Parents

Dear Honor Choir Families,

Wow! Today we got to see the kids perform the show from start to finish and it looked great! Even better, everyone looked like they were having a great time! Below you will find all kinds of information. Please take a moment to read everything so you will know what is going on.

• Parking Tomorrow: Tomorrow is Hughson High Homecoming. Even though the high school will not be having classes there will be lots of activity going on while we are practicing. They will be working on floats in the back parking lot so we will not be able to park there. At 2:00pm students will be starting to arrive to participate in a parade. The parade route will include 7th street, Main st, and Whitmore by the elementary school. The front parking lot, and Whitmore in front of the high school will still be available. Please plan on the possibility that it may take a little longer to find parking. Thanks!
• Animal Costumes: All animals, please bring your animal costumes tomorrow so we can see them all on the stage together.
• Backstage Help: We are needing parents to help backstage for the shows. We need: 2 volunteers for the Friday school performances, 1 volunteer for both Friday evening performances, and 2 volunteers for the Saturday morning show. If you are able to help, please contact Rochelle Cox. You will be able to find her at the rehearsal back stage =)
• Tickets: We still have over 100 tickets for each of the shows. Kara is still selling tickets and will continue until the shows start =) If you want to buy tickets please see her any time. Remember to tell your friends and families they order tickets on line and they will be held at the door for them.
• Cast Party: Remember that we will be having a cast party next Friday after the school performances. If anyone plans on eating besides the cast, we are asking that you help off set the cost by paying $3 per person that will be eating. Please pay Stacy Meas before next Friday so she can plan accordingly.

  If you have any questions please let us know! Thanks!

https://hickmanhonorchoir.org/597-2/

Hello Honor Choir Families,

Dear Honor Choir Families,

Stacy Meas has kindly offered to organize the cast party. Please read her message below =)

We will have our cast party Friday September 22 after the second school performance about 1:00pm. The Honor Choir cast cost is covered but I will be collecting $3 for each additional parent or sibling that would like lunch.
I will also be taking sign ups for items to be brought such as, cuties, cookies, and juice boxes/pouches. We have a BIG cast in Honor Choir this year so we will need extra signs ups for items this year. If you have any questions you can contact Stacy on her cell (510) 378-6562.

I'll be at choir today to start collecting money and sign ups. Thank you!

Blessings,
Stacy


PS. If your child has food allergies, please make sure you talk to Stacy and let her know. We want to make sure everyone gets to enjoy the party. Thanks! Kelly

Dear parents and members of Honor Choir:

A performance invitation has come to Honor Choir.   Because this is not on the regular calendar we handed out, I would like to explain the invitation, the performance time, and commitment, so that you can make a decision as to whether or not you are able to come.  If you have questions, please email me, and I will try and get you the answers.

What?

The invitation has come from an organization called Better Together: Benefit Choir Concert.  Modesto area musical groups and churches join forces to benefit various food banks in our community.  Some of the groups in the past have included choirs from St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Candy’s Choristers, Christian Love Baptist Church, Golden Valley Chorus, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, San Joaquin Valley Swiss Echoes and Sweet Harmony, and the Modesto Suzuki Association Cello Choir.

When?

The actual concert begins at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 11.  There is one rehearsal the preceding Thursday (November 9).  Each group sings 2 pieces on their own, and two pieces with the combined choirs.

Admission?

There are usually over 1,000 people in the audience.  Admission is a bag (large or small) of non-perishable groceries in non-breakable containers, collected by the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts.  Close to 5,000 lbs. of food is normally collected and distributed to food pantries in Salida, Riverbank, Modesto, and Escalon.

Who and where?

The public is invited to attend the concert in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 4300 Dale Road in Modesto.

This is a great opportunity for our children to use their talents to serve those in need in the days leading up to Thanksgiving and Christmas.  It will also give our children an opportunity to get more performance  experience.

Please discuss this together as a family, and reply back to this email or email Kelly Osterhout by Friday, September 8 if you would be able to attend.  If most of the choir is able to participate, we will commit ourselves and help in this worthwhile project.

Your children have been an absolute delight to work with for Sleeping Beauty!

Brad Thompson

Hello Honor Choir Families!

The kids have been working very hard with Mr. Thompson to get ready for Sleeping Beauty and Into the Woods. It has been exciting watching them work with a positive and open mind with one another! Now it is time to add the next step to make this an exceptional show. What is that step you ask? TICKET SALES! This year Kara Boggs is heading up the box office and she kindly took the time to make up beautiful tickets for us to sell. Starting now you can find her at practices to pick up tickets.

To all our new families, I want to extend a warm welcome to you! We are so happy to see all of you and your kids in honor choir! I am sure you are wondering how does the ticket sales work.  Well, I can help you there =) We ask that every family sells as many tickets as they can. Please understand that each student needs to “pay” $40 BUT if you sale 8 tickets at $5 each, you have covered the $40 fee. For many of you that will be covered by family tickets. Where does all the tickets money go, you ask? All the money from the tickets goes right back into choir. It helps to pay for special Choreographers, cast parties, Disney trips, props, uniforms, and many other things that helps make this program so successful!

So here is how you can get tickets to sell:

1. Order your tickets on the website and Kara Boggs will have them ready for you at rehearsals, remember you can send family and friends to the website: http://hickmanhonorchoir.org/ and they can reserve tickets to pick up at the door.
2. Call or text Kara 988-5200 and she will have your tickets ready for you at the next rehearsal, or
3. Talk to Kara at the rehearsals. She is there every rehearsal, just look for her purple box of tickets

Starting NOW, Kara will be at practice ready to hand out tickets.  Come back as many times as you need and get more tickets =) We have tickets to sell for Friday, September 22 @ 6pm, Friday, September 22 @ 7:30pm, and Saturday, September 23 @ 11:00pm. There are 300 tickets for each show! You do not have to pay for the tickets up front, but we do ask that you have all money and unsold tickets returned to Kara be Friday, September 15.  We will need to account for every ticket so please have them back to her on time.

This year lets make it our goal to have three sold out shows! It is great to look out into the audiences and see all the seats filled. It gives the kids a sense of accomplishment. They get excited and happy to see all their friends, family, coaches, neighbors, and teachers watching them.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email or call Kara (mommyboggs@gmail.com (209)988-5200).

Happy Selling!