PFES Music

Check out the story in The Roanoke Times

PFES Music — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:10:10 +0000

We made the paper! There is a great photo of Mrs. Eakin! Check it out here!

Finishing the bars at home…

PFES Music — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:17:27 +0000

The bars needed a coat of polyurethane. Here are some before and after photos!

Come check it out…

PFES Music — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:44:05 +0000

The marimba is just about finished. Mrs. Repass is going to put some beauiful letter on the marimba for us! Thank you to all the students and families you come out and supported this project. It takes a community to make music. And we made music… literally!

Stop by the music room and have a whack at the new marimba!

Mr. Young

More Pictures!!!

PFES Music — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:41:11 +0000

Pictures!

PFES Music — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:34:04 +0000

From Roanoke Times…

PFES Music — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:13:26 +0000

Scroll down and check out the small write up!
http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/education/wb/217405

We might be in the paper later in the week!

Marimba Project Day 1

PFES Music — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:34:49 +0000

We started today with the marimba project. All of the tone bars (all 18 of them) needed to be tuned! Under the expert tutelage of Mr. Brent Holl, we began the day with half of the 5th grade. They got us off to a great start. They were using mallet and chisels to notch out the tone bars, By taking out wood from the middle of the bar, the pitch is lowered. Cool huh?! 4th graders and about 1/2 the 3rd grade also did the chiseling of the bars.

Our Kinders, 1st, and 2nd grades also go in on the action. They were our quality control agents. They sanded and polished all of the bars. They are looking great.

We had many parents and grandparents that at joined in on the fun! Thank you all so much for adding to the great day! The kids loved having you all there.

Extra special thank you to Ms. Cottrill who took many pictures through out the day and Mrs. Maria Eakin (our student teacher in music) for surviving the sun and providing excellent direction to the kids!

I will upload some pictures tomorrow!

Can’t to start again tomorrow!

~Mr. Young

Thank you!

PFES Music — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:07:12 +0000

Thanks to the Long and Szyikowski families for mallets!

More pictures!

PFES Music — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:05:01 +0000

We are getting closer to next week for the project. Mr. Holl has sent us some more pictures! SO EXCITING!

A Tube

All layed out

Marimba

More Marimba

Bar ready to be tuned!

More, more marimba

tools

lots of tools

long low C

Thank you!

PFES Music — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:08:38 +0000

A huge thank you to the Wertz, Almedia, and Gruber familes for the supplies they have donated thus far!

Here is the sign out front!