Piano Competition 2013

Our boys also competed in the Alabama ACEA State Fine Arts Competition this year in March. Jorden and Taylor were up first with the Jr and Sr. High division.

I asked the High School kids to do their pieces in our Elementary Chapel on Monday the week they competed. Jorden had the stomach virus that day so he got out of it.  

Taylor doing his piece-he competed in the Jr. High sacred piano category

Skyler competed in the classical piano category for High School

Julia competed in the speech category for High School

Danielle also competed in the Jr. High Classical piano category, but she did not play in chapel. 

Competition for the Jr High and High School kids is Thursday and Friday. Our boys played their pieces on Thursday for the judges, then we went back on Friday for the awards ceremony. Some categories are also on Friday. (Julia did her speech on Friday.)

Jeff giving the boys a few words of advice before they played for the judges

Taylor was so excited!

Jorden was very nervous, but excited also!

Taylor, warming up before he played. I asked him when he was finished, how he thought he did. He said “awesome!” LOL! He is a very funny guy!

For some reason I didn’t get a picture of Jorden when he was warming up.

Taylor won third place in the Jr. High division

Jorden got an excellent rating in the Sr. High division.

We are so proud of both of them! They both played beautifully!

Elementary Fine Arts Competition

The next week was the Elementary division. Once again the kids had to do their performances in our Elementary chapel on Monday the week the competed.

Jacob competed in the sacred piano category

Grace competed in the solo category

The 4th –6th graders competed in the choric speaking category

Jacob is in the brown shirt on the back row…

ACEA State Competition –Jemison, AL

Warming up for choric speaking

Jacob warming up before he played for the judge.

Waiting for the awards ceremony…

Emma was pretty excited!

Pretty girls…

Blake won 3rd place in woodworking and Grace won 2nd place for her solo piece

Mrs. Crotts trying to get the kids lined up for a picture.

So proud of you Jacob! (He received an excellent rating for his piano solo)

It was impossible to get everybody to look in the same direction at the same time!  

These kids won 1st place for their choric speaking!

                So proud of our school!