Pearson’s Big Band Dinner – Pardi Gras

I love the fine arts program at my school, especially Choir. After two news articles shamelessly promoting my school’s events, I’ve realized that when you become more involved in making the best of high school experience, one’s life can never be boring, and with the end of the school year looming near, fantastic performances and opportunities are always occurring one week or another. Last week, many people were invited to spend their Friday evenings and   ticket to Pearson’s annual Un-Dinner, with this year’s theme being Pardi Gras, splendid purple, green and gold decorations transformed my school’s cafeteria to a very large and festive New Orlean’s party float, minus the huge blown up mascots and tropical dancers. The performers were none other than our Jazz band and Vocal Jazz ensemble, with guest appearances of the women’s choir.

Encouraged to sell out the event and mandatory participation from concert choir (moi), that evening was definitely a memorable and highly energetic party for me. Imagine smooth, enthusiastic music doled out onto a large dance floor, tables spread out with coloured tables in purple, gold, and green, and teenage dancers with an assortment of coloured beaded necklaces swinging from their necks, as them themselves were jiving and swinging away in a compressed crowd, bustling waitresses and waiters ( moi, as mandatory volunteering choice) trundling trays full of assorted desserts, with mouth watering variety of cheese cakes and cream puffs,  and you have only a tiny sense of the delightful atmosphere created at the Pardi Gras Dinner.

My favourite performance at the end of the night was a song sung by two Vocal Jazz members, and fellow music classmates, the title “Taylor the Latte Boy.” I reccomend watching the video clip posted, because as the personnel at the beginning of the video announcing, you’ll will definitely be smiling, and perhaps laughing at the end of the songs performed. Especially watch if you are a Starbucks fan, however, you don’t have to be to fully appreciate the hilarity and smoothness of this piece performed.