Colonel By BHM

On Monday, October 18, 2010 our CB BHM group welcomed CBC Reporter Adrian Harewood to our school to discuss issues regarding blacks in Canada. It was a memorable experience! Check out our website for pictures and more information: www.wix.com/colonelbybhm/bhm (Go to the SPECIAL section).

Here are just a few pictures from the event:

This is Mr. Harewood.

These are some of the BHM members who attended the event!

ATTN TO ALL SINGERS: Auditions will be taking place within the next few weeks, so if you are interested in singing, please contact Aleksandria Birch or Rowen Germain to get the song lyrics and instrumentals to help you practice. The three songs that we have chosen are Listen by Beyonce, At Last by Etta James and Lately by Stevie Wonder. HOWEVER, if you would like to try a different song, let us know and we'll tell you if we think it's a good idea. We will be having an interest meeting this week!

Stevie Wonder

ATTN TO ALL ACTORS: The scripts, monologues and short skits will be ready by the end of this week, so if you would like to perform a monologue or participate in a skit you can contact Natania Abebe to get a copy of the script you choose. Auditions for specific acts will commence in a few weeks. We will be having an interest meeting this week!




ATTN TO ALL DANCERS: STARTING THIS WEEK, DANCE PRACTICE IS ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS IN GYM C. Please have an idea of what dances you want to participate in (keep in mind that you can only be in two dances maximum).

The dance options are REGGAE, HIP-HOP, STEP and AFRICAN.


We will remind everyone about auditions etc. hopefully on Cougar Vision and on the PA system! We'll also send e-mails!

Today was a big day! Some of the BHM members went around downtown to film the street interviews for the show. We interviewed a variety of people and some people had the funniest answers! It was fun. Stay tuned!



Hello all,

This year, our theme for the show is: Black Canadians in History.

This is Harriet Tubman, a prominent black Canadian.

It has been a long time since we have kept in touch! But do not fret...we have some exciting news.

We have come up with a list of acts we want for the show. Here is the list:

• 3 Monologues
• 1 skit about slavery (Africville)
• Underground Railway
• A song which involves audience participation
• African Dance
• Reggae dance
•   Lebo + Lucia à marimbas/saxophone act
•  Comedy Skit
• Step
• The “Inventors” Skit à the skit about if there were no black people in the world
•   2 covers of 2 different songs
•  Oscar Peterson dedication (Dorcas Lei)
• Hip-hop dance
•   Poetry Slam à 2 poems
•  1 skit about athletes
•  Fashion Show

Attention all CB students - There will be a Black History Month Club interest meeting in room 126 tomorrow at lunch! Everyone is welcome to join and have fun.

BHM = FUN

Our BHM group has created a Facebook group! The group is called: CB Black History Month Group 2010- 2011. Come join the group and stay updated!

Are you creative? Do you like to help organize events? Do you want to meet new people? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions and you are currently in grade 12, you should come to BHM's interest meeting on Monday, September 13, 2010. This meeting is for twelfth graders who want to help organize this year's Black History Month Show. The meeting is at lunch in room 126.

These are some pictures from previous BHM shows. Come join in on the fun!

Many of us are familiar with the catchy line "It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing..." but most of us are oblivious as to who actually wrote the composition! The original song, "It Don't Mean a Thing" has become a jazz standard and was composed by Duke Ellington during the 1930's. Duke Ellington is an American composer and pianist born in 1899. He died at the age of 75. You should check out the original performance of "It Don't Mean a Thing" by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra by watching the video below. The performance was in 1943.





You can check out Duke Ellington's official website by clicking here .


Enjoy!

Hi everyone,

This is a picture of some of the group members of BHM from last year's show.