13 Million Views!

Congratulations to the PS22 Chorus for garnering over 13,000,000 views of its videos!! Crazy, baby!

Lion Clipart

Lions are amazing animals. I love them because they are symbols of power and strength, the kings of the jungle. Lions can be dangerous to humans, but they demonstrate the awesome power of nature and rather than look down on them I respect them for their strength. That is why lions are often the symbol and mascot of sports teams. The lion's strength is an inspiration to the atheletes.

But in cartoons and comics, cute and friendly lions are just as common as powerful strong ones. Lions are like big cats, so they can be cute as well.

Here are some lion clipart images.

These first two lion cliparts appear courtesy of Free Clipart Now









The final lion clipart comes courtesy of Cavalry William Sport.

Fish Clip Art

One of the most searched types of clipart is fish clip art. I haven't put so much fish clipart on this site until now, so today I decided to add some more fish images to meet the demand!

My hometown is a fishing village, so fish are very familiar to me. I used to go fishing with my family as a kid, taking home sockeye salmon and trout, and a lot of bullheads (a kind of fish you can't eat, so we would throw them back into the water). And now I live in Japan, known for its great seafood especially sushi, which is made of (usually) raw fish.

Here are some fish clip art you may find useful for your fish or fishing related site!







I hope you found the above fish images useful. And I hope you have a chance to enjoy fishing and eat fresh fish straight from the ocean. There's nothing like it!

PS22 Chorus Socks SAKS with Holiday Cheer!

On Monday, the PS22 Chorus of 2010 helped add some holiday cheer to the Saks 5th Avenue Windows Unveiling in Manhattan. The kids gave a Christmas-themed performance, singing some holiday classics as well as some of their biggest hits thus far this year. The chorus opened the performance with "Fireflies" by Owl City. They rocked it big-time, as did soloists Justin F. and Kayla S., who did their best job yet!

Brielle leads the chorus in a fantastic rendition of "Halo" by Beyonce! And man, if that girl is not getting better by the minute....

Here's the Christmas traditional, "Joy To The World," which the kids put together at rehearsal that afternoon just before the performance!

This version of "Jingle Bells" (traditional) was another song the chorus learned that day! The kids bring their own flavor to this holiday classic, and were quite happy to perform it (especially John apparently!). After the song is done, stay tuned for some great PS22 Chorus testimonials from Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas, and even a peek at some of the unveiled windows and the kids' reactions.

The kids topped off their performance with "Run This Town" by Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West. Check it out!

When the chorus was through, Tony Award-winning actress, Kristen Chenoweth took the stage to perform a beautiful rendition of "I'll Be Home For Christmas." Here she is below with the chorus.

It was an amazing time for the kids and for all who were lucky enough to witness the performance, including such notables as Phil Donahue, Marlo Thomas, Fern Mallis, and Nannette Lepore. Below is Phil and his wife Marlo posing for a shot with the chorus.

Saks was awesome to the kids, giving them each beautiful hard cover copies of Twinkle Twinkle Little Flake, the book that inspired the theme for this year's windows.

In addition, the kids were given the hats and scarves they were wearing for the performance. Big thanks to everyone on hand at Saks for taking such good care of our chorus!

PS22 Chorus Reigns Supreme!

On Monday, the chorus performed at the Staten Island Supreme Court House for a ceremony sponsored by Judge Robert Gigante celebrating adoptive families. It was such a pleasure to be celebrating with my own "adopted family" (all 66 of 'em!!). The kids performed about 5 or 6 songs, but this one, "We're Going To Be Friends" by The White Stripes, really seemed to be perfect for the occasion. Props go to Julian for the sweet soloing!

And here are some more pics from our afternoon at the courthouse.

Ashton Sees Fireflies!

Ashton Kutcher found the PS22 Chorus's "Fireflies" by Owl City, and according to his Twitter page, he liked what he saw! Thanks to Ashton for his 21st PS22 Chorus tweet! (To see more, start here.)

Frog Clip Art

Today I decided to bring you a small collection of frog clip art after my son came home with some frogs he caught in the stream near our home. When I was a kid I used to try to catch frogs just like my son did this week. I would hunt for frogs in the little creek near my grandparents' house. Sometimes I caught them, but they always escaped from my hands and ran away! That used to make me sad. haha

Here is the frog clipart







I hope these frog clip art images are both enjoyable and useful for you. If you love animals as much as I do then I'm sure they will be! See you again soon, and be sure to browse some other clipart collections!

And More Fireflies!

Here is an a capella version of the kids latest musical triumph, "Fireflies" by Owl City.

Fireflies!

Yesterday the kids finished up a brand new song, the amazingly cool and catchy "Fireflies" by Owl City! Here's an awesome performance of the song from rehearsal, with some great lead vocals by Justin & Kayla S.! This group is just keeping 'em coming!

UPDATE: Thanks to Perez Hilton for linking to the new video on his Twitter page! So proud and appreciative of the plug!

UPDATE 2: The Fireflies video has already begun to earn itself YouTube Honors within just a few hours of being uploaded, including the #12 Top Rated Music Video today! Congrats to the PS22 Chorus kids!!

Snowflake Clip Art

I am originally from Canada and when I was a kid it used to snow a few times every winter. Sometimes the snow would pull up over a meter high! Sometimes my friends and I used to try to stick our tongues out and catch snowflakes on our tongues! And at school I always loved making paper snowflake crafts. In fact now that I'm a teacher I love making them with my students!

Here are some snowflake clip art pictures to use on your homepage to give it some winter flavor!








I hope these snowflake clip art images up above are useful to you and that they can bring you some winter joy this holiday season!

Mraz-amatazz!

The PS22 Chorus earned itself a new and extremely talented fan in Jason Mraz, who is best known for his amazingly catchy tune, "I'm Yours." On Tuesday, Jason linked to the chorus's version of "Joga" by Bjork, one of my own personal favorites. In his post, he calls the chorus "a fully expressed group of young persons." Check it out in the screencap above. Below you can watch the video of Jason singing a live rendition of his biggest hit to date.

Twenty Tweets!

Thanks to Ashton Kutcher for what is now his 20th PS22 Chorus tweet! This time he links to the kids' version of "A Winter's Carol" by Tori Amos! For more of Ashton's PS22 Chorus tweets, start here.

*New* IAVA Heroes Gala Footage

Check out some newly posted footage from the IAVA Heroes Gala last week! Thanks to Paul Reickhoff for sending on the link to these videos. In addition to the two videos below that feature the PS22 Chorus of 2010, you can see all of the amazing footage from IAVA covering the event, click here.

Star Clipart

Today I'm bringing you some star clipart. I've always loved stars, and staring up at the stars always gave me a wondrous mystical feeling and inspired a lot of deep thoughts about how life began, how big the universe is, etc. But I grew up in the city, so when I went camping with my family in the countryside is when I really enjoyed looking up at the stars. Away from the city you can see the stars unimpeded, without pollution, smug, and city lights obscuring the view. It's a gorgeous sight! I love stars and stargazing.











I hope you like these stars clip art and make good use of them. They are suitable for many kinds of designs, either for print out or for webpages.

PS22 Preparing to Sock Saks!

On November 23, the PS22 Chorus of 2010 will be performing at the eagerly anticipated Saks 5th Avenue Windows Unveiling! The event takes place from 6:00-7:00 PM! The kids will be performing just before the big reveal. The theme for the windows this year is inspired by the children's book, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Flake. This treat for the eyes will certainly be well complemented by a wonderful treat for the ears, happily provided by the kids of the PS22 Chorus!

Tirzah & Maya Return!

Today saw the return of two of the PS22 Chorus of 2009's finest! Tirzah sings a bit of "Run This Town" and Maya and I duet on "The Climb," while Tirzah's little bro (currently in the 4th grade chorus!) gives us the inside scoop.... :)

UPDATE 11-19-09: The video has gone on to earn itself a YouTube honor! Check it out below!

Clip Art Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner so it's time to get into the Christmas Spirit and spread some holiday cheer. One of the ways I want to spread some holiday cheer is by bringing you some clip art Christmas pictures. You can put these up on your personal homepage to give it some holiday flavour, or if you make your own Christmas cards maybe these will make a useful graphic you can use.

My favorite part of Christmas when I was a kid was always the candy canes. My parents would decorate the Christmas tree with ornaments and candy canes, but by the time Christmas day came there would be no candy canes left on the tree because I had eaten them all!








The next one comes courtesy of Christmas-Clipart.net





I hope you enjoy these clip art Christmas images and can make good use of them on your personal webpage or on printed Christmas cards, etc. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas!