Hello, Honors
Choir Families!
I hope you had
a restful Thanksgiving Break, and that all is well with you.
Lots of
announcements/reminders this week:
·
Thank you to all who
made our trip to Forum 8 Theatre for the MET Opera simulcast of Philip Glass’s
opera Akhnaten a success on November 23!! Students who attended
represented our ensemble and our school district well, and members of the
community in attendance were impressed by their receptiveness to this wonderful
musical experience. There will be additional opera-tunities later in the school
year. Details to follow as those dates approach.
·
This
Friday, December 6 the Honors Choir will be taped preceding their debut on the
local access holiday broadcast!
o
Please drop off
students at the Rock Bridge High School Performing Arts Center at 7:45am.
Honors Choir staff will be waiting and watching for Honors Choir singers.
o
Students should wear
uniforms (solid black from waist to toe, white collared shirt, and burgundy
cardigan that was sent home with them in mid-November). HC singers will be
given a clip-on gold tie to wear during the taping. These are to be returned
immediately following the taping. Please notify me if any ties accidentally
make it home with a singer.
o
Singers should bring
a change of clothes for their school day.
o
At 8:30am, following
the taping, Honors Choir singers will be bussed to their respective schools. If
your child participates in the EEE program and Friday is their day to go (Alpha
Hart, Blue Ridge, Benton, Derby Ridge, Shepard, West Blvd.) please notify me so
they can be put on the correct bus. Busses are scheduled to have students to
their home buildings no later than 9:45am.
·
On Tuesday, December 17, there will be an Honors
Choir concert at Rock Bridge High School.
Due to scheduling conflicts, this is a change of venue from previous
communications. We will not have afternoon rehearsal on Tuesday, December 17.
Students should arrive in uniform to Rock Bridge
High School no
later than 6:15pm for a 7:00pm performance. All Honors Choir singers should
enter through the south entrance (close to the football field). There will be
signs and/or people to lead them to the waiting area. Thank you for your
patience and understanding of this change of venue.
·
T-shirts have been
ordered and are schedule to come in next Monday, December 9. We will work
diligently to distribute them at rehearsal on December 10. If you did not
pre-order a t-shirt but would like to purchase, extras were ordered in each
size. Please send $10 cash or check (made payable to Columbia Public Schools)
to rehearsal with your singer. You may also send checks only to the home school
music teacher and email me what size your child would like. While supplies
last!
- For weekly rehearsals, students
should arrive to West Middle School no earlier than 3:45pm.
The team of directors come from different directions all over town and
cannot guarantee your child will be supervised until 3:45 each week.
Singers should be picked up from WMS no later than 5:20pm
following weekly rehearsals. Thank you for respecting the evening
commitments of the team of directors.
- If
your student will be absent from any Honors Choir rehearsal or event,
please email me as soon as possible.
- All communications sent to the distribution list are
also available on our blog: http://cps5honorschoir.blogspot.com/
- If you have any questions or
concerns, please email me directly.
Have a
wonderful week!
*Lindsey
Tevebaugh
Business
Manager
CPS 5th
Grade Honors Choir
(573)214-3670
