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We had our annual Christmas concert this past week. This year we had performances from The Lion King and Aladdin and our main act of Bolero. The performances were exciting and amazingly well done by all. 

Everyone had worked really hard to get ready for the concert.

The first part of our Christmas concert was the drumming acts. DeeDee 2 class started things off, performing Ruslan. Next on stage were the Robby Rabbits and they performed 2 songs: Carmen and Minuet. For the final part of the classical songs section the DeeDee 1 class performed Nutcracker.

DeeDee 1 performed 2 songs from Aladdin: Arabian Nights and Friend Like Me.

DeeDee 2 also performed 2 songs: Stampede from The Lion King and our main act Bolero.

After a short break we began the second act which was singing and dancing.

Missy Mouse class treated us to 2 songs: Up on the Housetop and Feliz Navidad.

The boys and girls gave us 2 really great performances of: Hot Chocolate from the Polar Express and Shake it Off by Taylor Swift.

We had 3 more performances from Robby Rabbit and the DeeDee classes. Robby Rabbit sang: Five Gingerbread Men, DeeDee 1: North Pole Rock ‘n’ Roll and DeeDee 2: Candy Cane Lane

The Beanstalk teachers went on stage to perform in front of the students and parents. They did a dance to: Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.

The students were happy to see their teachers on stage.

The finale of our concert was 3 Japanese songs: Awatenbo no Santa Claus, Yuki ya Konko, Oshougatsu performed by Robby Rabbit and DeeDee students. We finished off with We Wish You a Merry Christmas which had the teachers join the students on stage.

We’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

A short preview of our Christmas concert:

Every year during the Christmas period the Robby and DeeDee classes take a trip to perform in front of the residents of Kotobuki-sou.

After getting changed we take a few photos before heading down the road to see the residents.

Don’t you you think we look cute in our little Santa outfits?

It’s so much fun being in costume!

You can take a look at us performing right here:

We made presents prior to our visit for each resident and hand them out after the performance.

We wish them a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

For thanksgiving this year we made popcorn!

We decorated bags to put our popcorn in.

Our cute designs are finished. Now it’s time to fill those bags full of fresh popcorn.

The Robby Rabbit class even made hats for the occasion.

Bags full and flavor added.

It was time to get our shake on!

Shake Shake.

We hope all of you who celebrated Thanksgiving had a nice time together.

We believe at Beanstalk that it is important to be prepared for every situation.

One thing that we may face is an earthquake.

Holding evacuation drills helps prepare everyone if said situation arises.

After we make sure it is safe to leave the building we proceed to our evacuation site.

Made it! Now it’s time to check if anyone is missing.

Yay! Everyone is here.

It seems safe, so we head back to school.

And this is how we prepare!

Part of our celebration of Halloween at Beanstalk is to visit the residents at Kotobuki-sou and perform in front of them.

We walk around to Kotobuki-sou in groups.

We perform several songs in English and Japanese. We also get the residents to join in!

Once the performances are over we give out hand made gifts to each of the residents.

You can see our performances here:

We’d like to thank everyone who took part in this year’s Halloween celebration.

Lunch

After the fashion show we sat down for lunch…

…and got some time for a few photos outside.

Performance

It was time for the main performance so everyone gathered into the main hall to watch each class.

Missy Mouse class went first with their song: The Skeleton Dance.

Up next was Robby Rabbit performing: The Addams Family Theme.

The DeeDee 1 class went next with: Happy Monster Song.

The final performance was done by DeeDee 2: Somebody’s Watching Me.

Everybody started to arrive at the venue in the morning ready for a spooky day of fun.

We started our day with a fashion show. The costumes were amazing!

Thank you to everyone for dressing up. You all looked great!

Planning

We had lots to get ready this year for Halloween…

…and we started with practicing our dance performances.

It was important to get the right pose for the runway!

I think the decorations this year were particularly good. It was really fun making them.

Preparation

Before everyone arrived the teachers went ahead and decorated the venue.

The teachers also had a little time to get into costume before everyone arrived.

This year’s theme was The Addams Family and perfect to fit in with the spooky setting.

What an amazing Halloween we had this year.

We had some fantastic performances from all the classes and they all looked incredibly cute.

We also went to Kotobuki-sou to see the residents there and perform a few songs for them.

Thank you to everybody who attended and took part in our Halloween 2019 celebration.