The Music in Our Schools concert will be Thursday, February 28 at 7 p.m in the high school Gymnasium.¬† Fourth and Fifth grades students from Northside, Southwest, Millikin, and 6th graders from the Middle School will be performing.¬† Please arrive by 6:45, or 6:30 if your child is playing an instrument on “You Can Help.”
Parent Volunteers needed!¬† Please contact me at meckwall@dist228.org if you are available and willing to help setup and/or takedown.¬† We’ll start setting up at 5:30 p.m, and afterwards we should be done by about 9 p.m.¬† Thank¬† you for your consideration.
Some students have been coming in before school at 8 a.m. to sing a background vocal part or play one of several instruments for one of our pieces.  We will be rehearsing nearly every morning at 8 a.m. and occasionally during lunch recess between now and the concert on February 28th.  I have attached the rehearsal schedule.  Please look back regularly for updates to this schedule.
Please contact me at meckwall@dist228.org with any questions.
Thank you for your continued support of Northside Music.
Mike Eckwall
General Music Teacher
Here is the current rehearsal schedule:
Monday 2/25
- Morning-All instrumentalists
Tuesday 2/26
- Morning-Background vocals, Joci, and Natalie
- Lunch Recess- All “We Celebrate America” soloists
Wednesday 2/27
- Morning-All soloists, background vocals and instrumentalists for “You Can Help”
- Lunch Recess-TBA
Thursday 2/28
- Morning-All soloists and instrumentalists for “You Can Help”     (If needed)
- Lunch- TBA if needed
Performance will be Thursday, February 28 at 7 p.m in the high school Gymnasium.  Instrumentalists, please arrive by 6:30 to make sure your instruments are setup