Hi. We're the 5th grade class of the Rocking Raiders. We've recently been working on our band instruments and singing with ourvoices. We had an artist-in-residence come to teach us about Mexican music and culture. We danced, dressed up in Mexican style clothing and we talked aboutMariachi bands. She even directed her own!

(The above was dictated by the 5th grade class to Mr. F)

The Lakes Region Junior High Music Festival

Last Friday, our school sent some students to the Lakes Region Junior High Music Festival. It was an all-day music festival where hundreds of bright students gathered to rehearse four pieces for each band and chorus. They performed the pieces for friends, family and community members in the evening. It went really well!

You'll notice our music playlist on the right. It has rehearsal recordings from the Lakes Region Junior High Music Festival. Remember - this was not only our school, this was a very large group of students from many different schools. We only deserve a small part of the credit!

I'd like to list names of conductors, directors and other teachers that helped organize, but I haven't asked them for permission and it would be wrong to do so otherwise.

Lastly, remember that these are rehearsal recordings. That means that these were taken early in the day before the concert. Since these recordings, band and chorus both improved even further! If you think they sound good NOW in rehearsal and recorded on an iphone, just wait until we get our professionally recorded CDs of their concert in the mail! Those tracks will be unavailable for download, but you will be able to listen to them here.

If you'd like to download these songs, feel free! They were recorded by me. Follow the link below to the download page.

http://sites.google.com/site/mrfairbanksmusicsupport/home/lakes-region-junior-high-music-festival

Enjoy the music!!!!

-Mr. F

Welcome to our blog!

Hello! This is Mr. F and the Rocking Raiders. You've found our blog! On this site, you'll hear all about the progress we're making in weekly music class. You'll hear songs sung, see the occasional pictures of our daily life in music class and hear about special activities we are up to.

This week, we worked on composing simple, repetitive ostinato patterns. Here is some of our work.

Thanks for visiting the Rockers, we hope to keep you entertained! Keep checking back for updates!

Mr. F