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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2009-03-11, Page 7• �'. r A. "'.$'•',VPYz ``•jA{ ‘5: t1- •- a Snean iiundertmark When Coryn Knox, a Grade 3 stu- dent at Huron Centennial Public School, heard about a contest offered by the school board's foundation looking for songs about the environ- ment to include on a CD, she headed straight for the shower. ,. Writing songs while standing in the shower since she was "a little kid," Coryn says she started working on a song that spelled out the word pollution. "I thought it would be catchy," she She and: her' classmate Brooke Schroeder sing the song on the Avon Maitland District School's Board's Foundation for Enriching Education 'CD called Footprints - Songs and Po- -r. etry for a Sustainable Planet. si t ` And, they're two of about 65 Huron Centennial students to win a spot „ singing various songs on the CD. Coryn and Brooke recorded the song originally in front of their class with music teacher John Powers but recorded it a second time • at The Swamp, a recording studio in Gad - shill, north of Stratford. "We got to miss the whole day of ,,,we ,school ; and it's cool that we got to have our voices on CD that will be sold," says Coryn "It think it sounds better on the studio recording - it's a bit more rock and roll," adds Brooke. The environmental CD project, funded by the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, involved a board- wide contest last fallafter teacher Kerry McManus had a graduate share despair s. about 'how hard it is to make change . within an institution. Inspired by watching the ef- fect of kids- on their families as they encouraged the use of blue boxes and other environmental practices, Mc- Manus wrote a grant application for the CD proj- ect. "We were look- ing for ways to support the ideas and dreams for the green initia- tive nitia-tive across the school board," says McManus, adding that pro- ceeds from the sale of the CD will fund the foundation's reenFund * o� �� = StratfOrd-.Beacon Herald photo John Powers leads a' Huron Centennial music class as they record on the CD Foot- prints songs and Poetry for a Sustainable Planet. ing back to' Huron Perth schools and from three Grade 8 students at Hu - their green projects. ron Centennial and liensall Public A panel of judges, including Bert' School - and two songs from high - Carriere, past.music director of the school students. Huron Centennial sent three class groups to the recording studio in Grades 1-3 to : sing songs called The World Needs Energy, Pollution, In The Future and What If. When he heard about the contest, Powers asked his primary music classes if they wanted to write some Stratford Festival, , :David Prosser, director of literary services at the Stratford ` Festival and Eric Eber- hardt, owner of the Gentle Rain healthfood store: in Stratford, chose the winners. �. They included four songs from pri- mary students - all of which came from: Huron Centennial Public School - two poems and five songs from Grades 5-8 - one of which came 1_ ar CONGRATU TIONS to Christa Bennett to your accomplishment. People- like you �rr7ake the difference. Best wishes. lo Ross and Joyce Ribey and the staff of Whitney-RibeyFuneral Holme 87 Goderich St., W. Seaforth 519-527-1390 www.whitneyribeyfuneralhome.com i original songs: ; .. - ;,,„ . .w "It came together easily. Writing songs is something I love to do. We started with the lyrics and looked for words that rhyme and once you have your rhythm pattern, you trey out some musical styles," he says. Powers says that with a green classroom and green team at Huron Centennial, the students. were very knowledgeable about environmental issues and had no trouble: coming up with lyrics. "They're in touch with what they can do to make a difference. It's great to get young children involved as"rep- resentatives of the future generation since they really have an awareness of what's going on," he says. The four songs range in style from reggae to funk, folk and African and some of the songs were originally-, re- corded with some instrumental help from some Grade 8 students. When they were chosen to record on the CD, the students were very excited about the opportunity. "They knew they had to be on their best behaviour because time is mon- ey in a studio but you could sense their enthusiasm," says Powers. "They were all nervous and ex- cited. They all looked so cute with their director -trying to get them to be funky," says Eileen . 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