##VIDEO ID:gVyS8JzhDj4## welcome to the etel Ford High School winter concert at this time we would like to ask you to please silence all devices and refrain from any flash photography please note that there will be a recording of the full concert on the dear Public Schools YouTube Channel please sit back and enjoy the performances please feel free to check out the concessions and consider donating to the ETO Ford Performing Art program donations fund Varsity letters patches student awards senior gifts music and so much more thank you and please enjoy the hard work that your students have been putting into this program [Applause] have the cookies you left on Christmas Eve mysteriously vanished does it seem like The Nutcracker and toy soldier figurines have moved by themselves overnight are you expecting strange visions of holiday Confections dancing in your head there's only one operative with the right skill set for these holiday Capers secret agent sugar plum of the holiday sweets 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percussion in first place at their first show back uh choir orchestra and band you know it's like every year is a new group we we miss our graduating students then we get excited when a new group comes in but they had a beautiful start with their uh fall concert um the momentum kind of got going and then they took off and look at what they're doing it's amazing um the theater captivated the community with an outstanding performance of MC Beth congratulations at theater um the some of the theater students went to 16 theater students went to thespian Festival um yes congratulations um it was a three-day Festival to Lancing filled with workshops mainstage performances uh three students Lauren Skidmore MNA bural and Matt Herman scored excellent ratings on their competitive monologues um special thank you to miss uh Hassan Mr file Mr Omar Mr Abdullah and the etel Ford staff for your continued support um our students work hard and none of this would be possible without that support and flexibility and can I run to address rehearsal real quick so thank you very much um thank you to the Skidmore family once again for running concessions okay yes um my goodness we have this beautiful concert and then right into finals week but fear not families your students will be well fed tomorrow morning and Thursday it is our annual band cake breakfast after the the Christmas concert okay um so normally we don't clear the the stage after the concert is over because we save that until tomorrow morning but given that tomorrow is finals we are going to all hands on deck and we're going to clean it in 10 clear it in 10 minutes I have a goal I have a goal it's going to happen 10 minutes um so on that note um happy holidays I hope your family enjoys some time together some rest and relaxation um and have a beautiful break everybody thank you so much for coming thank you [Applause] [Applause] h