2013 Pasta and Presto Concert Offers Variety

Each year, the Fleetwood Area Music Association holds the Pasta and Presto Concert.

On 16 March, 2013, in the high school gym, students performed in their musical groups at a 4:00 p.m. concert and a 7:30 p.m. concert. Pasta and Presto includes musical entertainment by students and a pasta dinner all throughout the day.

At the 4:00 concert, Third Grade Orchestra, Middle School Advanced Chorus, Fifth Grade Band, Sixth to Eighth Grade Orchestra, and Middle School Intermediate Band performed. There was also a performance by the High School Choraliers and the High School Jazz Band. The groups played the following songs:

3rd Grade Orchestra:
• Hot Cross Buns
• Cold Cross Buns
• London Bridge
• Steak and Kidney Pie

Middle School Advanced Chorus
• Witness
• Windy Nights

5th Grade Band
• March
• We Will Rock You

High School Choraliers
• Weep, O Mine Eyes
• Viva La Vida

6th -8th Grade Orchestra
• Carapathia

High Schools Men’s Chorus
• Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
• Man of La Mancha

5th Grade Orchestra
• Haymaker Hoedown
• The Boogie-Man Blues

High School Jazz Band
• Super Blue
• Poultry in Motion

Middle School Intermediate Band
• Lost Tomb of the Incas
• Manhattan Beach March

Later on in the evening was the 7:30 concert. This concert was performed by elementary, middle school, and high school students–specifically, Fourth Grade Band, Middle School Intermediate Chorus, High School Orchestra, High School Chorus, Middle School Advanced Band, High School Women’s Chorus, Fourth Grade Orchestra, Middle School Jazz Band, and the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. The groups performed the following songs:

4th Grade Band
• Miscellaneous Marvelous Musical Medley
• Dragons in the Mist

Middle School Intermediate Chorus
• Ching a Ring Chaw
• Humpty Dumpty

High School Orchestra
• Farandole
• Marche Slav

High School Chorus
• Medley from “Ragtime”

Middle School Advanced Band
• The Telltale Heart
• Washington Post march

High School Women’s Chorus
• Queen Jane
• Sentimental Journey

4th Grade Orchestra
• The Monster Who Wanted To Be A Platypus
• Please Mom, Can I Go To Summer School?

Middle School Jazz Band
• Dance Big’Un, Dance
• In The Mood

Wind Ensemble
• Shepherds Hey

Symphonic Band
• Selections from “Les Miserables”
• The Trombone King