Music

Mr. Whitaker


Can it be May? It was just Christmas a few weeks ago, I think.

Or another year is almost complete at St. Benedict and we will see yet another 8th Grade Class move on to High School.

It's hard to think that these were the 5th Graders who I taught my first year; a special group and I will miss them.

But we still have a few weeks, a huge musical and a spring concert before it is over.

In class this month, a lot of our focus will be on the Spring Concert, Vacationing in America.

Each class will be presenting their own tribute to a different aspect of what makes our Nation a great and fun place to live.

They have all worked very hard choosing, rehearsing and staging each song and I have a feeling this will be one of the best ever.

But before the concert, we have our Spring Musical, Disney's Beauty and the Beast Jr. on May 7th.

The cast is till putting in hours of serious work to prepare for this difficult but incredibly fun show.

Some of St. Benedict's brightest talent will be on stage to bring this family favorite to life and I know everyone will be proud.

So we are tying up all the loose ends and making sure that the school year ends with a bang.

I'm so happy to be a part of the St. Benedict family and I'm so grateful for Mrs. Rys and the rest of the Faculty,

who are always so patient with whatever crazy scheme I have dreamed up.

And I'm so proud of the progress made by all of our students, from the singers who got better and

better to the non-singer who discovered something new about music that they will take with them to high school.

And don't forget, I'll be directing the BAC's Summer Teen production of Little Shop of Horrors

and producing our preteen production of Schoolhouse Rock Live.

I would love to see you all there.

Well, back to work....