Newell Choir Students Sing Valentine's Day Songs at NVN
Ryder Heitz news@bellefourchebeacon.com NEWELL-
The Newell Middle and High School Choir ventured to the NVN Senior Center on Tuesday, February 11, where they were met with an audience of senior citizens, peers, and locals as they sang a variety of Valentine's Day themed songs.
Kim Bachman, music teacher, played guitar as the students sang classics like "Dream Lover," "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," and "Love Me Tender." Selected students also recited love-themed poems in-between songs.
"I just knew that when I took over the music program at the Newell school that they had not been out into the public for many, many years. And so that was one of my goals," explained Bachman. “And so, you always reach out to the generation before you, because they are the ones with the wisdom and the knowledge of the community.”
The first place Bachman reached out to was the NVN Senior Center, where Patty Karas, “opened up her arms” to welcome the choir class.
The students started practicing for the Valentine’s Day performance as soon as they finished the Christmas program in December.
"I'm just so proud of the children. They've not been up in front of audiences before, and I shared with them the way to get over stage fright is to get on stage," said Bachman. "We've talked a whole lot about the difference between entertaining and performing, and our goal is to be entertainers. They did that today."
The music program's next big event will be the Spring Concert on April 24.