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PROGRAMS
FINE ARTS
This event is one of the most comprehensive programs which the school
undertakes. Each Spring, we solicit the help of several volunteers to
"coach" each of the 5th- 8th grade students in the art of public
speaking. All fifth grade students are assigned a poem, while 6th-8th grade
students may choose from poetry, drama, declamation, or interpretive
readings. After several coaching sessions, another set of community
volunteers provide judging for the students in the speech categories, as well as
piano, instrumental, vocal, choral and the visual arts.
Selections from these performances and
presentations are then chosen for a public program. Each of the classes in
grades K-4 also prepare a group performance for presentation at the Fine Arts
Program.
Finally, the students have opportunity
to attend a regional festival sponsored by the Middle Atlantic Christian School
Association. Routinely students from the Christian School of GBC receive
"Excellent" and "Superior" ratings. Additionally, the school choir has
garnered high honors for their presentations.
 In addition to the Fine Arts Program,
the school students also have a vespers program on the day before Christmas
vacation. The vespers program is an opportunity for students to make
vocal, instrumental, and/or oral presentations pertaining to the celebration for
the Lord's birth. Classes and the choir also have lots of music to
sing. Parents and visitors are welcome.
Another common part of school life is a
school play. These plays generally involve the whole school. Recent
school plays have included a play regarding patriotism and a play about God's
blessing us with a building in which to praise and worship Him. There have
also been three major productions based on the book, Pilgrim's Progress.
The students presented an original adaptation of Pilgrim's Progress Part II,
Christiana's Journey on November 17, 2006. If you would like to see some
scenes click
THE PLAY.
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