2nd Grade Concert, Karin Foley's best work yet

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Award-winning vocalist and music director Karin Foley led the second graders of North Pembroke Elementary School in a hopping and waving good-time holiday choral concert and poem-reading Thursday night, December 12th in the institution's cafeteria and stage area.

 

Patrons entered through the front doors and were approached and greeted by a trio of smiling students delivering holiday wishes and waving blue, dancing snow man decorated programs.

“I want to thank our ushers this evening who passed out programs, “said Principal Summergrad, referring to those animated and welcoming girls.  “They passed out programs with enthusiasm, you might have noticed.”

“The biggest 'thank you' for the evening goes to Mrs. Foley,” Summergrad continued, “whose patience and skill make possible what you are going to hear tonight: the joyful singing of our second graders. So without any further words from me, welcome and enjoy.”

The crowd of parents, relatives, and friends answered with resounding applause.

Foley then instructed each of the four second grade classes dressed in bright red, green, and white to wave.

“Mrs. Weir's class, wave to your parents,” Foley directed,  followed by Mrs. Snee's, Mrs. Batchelder's, and Mrs. Callanan's classes shaking fully out-stretched arms and hands.  One boy even jumped.

The entire performance is available at www.pembrokecommunitymedia.com.

“Jingle Jolliest Season” was sung first, then “Jingle Bell Boogie,” and a snow poem recited by classmates Kate W. and Jason F.

Mrs. Snee's and Mrs. Weir's classes belted out “Shalom Chaverim,” Bella G. read a dreidel poem, and Mrs. Callanan's and Mrs. Weir's classes sang a Hanukkah festival melody.

It's a brave second-grader who stands behind a microphone to read verse for a standing-room-only audience of over 300.  Besides the 3 courageous children mentioned above, Benjamin D., Vera R., Brendan A., John F., and Sophia P. also recited poems.

 

All four classes sang “Penguin Polka” for the grand finale.

The 25-minute video made by Pembroke Media shows teacher Mr. Moser after the concert saying “good job” and “high fiving” each student passing him while returning to classrooms where parents and youngsters rejoin to go home. 

So, let's have another round of applause for the amazing concert tonight,” ended Summergrad “We thank you again Mrs. Foley.”

Foley's masters degree in vocal performance is from the prestigious Boston Conservatory here in New England; and besides being a wonderful voice and general music teacher for Pembroke's public school children, she still finds time to sing with local church and choral groups.

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11 Pembroke Pack 105 boy scouts win "Best Show" Award

Eleven scouts in Pembroke's troop 105 were given “Best Show” awards for the “Sustainability in Recycling” comedy video they made August 18, 2013 while collecting electronic devices to help raise money for summer camping and other outings. That silly five minutes of gallivanting fun is playing on www.pembrokecommunitymedia.com in the “more fun videos” section.

The boys did double duty by collecting donated items and recording themselves at the same time.

Pembroke Media's Executive Director of Marketing Cathie Briggette and Assistant Scout Master Jim Twigg organized the event which was advertised a week earlier with flyers distributed at the Pembroke Arts Festival, announcements posted around town, and an e-mail blast sent to interested residents.

Leaders and dads Jim Lapham, Rob Larsen, and Matt Giese were on Pembroke Green during a concert to supervise uniformed scouts Luke Lapham, Connor Giese, Nick Shea,  Ryan Larsen, Kyle Keogh, Riley Larsen, C J Perry, Justin Gaiser, Lenny Lapham, Ryan Gaiser, and Evan Stockdale during both the shoot and drive which started in sunny conditions and ended with a light rain.

In an appreciated letter to Troop 105, Pembroke Media wrote:

“The combined efforts of our two organizations provided the motivation for donation of nine Hewlett Packard, two Kodak, four Cannon, and four Lexmark items.  Seven cell phones, one small camera, and ten miscellaneous electronic pieces also were donated by the public and collected by Troop 105 scouts.

“The recyclables were sent to and processed by Planet Green in Chatsworth, California.

“Pembroke Community Media applauds and congratulations all the young men who actively helped that rainy August evening both with the recycling drive and with making the light-hearted commemorative video.”

Twigg expressed his pleasure with how well the Pembroke Media event went and the money raised for scouting. “We are going to put the check from Pembroke Media in the general fund, mainly for camp which is the third week in July in Plymouth.

“The boys do a lot of community service like the bottle drive and popcorn sales for the cub scouts, and the October coffee cake sales for the boy scouts. Cakes bought in October were delivered before Thanksgiving so you could have it as a desert or as an appetizer,” Twigg joked.  “Did you know that Grandma's cakes come in about 15 different flavors?  We bought some of them to try at the meetings for research to make sure they all tasted good.”

Pembroke Media is an all-volunteer group of local residents interested in keeping local programming alive.  All support is fully tax-deductible under IRS 501(c)(3) regulations and Commonwealth of Massachusetts non-profit guidelines. Call 781-910-8899 to talk about what's important to you.

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