April 29th, 2025, 6:30 pm
Ridge Performing Arts Center
Mrs. Kathy Kowalewski, Orchestra Teacher
Mrs. Kate Whiteley, Band Teacher
Ms. Emily Certisimo, Chorus Teacher
Mrs. Connie Rus, Accompanist
Program
4th Grade Orchestra
Music For The Royal Fireworks
I. La Rejouissance
George Frideric Handel Arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle
Mambo Amable
Thom Sharp
Dragon Slayer
Rob Grice
5th Grade Orchestra
Spring
(from “The Four Seasons)
Antonio Vivaldi
Arr. Richard Meyer
Ewe, Thina
(We Walk His Way)
South African folk song
Arr. Deborah Baker Monday
Final Countdown
Words and Music by Joey Tempest
Arr. Paul Lavender and Robert Longfield
4th Grade Band
Skip to my Lou
American Folk Song
Arr. Kate Whiteley
Conquest
Brian Balmages
Dragon Dance
Michael Story
5th Grade Band
Great Beginnings
Michael Kamuf
Shadow Fire
Randall Standridge
Eye of the Tiger
Frankie Sullivan III & Jim Peterik
Arr. Gerald Sebesky
4th & 5th Grade Chorus
Seize the Day, from Newsies!
Words and music by Alan Menken
Arr. Roger Emerson
Like the Beat of a Drum
Words and music by Jay Althouse
Roar!
Words and music by Katy Perry, Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald, Bonnie McKee and Henry Walter
Arr. Alan Billingsley
Thank you for joining us this morning. This program is made possible by the efforts of many individuals...
~ Mr. Nick Markarian - Superintendent
~ Mr. Sean Siet & Ms. Kristin Fox - Assistant Superintendents
~ Mr. Michael Fackelman - Supervisor of Fine & Practical Arts
~ Mrs. Holly Foley - Principal
~ Mr. Thomas Thorpe - Assistant Principal
~ Mrs. Connie Rus - Accompanist
~ The Bernards Township Board of Education
~ OSS Secretarial and Custodial Staff
~ Professional staff at OSS
~ The Oak Street School PTO
~ And YOU, our audience. Thank you for supporting your children as they continue to mature in and out of the music classroom.