ye News — K 4 Arts combined A whole range of artistic expres- sion will emit from Parkland Secondary School! in the next few weeks — ranging from the music, dance, drama and art of a Fine Arts Extravaganza to a music tour by students to Rogers Secondary School in Nelson. Parkland’s first fine arts extrava- ganza is April 14, and music teacher Mark Fraser hopes it will tum into an annual affair. It will feature a two-hour show of drama, song and dance as well as presentations of artwork throughout the school’s fine art rooms. The program is not yet finalised ® FE @ but the drama department is likely to present a number of scenes from “Songs We Sing” which it pre- sented earlier this year. The dance department will pre- sent three or four scenes it is working on for a planned trip to Spain later in the year and music students will perform solos and duets as well as group and choral pieces being perfected for their trip to Nelson in early May. The show will be funded by the Fine Arts department at the school and, it hopes, a small grant from Sidney Arts Council, while some of the student art work will be auctioned to raise funds for next year’s extravaganza. Admission to the show is free _and “anybody and everybody is ~ welcome,” says Fraser. ““We want as many people as we can get; we are trying to showcase students’ talent, especially those who don’t normally get credit in the com- munity, and show off what they’re capable of doing.” The following day, April 15, sees the music students take part in the Massed Bands Concert of the Saanich School District in the Panorama Centte. This project, undertaken every two years, brings together middle and secondary school students from Grades 6, 7-8 and 9-12 in “massed bands” to perform com- bined pieces. All grades will join as one in a greater “massed band” to perform the national anthem _,and Alexander’s Ragtime Band at ~ the end of the night. The music students will also get the opportunity to cast a critical eye on their tutors as an 8-piece band of teachers from the various schools get together to perform renditions of “When the Saints ...’ and Scott Joplin’s ‘The Enter- tainer.’ The guest artist on the night will be Peter Burmis, french horn player with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra and tickets at $1 each will be available through band students in the district. Half the admission cost will stay with the schools selling the tickets with the other half going to defray costs. Fraser is also responsible for coordinating a trip to the Kooten- ays for 35 music students, subject to school board approval. The plan is to charter a bus for the trip during which band and choir students from grades 9 through 12 will spend five days in Nelson with fellow music students from the Rogers Secondary School Students who visited Parkland at the start of March. : The concert band, jazz band and choir will perform a range of traditional, contemporary and School district busy building An application is going before the Agricultural Land Commis- sion to approve a new elementary school site in North Saanich, according to a summary of capital projects received at the March 30 board meeting. The district is already busy on capital projects. Currently, nine school building projects are under- way in the north and central zones of Saanich School District. Under construction are an addi- tional to Deep Cove Elementary, an addition to Keating Elementary and construction of the new Bay- @ side Middle school. Board chair- STARTING Alge: BASKET GARDENS man Graham Hill said the district now hopes Bayside will be com- pleted sometime next September. Working drawings for additions and renovations to Stelly’s Secon- dary are underway as are plans for playing field redevelopment. Additional parking is to be added over the summer to Park- land Secondary and to McTavish Elementary. Office renovations are planned for Parkland Secondary and the storefront school while the com- puter room is to be renovated at Sidney Elementary. z3 ER Andrea @ practises, artis sketches and musician Graeme Gallins plays before show. TheReview Wednesday, April 8, 1992 — A15 in April 14 extravaganZd ag pice ug aire PG rca Easter Treasures eo Tea Seis° Trollse Lego Easter baskets! BF CENTRAL SAANICH VIDEO ¢ Brio e play mobil . Excellent ideas for your % 2496 Beacon Ave. el - 655-7171 Sun.: Noon-4:00 p.m. FS Gir Grete a 7855 EAST SAANICH RD. 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