The Cascade School Music Department would like to invite you to several events this December.  The first one is the annual Christmas concert on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at 7:00 pm in the north gym.  The concert will include the bands in grades 7-12 as well as the junior high school choir and high school choir. Each group has been working hard on their music, in between all the busyness that happens in school, and are looking forward to sharing their music with you. We are excited to have some special guests this year--the Great Falls Tuba Christmas group will be performing before, during breaks and after the concert. This is a group that meets only at Christmas time and they play Christmas tunes on euphoniums (small tuba-like instruments) and tubas.  When do you ever get to hear tubas play Christmas carols?! Well, come join us at the Christmas concert on December 11 at 7:00 pm in the north gym and you will hear the tubas as well as our fantastic student musicians.

The next event for the Cascade Music Department is the elementary Christmas Program, "A Swingin Country Christmas".  It will be presented on Thursday, December 13, 2018, at 7:00 in the north gym.  This program includes students in grades kindergarten through sixth-grade singing and dancing their way to a wonderful Country Christmas.  Each grade level will perform 2 songs during the program.  The evening also includes a concert from the fifth and sixth-grade bands. This will be a "premier event" for the fifth-grade band as this will be their very first performance in front of an audience! The sixth graders have a few more performances under their belts and are ready to share what they have learned so far this year. Please come and support our wonderful elementary music students at this event.

The last thing to share with you is the annual pie social set to follow the Elementary Christmas Program.  It will be held in the school cafeteria immediately following the program, at about 8:00 pm. This is one of our favorite events of the year. How can you top a program, pie and juice, and conversation with friends and neighbors? As always, donations of pie and juice would be welcome. Without all of you this event would not be nearly so successful! You may bring a pie (or three) to the cafeteria before the program or earlier in the day if that is more convenient for you.  We will make sure the cafeteria is prepared for your donation. You may call Melody at 468-9380 or 406-600-7585 if you have questions or would like to help out. Thank you so much for your support! This is the only fundraiser the elementary music program does during the year and your generosity has helped buy new instruments, music, books, and many other things.

I have been told that there will be a special visitor to the Cascade School the evening of the program (Ho Ho Ho!!), so please keep your eyes open and your ears tuned in during this special time!