So many wonderful faces, costumes, and friends came to enjoy the day.
We want to extend a special thank you to parent Stephanie Cody for coordinating the event. We’re also grateful for all the parents who put hours of work and energy to pull the Hoedown off.
Thank you also to all of our business sponsors and businesses who donated to the Hoedown.
There was a booth for fairy hair. There was a booth to take photos (stay tuned to our Facebook page to find your photo!), a cakewalk, a “wine” walk, face painting, and much more.
We had bouncy houses, haunted houses, and magicians.
Family. Food. Fun. And lots of photos!
Enjoy a slideshow of all the photos of the day.
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From there, each grade performed a song or dance in honor of grandparents everywhere.
Third Grade honors grandparents with a song
The performance culminated with sixth grade doing a dance with music inspired by the culture of India.
Sixth grade performs a dance
Then, everyone returned to their classrooms where all grandparents had an opportunity to see how students were learning, and what they were doing in the classroom.
Grandparents in 4th grade
Take a look at even more photos from the day. We hope our grandparents were pleased – and of course, parents and grandparents alike are welcome on campus anytime!
As the school year gets underway, we’re learning about what opportunities staff and students participated in over the summer.
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Rainbow’s music teacher, Sue Ford, attended something called the Sister Singers Network Festival at the University of Illinois, Champagne/Urbana this summer.
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There she had the honor of hearing a song that she wrote called “Heal Me” by a mass chorus of 250 women.
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Women’s Chorus singing “Heal Me” a song Sue Ford composed.
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“Heal Me” by Sue Ford was recorded by Womansong a few years ago. Listen to the audio version:
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She also performed with Womansong of Asheville as well as facilitated a workshop called “Rhythm for Singers”.
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The video below shows Sue playing the banjo to one of the mass chorus songs, “I Come From Women” by Amy Carol Webb:
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We’re so proud of Sue!
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But also, if you’re a current or former Rainbow student, family member or even staff, we want to hear your news! Contact us and let us know.
Mark, our new P.E. teacher, just returned from Italy after winning The World Championships in ultimate frisbee! He and his team, Boneyard, traveled to Lecco, Italy to play against 24 other countries around the World.
As far as the tournament went on the field, Boneyard played very well.
They came in as the second seed overall, and we won our initial pool, going 5-0.
Along the way, they defeated:
El Dorado (Columbia) 15-6
NSOM (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 15-7
Wolpertinger (Germany) 15-9
Eastern Greys (Australia) 15-3
Ultimate Vibration (France) 15-5
After defeating these teams, that put them in the four round single-elimination bracket for the championship.
In ultimate, a close game is typically one decided by around two points or less.
Boneyard was dominant all tournament, with their closest game being 15-9. The top seeded team (Surly from Minneapolis, who defeated them in the finals of US National three of the last four years) lost in the quarters to Phat Chilly, an Australian team that eventually finished fourth (Johnny Encore took the bronze).
Here are some other shots of Boneyard (and Mark):
We’re proud and excited to have Mark on board at Rainbow!
Where: Rainbow Community School’s New Community Auditorium.
Time: 4:30-6:00pm
Details: There will be food, beverages, door prizes, and sponsorship opportunities. We will also have a presentation about how Rainbow is impacting Asheville.
Did you know that you can rent out the auditorium?
