On Wednesday of last week, I happened to catch the choir class. I have not subbed for Mr. S in a very long time, so I wasn't sure what to expect.
When I arrived, I looked for lesson plans but did not find them. Before I had a chance to panic, the student teacher walked in. Whew. That made things very easy for me. All I really had to do was take roll.
(The choir teacher is also the golf coach. One of his golfers made the local playoffs, so he was with that student there.)
The last class of the day was the very good choir (called Ensemble). And they were to run through some music for the upcoming season, especially something called Candlelight.
There were a bunch of plaques hung in the room proclaiming Candlelight at Disneyland for the last decade and more. So, I did an internet dive to find out more info, and apparently this is a thing. It's a super secret annual event that if you don't know how to get tickets already, you can't get tickets for it. Okay, then...
I found a video on YouTube of the event last year:
Anyway, all of this is to say that what the student teacher ran through with them was a bunch of Christmas music. On October 30th.
And me? I sat over in a corner and listened. Student teacher days are easy days for the sub.
Of course they’re doing Christmas music in October, if they’re to perform it…and thank goodness for the student teacher.
ReplyDeleteI understood why they'd started now, but I found it funny to be listening to Christmas music while all the classes are decked out for Halloween.
DeleteI watched a few minutes of the video. What a beautifully decorated Disneyland. Seemed to be a lot of people there for a super secret event, but I guess if you know, you know. I knew Disneyland was small compared to Disney World, but never realized it was near residential neighborhoods (Actually, I think Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida is, also). To me it would be weird, either October or December. My Christmas is so tied up in cold weather, bare trees, ice and snow.
ReplyDeleteYes, Disneyland is close to residential neighborhoods... When my brother was in 8th or 9th grade, him and his best friend got season tickets, and in the first week, they went 8 times. By riding their bikes there. We could see the nightly summer fireworks from our front porch. I grew up living so close by...
DeleteI never heard of the Candlelight event either, It was beautiful to watch on the video.
ReplyDeleteI am wondering: do you sub in private or public schools? Some events you describe seem ..." posh," or at least not those I witnessed when my daughter was in school. Maybe times have changed :-)
Public school. Posh? You'll have to tell me what sounds posh, because it doesn't feel terribly posh to me. But then again, I'm used to a lot of this stuff.
Delete(BTW, the schools' bands are going to be marching in the Rose Parade on Jan 1st. This is a big deal.)
I know next to nothing about Disneyland (and less about the other Disney parks, although not long ago I learned there is a Hilton Head one), and hadn't heard of the Candlelight event. I visited once, at age 8. My father had a business trip in S. CA (I was in Northern) so my mother and I went along too. My brother's late wife's family lived in a small house near the back of Disneyland. Apparently it's not the best area. So she said.
ReplyDeleteThings have changed over the years, but back in my day, Harbor and Katella weren't ideal. That's kind of where Garden Grove starts. They've built the area up since then, so I don't know what the neighborhoods over there are like now. (I no longer live in Anaheim.) I mean, it wasn't Compton, but it wasn't Newport Beach, either.
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