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Show Vernal Express High School Christmas choir concert held Monday Uintah High School's HiLites and a cappella choir are warming warm-ing up for their annual Choral Christmas Concert which will be held on Monday at 7 pan. in the High School Auditorium. "Come and enjoy an evening of live music," said director Reed Hansen. The concert is free. The HiLites are scheduled to perform 35 concerts around the community during the month of December. The choir consists of 17 boys and 17 girls and all choreography cho-reography is done by student Jennifer Daniel. "I've got a fun and exciting group," said Hansen. "They have great blend and energy plus when they perform." ' r . ' ' ii J j i ii. ii -I ill 1 ' , 1 h ; -,V!sS , II , , i -tw!-s ,ItflW!, V-X I It 1 I 11 1 III s I II :' 1 I h ffl J, & c t ; j m -- c " - HiLite members are performing their Christmas show on Monday. HiLites perform a few of their pieces for the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce. Bar J Wranglers to visit Vernal Friday Although the Bar J Wranglers have come to Vernal in the past, this year the Uintah Schools Foundation (USF) is sponsoring the group as a fundraiser. fund-raiser. The last three years the show has been sold out and organizers hope that will be the case this year. As with other fund-raising events, the community com-munity has again played a big part in helping put the show on. Kim Barnhurst, one of the committee com-mittee members with the USF for the event, said that Motel 6 donated all six hotel rooms needed for the musicians. The event will be Friday at 7 p.m. with doors opening at 6 p.m. Reserved tickets are $20 and general admission tickets are $14. The show will be at the Vernal Middle School auditorium auditori-um and will mainly be a variety show with Christmas music. "All the money earned goes into a general fund so teachers can submit proposals for items they can't buy with their regular regu-lar budgets," said Barnhurst. Barnhurst added that many requests are for things like math and reading resources, microphone systems for classrooms, class-rooms, poster printers for schools, and calculators. The Bar J Wranglers are based out of Jackson Hole, Wyo. and have at least 12 CDs to their credit. The musicians in the group include brothers Scott and Bryan Humphrey, Tim Hodgson, Donnie Cook, Jerry Baxter and occasional appearances by retired Bar J founder Babe Humphrey. The group is dedicated to preserving preserv-ing the cowboy tradition of sharing tales and music after cattle drives. Uintah High School Talking with our Teachers Band Performs many kinds of music By Janine Shannon Express Writer By Sarah Forsgren Express Writer The Uintah High School Band program plays three very different types of music; Jazz, Concert, and Pep music. The Pep band plays at football games, and is currently playing at basketball games. Although the band can't make it to every basketball game, they will be at all the region games played in Vernal. Pep band tunes are shortened versions of popular songs intended to "pep up" the crowd. Some of the band's repertoire rep-ertoire include Queen's "We Will Rock You," "Another One Bites the Dust," and Bon Jovi's "Livin' On a Prayer." The band usually plays "The Star Spangled Span-gled Banner" at the beginning -Wen,d;QverIriK December 27, 28, & 29, 2006 jwlailliiiajUiJMimi .Mr - f 1 lu'. ; r;v. I LOjl ft I 1 $80.00 Per person based on two people per room Price includes 2 nights stay at the Peppermill Casino Free Buffet and Fun Book plus Round Trip Transportation Need to sign up and pay by Dec 20. 2006 Transportation provided by Wilkins Transportation INC. For More Information com Brenda at the Golden Age 789-2169 Wmm. tflto- ILK.! me No Refunds Open to all ages 21 and over mam ro 8 wf:ri t. More than just politics. tune in for your daily dose of conservative social values. creasy cJCa7Cccz3 CD J L Jl -I LI of games as well. If you were once a member of the band and enjoyed playing these popular songs, Band Director Brian Gibson Gib-son would like you to know that all band alumni are welcome to come and play with the pep band. The band program's other types of music can be heard at their Christmas concert on Dec. 20. The Jazz Band, Pandemonium, Pandemo-nium, will be performing at 6 p.m. with the Uintah High and Vernal Junior High percussion ensembles. The Uintah High Concert band will be performing perform-ing at 7:30 p.m. with the Vernal Junior High 8th and 9th grade bands. The bands enjoy community commu-nity support and the Christmas music will be enjoyable for the community AM Megan Goodrich loves working work-ing with children, so she naturally natu-rally wanted to become a teacher. teach-er. Now, in the midst of her second year teaching, she has found a niche in first grade. "I'm better with this grade," she said. Last year, Goodrich team-taught team-taught fourth grade at Ashley Valley Elementary. With the switch back to neighborhood schools, Goodrich decided she wanted to stay at Ashley and so applied for the full-time position posi-tion as a first grade teacher. She was reluctant at first, but is glad now that she changed. Not only has she found it easier to teach the whole day through, but she also loves the age level. "They love school and they love to learn new things," . Goodrich said of her first graders. grad-ers. "You see the most growth in first grade." Students who couldn't read four months ago are already catching on. "Everyday you see the light bulbs click on," she said. ,- , , Reading plays an important role in her classroom. Goodrich herself loves to read, so students stu-dents spend time reading to each other and to themselves. She also reads aloud to get children chil-dren excited about books. The class is currently hearing the story of "Fantastic Mr. Fox," a beginning chapter book. Goodrich says they love it. As a fairly new teacher, Goodrich is required to take tests and classes to become "highly qualified" even though she already spent four years K'pk'Vj1 """" ; fs ?ia , V r 1 Megan Goodrich in college. She graduated from Utah State University, attending attend-ing school in Logan and student teaching in Vernal. Goodrich said she may eventually get her master's. Goodrich is originally from Colorado, but she grew up in Vernal. Most of her family lives here, and she likes Vernal because it is a good place to raise a family. Her favorite thing to .dp, in fact, is spend time with family. Her husband grew up on a farm and is a team roper. Goodrich said their son is just about as good at swinging a rope as his dad. The family enjoys riding their six horses . and taking friends out riding. They usually ride trails in the mountains where they build a fire and cook hot dogs and roast marshmallows. Goodrich plans to stick with first grade for awhile. Next year, her son may even get to be in her classroom PLEASE JOIN US this CHRISTMAS at St. Pauls Episcopal ChurchI SUNDAY NIGHT, December 24th, 10:15 p.m., - Special music and carols, candle light, and a Celebration of Holy Eucharist SUNDAY, January 7th, 10 a.m., A Suprising Christmas Pageant Every SUNDAY, 10 a.m., Holy Eucharist Sunday School for children r u Ttarkev dinner with all the 1 ' trimmings will be delivered to shot-ins and to anyone needing a hot meal. Xt Meals will also be ' available for dining in at r the Western Park VrVN between 4:30 & 5:30 p.m. tinner, "v If you know of someone in need of a meal, or if you would like to volunteer to help with the dinner or donate food items for the dinner, contact Christina Daggett at 828-0016. lhTISllA7Sffll B.E&S POETS 1' |