HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-05-26, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2011. PAGE 9.
By Zach Drost
The first meeting of the 2011
South Huron 4-H Sheep Club was
held at Deb and Les Falconer’s farm
on May 9 at 7:30 p.m.
The meeting began with members
playing flags in the Falconer’s yard.
Members joined in as everyone
began to arrive. After the game,
everybody gathered in the house
where the business part of the
meeting began.
First, leaders Florence Pullen and
Deb Falconer handed out several
sheets such as the Health and Safety
forms, 4-H registration and
information on how members will
be scored throughout the club. The
leaders gave an explanation for each
hand-out sheet. This year 4-H
membership is $70 per member.
It was then time for the
nominations and elections for the
club executive. An explanation for
each position was given to newer
members in the club.
For President, Joel Brodie was the
only nominee and was immediately
put into this position. Vice president
is Murray Dale; secretary, Amber
Brodie and press reporter, Zach
Drost.
With the elections completed, the
debate for the date of the second
meeting began and everyone came
to the decision that it would take
place at the farm of Florence and
Don Pullen at 7:30 p.m. At this
point the president closed the
meeting with the 4-H motto, “Learn
to do by Doing”.
Wow, the things kids do at schoolthese days. It almost makes one wantto be a kid again.
If you missed the spring concert at
Hullett Central Public School on
Tuesday, May 17, you missed a look
into what children are doing in
education these days as well as a fun
hour of music.
Pupils were already working onand rehearsing for the concert whenMrs. Barnett went on sick leave.
Consequently Traci Thompson most
capably directed the evening. Barb
Bosman was the pianist and Glenda
deBoer ran the video aspects of the
show. Another thing that impressed
me was the fact that everyone, adults
and pupils alike, were truly enjoyingthe presentation.Apparently Hullett Central is one
of a very few schools in the Avon
Maitland District School Board with
a band aspect to its music program.
This school year every pupil in
Grades 6, 7 and 8 learned to play an
instrument and be part of the school
band. Not everyone has a music gene
but everyone can try and that they
did. The band played “Mexican Hat
Dance” and “Do Wah Diddy”. And
there were solo groups of flutes,
clarinets and a trumpet.
The audience got on the program
as well by having a chance to sing
“Do Wah Diddy”.
The project assigned to the Grade
4 and 5 pupils was to create their
own musical instruments. Mrs.
deBoer virtually cut up the
orchestral instruments into puzzle
pieces. The pupils were to put
together three or four parts from a
variety of instruments. Each pupil
made a slide with a picture of his/her
instrument. In the voice-over, the
child named their new instrument,
classified it in a musical instrument
family and talked about the sound it
would make. The audience saw four
slides – a batordion, a clarmincazoo,
a clarturephone and a keyairtarp.
Fourteen girls from Grades 3
through 8 opened the concert. This
small choir sang, “Sing It” and “Like
a Prayer”. Arranged in four groups,
these girls demonstrated their talent
by singing various verses. Later in
the concert the choir sang, “Flying
Free” and “Lean on Me”.
All pupils in Grades 1 through 5,
the primary/junior choir, did three
fun numbers, “Hello, Hello”, “Sing a
Spring Song” and “Critters”. There
were actions, smiles and even a few
critters crossing the stage.
Mrs. Barnett’s assignment to
Grades 6, 7 and 8 was to make amusic video. There was a list ofcriteria to be followed, the pupils
could work in teams and they had to
use a specific video program at the
school. The video stories we
watched were done to “Girls Just
Wanna Have Fun”, “JCJK Remix
Billionaire”, “Eye of the Tiger” and
“Concrete Angels”.
As mentioned earlier, not everyone
is a musician. However,
opportunities such as these young
people have can create an
understanding and appreciation for
music that will last a lifetime. And
there just might be a music genius
born through these classes. Well
done, Hullett!
SH Sheep
Club holds
meeting
UCW has meeting
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Spring concert thrills Hullett parents
Shakin’ off gravity
Travis Hoggart proved he isn’t one to be held down by the
laws of physics during Hullett Central Public School’s track
and field competition on May 18. (Denny Scott photo)
Lean back
Mary Kate Allen was one of the multitude of students from
Hullett Central Public School who tried to tame the forces
of nature by jumping higher, throwing farther and running
faster during the school’s track and field competition on
May 18. (Denny Scott photo)
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NEWS
FROM LONDESBORO
Residents of the village will be
relieved to know that Adam
Beisinger is now home at his father’s
house in the village. Adam had a
stay in a London Hospital as a result
of an early morning accident in April
east of the village. Although it will
be some months before his spine and
ribs heal well enough for him to
returns to work, he continues to
improve. Best wishes on a speedy
recovery, Adam.
Londesborough United had its
annual yard sale on Saturday, May
14. Several boxes of donated books
were left over. They are destined for
the Blyth Festival’s annual book sale
in early June. Until then you are
welcome to look through the
selection in the post office area of
Radford’s Farm Equipment. But
hurry for many have already been
picked up.
Villagers who have come to know
Terry Richmond, parts counter and
post office person at Radford’s Farm
Equipment, might like to stop in this
week and wish him “Happy
Birthday” on May 26. It is a rather
significant one.
Tim Elliott graciously hosted a
dozen or so ladies of the
Londesborough UCW on May 10 at
Nature’s Nest. That evening Tim
shared bird knowledge, as in how to
attract various species of birds to
their backyards, what type of feeders
to use and what those specific birds
like to eat. It was an opportunity for
the ladies to garner information and
to see the feeders, birdhouses and
seed Nature’s Nest has in stock.
Thanks Tim.
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