Sandra Arts

Welcome me to a new year of singing!  The École Poirier choir is heading into its third week of rehearsals already! Mme Arts and Mme Beattie are excited to have over 60 eager singers each week joining us for an amazing start to our season.  Our first performance will be at Poirier’s Remembrance Day assembly, …

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Music Monday 2015  ~  Together. Music Makes us One. The Ecole Poirier Music Monday Choir members are looking forward to heading into Sooke on May 4th at 1pm.  We will be singing with over 150 other choir members from all four elementary schools in front of Evergreen Centre.  Bus driver extraordinaire and CBC Searchlight competition …

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What a wonderful experience it was for the students and both Mme Arts and Mme Robertson at the Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival last week!  Our choir sang beautifully, and received some excellent feedback from adjudicator Dr. Adam Con.  The students represented Poirier well, and everyone had fun, too! We got to celebrate an incredible …

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The countdown is on to Poirier’s first ever entry in the Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival on Monday, April 13th!  Here are a few updates for choir families to be aware of:   Audience members are welcome – feel free to invite friends, grandparents, etc., who may wish to attend.  There is a small entry …

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Exciting News!! We are very pleased to announce that the École Poirier Choir is entered to sing in the Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival this year!  The Festival is a non-competitive, community showcase for the performing arts which sees over 5,000 performers onstage at venues around the city, over a 6-week period from March to …

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The École Poirier Choir is busy getting ready for our annual appearance at the Sooke Sing Out. Each of the elementary schools in Sooke, along with the Sooke Community Choir will come together for a night of music.  Students will perform, will get to enjoy the performances of their peers from other schools, and will …

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Wishing all a joyous season filled with warmth, peace, and hopefully plenty of music!  What a fantastic set of concerts Poirier Panthers shared with our friends and family in the week before the holidays!  We heard multiple presentations by the choir, many of whom attended both the English and French concert nights in order to …

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Concert Preparation The École Poirier Choir is currently working on two numbers to perform at our concerts during the last week of school before the break.  Poirier’s English concerts are on Wednesday, December 17th, French concerts are on Thursday, December 18th.  On BOTH days there will be an afternoon concert at 1:30 pm, and an evening concert …

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Welcome back to another year of singing!  The École Poirier Choir season got off to an incredible start this fall as 70+ students filled the Music Room for our first rehearsal of the year.  What an amazing bunch of enthusiastic singers we have!  We are so fortunate 🙂  The Poirier Choir rehearses together on Tuesdays …

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On Monday, May 5th, the Poirier Choir will be featured in our school’s morning assembly in celebration of Music Monday.  We will be performing a joint number with the John Muir choir directed by Mme Stewart.  The entire school, along with millions of participants across the country, will JOIN IN at 9:50 am Pacific time, …

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