MLES spring program salutes the Animal Kingdom through song
The Mountain Lake Public Elementary School (MLES) spring program was held Friday afternoon, May 20, in the school auditorium.
All of the selections presented by the students in grades Kindergarten-through-Six, the 4th-Grade Recorder Band, 5th-Grade Band and 6th-Grade Band saluted the Animal Kingdom through song under the theme of “Animals are Everywhere! Animals!”
The Music Department Directors include Marilyn Fast (Grades Kindergarten-through-Five), Andrea Brinkman (Grade Six) and Kurt Jahnke (5th-Grade Band and 6th-Grade Band).
Below is a photo gallery of the MLES students in performance:
TEN FIFTH-GRADE readers added perspective – and humor – to the eclectic array of songs about animals sung during the concert. Above are, from, left, Shyann Ober, Brooke Naas, Jaci Tollefson and Kaelynn Pietsch. Additional readers included Alana Morey, Hailey Marx, Peyton Banks, Devyn Rempel, Treyton Duerksen and Graciella Ramirez.
PUTTING THEIR SONG and rhythm together behind Director Marilyn Fast, are these kindergarten students. Front, from left, Kallyn Morey, Danika Gohr, Heidi Pfeiffer, Nevaeh Ott and Brynlee Morey. Middle, from left, Ben Falk, Camille Blom, Jonny Bass, Tayvien Eiynk, Adalynn Kufahl, Brennan Perkins, Claire Adrian and Tienna Hopper. Back, from left, Kendra Keosaykham, Cael Boldt, Leah Strom, Keymoni Bent, Ezra Savage, Bryseida Ramirez and Adrian Chantharak.
JACKSON BANKS, LEFT, and Isabell Nelson, right, are animated as they sing. The kindergarten shared four songs, “We Love Our Pets,” “I Love Little Kitty,” “Cuckoo” and “Keep Your Paws Off the Carrots.”
DIRECTOR MARILYN FAST, back right, provides keyboard accompaniment to the Fourth-Grade Recorder band as they present “Old MacDonald” and “Narbery, the ‘Narly Nerwhal. Recorder-playing students include, front, from left, Joey Faber, Grant Regier, Andres Vetsouvanh and Chase Jensen. At back, Adaliyah Srixomphou.
WITH ALL EYES on their music, these fourth-graders perform on their recorders. From left, Aiden Saelee, Joyce McCue and Makayden Khounsanthone.
SWINGING AS THEY sing “Animals! Animals!” are, from left, Astaria Mendez, Bryn Bell, and Carson Wall.
SHOWING OFF THEIR dancing and singing moves are these first-grade students,, from left, Jordan Siharath, Ava Lepp,Elena Stade and Keaton Khemphomma. Also sung by the combined two first-grade classes were “Dinosaurs” and “Twigga, the Twiggy Giraffe.”
THESE SECOND-GRADERS belted out all three of the numbers they presented. Front, from left, Taolana Sengmany, Phithsada Phoumivong, Cain Mendoza and Khloe Saelee. Back, from left, Layken Marcy, Aidan Olson and Ashlyn Pfeiffer.
THE CLASSES SANG the selections, “Unlikely Buddies,” “I Think it Might Be Elephants!” and “Awesome Animals.” Front, Audrina Bennett, left, and Aleena Vetsouvanh, right. Back, Tyler Dahna, left and Braxton Brown, right.
THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS also presented three songs. These included “They Behave That Way,” “Three Little Buffaloes” and “Animal Friends.” Front, from left, Karla Hernandez, Jake Evers, Kole Haberman, Tanner Schultz and Sawye Carrison. Middle, from left, Elsie Buller, Cooper Wenner, Danny Reyes, Aayla Radtke and Carsen Hopper. Back, from left, Genesis Lopez, Za’Nyiah Flowers, Seth Majerus, Leivy Fuentes Orea, Abby Sonnabend and Alexus Lopez.
THIRD-GRADE STUDENT Braxton Tollefson sang with lots of expression.
FIFTH-GRADE FLUTISTS at front, from left, Jaci Tollefson, Mikiah Peterson and Madison Schultz. At back are saxophonists, from left, Alex Blom, Alana Morey and Michala Morin. Director Kurt Jahnke led the Fifth-Grade Band through a pair of songs, “Danza Africana” and “Hard Rock Blues.”
THE FIFTH-GRADE Band members under the baton of Director Kurt Jahnke. Front, on flute, Shyann Ober. Middle, from left, on trumpet Kaylie Baerg and Peyton Banks and on saxophone, Trystyn Hartwig. Back, trombonists Brody Kleven, Brice Anacker and Theo Evers.
PLAYING THE NOTES via the slide on the trombone are Sixth-Grade Band members Kade Wassman, left and Ian Penner, right.
PART OF THE percussion personnel for the Sixth-Grade Band. At left, on snare drum is Sam State, and at right, on the big bass drum, is Jordan Wright. The band performed a pair of songs, “Character,” and “Creepy Crawlies.”
“THE LION DOESN’T Sleep Tonight,” “Clever Chameleon” and “Whale Song,” were the numbers sung by the fourth-grade. Front, from left Annika Brinkman, Jadrah Renquist and Makayden Khounsanthone. Back, from left, Johny Lopez Lopez, Kody Wassman and Joyce McCue.
A ROW OF fourth-grade boys intent on their performance. From left, Aiden Mendoza, Alan Capetillo, Brayden Stewart and Chase Anacker.
FIFTH-GRADE SINGERS on the two songs they performed, “In the Wild” and “When I Grow Up” from the movie, Matilda. Front, from left, Shyann Ober, Alana Morey and Brody Kleven. Back, from left; Graciela Ramirez, Emma Estrada and Landon Morin.
FROM LEFT, KEEGAN Classen, Mason Fast and Avrom Buller represent some of the fifth-grade’s male voices. A special vocal group on ‘When I Grow Up” included Michala Morin, Areli Capetillo, Brody Kleven and Shyann Ober.
THE SIXTH-GRADE Class in their final performance as elementary students. Front, from left, Kaiya Sayavong, Mercedes Saengosoth, Chloe Anacker, Jerdane Vongkaechan, Tanner Koetzle, Kayne Chanthaviseth and Thavian Xayachak. Middle, from left, Cyenna Voshage-Hampel, Faith Simon, Tommer Vongkaechan, Kolby Kremmin, Marcos Deleon-Lopez and Damon Khamvongsa. Back, from left, Cynthia Bernal, Alexis Dunn, Olivia Klassen, Ben Bartsch, Wyatt Wall, Kade Wassman, Harlan Munning and Kaden Haberman. The students, led by Director of Choirs Andrea Brinkman, sang “Tres Canciones de los Elementos” (Three songs about the elements) and “Heal the World.”
SOLOISTS ON “HEAL The World” were, at front, Olivia Klassen, left, and Olivia Christians, right. The sixth-graders added sign language to their rendition of the Michael Jackson number. At back on risers, from left, Jordan Wright, Madison Hartle, Kaiya Sayavong and Mercedes Saegosoth.
