Welcome to Swinging Knights!!!!

Swinging Knights is Franklin Middle School's after school choir.  It is open to any interested 6th.7th or 8th grade student and meets on Wednesday afternoons in the Music Room. -

April M. Smith, Choir Director

smithap@champaignschools.org

 217.351.3819

 



Choir is back on and getting ready for 8th grade Promotion!  We are sure gonna miss our 8th graders next year.  Good luck in high school to David, Sarah, Carolyn, Michelle and Emma!

Here is the choir on the field trip to Elementary Schools on March 14th.

We had a special guest performer with us at Carrie Busey, Sarah Zola's little brother!

 

General Info about Swinging Knights
         
Swinging Knights is the only true choir offered by Franklin Middle School.  It is open to all students and provides opportunities to perform both in and out of school.  Swinging Knights performs at Band/Strings Concerts and also tries to go to our feeder schools to do concerts for the purpose of recruiting.

          Being a member of Swinging Knights also allows students the opportunity to participate in IMEA District 3 Choir Festival in the Fall, Solo and Ensemble Contest in the Winter, Organizational Contest in the Spring and 8th Grade Promotion at the end of the school year.

    

 

Sarah, David, Meriah, Matthew, Heather and Jessica participated in IMEA District 3 Choir Festival at ISU in the Fall

              

              Sarah and David were particularly fierce!             While Heather and Jessica just sang beautifully!

 

 

Rehearsal Schedule

Rehearsals are on Wednesday afternoons from 3:15 - 4:30 in the music room.

Important Dates (all locations at FMS unless otherwise listed)

May 14th (Wednesday): Regular Choir Rehearsal

May 21st (Wednesday): Regular Choir Rehearsal

May 28th (Wednesday): Final Choir Rehearsal for 8th Grade Promotion

May 29th: 8th Grade Promotion Practice at the Virginia Theater - a bus will take us to the Virginia Theater for

                  practice from around 9:15-11:30am

May 30th: 8th Grade Promotion - 10am - again a bus will take the 6th and 7th grade choir members to the  

                  Virginia Theater for practice around 9:15-11:30am

        

Swinging Knights Members

Jessica Brighton*, Heather Brooks*, Matthew Brooks*, Chloe Brown, Katie Cox*, Abbi Frings, David Kessler*, Demi Leonard, Emma Lloyd*,  Carolyn Muller, Julia Nikolaeva, Michelle Pace*, Teddy Pfeffer,   Chloe Schreiber, Wyatt Simmons, Kaila Simpson, Jilly Walch*, Samantha Wells*,  Sarah Zola*, Julia Zuo

*denotes IGSMA District 3 Solo and Ensemble participants


Photo Gallery

More pics from IMEA District 3 Choir Festival

    Sarah, David and Matthew                      The whole group being silly              I have no idea what these kids are doing!

 

LOTS of pictures from our Choir field trip to the Elementary Schools!

 

             Honestly, I don't know which one of these is supposed to be the "silly" picture.  These kids are crazy!

  Ms. Smith and Mrs. Dedman with the group

 

Next we have a whole collection of pics from the bus!

                       

           Ms. Smith's Bus                              Sammy and Jessica                                            Heather

           

           Chloe B.                                            Matthew                               Chloe S.                      Carolyn and Emma

 

And, now, the changing faces of FIERCE...........

                

David and Sarah, pre-fierce        So fierce, even Carolyn and Emma have joined in.   Emma can't handle this Fierceness!

And finally, the 8th Graders!  We're gonna miss them!

 

                 Outside of Stratton Elementary                                                       Last Picture of the Day!

 

 
 
 
 
 

this page last updated September 14, 2007