Christmas Performance
December 18th, 2009
Happy Holidays! The holiday spirit was in full swing at the 2009 Pacific American School Christmas Performance, “Christmas Wonderland 2009,” held on Thursday December 17, 2009. The festivities began, following a dinner reception, with a video presentation compiled by the event organizer Physical Education teacher Mr. Rick Garcia.
The evening was filled with wonderful student performances. The Junior Percussion students in grades one and two performed “A little Christmas Dance,” the Junior Orchestra students in grades 3-5 performed “4 Renaissance Christmas Tunes,” and the Junior Percussion students in grades 3-5 performed “Joy to the World/Deck the Halls.” The Recorder/Percussion students in grades 6 and 7 performed “Feliz Navidad.” As the night continued the Elementary students performed a show stopping “Christmas Show” that included an awesome video create by Elementary teacher Mr. Graeme Anning. The Chior students in grades one to five sang three songs beautifully, “Let it Snow,” “Winter Wonderland,” and “Winter Song.”
During the first intermission there were raffle drawings and many in attendance won awesome prizes, none was happier than Physical Education teacher Mr. Ken Lee who won a Giant mountain bike. After the intermission the audience was energized by performances buy the Jazz and Hip Hop Dance group who were on the top of their game, the PAS Cheerleaders cheered and flew and the Dance Crew did some amazing break dancing. Next up were the PAS musical students in their wonderfully performed excerpt from their upcoming Spring musical “Into the Woods.”
Another intermission brought more prizes to the attendees; Eugene Ho won and Ipod Touch. Upon our return from intermission the Drama students performed a dramatic and funny excerpt from “A Midsummer Nights Dream.” Then the 9th and 10th graders had a dance performance that was followed up by the 11th and 12th graders dance performance. Then the PAS staff showed the students what a real performance looked and sounded like as Sue and Popo from the main office sang a duet as Francois, Michelle, Vicky, Mei-ling all danced in the back ground. I
It was a sight to see and a sound that no one will soon forget. As the night finally concluded the teachers took the stage to festively sing “Wish You a Merry Christmas” and “Feliz Navidad.” It truly was and action packed night filled with fun and happy memories that will last for years. We all hope that you had a great time; we appreciate everyone’s hard work and attendance. Happy Holidays from the administration, teachers and staff of Pacific American School; we wish you all the best in the New Year!