Billinghurst Christmas Program

Tonight I got two sets of pictures for two concerts! YAY! I was not able to grab pictures of all of the performances but most...

Billinghurst has a total of 250 choir students. They have 6th (boys and girls), 7th (girls only) and 8th (girls only) grade choirs, Advisory girls choir, and a concert choir. Michael is in the Concert Choir again this year. Last year the Advisory choir was a combined choir but this year girls only. They have FANTASTIC choirs! And a FANTASTIC teacher!


"The Little Drummer Boy"



Getting ready for "Somewhere in My Memory"... concert choir...


The one signing is the choir teachers daughter who attends High School. She did this in her choir group. Amazing!



After all of the separate groups went up they all combined. 250 students up there!



They always end the concerts with "A Hot Cup of Cocoa"... I helped serve and was able to snap a few pictures afterwards.

This is the Principal and The Choir teacher


Some very talented boys!


And a couple of goofy ones!




Another great job!!!!!!

Shopper's Square

This is performance number 7 out of 9 for the week. One of our little malls invite their school to perform every year at Christmas. They have ramps that go to the upper level and the singers spread out. It's a weird set-up but the patrons gather around at the bottom and there is plenty of room for parents and families as well.



It's kind of hard to see who's who but you can see Cai Lynn in a couple of the group pictures.



Our amazing pianist... They actually had to have the conductor's daughter lead for the pianist because she couldn't see each other. :-)


You can barely see Cai Lynn's little face but she's there.





Great job guys!!!!!

Silver Legacy Performance

While Cai Lynn and Jared were with the rest of their choir practicing and preparing to go to the Silver Legacy after school, my mom dropped Michael off with me at work. We had a little Christmas party with the residents, families and Santa!

Michael is enjoying his egg nog. :-) Then I stop and pose with Santa before we rush over to the Silver Legacy to hear them sing.



By the time I got there they were up on the risers and had completed their sound checks. I caught both their attentions so they would know I was there. (I had promised that I'd be there, I just didn't know how close I'd be cutting it.)
LOL I didn't realize how angry Grace looks. (That's not her normal face... she ALWAYS has a smile! )




Jared's solo












The view behind us...


During "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" they had snow falling from the ceiling



With their hot cup of Cocoa....

Honor Choir and 3rd Grade Program

Tonight was Jared and Cai Lynn's honor choir and Cai Lynn's third grade program. Program number 4 out of 8 this week! No joke!

The kids had a choice if they were 3rd graders to wear regular clothes or Honor Choir clothes. Cai Lynn obviously chose her Honor Choir clothes.

Waving to their families before the performance...


Hello to Jared!


Jared's "Grinch" solo...


Time for the third grade program....


Weather around the world





Cai Lynn's turn





Great job guys!!!! Several more posts to follow this week! Stay tuned!

Ward Christmas Party

Saturday night after I got off work was our ward Christmas dinner. Our first Christmas in our new ward. (We went to our old ward's Christmas party last Saturday... :-) )

I had my nieces for the night, Sarah and Emily, so of course they came with us. They had a lot of fun.

I was up leading the sing-along and Michael took this one of Sarah. Not sure what was going on. :-)


Each table had the name of a song tucked into one of the centerpieces. They didn't know it until right before the sing-along. I called the name of the song and those tables had to come up and sing them. It was so much fun! Emily stayed with me and wanted the microphone. :-)


At the end of the sing-along, we sang "Here Comes Santa Clause" louder and louder until Santa showed up. I called them by age groups starting with the youngest.

I thought Emily would have liked Santa a lot more than she did... She was NERVOUS! She looks a little like she's about to cry.


Cai Lynn had no problem!


Sarah's turn!!!!!


Not sure what he even asked for... but it was a very meaningful conversation.


I think Michael was the MOST excited! LOL


See! Scene stealer! LOL


The girls wore matching dresses so a picture of course!
Emily had a mouth full of candy in the first one. :-)




Ho Ho Ho! (And that would be a candy cane in Blake's mouth.)



Merry Christmas!!!!!