June 21st
Medieval Morning
Colorfully dressed as knights, ladies, monks, and kings, third graders performed a Morris stick dance as part of the GUS Medieval Morning tradition, the culmination of the third grade study of the Middle Ages. The students performed several memorized selections on the recorder, including Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, the chorale from Cantata Nr. 147 by J. S. Bach, and the Irish folk tune, Sally Gardens. GUS parent and virtuoso recorder player, David Coffin, joined the students in playing the Bach, and a group of students accompanied the recorders on xylophones and metallophones. Sally Gardens featured singing by small groups as well as by the entire class. This performance was a culmination of the students’ year long study of the recorder.
