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The year 7s are learning about a hawaiin singer Jack Johnson in their second to last week of term. Here is some history about Jack Johnson.

Jack Johnson was born in 1975 and raised on Oahu lsland, Hawaii. His father was a well-known surfer, and Jack began surfing when he was 5. When he was 17 he became a professional surfer but one week later he had a surfing accident where he needed 150 stitches in his head and lost a few teeth. That was the end of his professional surfing.

Last week the Y7s have been looking at Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Here is some imformation about them.

Who are Simon and Garfunkel. This is the question for the music room?

This is a speech of how to play the ukulele.

During a typical music lesson lots of activities occur.  There is theory to be learned.  Theory is about how music works.  The Year 7's are having music this term.    It's a bit tricky until you know how to do it.

Another thing we have been doing at theory is revising the names and time values of the different notes like

Semibreve = 4 counts

Dotted minim = 3 counts

Minim = 2 counts

Crotchet = 1 count

Quaver = 1/2 a count

This is a brain-storm of words to do with Music. it was made on wordle.

One Way the Choir can give something back to the community is by singing at Various Rest Homes and concerts in the town. On Wednesday 10th August, all the chior who weren't stricken with colds or illnesses travelled by bus to St Luke's Church in Masterton.  There were about 55 students. Ever month entertainment is organised by the church for Masterton's senior citizens. This month the MIS choir sang four songs in front of a big crowd.  The first song was "Where is Love?" from the show "Oliver".

WELCOME BACK TO THE MUSIC ROOM TERM 3.

This is the music teacher Mrs Jeffries.

These are some of the working children

Have you ever seen anyone pen drumming? This is how its done.All yoyu need are 2 pens or pencils.Felt pens will do.The drumming is done on a wooden or formica table.There are 3 different beats to make.The heel of the hand makes the bass drum.The tip of pen makes th hi-hat sound and the pen flat on the table makes the snare.After a bit of practice amazing rhythms can be created.Here are Ken and Griffin showing off their skills.

The MIS Choir practises on Day 3,first thing in the morning. There are 66 members. At the moment we are learning 15 new songs for the  Wellington area ArtSplash Music Festival which will be near the end of next Term. This Festival coincides with The Rugby World Cup and the songs are from countries participating inthe World Cup. The students are enjoying singing some more traditional music.The ArtSplash concerts are amazing. Each massed choir is about 800 strong. The same concert is repeated with different singers from different school over 6 performances.