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Dobbins students are performers for a night
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.One of the students dressed up as Spongebob Squarepants during the Dobbins play on March 15 at Poland Seminary High School.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The students ended their performance with the same song they started it with, "Lights, Camera, Action!" for the performance on March 15.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Some students played an inflatable air guitar during one of the songs, along with a couple students having their own solo.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The fourth-grade students at Dobbins learned different routines to different songs they performed during their "Lights, Camera, Action!" play.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The students dressed up in different costumes they had at home. Some dressed up as athletes and others dressed up as actors and actresses.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Friends and families filled the Poland Seminary High School auditorium as the fourth-grade students at Poland Dobbins put on their first musical performance in several years on March 15.
The theme for the performance was “Lights, Camera, Action!” and it consisted of songs from popular movies and shows. The performance was directed by Dean Wilson and Dana Veneskey, both music instructors for the Poland school system. Wilson and Veneskey put forth a lot of hard work preparing the students for their performance.
The costumes the students wore were costumes they had at home from Halloween or any other occasion. During part of the performance, a group of students were selected to say a line that represents the character they are dressed as.
Students started practicing playing the recorder in November, but didn’t start working on performance songs until January, after winter break. Some students had solos, some had dialogue they said between songs and some played different instruments, like a xylophone. A group of students played an inflatable air guitar during one of the songs.
“This isn’t just about entertaining parents, it’s about developing skills. I call my students ‘emerging music readers’ because in part they read the music for the show,” said Wilson.
The song “Lights, Camera, Action” was the final song of the performance. The audience gave a standing ovation for the students as they finished.