Parents

Good Evening,

Although we reserved the High School theater for our auditions on Monday,  the High School is having a special speaker on Monday, and they would like to use the theater, beginning at 2 p.m.

Our new audition time is as followed:

Everyone needs to be seated and ready to shine at 11:45a.m.,  so please make sure the students are there before 11:45a.m. Students can start gathering in the theater at 11:35, so we can begin right at 11:45 a.m.

Good Evening!

We hope you have enjoyed the last few weeks while taking a break form choir =) Now it is time to for the choir to come together and get ready for graduation and auditions for Sleeping Beauty. Below you will find the dates that we will be meeting.

Monday, May 8 @ 12:35-200PM, Graduation Practice and Pre-Audition: The students will be practicing for graduation and be picking up audition papers and script. Parents will need to attend a parent meeting at the same time so please plan on being there. We will be giving you information for next year.

Monday, May 15 @ 12:35-2:30PM, Auditions: Students will be auditioning for Sleeping Beauty. Parents are welcomed to watch =)

Wednesday, May 24 @ 5:30PM, Hickman Charter Graduation: Choir will be singing at the 8th grade graduation. Call time @ 5:30. Students should be done singing by 7:30 but you are welcomed to stay and support the graduation class. Please wear the red uniform same as CMEA.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR 8TH GRADERS:
If you have an eighth graders we will need you to return their uniforms ASAP. You can either bring it Monday to practice OR send it with a friend. If you do not plan on coming to practice please reply to this email and let us know you will bring it with you to graduation to turn in. Thanks!

If you know anyone who is planning to start Honor Choir this coming year please pass along this email. Thanks!

Hope to see everyone Monday!

Hello Everyone,

CMEA is just around the corner. We wanted to make sure that you have all the information you need to make this a pleasant experience, even if is a late night =) Below you will find everything you will need to know. Please read everything carefully, there is a lot of helpful information, including uniform requirements.

If you have any questions or need to contact someone the day of CMEA please feel free to call or text Kelly at 209-614-6194. We look forward to seeing everyone there! Thanks!

CMEA SCHEDULE
WHERE: Johansen High School, 641 Norseman Dr, Modesto, CA 95357, USA
WHEN: Friday, April 7, 2017
PARKING: When you turn onto Norseman Dr., park in the 1st parking lot on the right, staff parking.
TIME:
8:15pm: Choir meets in the choir lobby. The lobby area is in the first brick building to the left from the staff parking lot).
8:30pm: Warm up backstage with Mr. Thompson

• Red Formal Dress (see below for hemming suggestions and length requirement)
• Flesh colored tights
• Black dress shoes
• Pearl necklace only, no other jewelry including stud earrings and watches
• Book four pins, if earned, wear on the right side of dress
• No ponytails or braids of any kind. This includes braids that are being used to pull hair away from faces.
• All hair accessories need to be hair color and small (no scrunchies or ribbons). Headbands should be thin.
• No colored nail polish
• Make-up should be young and fresh, no sparkling make-up

• Tuxedo pants and shirt (See below for hemming suggestions)
• Red bow tie
  
• Black vest
  
• Black dress shoes
  
• Black dress sock. No low cut socks
• no jewelry or watches
• Book Four pins, if earned, wear on the right side of vest
• Hair needs to be brushed away from the eyes

• Please come clean and smelling nice.
  • Hair combed and out of eyes
  • Teeth brushed
  • Between nerves and warming up in a small classroom there is a high chance that students will get hot. The new uniforms do not breathe well, which will add to students getting hot. With that being said please double check that they have applied deodorant before they get dressed.
• NO GUM or FOOD
• Please do not eat in these uniforms.

• Girls: We will be having a seamstress alter any dresses that need it in August when we start the new year. For now we are asking that you tack them up. You can either tack them with thread or blue painters tape. Dresses should be full lengthen and right at your shoes. If your dress is too long and you decide to use blue painter tape, we suggest looking at how it looks after taping it to make sure the tape is not bunching the skirt. It might work better to use small stripes spaced apart. If you need to iron the dress please do it before you apply the tape.
• Boys: We will be having a seamstress alter any pants that need it in August when we start the new year. For now we asking that you tack them up.  You can either tack them with thread or blue painters tape. If your pants are to long and you decide to use blue painter tape, we suggest looking at how it looks after taping it to make sure the tape is not bunching the leg. It might work better to use small stripes spaced apart. If you need to iron the pants please do it before you apply the tape.
• Please remove the tape as soon as possible after wearing. We do not want tape residue on the inside of the uniform, if possible.

Good Afternoon Honor Choir Families,

Hurray! Uniforms are starting to come in =) Right now we are still waiting on some of the vests but we have everything else so we would like to start handing everything out. This Wednesday, April 5th, we will be handing out uniforms after practice. Please plan on having your student(s) pick up their uniforms before they leave.

Girls will be receiving a formal dress. We ask the girls to please wear a tank top under their shirts so we can have them quickly try on their dresses. We need to see if any need to be altered.

Boys will be receiving tuxedo pants, tuxedo shirt, 2 bow ties (blue and red) and a vest. 

Every uniform will be handed out with a bag for them to be kept in at home. Please understand that once the uniforms are handed to your student they will be in your family’s care. Your student will be receiving the uniform care instructions with their uniform. Please take a moment to review the information with your student. The information is also available on the website.

If the missing vests come in by Friday and there are not a lot of alterations to the girls dresses, we would like them to wear the new uniforms this Friday. We will let you know closer to CMEA which uniform to wear.

Thanks!

Good Afternoon!

Mr. Thompson has asked the students to continue working on their CMEA songs before next week’s practice. Below, you will find the music files for “I Will Sing With the Spirit.”  The other songs can be found on the website, in the parents section, or in the previous email you received a few weeks ago, with the files for the repertoire.

I Will Sing With the Spirit (Soprano):
http://hickmanhonorchoir.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/I-Will-Sing-With-the-Spirit-Sop.m4a

I Will Sing With the Spirit (Alto):
http://hickmanhonorchoir.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/I-Will-Sing-With-the-Spirit-Alto.m4a

Thanks!