Laguna Blanca Holiday Concert 2020

By Joanne Calitri, Montecito Journal

This year, Laguna Blanca presented an EK-12 Virtual Winter Concert titled, “Home for the Holidays,” in which the students performed from their homes or were masked and socially distanced outside at the school. Highlights included the opening song, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” dancing, singing, and playing bells to “Happiness,” folk songs on xylophone and electric piano, drumming on hand-painted bucket drums, a ukulele band playing “Octopus’s Garden” (The Beatles), and the Upper School students performing in bands with songs “Auld Lang Syne,” “Come Together,” and the Mariah Carey super hit, “All I Want for Christmas is You,” full on with violin, drums, electric guitars and piano, while the Lower School performed a dance outside.

Thanks to music instructors Molly Markstrum and Rob Moreno, performing arts by Brianne Hwang and Dana Caldwell, choreography by Kateri Ransom, and film by Ian Branch, Moreno, Dug Uyesaka, and Island Fox Media.

The holiday message from Andy Surber, Head of Laguna Blanca Lower School: “We are thrilled to be sharing the holiday season together at Laguna. I am so proud of our community for their teamwork and care as we learn and grow together during these challenging times. I am inspired daily by how Laguna Blanca Owls adapt and find creative ways to overcome obstacles, especially when it comes to reimagining our most cherished school traditions. We look forward to all the good that 2021 holds for our families and the greater Santa Barbara community.”

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