Glow Party Fall 2023

On Friday, October 27th, 2023, Barton Pond hosted its 2nd annual Glow Party to celebrate the school reaching its fundraising goal! At the party students danced, played games, received glow in the dark tattoos, and got to sport some really cool glow-in-the-dark accessories like sunglasses, bracelets, and necklaces. Our artistic bullfrogs got a chance to display their glow-in-the-dark artwork created under the direction of Mrs. Annie Pakes, our distinguished art teacher at Barton Pond.  The Barton Pond percussion ensemble performed at this event under the direction of our music teacher, Ms. Stephanie Sanders. They played an arrangement of "Can't Stop the Feeling" by Sammy Foster and an arrangement of "Uptown Funk" by Tom Anderson using electric green glow-in-the-dark drumsticks. The percussion ensemble had a great time at this event. The students in this club are looking forward to participating in the event again next year! Below you can see pictures from the glow party.

Rhythms of the Latin World

On Wednesday, October 11th, 2023 ComMotion performed their "Rhythms of the Latin World" show for the students of Barton Pond in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.  The event was sponsored by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and the Barton Pond PTA. We would like to thank these two organizations for bringing Latin American dance to Barton Pond through the Artists-in-Schools program. At this assembly, students learned how to dance the bachata, the cha cha, and cumbia. Below you can see pictures from the event. We hope that ComMotion will visit us again in the future and teach us more about Latin American dance!

2023 Raleigh Youth Choir Explosion Festival

 

On Friday, October 6th, 2023 and Saturday, October 7th, 2023 a delegation of students from Barton Pond attended the Raleigh Youth Choir's annual explosion festival held at Ligon Magnet Middle School. Students got to work with the staff of the Raleigh Youth Choir, which includes Jeremy Tucker, Bo Reece, Amy Davis, Katie O'Neill, Emily Turner, and Aaron Brown. The event culminated with a concert for the community. The songs on the program included "Al Shlosha D'varim" by Allan Naplan, "Fly, Fly, Fly" by Kelsey Hohnstein-Reinhart, "Be the Light" by Franklin Willis, "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" arranged by Steve Zegree, "Three Quotes by Mark Twain" arranged by Andrea Ramsey, and "Woodchuck" by Mark Burrows. Our bullfrogs had fun learning in rehearsals and workshops, meeting new people, eating pizza, and performing for their parents. We hope to participate in this event again in the future!