Only 2 weeks to go to our concert

Rehearsals continued today for our first performance in two weeks tim .  We said goodbye to Ms Barry who leaves us at the end of this week.

Principal Bass Player

Ms Larkin and Ms Barry

New***** Music Box Dancer   We refined this to include a  second chord. We learned  how to feel where the chord changed and how to move our elbow down to change  from low G to D to make the harmony more interesting.   Thanks to Tara for demonstrating the two chords on guitar .
Here is the sequence:

{GGGG ZZZZ GGGG ZZZZ DDDD ZZZZ GGGG ZZZZ}
  0 0 0 0            0 0 0 0            0 0 0 0           0 0 0 0  

Toreadors March
Vivaldi on G 
Wintertime in Russia 
Music Box Dancer


Leader Eoin Bass Elise 

Ms McMahon 
This class learned how to work out the notes  in a chord.
 A B C D E F  GA B C D E       G chord
                      1     3     5 


A B C D E F# G A 
           1     3     5                         Dchord
  
Away in a Manger 


GD   GD    GD   DA 
DA   GD   GD   GD

Away in a Manger
Good King Wenceslas
Ireland's  Call 
Rock  You

Mr Corry's 
We changed Drunken Sailor riff to fit our new tune Greensleeves


E   E  D D E  E  D  D 
E E   D D E  D  E  E  

We added some pizz notes to Down Up Bells. We had a new student on double bass when principal Mr McInerney popped in.

Brilliant Back Row

Greensleeves
Down Up Bells
Cross Lake Blues  sidestep
Foxtrot  

By popular request we had a  repeat performance of Eoin Carroll's polka