Chorale recently returned from their spring tour to Alberta where they sang for appreciative audiences in Didsbury, Calgary, Lethbridge, and Herschel, SK. Tour is always a time where the choir becomes a much tighter group and all the hard work learning repertoire pays off. By the end of tour the choir didn't even need to bring their folders off the bus. Close to 20 songs were sung for memory!
Only one performance left for Chorale before they end the year. Join RJC at the Spring Concert on May 8 at 7pm in the RJC gym to hear Chorale, Concert Choir, ManChoir, and enjoy the NEW piano that was just recently delivered to the school!
Thank you to Engelheim Bus Line for taking us everywhere we needed to go!
A neat view into the sanctuary at Didsbury Bergthal during warm-up.
Performance #1 in Didsbury.
We took the time for a formal picture in Trinity Mennonite Church, Calgary.
Sunday morning worship in Trinity Mennonite, Calgary.
Gabby told a children's story in Trinity.
Our hosts provided awesome food at each stop!
There often free time during tour, and the students enjoyed some playground time.
Sunday evening concert in First Mennonite Church, Calgary.
Monday morning at Menno Simons Christian School, Calgary.
RJC students are great at making connections with their listeners.
Menno Simons Christian School, Calgary.
We stopped in Vulcan, AB for a bit of Star Trek geekness.
In Herschel, SK. These small church buildings sing so well!
In Lethbridge Mennonite Church, our program was videoed and recorded. Check YouTube for a couple videos.
The RJC students put on a great show for visiting youth and youth
groups last Friday at the annual Friday Night Live variety show. Check
out videos of some of the performances on the RJC YouTube channel.
An enthusiastic audience.
Kylee and Aiden were the MCs for the evening.
"Sweet Home Alabama" and "Here Comes The Sun"
"She will be loved"
"I won't give up" and "American Honey"
Poetry and Motion.
"Stay"
Jade, Danielle, Christie, and Reanne all aglow under the lights.
Piano Lesson Skit
"Paradise"
Dannica models RJC dresscode
Isaac demonstrates a dress code violation - jeans!
"Chasing Cars"
Concert Choir filled the stage to sing "Hold Me Rock Me"
The Theatre Arts Class ended their unit on makeup with face-painting. The students designed their own plan on a face-map that they had earlier created from their own portraits. The final results were quite dramatic as they discovered how much they could change their appearance with makeup effects.
Some of the final results after 90 minutes of applying makeup.
Chorale had their debut performance at Bethany Manor in Saskatoon for
the annual RJC Kielke & Sausage Supper on Tuesday, October 21,
2014. The fundraiser is traditionally one of the first performances of
each year. They sang two sets of 25 minutes each while the public
enjoyed copious amounts of Kielke (home made noodles) and farmer's
sausage prepared to perfection by the RJC kitchen!
Bethany Manor was paving their parking lot, so Mel sat outside to offer alternatives.
Chorale also got to eat some of the fabulous food!
Chorale performed twice.
There were two dinner seatings at Bethany Manor - both well attended!
The last weekend in September was set aside to give students a chance to join the RJC Workshop Choir and spend the entire weekend singing and learning great music. For over 20 years, the Saskatoon Youth Orchestra has been coming to RJC for the same weekend to kick start their season. The weekend always ends with a concert in the RJC Auditorium where both the choir and orchestra perform their own songs and collaborate for a few pieces together.
The SYO and RJC Choir "faceoff" each other at their first combined rehearsal for "Star Trek: Into Darkness."
Richard Carnegie conducts the combined groups in rehearsal.
A sort of "Movie Music" theme emerged through the weekend as the SYO (under the direction of Richard Carnegie, principal bassist of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra) performed a medley of tunes from "The Sound of Music." The RJC singers happily joined in for an impromptu singalong (since we performed Rogers & Hammerstein's classic play last June!) Among other pieces, the RJC Choir sang "Eatnemen Vuelie" which can be heard in the opening sequence of the Disney animated feature "Frozen." Then together the choir & orchestra performed "When You Believe" (from "The Prince of Egypt") and "Star Trek: Into Darkness."
Under the pictures below you can find YouTube videos of the RJC pieces and the combined pieces. Or go to our YouTube Channel to see them there! youtube.com/rosthernjrcollege
At the Fall Concert, Chorale performed 3 pieces on their own.
Richard Janzen directed both groups in "When You Believe" from "The Prince of Egypt."
The two Richards take their bows with the SYO and RJC Choir looking on to an appreciated audience.
