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Welcome all students to the 2008 School Year! Mr. Nelson's Top Listening Recommendations for Fall 2008: * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Soundtrack - Album of the summer!! * * High Adventure "The Ballad Of Indiana" - STILL a free download! * * The Cactus Cuties "Star Spangled Banner" - Available on iTunes! * * Kristy Lee Cook "Why Wait" - Check out "God Bless The U.S.A." * * Jonnie & Brookie "For Better" - Check out "Can't Get Enough" * _________________________________________________________________
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Coming Soon! Our Brand-New Ukulele Program! plus: Winter Concert - Thursday, January 15th, 2009 @ 6:00pm Spring Concert - Thursday, June 11th, 2009 @ 6:00pm |
________________________________________________________________ Kids & Parents: Listen to the entire 3rd & 4th Grade Spring Concert right here! Polk School 4th Grade Chorus featured on "The Indy-Cast"!! Check it out!!!
________________________________________________________________________________ "Polk School Party" is officially SOLD OUT!! 
Thank you sooo much to all of the parents and kids who purchased "Polk School Party". We sold 250 CDs and rasied enough money to start our new ukulele program, beginning Fall 2008. |
“Polk School Party”, our seventh and final full-length Polk School CD is officially ‘in the can’! After weeks of preparation, the students at Polk School did an amazing job performing their songs, and delivering what Mr. Nelson can only describe as “the best Polk School CD we’ve ever made.” Congratulations to all of the students, staff, soloists, and musicians who gave it their all. The new CD will be made available for sale in the coming weeks for $10, with all of the profits earned going to benefit the music program right here at Polk School! “Polk School Party” is a collection of the most fun, danceable, singable songs around, and features the hits “We Got The Beat”, “Walking On Sunshine”, “Life Is A Highway”, “I Love Rock N Roll”, “Eye Of The Tiger”, “Ghostbusters”, “Footloose”, “Y.M.C.A.”, “Dancin’ In The Streets”, “Twist And Shout”, “Peggy Sue”, “The Twist”, “Flashdance (What A Feeling)”, “We’re Havin’ A Party”, “Da Doo Ron Ron”, “Runaway”, “Mmm Bop”, “Fun Fun Fun”, “La Bamba” and more! Get ready to dance in your kitchen, twist in your living room, and sing along with every word! Click the image below to download Mr. Nelson's bonus track, "The Ballad Of Indiana" as a free MP3! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE TEACHERS SING "Y.M.C.A." CLICK HERE FOR THE CD LINER NOTES AND LYRICS (.DOC FILE) 
| In 2007 we welcomed to our music room "REO". 
Click REO to practice your music on a virtual xylophone!  
_________________________________________________________________ "Polk Elementary" - lyrics by Mr. Nelson & Mr. Shirra (sung to the tune of "God Bless America") Oakville, Connecticut Watertown, too We're united, and excited To learn and to grow at Polk School We're respectful, and trustworthy Kind and friendly, come and see We're the best that we can be At Polk Elementary We're a proud family At Polk Elementary 
_______________________________________________________________ Download two tracks from the "Polk School Live" CD! "Who Says You Can't Go Home" - sung by Teairra
 
"Who's My Best Friend?" - sung by Rok Stashin Click HERE to download the lyrics to Polk School Live (.doc file)
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Click Here To Download Or Listen To "The Polk School Doors" NEW! "The Polk School Doors 2007" - from the CD "Polk School Live" Download Or Sing "The Polk School Doors (karaoke version)" Lyrics by Mrs. Birdsall, Music by Mr. Nelson (2001) P is for our patient pupils O is for our outgoing spirit L is for our loyalty to friends K is for our kindness & character When we walk through the Polk School doors We know we have to try and raise the score Do our best in action and in deed Friendly, kind, & thoughtful is our creed As we grow older, the wiser we get Polk teaches us the finest ever yet Teachers and students work as one The Polk School staff helps get our work done REPEAT CHORUS Responsible, as we go through the day Whether at school, at home or at play Trustworthiness, is something we achieve Thank you for opening the door And the faith, to watch me walk on through REPEAT CHORUS Polk School! 
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Listen to tracks from the newly-released "Polk School Rocks" CD Listen to and download rehearsal tracks from "Polk School Rocks" Listen to the complete Brian Wilson & Al Jardine phone interviews  
Listen to tracks from 2004's "Buckingham Street" CD Listen to tracks from 2003's "Polk School's Greatest Hits" CD  
________________________________________________________________________________ Other Cool Links & Photos To Check Out 
Free Online Guitar Tuner - Check it out iCal - Great free live music plug-in for your iTunes Share-A-Voice Productions - Mr. Shirra's CD Production Company Listen to Mr. Nelson talk to legendary composer/guitarist Frank Zappa in 1992 
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Spaghetti Cake - Mr. Nelson's Rock Band For The Whole Family  
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