Dress Rehearsal and Concert Information

Marcato Parents:

 

We had our last regular rehearsal today prior to our concert on Saturday. Here is the information you and your choir member need to know about our dress rehearsal and concert. Please let me know if you have any questions about any of this.

 

Dress Rehearsal

Our dress rehearsal will be on Friday, December 21 at 4:30 pm in the High School Auditorium. Choir members do not need to be in concert attire for this rehearsal. The rehearsal should only last about 30 minutes or so. If your child will not be able to attend this rehearsal, please let me know.

 

Concert

Our concert is on Saturday, December 22 at 7 pm at the High School Auditorium. CALL TIME FOR CHOIR MEMBERS IS AT 6 PM. Please have your singer in the auditorium at 6 pm so we can practice before the audience begins to arrive. Several choir members have expressed concern that they will not be able to attend the concert because of other family things going on that evening. Please let me know whether or not your child will be at our concert, and make sure they know for sure if they are attending or not as well. Concert attire needs to fit both of the following criteria: 1-Look "Christmassy" and 2-Look nice, or dressed up.

 

Again, please let me know if you have any questions about what is happening for the dress rehearsal and concert. Also, there are still a few "rough spots" in a couple of our songs, so it would be VERY helpful to have your choir member listen to and sing with the practice tracks on the website. Most of the trouble is due to not knowing some of the words to the songs.

 

Last, thank you for allowing your children to be part of the choir this Christmas. I really enjoy working with them. I am excited about this concert. It will be a lot of fun! I hope you are looking forward to it as well.

Dress Rehearsal Time & Solo Parts

Marcato Parents,

I now have a firm time for our dress rehearsal. It will be on Friday, December 21 at 4:30 pm in the High School Auditorium. It shouldn't take longer than 30 minutes. They do not need to be in their concert attire at this rehearsal. We will just be going over each song once to be sure they know where they need to be. This will help us get the lighting and sound ready for the concert. Please let me know if your child will not be able to attend this rehearsal.

Also, all of the solo parts have been awarded. I have sent emails to those whose child has a solo for this concert. If your child auditioned and didn't get a solo, please let them know that they did a great job! It was very difficult to choose who would get solos because so many of them auditioned. There will be plenty of opportunities for solos in the future!

Thank you!

Announcements 12-4

Just a few updates from today.

 

Solos

We had solo auditions today during rehearsals and I am totally impressed with the talent and the willingness of so many who tried out today! I wish I had a solo for each of them. I will be making the solo assignments shortly, but know that even if your child does not get a solo for this concert, it doesn't mean they didn't do a great job. There just aren't enough solo parts to go around this time, but there will be more opportunities in the future! I will send out emails to those who will be singing our solos in the next day or so.

 

Dress Rehearsal

I was hoping to avoid having a dress rehearsal prior to this concert, but since we will be in the High School Auditorium, we need to make sure the lighting and sound are working correctly. I also want to make sure the children all know where they need to be throughout the concert. I don't know an exact time yet, but dress rehearsal will be on Friday, December 21, sometime in the early evening. I will let you know an exact time as soon as I have it. THE CHILDREN DO NOT NEED TO WHERE THEIR CONCERT ATTIRE AT THIS REHEARSAL.

 

Accompanist for Sing-a-long
As part of this concert, we will be having a sing-a-long, but rather than dump several more songs on our already busy accompanist, I am searching for someone who would be willing to play a few Christmas carols for our sing-a-long. I have all of the music, I just need an able/willing person to help us out. There does not need to be any outside rehearsal for this. You (or they) would just need to show up at the concert ready to play. *Edit: I just found out that our accompanist has a conflict with our concert, so I am in need of someone who could accompany our choir for the concert as well. We will be singing 3 songs that will need accompaniment and they are not too difficult. Please contact me if you would be able to help us, or if you know of someone who could help us.

Thank you so much for sharing your talented children with me. I cannot tell you how much I enjoy working with them. They really are amazing and are picking up on everything so quickly. Please have them continue to practice at home. It makes a big difference if they are hearing the songs throughout the week so that we are not starting cold again each week. Here is link for the practice tracks again:  http://morganvalleychildrenschoir.blogspot.com/  We only have two full rehearsals before our dress rehearsal. Please be sure your child attends both of these rehearsals so they can learn all of our songs.