LDNE Music Department Performs

By Amelia Schlichten

On Friday, December, 6th the high school had their Christmas concert. The High school Choir started the concert by singing “All I Want for Christmas is You,” “Christmas Time is Here,”and “Give us Hope.” The guitar Ensemble went next with their songs “Green Sleeves’, “Wanted dead or Alive”, and “Rock’n Around the Christmas Tree.” .

After that, the J.H. Choir went. They performed “Christmas in three minutes” and “ Somewhere in My Memory.”. The drumline went next playing the school cadence “ Northeast Swag.” After the drumline, The Ipad assembly went next with the song “Thriller.” Isn’t that  a great Christmas song? The combined band came next with “The Christmas song,” and “ The Nutcracker.”

HS CHOIR: front row, Aaron Williams, Sarah Alford, Jesika Kramer, Tatiayana Harris, Sophie Hsu, and Brenna Taylor-Warren. Second row: Lupita Prieto-Garcia, Lena Horak, Natalia Castle-Gosh, and Cierra French. Back Row: Kayci Kramer, Jessie Mutum, Amelia Schlichting, and Blair Preston. Directed by John Mayo.Photo courtesy of LDNE.

JH CHOIR: front row, left to right: Cassidy Mentink, Janice Wuestewald, Amanda Alford, Layne Miller. back row from left to right: Brandi Simonsen, Kassandra Prieto, Ryan Payton, Mathew Hartley, and Jarret Bobenmoyer. Directed by John Mayo. Photo Courtesy of LDNE.

The Nutcracker included Arabian Dance, Chinese Dance, Dance of the Reed Flowers, Waltz of the Flowers, and the Trepak. The last group of the night was the LDNE Jazz Band. They performed “Louie, Louie.” After the concert, there was hot apple cider and cookies for everyone to enjoy. The music department wants to thank everyone who came and watched the performances.

LDNE Music Department Performs

By Madeline Ronnfeldt

Performing were: Back row (left to right): Martin Long, Reid Preston, Aaron Williams, Sophie Hsu, Bow Whitley, Tatiayana Harris and Lena Horak
Second row: Maggie White, Brayden Anderson, Derek Petersen, Mason Lami and Brennan Ferguson.
Front row: Andrew Schlichting, Yannick Yessoufou and Caleb Schlichtung. Photo Courtesy of LDNE.

The Lyons-Decatur music department held a winter recital Friday December, 14th. Everyone did a great job. Many students played “Jingle Bells”, Yannick Yessoufou on the piano, Rusty Hardeman on the trombome, Mason Lami on the French horn, Maggie White on the bells, and Brayden Anderson played the trumpet. Bow Whitley and Aaron Williams played “Medley” on the guitar. Andrew Schlichting played “Boil Them Cabbage”  on the Banjammer and his brother, Caleb Schlichting played “Ode to Joy” on the piano. Zach Hegge played “Up On The House Top” on the saxophone, on the trumpet Brennan Ferguson played “When the Saints”, on the saxophone Derek Petersen played “Jolly Old Saint Nicholas”, and Reid Preston played “Star Wars” on the trombone. Lena Horak sang “German Song” and Sophie Hsu played “Summer” on the piano. They also sang “Say Something” together while Sophie played the piano. What talent! The last student but definitely not the least, was Tatiayana Harris who sang “Royals”. Mary Goff played “Silent Night” on the piano proving that music can last a lifetime. Everyone did an amazing job at the recital! We hope to see you at the next one!

What Christmas Mean to Me

Wanda Brovont’s First Grade Class Wrote What Christmas Means to them.

Joy- Joanna Wood
Santa Wears  Neat Hat- Anthony Wood
It Is Fun, We Get To Play In Snow And Put The Tube Behind My Dads 4-wheeler- Garret Vavra
I Get Presents- Braxton Watson
Toys- Deshawn Alexander
Presents- Morgan McCullock
I Get Presents From Santa- David Schild
I Can See Santa And Get presents- Maxine Davis
Christmas Means A Time To Give Presents And I Like Christmas Because I Get Presents- Jackson Jensen
Santa Comes The Night Before Christmas Day- Alexander Timm
Santa Comes To My House And My Brother And I Get Presents- Masen Olsen
Opening Presents And Spending Time With My Family- Eyan Tuttle
It Is A Good Day And A Special Day Because It Is Gods Birthday And I Get Presents.- Yannick Yessoufou
I Get To See My Cousins Because I Never Get To See Them And Lots Of Presents- Lacey Brown
Christmas Means Alot To Me Because Of All The Love. It Is The Most Important Thing To Me- Neeley Cronin
Fun and Playing Out In The Snow- Jake Christiansen
A Toy, My Book, My Christmas Tree, And The Deer- Jaqueline Estrada
To Have Fun. I Love Christmas Because You Get Presents- Gavin Hardeman
Jesus Was Born And That Was About A Million Years Ago And A Million Years Is A Long Time. It Also Means Snow- Miriel Brokaw
It Is Fun Because Santa Clause Is Coming To Town To Give Presents Under The Tree- Lanie Frahm
There Are A lot Of Presents- Keyton Kampa
Presents, I Get To See my Family, And Most Of All Because I Get To Sit Around The Christmas Tree- Tyler Archer

Santa Letters From Mrs. Beacom’s Class

I would like Santa’s hat, a toy penguin, a toy baby, pencils, to stop being silly, hotdog party, new pencil box, pillow, glasses, and a book. Eli Schlichting

I would like a new car and a new wrestler. Riley Steinmeyer

I would like an iron man toy with a remote, spiderman toy with a remote, batman toy with a remote, a movie with Kindergarten. Brayden Tolle

I would like a toy pink motorcycle, bear, dolphin, super big toy tower, Hello Kitty watch, pair of ice skates, penguin, a sparkly pink jacket with purple snowflakes. Adonai Salazar

I would like a barbie doll, a baby doll, headbands, a million dollars for Mrs. Beacom, clothes, fingernail polish, a volleyball, new tennis shoes, jewelry, make-up, a tiara, a sparkly dress, and fake tattoos.  Avery Bacon

I would like an orange Teenage Mutant numchuck, spy stuff, superhero stuff, a toy lazer gun, a bb gun, some superhero action stuff, and a Teenage Mutant set.  Kaden Knaak

I would like a new bike, barbie please, a barbie doll, a barbie movie, a barbie dress and nightgown, a barbie shopping mall with clothes and shoes, and jewelry.  Trenody Compton

I would like a pogo stick, Ipad, barbie dolls, baby doll, 1 million dollars for Mrs. Beacom, chocolate chip cookies, and make-up.  Aubrey Lauritsen

I would like a monster truck, a race car, lazer gun, a nerf machine gun, new clothes, nerf guns, books, movies, earmuffs, and hat. Brody Stevens

I would like a doll, La La Loopsy teddy bear, make-up, lipstick, chairs for barbies, necklace, closet, easy bake oven, hair bands. Katharine Tolle

I would like barbies, La La Loopsy teddy bear, coloring book, fake money, jewelry, barbie dreamhouse, $1,000, and an easy bake oven. Alizabeth Whitley

I would like a girl barbie, movie of Cinderella, a nike shirt, nerf gun, earmuffs, jewelry, fake gingerbread man, a gingerbread house, an Ipad and books. Samantha Roth

I would like an Ipod, wallet, real phone, a army castle with soldiers, new shoes, $1,000,000,000, real computer, a toy rifle, real new football please, everything please. Isaac Cronin

I would like a doll, coloring book, crayons, and a toy castle.  Sidney Archer

I would like Play Station, Wii game, superman play station game, Batman play station game, sun glasses, swimming pool, Wii play game, Numchuk, remote control robot, and a remote control helicopter.  Brady

I would like swat force, wii, toy truck, $100, a toys shotgun, army tank, robot, glow stick, Christmas hat, toy paw, toy dollar, clothes, shoes and boots.  Weston Hardeman

I would like Santa to bring me a Barbie doll house, a Barbie kitchen, a Barbie doll, a Christmas tree, and new shoes.

LDNE Teacher Awarded National Scholarship

John Mayo being presented his National Scholarship by Garry Sigle at LDNE.
Left-John Mayo. Photo Courtesy of LDNE.

Alexandria, Virginia – Mr. John Donald Mayo, a teacher at Lyons-Decatur
Northeast School in Lyons, Nebraska, has been awarded a national
scholarship by the Association of American Educators Foundation. The
scholarship will allow Mr. Mayo to take a guitar workshop, which will
improve his teaching abilities and overall music skills.

“In my 4 years of teaching guitar in the classroom setting, I have learned
that the guitar attracts students from all walks of life,” said Mr. Mayo.
“The aspect I am most excited about is the fact that it attracts the
attention of students who would not normally enroll in any of my other
music programs.”

AAEF is committed to offering individual educators various avenues for
improving effectiveness in the classroom. “AAEF commends the dedication
that Mr. Mayo has demonstrated in securing funding for his professional
development,” said AAEF Chairman Gary Beckner. “These scholarships and
grants are an investment in empowering teachers as professionals across the
country.”

The Association of American Educators Foundation is a non-profit charitable
foundation that provides the public and public school teachers with
educational information to help reform and improve the education of
America’s youth. The national scholarship and grant competition is held
twice a year in the fall and spring and is open to all educators. The
spring deadline is March 1, 2014.

LDNE One-Acts

One-Act Play Production. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

LDNE Junior High Students Attend Honor Band Festival

By Jesse Mutum

Recently, both 7th and 8th grade went to the First Annual Homer Honor Band Festival. This year the Honor Band was held in Homer, which is an addition to the Band Festival in Lyons. This year, since it was the inaugural year, there was only one ensemble, but in the years to come there is hope to be up to three ensembles. With the help of Clinician Dr. Gary Reeves from the University of South Dakota, the day was complete.

To get into the Honor Band, students were selected. Students from LDNE selected were Cassidy Mentink, Layne Miller and Kassandra Prieto. The day went with two rehearsal sessions, the first from 9:30-12:00 then a lunch break from 12:00-12:40, then off again to the second rehearsal from 12:40-4:00 and the concert

From left to right. Layne Miller, Cassidy Mentink, Dr. Gary Reeves, and Kassandra Prieto. Photo Courtesy of LDNE.

followed at 4:30. Songs that were played include Parade of the Jesters, Hosts of the Freedom, Amazing Grace, Cucina Bella, Dakota Morn, and John Williams Trilogy. The Homer Honor Band was very enjoyable and a great experience, and kids are exited to go again in future years.