LCHS Choir presents "Songs of Creation"

Adam Beeken, Choir Director at Lexington Catholic High School, sends along this invitation:

Spring Choir Concert
Songs of Creation
Thursday 3/19 7:00pm LCHS Theater

+Join us for our choir concert featuring LCHS choirs and soloists fresh back from a trip to Chicago .
+There will be special performance by MidKnight M’Ladyes and After Hours in the lobby before the concert at 6:40pm.
+There will be a reception following the concert.

This is a concert you won't want to miss!!

St. Agatha in the News

St. Agatha Academy in Winchester is featured on the front page of today's Lexington Herald Leader's Communities section.

At left, Principal Christy Rickert watches two students work on a comic book project in the computer lab - sounds very artistic!

Read the full story at

http://www.kentucky.com/141/story/721881.html

Music All Around

Above: All the school choirs joined in song!

Adam Beeken, Choir Director at Lexington Catholic, sends this report about lots and lots of choir activities:

AREA CHOIR CONCERT - We had a wonderful afternoon on Sunday, March 1, with over 120 students from local schools and parishes combining together at Pax Christi Church in Lexington for the annual Area Choir performance. Special thanks to Pax Christi for hosting and the Blake family for sponsoring the concert. We raised over $1,100 for our Vocal Music Award. We are now accepting applications for our incoming freshman and graduating seniors at this time.













WOMEN’S CHOIR FESTIVAL- We had a great experience last week participating with and singing for choirs from Lafayette and Western Hills High Schools at the Women's Choir Festival at Calvary Baptist Church in Lexington We worked with director Terri Foster from the Louisville Youth Choir as well as heard a special performance from the UK Women’s Choir and Paws & Listen.

SOLO & ENSEMBLE- This year we had a large number of students to perform at Solo & Ensemble and all of them received the highest rating of I (distinguished). This is a testament to our wonderful voice teachers and talented students congrats to
Anne Ward Arbegust
Chelsea Allen
Paul Bork
Catherine Borland
Megan Carter-Stone
Cheyenne Davis
Emma Hanley
Jennifer Hicks

Kelsey VonderHaar
Katherine Wright

The LCHS Choirs will keep the music coming on their trip to Chicago next week, and then March 19 is the big Spring Choir Concert.

Good Shepherd Visits Glassworks

Above: A Good Shepherd student helps "blow a kiss" to help form a beautiful glass creation (see last photo below!)

Amy Greenwell, Technology Coordinator at Good Shepherd School in Frankfort, sends this report about a colorful field trip:

Our 7th grade Art class took a field trip to Glassworks in Louisville. While at Glassworks the students got to take a tour of the facility and "blow" a kiss.

Above - The starting materials.

Below - It takes a lot of effort to keep the air coming at a steady pace!

Below right - The amazing results!

SPPS Earns National Award!

Nanci Barnhart, Fine Arts Coordinator at Sts. Peter and Paul School in Lexington, sent in this great news:

We are proud to announce that Sts. Peter & Paul School has been selected as one of the 12 recipients of the 2009 Catholic Schools for Tomorrow award from Today's Catholic Teacher. Our award is specifically for innovative projects in total community involvement, the 3D Arts program that sponsored classes for not only SPPS students, but also children from surrounding urban schools.

The program, and our school, will be featured in the March issue of Today's Catholic Teacher, along with the eleven other schools in the nation who are also being recognized this year. This award will be presented at a banquet during the 2009 National Catholic Education Association convention in Anaheim, California.

This is a wonderful honor for us, and will certainly spread the news about all the great things happening at SPPS.

The spring 3D Arts academy is in full swing, with classes in beginning violin, Irish dancing, musical theater, drama, African drumming, guitar, and art being offered. (See blog entry from Oct. 21, 2008). Our 3D Arts showcase will be held here at SPPS on March 26 at 6 PM. Everyone is invited to attend.