Dear Parents,
What an amazing start to this year. The students are doing a wonderful job learning their songs are getting prepared for all the upcoming events. Many of you know that we have been quietly working behind the scenes to get everything prepared for the students and their performances. Now it is time for us to give you all of information and deadlines you need to make this year a success. Below you will find a lot of important information so please take the time to read everything and reread it as needed so you can make sure you don’t miss any hidden gems of information. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitant to ask any of us. We are here to help!
Thank you,
Mr. Thompson, Ruth, Deanna, and Kelly
Monday, November 13th Formal Dress up Day at Hickman Campus:
- Please DO NOT allow your students to wear their choir uniforms to classes. We would like to keep the uniforms special for choir performances. Thank you!
Uniforms:
- Please check to make sure your students have all of their uniforms pieces and they fit properly. If you are missing any part of the uniform please see Deanna tomorrow, November 8th. The last students will be getting their hemmed uniforms tomorrow.
- Girls please make sure you have a properly hemmed red dress and a necklace. ALL Girls will need to pick up a wire that they will be using to shorten their necklace. They can pick it up after class and shorten it at home or bring it to choir and we will help you.
- Boys please make sure you have properly hemmed tuxedo pants, white tuxedo shirt, black vest, red bow tie, and blue bow tie.
Black T-Shirts:
- Please see Ruth tomorrow, Wednesday, November 8th to pick up your t-shirts.
- If you are purchasing shirts for family members please bring your payment tomorrow:
- Cost of shirts are $9.00, payment needs to be made out to Hickman Charter School
- If you are adding words (dad, mom, sister, alumni) the cost is $3.00 and payment needs to be made to Alice Connors. Ruth is collecting everything for Alice.
- Please be aware that you need to pay for the shirt separately from the adding of words.
Benefit Concert:
- Rehearsal: Thursday, November 9th from 6:10- 8:15 at 4300 N. Dale Rd
- Please have your student wear their black t-shirt to rehearsal so the choir will look like nice.
- The schedule is as follows:
- 6:15 p.m. Meet in the north foyer of the chapel to be escorted to our rehearsal spot. Please be 5 minutes early. We have a 10-minute warm up time before being escorted into the performance hall.
- 6:30 p.m. We are escorted into the chapel for a 10-minute sound check with mics, and to run through our pieces one time.
- 6:40 p.m. We will be escorted back to our warm up area to continue to prepare.
- 7:00 p.m. We will be back in the chapel to learn and rehearse the combined choir numbers (Because I Have Been Given Much and America the Beautiful). All 10 choirs will also practice going from their seats to the staging area in a cue to cue rehearsal of the show.
- 8:15 p.m. Rehearsal is over.
- Concert: Saturday, November 11th from 6:50-9:00pm at 4300 N. Dale Rd
- Please wear the red uniform. Make sure you review the dress code for proper hair, make-up and shoe requirements.
- The schedule is as follows:
- 6:55 p.m. Meet in the North lobby of the chapel at 4300 N. Dale Road to be escorted to our warm up room.
- 7:00 p.m. Warm up
- 7:15 p.m. Sit in our seats
- 7:30 p.m. Performance begins
- 9:00 p.m. Projected time for the performance to end. We leave with happy memories and joy our hearts.
- Please remember to bring a bag of non-perishable food items if you plan on watching the concert. If you can’t bring something, they will still let you in. Thank you!
Disneyland:
- It’s time for the fun to start =) We are now at a point in which we need families to make a commitment to attending Disneyland this coming March 23rd -24th. You will need to commit to having your students attend both days. One day will be the workshop and the other day will be the performance.
- Disneyland is no longer offering one park passes so everyone will need to purchase hopper passes. The discounted cost of hopper passes is:
- 2-day Hopper: $192
- 3-day Hopper: $233
- 4-day Hopper: $276
- 5-day Hopper: $318
- Honor Choir Students will get a credit of
- Wednesday, November 15th deposits are due: $50 per family. All deposits need to be turned into Ruth. Checks can be made out to Hickman Charter School.
- If you are not planning on attending Disneyland please respond to this email or tell Ruth by Wednesday, November 15th
- Wednesday, December 13th ticket orders are due. You will need to need to let Ruth how many tickets you need and for how many days. Once she gets your order she will make an invoice for you showing the total amount after your choir student’s credit has been deducted. Checks are payable to Hickman Charter School.
- Wednesday, January 10th final payments are due. We will need all payments by this date so we can get everything filled out and sent to Disneyland in time. All checks can be made out to Hickman Charter School.
- As we got more information we will pass it along to you.
Winter Concert:
- Rehearsal: Tuesday, November 28th from 11:00-12:30pm. Please have your student wear their Black T-shirt.
- Concert: Tuesday, November 28th: Call Time 6:30pm in Room 49. Please have your student wear their red uniform.
Important Upcoming Dates:
- Wednesday, November 8th
- Black T-shirts handed out and payments due
- Last check on uniforms
- Necklace pieces handed out
- Disneyland deposits being accepted
- Thursday, November 9th Benefit Concert Rehearsal
- Saturday, November 11th Benefit Concert
- Wednesday, November 15th Disneyland Deposits due
- Monday, November 20th Winter concert rehearsal @ 10-12pm
- Wednesday, November 22nd NO CHOIR
- Tuesday, November 28th Winter Concert
- Wednesday, November 29th Auditions
- Saturday, December 2nd Nativity Festival
- Wednesday, December 13th Disneyland Ticket Orders are due
- Wednesday, January 10th Disneyland Final Payments are due