Halloween Concert at Dartmouth Middle School

Today, we saw a once-in-a-blue-moon Halloween Concert at Dartmouth Middle School.

Most of the Concert and Symphonic Band were dressed in black, and some choir participants wore Halloween-themed costumes and make-up. Alex wore all black (as expected).

The music program started out with the following compositions by the Concert and Symphonic Bands:

1. "Grim Grinning Ghosts," arranged by Douglas E. Wagner (Symphonic & Concert)
2. "Revenge of the Dust Bunnies" arranged by Dan Adams (Concert Band)
3. "Rockin' Halloween" arranged by Michael Story (Concert Band)

I especially liked the spooky music of the voice in the "Grim Grinning Ghosts."

The Choir took over next with the following songs:

1. "Happy Birthday" to Mr. Sam Neipp (the music director) by the Choir
2. "Things that Go Bump in the Night" by Douglas E. Wagner
3. "Something in the Dark" by John Parker

"Things that Go Bump in the Night" featured screams and cool special sound effects. It was a fun piece to listen to.

The music program continued with the following compositions:

1. "Fright Night" by James Kazik (Symphonic Band)
2. "Haunted Carousel" by Erika Svanoe, Theremin played by Eliza Ford (Symphonic & Concert)
3. "Music for a Darkened Theater" by Michael Brown (Symphonic Band)

"Fright Night" started out as Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, followed by "Jaws," and eventually by Michael Jackson's Thriller - what an exciting combo.


Haunted Carousel featured the weird-sounding Theremin instrument (played without touching).



We enjoyed all of the Halloween-themed music.

Note: while I tried recording most of the photos and videos with my Canon 5DS, I ran out of battery power, so some songs got cut off.