Concert Fills General Lake with the Spirit of the Holidays

It was standing room only left in the hall at General Lake as parents, friends and family packed themselves in to see the Annual Christmas Concert. Students and staff had obviously worked hard in the previous weeks to put together a wonderful variety of songs, plays and skits and it definetley paid off as all in attendance were thoroughly impressed and entertained. The Kindergartens from Mme Ouellette and Mme Spencer's began the event with a number of songs, followed by Mrs. Robillard 1/2 class with Up on the Housetop. Mme Gibson's 1/2 class performed two numbers, Jouer au Hockey and 4 Semaines c’est Noël , followed by Mme Kossatz' Grade 2's with Nez Rouge. Mrs. Graham & Mme Malette partnered up for the Reindeer Hokey Pokey, then Mrs. Norman's class amazed the audience with their rendition of Sleigh Ride. Mme Turgeon's class delighted the audience with Des Oeufs pour Noël, followed by Mme Bernardin with Pere Noël a engraisse. The singing was interrupted briefly with a great dramatic play called Gentil Pere Noel by Mme Grant's 5/6 class. Mrs. Ferguson's 4/5 class entertained with their comical version of The 12 Days of Christmas. Mme Yakabuskie's class returned us to another dramatic reading of Clara Bistouille et le père Noël. Then we were delighted with Mrs. Langille's classes version of Frosty the Snowman & some jokes that made everyone chuckle. As a finale, under the direction of Arts Teacher Ms. Hiltz students performed LAST CHRISTMAS, RUDOLPH and ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS. It was a fabulous afternoon of entertainment. Special thanks to organizers Ms. Hiltz, Mme. Grant and Ms. Legault for their dedication. Thanks to the Grade 7/8 leaders in Mme Haddad and Ms. Marquardt's classes who worked behind the scenes to make everything run so smoothly. Finally thanks to the MC's Jeris, Emily, Ali, and Daryl for keeping the program going and ad-libing so eloquently with a number of jokes and fillers.