December 26

December 26, 2012 Rosenfeld News by Tina Wolfe

            In the words of an old song; Oh baby, its cold outside. I have a pair of lined jeans and they sure come in handy on days where the temperature drops below -20 and your nose soon looks like Rudolph’s. I’m hoping that we’ll have cold now and then come February the south wind blows in, Quebec and Ontario have again had power outages along with their storm systems and I really hope they don’t share that situation with us.

            Even though Christmas day has come and gone many people are still gathering and as the TV shows, still shopping. We had a wonderful day with our family even though the stomach flu was still having an effect on our grandson, Thomas.

Rosenfeld program

            The Rosenfeld students and staff worked and practiced hard and again performed an awesome program. It was held on Wednesday, Dec.19 with two performances. The grandparents, aunts and uncles and family friends attended in the afternoon in order for the parents and siblings to have enough seating in the evening. Before the performance began all the piano students participate in a musical prelude. This year we were pleasantly surprise when one of them played Silent Night on the violin. Good job, Jennifer Wall.   

            The concert was entitled The Tale of the Drowsy Shepherd and yes, the shepherd did fall asleep on the job and later had to go looking for the runaways but it all turned out alright in the end. We listened to poems, songs and watched dancing sheep. We were entertained by the Grade 2 class with their rendition of Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree, the school choir singing Sing Noel and poems written and recited by the Grade 3 students. There was never a dull moment as once again the Christmas story unfolded. A big round of applause goes out to the students and staff with special note to the school choir director, Denise Wohlgemut and her accompanist, Kathy Schroeder.

Parkside program

            The Parkside Winter concert took place on Thursday, Dec. 20 at the Altona Bergthaler Church. Due to the drama teacher being ill most of the month; the entire evening was music and singing. It was great. The Grade 7 band was up first and it’s always amazing how far these students have come in their music ability in such a short time. They had an outstanding performance when playing Away in a Manger in two parts, brass and woodwind. The Grade 8 band began with Do You Hear What I Hear and closed with a Jubilant Carol. While the congregation sang Joy to the World the choir took their places and filled the entire front section with just as many boys as girls. As I’ve noted before, having a male music director has made a huge impact on the number of boys participating. This is a good thing.

            Now would be the time where the drama begins but in its place we had a variety of groups entertain just for the fun of it. We had a clarinet trio, a flute trio and Joy to the World beautifully done by student, Avery Brillinger on the cello and Mr. Schott, music director, on the tenor saxophone. The audience then listened to a saxophone quartet and a brass ensemble.

            Not to be outdone, the jazz band came out rocking beginning with Angels Diggin’ It and finished their set with Bell Carol Rock. Those of you who read this column on a regular basis already know that I enjoy the jazz portion the most and it doesn’t hurt that our grandson, Thomas is now the drummer and he did an outstanding job. Those are grandma’s bragging rights.

Rink up date

            The Rosenfeld and District Skating rink is now officially open. The lights are on every evening and from our house I can observe the heads bobbing along on the ice. If in doubt as to the time schedule, please call ahead, 204-324-8902.

            I hope everyone is having a great Christmas break and enjoying the snow. Happy New Year!