Sister Schools Concert

Harrison of The Bad Monkeys sets up for a marimba number!

The Fernwood Choir performed a Michael Jackson tribute and several other beautiful songs!

Arlie played the flute parts on "Peace I Leave With You"

Harrison on the marimbas

My two performers! So proud of them!

Harrison strikes a pose after the concert.....

Overton Berry and Harrison

The after party at Dairy Queen!

Harrison, Khylee, Anjali, and Maddie

Mimi poses with some amazing kids!

The Fernwood Sister Schools concert was May 27 at the Northshore Performing Arts Center. The Fernwood choir, the Bad Monkeys Marimba band, the benefit concert choir and Overton Berry all performed. It was an amazing concert and netted a great profit for our sister school, Mokono Boarding School, in Uganda. Past concerts have helped fund a resource center for the school and future funds will build more resource centers so kids can have books and resources to learn. It's a great cause and a wonderful way to hear our kids perform. Harrison was in both the choir and marimba band. Arlie was in the choir and played a flute duet. Both did amazingly well and we celebrated afterward with a trip to Dairy Queen, as tradition dictates! Mimi and Papa were here to enjoy it, too, which was an added bonus.

Sister Schools Concert

Harrison and Arlie performed Friday night in our Sister Schools concert. This was a fundraiser for Mokuno orphanage in Uganda, which our school supports through fundraising concerts, clothing, toy and supply drives and monetary donations. It's a great cause and the concert was wonderful. We had Ugandan kids come and share some dances with us and another marimba ensemble played along with the Fernwood Marimba Ensemble as well as the choir (made up of kindergarten and first graders). Hayley took some video which I will post when I get her camera uploaded but here are some photos to enjoy. Oh, I should also mention it was 84 degrees outside on this day, so about 100 in the church and absolutely stifling, so the fact that the kids did such a great job is commendable.