Music and lyrics by Matthew Wilder and David Zippel, Stephen Schwartz, Jeanine Tesori and Alexa Junge
Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Lousiselle
Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by Patricia Cotter
Based on the 1998 Disney film “Mulan” and the story “Fa Mulan” by Robert D. San Souci
Performance Dates: February 10, 2017 & February 11 | 7:00pm Davies Auditorium
This live performance of the popular Disney film, Mulan Jr. features a cast from Ashley Hall’s Intermediate Program. Mulan Jr. turns the traditional fairy tale on its head. The story is the cross-cultural retelling of a popular Chinese folk tale where a peasant girl disguises herself as a man and takes her ailing father’s place in the emperor’s army. Filled with beautiful melodies and PQV attitude, Mulan Jr. is perfect for the entire family, especially Ashley Hall girls!
Tickets: $10 for adults | $8 for students Tickets will be available online through February 8 and then can be purchased at the door the evening of the performance. Tickets are non transferable between performances.
Online ticket sales for Disney’s Mulan Jr. are now closed, please purchase your ticket at the door.
Lower School Art Teacher, Tina Hirsig, and Kristen Callahan, Director of Technology, Innovation and Education have teamed together to create several dedicated “tinkering” spaces around campus which feature unique collaborative installations. Tina and Kristen believe that shaping and reshaping the world around us through the process of creative play promotes, supports and fosters critical thinking, curiosity, collaboration, problem-solving, exploration, and self discovery.
Each installation—Earth Loom, Lego Wall, and Chalkboard Wall—incorporates our school Hallmarks: Worldly, Compassionate, Discerning, Creative, Intelligent, Purposeful, Collaborative which serve as guiding principles. Teachers bring their disciplinary knowledge to the installation in order to expand and elaborate on their curriculum. These spaces serve as an incubator for new ideas with emphasis on what is already being taught in the classroom. These interactive installations have the potential to extend what students are learning academically, socially, and/or creatively.
The Performing Arts Department presents Trouble in the Imagi*Nation featuring dancers from the 3rd and 4th grade and after-school dance program
April 21 | 8:15am and 7:00pm April 23 |7:00pm
Davies Auditorium
Tickets: $5.00
Trouble in the Imagi*Nation is a charming and powerful allegorical fairy tale that celebrates the strength of the human spirit’s ability not only to endure hardship and abuse, but also to move beyond toward forgiveness and peace. Presented by dancers from the 3rd and 4th grade classes and after-school dance members, the show features a variety of music and dance forms that perfectly convey the wide range of responses—from sorrow and despair all the way to laughter and joy—that the story evokes.
Did you know that the earlier girls are encouraged to explore STEM programming (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) the more likely they will be interested in pursuing this area of study later in their academic careers? In early February, Lower School students hosted STEM Night, inviting parents and our campus community. Using the engineering design process, 3rd and 4th graders were challenged to build a hovercraft that hovers and travels across a table. STEM + girls = Success
Don’t miss the Performing Arts Department’s Candlelight Cabaret on January 31. This exciting variety show features performances by the Red and Swing Choirs, poetry readings, the Strings Ensemble, and dance in a program of familiar tunes. Tickets are $25 and include a lovely dinner of almond crusted chicken with lemon buerre blanc, pesto mashed potatoes, haricot verts, chocolate mousse cups and mini cream puffs for dessert! Dinner begins at 6:00pm.
Ticket sales for this event are now closed.
Mrs. McCarty’s second grade science class traveled to the Columbia Museum of Art this week to visit the Georgia O’Keefe exhibit currently on display. The trip merged the worlds of science (O’Keefe is known for her flowers and plant life) and art for an upcoming project. The girls look like natural art enthusiasts!
Ashley Hall is a K-12 independent school for girls, with a co-ed preschool, committed to a talented and diverse student population. We consider for admission students of any race, color, religion, and national or ethnic origin.
