On December 10, visitors to our Christmas concert were treated to a colorful, diverse program: The well-known groups Wind Instrument Class 6, Grade 6 Swing & Sing Club, Chamber Music Club, the Concert Band and The Suited …also showed their festive side.

The Ruth Schwarz Duo (flute) and Gerhard Baum (guitar) from the Marburg Music School were welcome guests, and they performed a superb piece of chamber music—an Allegretto by Fürstenau.

The following people, in particular, did a great job of creating a festive Christmas atmosphere: Flutes from Wind Instrument Class 6 featuring three traditional Christmas plays, The Chamber Music Club with “How blessed I am to have Jesus” and “A Child Is Born” and the WU Choir with Mr. Wever, who is the “Snowball Fight” and “Winter Wonderland” performed.

The students in the Swing & Sing Club in 6th grade put on a fantastic performance. They’ve already gotten very good at combining singing and dancing to create a successful show.

There are also two surprises worth mentioning: Our violinist’s first singing performance Bodam Lee and the ensemble of singers and musicians Teachers with Berlioz’s “L’adieu des bergers.”

Every year, the boarding school’s dormitories are aglow with Christmas cheer. In addition to festive decorations in the hallways and common areas, the Advent calendar is, of course, a must.
This year, the Westfalenhaus calendar turned out to be a little bigger than usual… In fact, you could almost call it an “Advent calendar room.” An atmospheric “fire” crackles in the fireplace built especially for this occasion, and the colorful packages are just waiting to be unwrapped by the students. Simply beautiful—hats off to the hardworking Christmas elf and his helpers!

With this in mind, the Steinmühle team wishes everyone a peaceful pre-Christmas season!

On November 29, Mr. Wiggles & Haters Make Me Laugh presented Top Rock City 2014 at the Kunstverein Familie Montez, right next to the Honsell Bridge in Frankfurt. Of course, the boarding students from Steinmühle couldn’t miss it.
The dance competition—or “Top Rock Battle”—kicked off with an open Q&A session. The guest speaker was none other than hip-hop legend Mr. Wiggles from the Bronx. He answered questions from fans who had traveled to the event on topics such as hip-hop, dance history, and, of course, Top Rock.
“You could actually say that Top Rock is the original form of breakdancing —a subgenre of the dance style that had already developed in the 1970s, long before anyone thought of acrobatic dance moves,” explains Kevin Albancando, who organized the evening together with his colleagues from the Frankfurt hip-hop crew “Dope Roc.”
After the discussion and storytelling session, the dancers battled it out at the highest level and impressed the audience with their spectacular moves. At the after-show party, the students from Steinmühle also grooved and rocked out in full force.

In the end, everyone agreed: “Top Rock City 2014 was awesome!”

A mood film is currently being produced under the working title “What’s Steinmühle Like?” under the direction of Pascal Lotz and Julia Heins. Pascal Lotz called the Steinmühle boarding school his second home for six years and successfully graduated from high school this year. He has long dreamed of a career as a director. In addition to the standard application materials, a portfolio is, of course, required for admission to a film school.
Together with Julia Heins, who is responsible for public relations and marketing at the boarding school, Pascal Lotz developed the idea for the film about Steinmühle and wrote the screenplay. The first days of filming took place from November 26 to December 1 at the Steinmühle.
The boarding school community is very much looking forward to presenting the finished film on our website in the new year!

For over 20 years, students at Steinmühle have been taking to the stage at the Cultural Evening to present what they have prepared for performance together with their teachers in class and in extracurricular clubs.

This year, the audience was treated to a particularly appealing program:

The Zumba performance by Ms. Sersch’s 5th- and 6th-grade students provided a lively start to the event.

Students in grades 5, 6, and 11 presented a variety of entertaining film and game clips from their foreign language classes.

Student Sam Kemkes (8c), together with his brother Finn (6b), gave the audience a glimpse into the world of puppeteers.

Musical highlights were provided by the “Duo Schlegel+Laackman,” the jazz ensemble “The Suited,” and Mr. Wever and his students, who sang songs from around the world.

In the Drama/Theater department, Class 8b presented a dramatization of Inge Deutschkron’s story, and the upperclassmen wowed the audience with their performance of “Klatschkäse.”