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= Thank you everyone! The concert and preview of the USDA People's Garden was a HUGE SUCCESS!!! = = = =Welcome to the Planning Wiki for the Marshall School Spring Concert, "Every Day Is Earth Day"= This wiki was created so that we can collaborate on the entire evening of the Marshall School Spring Concert - Garden Club Kick-off! ** UPDATE (4/12/12) - (We need a better word for this... the Garden Club "Kicked-Off" many months ago!) **

Here is what we have so far. 6:00 PM - Students w/ Speaking Parts arrive 6:15 PM - Chorus members arrive (K-2 will report to room ???, 3-8 will report to room ???) 6:30 PM - Every Day Is Earth Day begins Click here to navigate to Concert Order Page 7:15 PM - Invite families that are transplanting to the stage and/or People's Garden; Everyone else is invited to come outside to see the People's Garden.

I love the idea of a "Grill & Chill"-style Luau after the concert! - **UPDATE from Karen Stinson, PTA President (4/12/12) - The PTA does not have enough time to pull the Grill & Chill together. We are saving the idea for next year!** The Garden Club has prepared packets of ground, seeds, milk cartons, etc for each classroom to start flowers in their classrooms. We are hoping that the seeds will be germinated and ready to transplant into into containers by the evening of the concert. We are thinking that after the concert... a great time to get a large part of the Marshall School Community involved! Not only will the students have a "stake" (pun intended) in the garden... but their parents and families will also!

Here's the roughed out plan for the concert.
 * approx. 18 4th - 8thgraders have "speaking/reading" parts in the musical
 * approx. 60 3rd - 8th graders will sing 4 of the songs in the musical
 * approx. 76 K - 3rd graders will sing 1 of the songs in the musical AND "What a Wonderful World," made famous by Louis Armstrong
 * Notice that there is some overlap of students...the 18 speakers are also part of the chorus, and the 3rd graders are in ALL of the songs
 * There are approximately 108 students involved - I can get you a list so you know who to invite to the "Grill & Chill" if you'd like me to do so
 * I'm also hoping that some of the students who are involved in Garden Club will perform one section of the musical that is a short skit about recycling. - **UPDATE (4/12/12) - This will be a combonation of Garden Club students and students who signed up for speaking parts in the musical. I will begin working with them tomorrow morning (Friday - I HOPE!)**
 * After the concert, everyone would move outside for the start of the transplanting, followed by the "Grill & Chill" Sunset is at 7:51 PM on April 19. The concert should be over by 7:15 ish. **Will this give us enough time following the concert? Yep, we can have lights for the project in the garden just in case. And we can even have it inside if it rains. The Grill n Chill might be in trouble if that happens though. Rick... will you be working out the lighting issue... extension cords, lights, etc? **
 * It MIGHT even be possible to have the entire concert outside. Parents and Families could bring lawn chairs and blankets to sit on. One drawback to this idea would be that we'd need a good sound system for outside (and a rain date)! I found out tonight that I won't have access to an outdoor sound system... so the concert will be indoors.

The important thing to remember is that I'm __flexible__ with all of this and open to suggestions and ideas. That is why I've created this Wiki! So that we can collaborate!


 * What are your thoughts about all of this? **