Sunday, November 6, 2011

Pronunciation Guide for A La Nanita

Spanish vowels are pronounced like this:

'a'(aw) 'e' (eh) 'i' (ee) 'o' (oh) 'u' (oo)


Consonants different than english are:

't' (tongue is placed behind top, front teeth)

'b' (pronounced with a little 'v' sound--a mix of 'b' and 'v' put together)

'd' (like the t-place tongue behind teeth)

'r' (please roll tongue--dah?)

'rr' (please roll tongue even more :))

'n with a squiggly line on top' (nyeh)

'l' (with the tongue touching top, front roof of mouth

'll' (jyeh)

Words of our song pronunciation:

Ah lah nah'nee'thah nah'nah, nah'nee'thah eh'ah, nah'nee'thah eh'ah,

Mee heh'soos, thyeh'neh sooeh'nyo), bven'dhee'thoh seh’ah, bven'dhee'thoh seh’ah.

Fwen'theh'see'jya keh koh'rr’ehs, klah'r’ah'ee soh'noh'rah),

Rwee'seh'nyohr kehn lah, sehl'vah, kahn'than'dhoh jyoh'r ahs),

Kah'jyad meeehn'thrahs lah koo'nah, seh bvah'lahn'seh'ah)

Ah lah nah'nee'thah nah'nah, nah'nee'thah eh'ah.


Thanks Shari!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

ORDER of MUSIC for CHRISTMAS CONCERT

With our Christmas Concert on December 3rd and just around the corner, we hope you are all practicing with your CD and learning as much as you can so we can have the best performance ever.

This is the Christmas Program Orde

  • Joyfully Sing
  • Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
  • The Gift of Love
  • The Carolers
  • Holiday Reflections
  • Room in the Inn
  • Poor Little Jesus
  • A La Nanita Nana
  • The King of Love My Shepherd Is
  • Winter Wonderland
  • White Christmas
  • I Saw Three Ships