Performing Arts
Term 4 2009
Music. Count Us In - The Song that Stops Australia
Students at @ Willy North are busily learning a new song in rehearsals for ‘Music. Count Us In,’ Australia’s biggest school music gig. For the third year, hundreds of thousands of children in schools across the nation are joining in music to help celebrate the importance of music education in all children’s lives.
“Last year’s program saw 1698 school communities – from the Kimberleys to Campbelltown - joining to make music together,” says project Ambassador, John Foreman. ”Principals, teachers, local politicians, town bands and families joined students to perform the song. We reckon there were about 450,000 participants nationally.”
The 2009 song is ‘The Music is Everything’, co-written by four NSW secondary school students under the guidance of John Foreman, and all schools have agreed to sing it on Thursday 22nd October at 11.30am AEDT.
The song can be heard at www.musiccountusin.org.au. Click on this link to view the lyrics The Music is Everything lyrics
Music Count Us In is supported by The Australian Government.
2009 CONCERT
Ticket information
The ticket order envelope will be sent home Monday 26th October, via the eldest child in each family. Once you receive your concert ticket order envelope this is the process:
1. Return the order envelope to the class teacher via your child and not directly to the office.
2. This process will commence on Tuesday 27th October from 9.00am.
3. The envelopes are dated for seating priorities. Seats are allocated on first come first served basis (date the envelope is returned).
4. Concert tickets are $15.00 per person. Students performing are excluded.
5. We request a parent to attend both nights of the concerts.
6. All ticket order envelopes are to be returned by Friday 6th November
If you have any ticketing queries please call;
Wendy Pelns Ross; 0437 047 884 or Veronica Stewart; 0417 020 864
Our 2009 CONCERT logo was designed by a past student Michael Gibbon. It is a creative and colourful design. Look out for the large posters promoting the concert very soon.
To read about the "Compere" audition process, click on this link 2009 CONCERT Audition Information
CONTACT
You can contact me, via email at: Fran McCormick at mccormick.fran.e@edumail.vic.gov.au
