgeopoulos, Lee, Ubial, Simmonds, Lukie, Ip 

 

Ticket Sales and Attendance Information 

• Tickets are required for all performances and are purchased through School Cash Online 

• Ticket price: $2.00 per ticket  

• Limit two (2) tickets per family, per evening performance. Day performances have no limit. 

• If you need more than two tickets for the evening performances you can put in a request at https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/gfKpXtu4Zy  

• Families with children performing on different days may purchase tickets for both dates  

• An optional donation will be available for families who wish to support our Music and Arts Program  

• Tickets are on sale until April 12 and will be sent home with students on April 14  

• Please note: Tickets are non-refundable  

 

Questions or Assistance 

Questions regarding ticket purchases, please contact: marliese.taylor@burnabyschools.ca  

We look forward to welcoming families as we celebrate our students’ musical achievements. 

Spring Concert Information

 We are working hard to get ready for our Spring Concert this year!  The feature of the concert is our Musical Play about Space called Interplanetary Odyssey, and each music class will perform a piece during the play! The children have been busy preparing their musical number(s) and making sets and props for the play! 

 The dates and times of the concert are as follows: 

Divisions 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 11, 13, 15 and 17 (odd divisions) will perform on Wednesday, April 15th at 1:30pm, and at 6:30pm.  Doors will open for the evening performance at 6:00pm. 

Divisions 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 (even divisions) will perform on Thursday, April 16th at 1:30pm, and at 6:30pm.  Doors will open for the evening performance at 6:00pm. 

 Please also let Ms. Karlson and/or your child’s classroom teacher know if your child will not be able to attend his or her performance date.  

The expectation is that every child in the school participates in our school-wide concert. Preparations are being made to accommodate the actual number of children in each class including numbers of costume pieces, partnering of children in dances, considerations around instruments, set pieces, props, spacing on stage, sound quality, etc. Of course, a few children will likely be absent due to sickness, and you cannot know that ahead of time. But if there are circumstances that prevent your child from participating in the concert that you know of now, please let your child’s classroom teacher know immediately so we can adjust our plans accordingly. This will lesson the staff and other students’ stress levels in planning and practicing for the concert. 

We need some supplies for the sets and props for the play as well. We need switches, buttons, toggles, old computer equipment that you are not using, even if it is broken or unworking, to create space-themed props for our play. Items that resemble toggles, switches, dials, joysticks, levers, etc are useful too. For example, lids from containers look like dials on computer equipment. Please do not donate precious equipment as we cannot guarantee that it will return to you in the same condition. If you do want your item returned after the concert, please label it with your child’s name and division. Please drop off any items with Ms. Karlson in the music room the Monday after Spring Break. 

 

Costumes for classes will be as follows: 

Divisions 1, 2, 5, 6 – all black clothes – no large logos, pictures or printing visible to the audience. 

Divisions 3 & 4 – either a button-down shirt and dress pants or the same colour head-to-toe to look like an astronaut – as decided by an upcoming drama activity – TBA 

Div. 7, 8, 11, 12, 13 – Kids wear the same colour head to toe, so it looks like they have on a pair of coveralls, like an astronaut wears. Long sleeves with no writing, pictures or logos on the shirts. Pants of same/very similar colour. Colours could be: 

• Blue 
• Green 
• Orange 
• Red 
• White 
• Grey 
• Beige 
• Pink 

 Div. 9 & 10 – Robot costumes made in class – classroom teachers will have more details 

Div. 14 & 15 – Warm colours like orange, brown, beige, red – to match Jupiter. Flowy clothes encouraged 

Div. 16 – Children will make part of their costumes during class time. Animal accessories like cat, dog or bunny ears, tails, etc. should be added to make them look like pets of a cast character 

Div. 17 & 18 – Alien costumes – classroom teachers will have more details and parts of these costumes will be made in class 

Some of the students in grades 3-7 are working in a “Set-Design Crew” to create the sets for our play. Our sessions have been held at lunch recess on Fridays. After Spring Break, the Set-Design Crew will be working on their projects after school. This is a drop-in group. If your child can only make 1-2 sessions, that is just fine. There will be 3 sessions in total – March 31, April 7 and April 9 or 10. Alternately, some of these students will create their art pieces at home. 

Congratulations to the winner of our art contest to create a logo for our school play – Pedro Arevalo! His logo will be featured in our production, and the logo of our École Inman Elementary Space Program! 

We will need some parent volunteers for the concert as well. If you can help supervise the children in the Set-Design Crew, or help with stage set-up, please click on this link and add your name to the date and time you are able to volunteer. https://sd41-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/e14592_burnabyschools_ca/IQDqzPmUDvwcR4VfJU7W2hu1AW2F7u6yUa1cHFq5DU5z39Y?e=sDhtVH 

Other parent volunteer jobs include cast make-up (make up for one student) and help with the technical equipment. Our tech rehearsal will be on Monday, April 13th from 3-5pm. Please let Ms. Karlson know via email if you can help with tech or make-up at Sonja.karlson@burnabyschools.ca 

 

 

New Optional Elementary Band for Next Fall

Here is a “sneak peek” of songs that will be featured in our school concert in April.

The children will be a part of the musical theatre performance that involves acting, singing, dancing and instrument playing, as well as kid-made sets and costume pieces. All of the performing arts will be in play in this one!

The theme of the concert is Space.

The play is an original script by me, Ms. S. Karlson. It is called Interplanetary Odyssey.

Other songs that will be included and are not in this YouTube playlist are:

• Aiken Drum
• Sally Go ‘Round The Sun
• Zoom Zoom Zoom We’re Going To The Moon
• Space Travel

In January we will beginning rehearsals for the school play. The rehearsals will be on Mondays and Wednesdays after school, and actors will be recruited from grade 6 and 7s at Inman school.

Any kids interested in acting in the school play need to fill out this form before attending rehearsals.

Volunteer Acting form for Inman School Concert – Fill out form

If you are not sure if you want to commit or not, please fill in the form anyway before attending. We will read through the script in the first two rehearsals and you can decide if you want to commit after that.

First rehearsal and 1/2 read-through will be on Wednesday, January 7th from 3pm until 4pm in the music room.

The second rehearsal and 1/2 read-through will be on Monday, January 12th from 3pm until 4pm in the music room.

Students will be asked to commit by Friday, January 9th to be given a role in the play.

I just want to start by extending a sincere thank you to all of the Inman parents of choir members who brought and/or picked up their children from Metrotown Mall on Friday after school. Without you we would not have been able to do that lovely performance.

The children were thrilled to be able to perform in such a public setting. The mall personnel were delighted to have us there. What a lovely show of community that was!

The Inman school choir sang a 20 minute set, 2 times at the mall. One time in the Grand court (upper level) and one time in the Atrium court (upper level) to onlookers, family and shoppers. The children did an amazing job and brought such joy to so many people! They are to be congratulated!

As for our entry into the CBC Music Class Challenge, we did not make it into the top 10 in our category. However, two Burnaby schools did make it into the top 10! Congratulations to Second Street! They had 2 entries that made it into the top 10 in Junior Instrumental and Intermediate Instrumental! Capitol Hill elementary also made it into the top 10!

And an update for our events this coming week:

There will be a spirit day on Friday, December 19th. Festive Sweater Day! Wear your colourful, gaudy and winter/holiday themed sweaters to school on Friday!

And for our assembly on Thursday, not only are we learning about Hanukkah and Christmas and singing songs of those holidays, but we are also going to focus on Kwanzaa this week!

Here is the Kwanzaa song we will sing at the assembly. We will learn about Kwanzaa, Umoja, Nia and Imani.

These are Swahili words that mean: Harvest festival, Unity, Purpose and Faith respectively.

There will be a school-wide assembly on December 18th at 1:10pm in the gymnasium.

It will mostly be a sing-along assembly, featuring our school choir and leadership students.

The songs we will sing together are:

• Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• Jingle Bells (with the choir singing Winter Fantasy)
• Vive le vent
• O Hanukkah – in English and French
• Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
• Kwanzaa Song
• O Christmas Tree (featuring students from leadership)

We hope you can join us for this festive sing-along!

Vive le vent, vive le vent, vive le vent d’hiver​
Qui s’en va, sifflant soufflant dans les grands sapins verts, oh !​
Vive le vent, vive le temps, vive le temps d’hiver​
Boule de neige et jour de l’an et bonne année grand-mère

 

O Hanukkah, O hanukkah, come light the Menorah!​

Let’s have a party, we’ll all dance the hora.​

Gather ‘round the table, we’ll give you a treat,​

S’vivonim to play with, levivot to eat.​

And while we are playing the candles are burning low.​

One for each night, they shed a sweet light​

To remind us of days long ago.​

One for each night, they shed a sweet light​

To remind us of days long ago.

Oh Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah, allumons la Menorah.​

Faisons la fête et dansons la hora.​

Autour de la table on mange des sucreries.​

Un dreidel pour jouer et des latkas, oui oui!​

Pendant que nous jouons les bougies brûlent doucement.​

Une pour chaque nuit elles allument un lumière​

Pour nous rappeler des jour anciens.​

Une pour chaque nuit elles allument un lumière​

Pour nous rappeler des jour anciens.

Rockin‘ around the Christmas tree​
At the Christmas party hop​
Mistletoe hung where you can see​
Every couple tries to stop​
Rockin‘ around the Christmas tree​
Let the Christmas spirit ring​
Later we’ll have some pumpkin pie​
And we’ll do some caroling

You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear​
Voices singing, let’s be jolly​
Deck the halls with boughs of holly​
Rockin‘ around the Christmas tree​
Have a happy holiday​
Everyone dancin‘ merrily​
In the new old-fashioned way

Oh Christmas Tree 

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas Tree, 

How lovely are your branches 

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree, 

How lovely are your branches 

Not only green in summer’s heat,  

But also winter’s snow and sleet 

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree, 

How lovely are your branches 

 

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree, 

Of all the trees so lovely 

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree, 

Of all the trees so lovely 

Your bright green leaves with festive cheer 

Give hope and strength throughout the year 

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree, 

Of all the trees so lovely 

Our Inman school choir has worked hard this week to sing and record our entry for the CBC Music Class Challenge!

Here is our video entry. We sang Ruth B.’s “Lost Boy”.