1st Grade: Spring Concert Listening
Refrain-Verse 1-Refrain-Verse 2-Ending
http://listeninglab.stantons.com/title/cherry-blossoms/468731/0/?e=1
Come and see the cherry blossoms. How their beauty seems to fill the air?
Floating here, and floating there, cherry petals falling everywhere.
Spring has come and days are fair. Won’t you come along with me?
Come and see the cherry bloom. (piano interlude)
Sa-ku-ra, sa-ku-ra! Ya-yo- i no so ra wa, mi-wa-ta-su ka-gi-ri.
Ka-su-mi-ka ku-m-ka; ni-o-i zo i-zu-ru. I-za-ya, I-za-ya,
Mi-ni-yu-kan______(close to ‘n’)
Classes divide and sing in 2 parts:
Sa- ku- ra_________, sa- ku-ra!____ Ya- yo- i no so ra___ wa,
Come and see the cherry blos- soms_____. How their beau-ty seems to fill the air!
mi- wa- ta- su ka- gi- ri Ka- su- mi- ka ku- mo- ka__;
Float-ing here, and float-ing there, cher- ry pet- als fall-ing ev-‘ry-where
ni- o- i zo i- zu- ru. I- za- ya,____________ I- za- ya,____
Spring has come and_ days_ are_ fair. Won’t you__ come a-long with me?__________
Mi- ni- yu- ka______nnnnnn. Come and__ see the cher-ry bloom_______.
Come and__ see the cher-ry bloom. Come and__ see the cher-ry bloom_______.
http://listeninglab.stantons.com/title/listen-to-the-rain/352393/0/?e=1
http://listeninglab.stantons.com/title/mo-li-hua-the-jasmine-flower/366030/0/?e=1
2T: click “play” to listen to your part on Mo Li Hua!
2G & 2S: Click “play” to listen to your part on Mo Li Hua!

Very excited to get started on this music!!! Feel free to practice on the days we don’t have rehearsal!
Pronunciation:
Si—ya—hamb e—ku—kha–nye- ni kwen—kos
See-yah-hamb’ eh- koo- hah- nyeh-nee – kwehn-kos
Click the “play” button to rehearse:
Siyahamba (full score)
Uganda: Mwamba Children’s Choir (not our arrangement, but fun to watch!)
Let It Go (Frozen)
*A lot of recordings out there are very hard on children’s voices due to the style of singing used.
Click the “play” button to rehearse your part:
Alto from the beginning
Alto part at measure 53
Let It Go- Sop/Alto (from beginning)
Music Boosters March 12:
There will be a re-organizational meeting of the Fairbanks Music Boosters on Wednesday, March 12, at 7pm in the FHS band room. It’s time for a new slate of officers and some old and new projects to be undertaken. We need your help! The Fairbanks Music Boosters is an organization dedicated to assisting the music programs at Fairbanks with both services and financial support. Any parents of a musician in grades 1-12 are welcome to attend meetings.
More info is available at www.fairbanksband.org.
Performing: