District 131

Fine Arts Festival Featuring:

Elementary Schools

Honors Band

Honors Chorus

Musical Theater

Visual Arts

Middle Schools

Honors Band

Honors Chorus

Drama

Visual Arts

High School Wind Ensemble

Honors Vocal Ensemble

Honors Performance

Visual Arts

Saturday, April 28, 2018

EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL

Welcome to the 2018 District 131 Fine Arts Festival at East Aurora

High School. Throughout the course

of this school year, the Fine Arts

students from all over the East Side

have been working extremely hard to

bring you this exciting day filled with

Art, Music and Drama.

There are many performances

throughout the day, and we encourage

you to experience as much as

possible. When you are not viewing a

performance, we invite you take a

stroll through our Art Galleries which

are located in the Hawks Auditorium

Lobby and the Commons Area. These

galleries feature artwork from all

grade levels: high school, middle school, and elementary school!

Concessions are available in the cafeteria; please stop by for a snack.

We hope you enjoy the many talents of our hard-working students. In

doing so, we ask that you respect our young artists and performers by:

- Only viewing the artwork; please do not touch

- Entering and exiting performance areas only between

songs or acts.

We would like to thank all the teachers that made this event possible

along with the Board of Education, Interim Superintendent - Dr. Mark

McDonald, EAHS Principal Marina Kosak, English and Fine Arts Di-

vision Chair Jen Brinkman, Elementary After-School Activities Coor-

dinator Jose Rios, NJROTC - Lt. Lauren Carthan, and Buildings &

Grounds for their support. But most of all we would like to thank you

for joining us today.

Nestor Garcia

Festival Coordinator

~ Welcome ~ District 131 Fine Arts Festival

East High Honors Vocal Ensemble Conducted by: Jim Stellmacher Accompanied by: Nancy Tabb

Will the Circle Be Unbroken .............................................................. Arr. J. David Moore Lamentations of Jeremiah..................................................................... Z. Randall Stroope Remember Me ....................................................................................... Arr. Roger Emerson This Is Me .................................................................................................... Arr. Mac Huff

Middle School Choir Humble and Kind............................................................................ McKenna/Arr. Lojeski

Brandon Staker, Director; Bethany Huges, Accompanist Wayfarin’ Stranger ............................................................................. Arr. Linda Spevacek

Lisa Gawlik, Director On My Own ................................................................................................ Arr. Ed Lojeski

Bethany Huges, Director; Lisa Gawlik, Accompanist I Saw Her Standing There ......................................... Lennon/McCartney;Arr. Billingsley

Brand Staker, Director

Bardwell Elementary School Drama Club Directors: Nancy Griffin & Eliseo Martinez

Selections from “Pirates! The Musical” .............. John Jacobson & Roger Emerson

Elementary School Choir How Far I’ll Go ................................................................... Traditional Folk Song

Amanda Chaussey, Director De Colores ............................................................................ Traditional Folk Song

Mary Novak, Director; Sebastian Rodriguez, Guitar Rainbow Connection ............................................. Paul Williams, Kenneth Ascher

Mike Gasso, Director Lean on Me/Don’t Stop Believing ......................................... “Glee” Arrangement

Matt Todd, Director True Colors .................................................................... Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly

Amy Kastel, Director I’m Still Standing ................................................................................. Elton John

Sebastian Rodriguez, Director; Mike Gasso, Piano

~ Choir Concert Program ~ 9:00 am - Hawks Auditorium

East High Directed by: Simon Rodriguez

Selections from Beetlejuice Written By Tim Burton

Simmons Drama Directed By: Eric Curtis

Parent Teacher Conference Ninja Fairy Godmother Blind Date Written By Simmons Drama Club & Eric Curtis

Cowherd Drama Directed By: Collette Taylor

The Ten Best/Worst Things About Middle School A Short Comedy by M.G. Davidson Produced by special arrangement with Stage Partners (www.yourstagepartners.com)

Waldo Drama Directed By: Lindsey McGee

The Silent Ones A short comedy by Catherine Castellani Produced by special arrangement with YouthPLAYS (www.youthplays.com)

~ Drama Program ~ 11:00 am - Little Theater

Elementary School Band

Starsplitter Fanfare ....................................... Brian Balmages Conducted by: Sebastian Rodriguez

Land of the Lost Zombies ....................................... Rob Grice Conducted by: Joshua Kukec

Heroes and Glory ........................................ James Swearingen Conducted by: Meghan Kats

Hot Fudge Sundae ........................................... David Martin Conducted by: Christine Moore

Middle School Band Fandango Festival ............................................. Victor Lopez

Counting Stars ......... Ryan Tedder, Arr. By Robert Longfield

East High Wind Ensemble Conducted by: Brian G. Liska

Soundtrack Hightlights from Les Miserables .......................................... Arr. By Jay Bocook

Armenian Dances Part 1 ...................................... Alfred Reed

~ Band Concert Program ~ 12:30 pm - Ernie Kivisto Gym

~ Upcoming Events ~

EAHS Band

Music from the Movies Concert 1

Concert Band, Symphonic Band,

Symphonic Winds

Thursday, May 3 at 7:00 pm

Hawks Auditorium

EAHS Band

Music from the Movies Concert 2

Wind Symphony &

Wind Ensemble

Friday, May 4 at 7:00 pm

Hawks Auditorium

EAHS Choir

Spring Choir Concert

Thursday, May 10 at 7:00 pm

Hawks Auditorium

Fred Rodgers Magnet

Academy

Spring Concert

Choir & Band Concert

Friday, May 11 at 4:00 pm

Gymnasium

Waldo Middle School Music Choir & Band Concert

Wednesday, May 16 at 6:00 pm

Gymnasium

EAHS Band Percussion Ensemble Concert

Thursday, May 17 at 7:00 pm

Hawks Auditorium

Cowherd Middle School

Spring Choir Concert

Thursday, May 24 at 4:00 pm

Multi-Purpose Room

Cowherd Middle School

Spring Band Concert

Thursday, May 3 at 6:30 pm

Multi-Purpose Room

~ Upcoming Events ~

~ District 131 Fine Arts Teachers ~

~ BAND ~ John Damore - East High

Mike Gasso - Johnson

Brianna Harris - Cowherd

Daniel Holhut - Magnet

Amy Huggins - Magnet

Meghan Kats - O’Donnell & Rollins

Amy Kastel - Krug

Sue King - Allen & Beaupre

Walter Koch - Waldo

Joshua Kukec - Gates & Hermes

Joe Kulick - East High

Brian G. Liska - East High

Christine Moore - Dieterich

Mary Novak - Brady

Eric Stade - Simmons

Patti Weissinger - Bardwell

~ CHOIR/MUSIC ~ Amanda Chaussey - Gates

Kaitlin Cooper - O’Donnell

Jennifer Garcia - Allen

Michael Gasso - Bardwell,

O’Donnell & Johnson

Lisa Gawlik - Cowherd & Magnet

Daniel Holhut - Magnet

Amy Huggins - Magnet

Bethany Hughes - Waldo

Amy Kastel - Krug & Johnson

Megan Kats - O’Donnell

Susan King - Beuapre & Dieterich

Tod Kowallis - Cowherd

Joshua Kukec - Hermes

Andrew Macaione - Benavides

Eliseo Martinez - Bardwell

Christine Moore - Dieterich

Mary Novak - Brady

Sebastian Rodriguez - Oak Park

Jim Stellmacher - East High

Nancy Tabb - East High

Matthew Todd - Hermes

Brandon Staker - Simmons

Chloe Vassmer - Cowherd

~ DRAMA ~ Karen Ball - East High

Eric Curtis - Simmons

Dan DeMarco - East High

Nancy Griffin - Bardwell

Adam Liston - East High

Lindsey McGee - Waldo

Simon Rodriguez - East High

Colette Taylor - Cowherd

Ross Wheeler - East High

~ VISUAL ART ~ Sean Blackburn - East High

Megan Cholewa - Waldo

Lorrie Darce - Krug

Renae Eadens - Johnson & Gates

Garret Far - Rollins

Sarah Felgenhauer - East High

Leann Fichtel - Cowherd

Julie Gervais - Magnet

Kayla Honn - East High

JoEllen Jacobs - Gates

Lisa Johnston - Bardwell

Carolyn Kendell - Hermes

Michael Leverence - Allen

Mark Levi - Waldo

Lyra Liechty - Allen & Brady

Susan McCarron - East High

Callie Mitchell - Hermes

Myles Moroney - Allen & Oak Park

Karl Mueller - Simmons

Bonny Ramirez - Benavides

Lois Steltenpohl - O’Donnell

Beth Stepnoski - Bardwell

Sara White - Dieterich