Boise-Eliot SchoolPrimary Colors
PRIMARY COLORS KIDS CHORUS on stage and singing with
PATRICK LAMB and LINDA HORNBUCKLE
ALL 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders can join Primary Colors Kids Chorus.
BOYS and MIDDLE SCHOOLERS: We want you!
KG and 1st will be admitted on a "case by case" basis when an older sibling is a choir member. The student must be highly motivated and be able to either read (or memorize by practicing lyrics at home with parents).
Our winter performances this year will feature JINGLE BELL JUKEBOX---Christmas favorites with a fifties flair! Please help your choir kid learn the words---there are a lot of them! (See Boise Eliot Favorites for some of the lyrics.)
*** CHECK IT OUT! This choir is a good example of what we're looking for when practicing pop songs:
Yearly performances may include, but are not limited to:
- Barnes and Noble "BOOKS THAT SING"
- Festival of Trees
- Zoo Lights
- BEST Fair
- Keep Alive The Dream
- School Assemblies
- Oaks Park Family Stage
Where the bugs are juicy and the music is cool…
by Dot Rust on June 4, 2010
Students from Portland Public Schools have joined Amy Roloff, star of TLC’s TV series “Little People, Big World” in One Night In Frogtown , an all-ages musical (with frogs!), a celebration of diversity told through music based on Emmy-winning author/composer Philip Pelletier’s acclaimed musical storybook. The Primary Colors Kids Chorus and PPS Dance Troupe will join a star-studded Oregon cast: soul diva Linda Hornbuckle, Grammy nominee Patrick Lamb, Oregon Music Hall of Famer Andy Stokes, beat-boxer extraordinaire Fogatron, chanteuse Shannon Day, and acclaimed vocalist Heather Christie for a special community show on Saturday June 5th at 2:00 PM and 5:00PM at The Aladdin Theater. The event is a fund-raising benefit for the Shriners Children’s Hospital, and will feature the Portland Premier of Frogtown’s upcoming CD release Bedtime For Tadpoles.
The collaboration began in 2009 when author/composer Philip Pelletier presented Frogtown at Lloyd Center’s Barnes & Noble “Educator Week”, and was approached by Becky Underhill, music teacher at Boise-Eliot Elementary School in NE Portland. “I loved Frogtown immediately! The music and story are so wonderful and have such an important message”, says Underhill. She invited Pelletier to visit her class at Boise-Eliot, where he was impressed with the group’s spirit and enthusiasm. “I knew I wanted to involve them in one of our community events, and this benefit for the Children’s Hospital was the perfect opportunity”, says Pelletier. “We love to involve kids from local communities in our shows, and now with Amy Roloff’s background as a teacher, all the pieces really fall into place”.
PRIMARY COLORS KIDS CHORUS
performed at "KEEP ALIVE THE DREAM" in 2008.
Past Events
2009-2010: FROGTOWN dominated the year's practices and performances. We performed two shows at the Aladdin Theater with LInda Hornbuckle, Patrick Lamb and the writer/composer of the book Phillip Peletier. A once in a lifetime experience! Additionally the choir sang at the Oregon Zoo ZOOLIGHTS celebration, Oaks Park and for several school assemblies.
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Amy Roloff of "Little People, Big World" was a guest artist --- She narrated, Primary Colors sang backup for Patrick Lam, Linda Hornbuckle and several other local greats.
- 2008-09: Performances included singing the Star Spangled Banner at a Blzaer's Game, Festival of Trees, ZOOLIGHTS, Keep Alive the Dream, Oaks Park Family Stage, "Nicolas Where Have You Been" and several school Assemblies.
- 2007-08: Primary Colors helped raise over $1,300 to benefit our school library by singing at the Barnes and Noble book fair in October. Zoolights, City of Portland Maintenance Department, Festival of Trees, Keep Alive The Dream, School Assemblies, Jefferson High Showcase and WACKADOO ZOO at Oaks Park.
- 2006-07: 4 School assemblies, Blazers Game, B.E.S.T. Fair, Festival of Trees, ZooLights, Association of Black Educators Awards Banquet, Rose Festival Waterfront Fun Center where the kids performed Scott Joplin's TREEMONISHA (adapted by Becky Underhill)
PICTURES OF PAST CHOIR KIDS AND EVENTS View them here.
