{"id":1679,"date":"2022-12-16T13:56:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T13:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2022-12-16T13:56:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T13:56:42","slug":"holiday-spirit-celebrated-through-music-at-bmhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/holiday-spirit-celebrated-through-music-at-bmhs\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Spirit Celebrated Through Music at BMHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Story by Molly Thamrong<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1680 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Fj-8gWkXgAE_Qq3-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Fj-8gWkXgAE_Qq3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Fj-8gWkXgAE_Qq3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Fj-8gWkXgAE_Qq3.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Wednesday, December 14th, the Brick Memorial Band and Chorus program performed their winter concert. The auditorium was packed the whole night with an audience full of good cheer. The concert was full of good spirits and festive songs from both programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The concert band program was led by Mr. Penrod, the band director at Brick Memorial. They performed lively holiday pieces, including \u201cUkrainian Bell Carol\u201d and \u201cAn American Christmas.\u201d\u00a0 The jazz band made their debut with \u201cGospel of John.\u201d\u00a0 A stunning show from the Brick Memorial Marching Mustangs entertained the audience, as they\u00a0 performed their 2022 show \u201cEvery Rose Has A Thorn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1681 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Fj-8gWkXEAAHh3t-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Fj-8gWkXEAAHh3t-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Fj-8gWkXEAAHh3t-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Fj-8gWkXEAAHh3t.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The chorus showed their dedication and their festive pride in their music, conducted by Mr. Bettys. The<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0caroling choir kept the mood cheerful with favorite holiday classics. The chorus sang beautifully in their performances, including \u201cWe Three Kings\u201d and a medley of the Danny Elfman songs from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0 The honors choir amazed the audience with a performance of \u201cShalom.\u201d \u00a0 The audience was delightfully surprised when the alumni of Brick Memorial were welcomed on stage to perform \u201cHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The diversity of holiday culture made for a fun festive night that the audience will remember for many seasons to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story by Molly Thamrong On Wednesday, December 14th, the Brick Memorial Band and Chorus program performed their winter concert. The auditorium was packed the whole night with an audience full of good cheer. The concert was full of good spirits and festive songs from both programs. The concert band program&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/holiday-spirit-celebrated-through-music-at-bmhs\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bmhs-parent-news","category-bmhs-student-news","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1682,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions\/1682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickschools.org\/bmhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}