Party Tomorrow!

The concert on Thursday was a huge success! Thank you for all of your support throughout this season! I'm already looking forward to a lot of fun as we start up again on January 7!

 

Just wanted to pass along a little information about our choir party. It will be tomorrow, Tuesday, December 17, from 5-7:30 pm at the Family Tree. We will be singing for the people there at 5:30, then we will have our party afterwards. We will not be having our regular rehearsal after school that day, so please inform your child's teacher that they will not be going to the stage after school tomorrow. Also, we will be wearing casual dress for this performance, not concert dress. That way the kids can be comfortable for the party.

 

Again, we will be starting our regular rehearsal schedule beginning on Tuesday, January 7. And, if any of your are interested in having your child join the Maestro Group Class, I would be happy to add a few more to that class. It is held on Wednesdays at 3 pm at my home. Just let me know.

Thanks so much! Have a very merry Christmas.

Concert Poster

Please feel free to share this flyer with friends and family to invite them to our concert.

Concert Season

Choir Parents:

 

Just some last minute reminders for our concert season:

 

Performance on Commercial Street -- We will meet just inside the doors of the Old Vallis Hotel (aka the old Academy of Dance Building--it's the tall pink one on Commercial Street) at 2:45 pm. Our stage time begins at 3 pm. We do not have a specific dress code for this performance. Choir members can be dressed in casual clothing, but no sweats or old t-shirts, please!

 

Dress Rehearsal -- Our dress rehearsal will be held during our regular rehearsal time on December 10. I would love to be able to start a little earlier than normal, if possible, so those children who do not attend MES, please get to rehearsal as quickly as you can so that we can be sure to get through everything we need to do. Also, choir members do NOT need to be dressed in their concert attire for this rehearsal.

 

Concert -- Our concert will be held on Thursday, December 12, in the MES auditorium/gym. Call time for choir members will be at 6 pm on the stage. The concert will begin at 7 pm. Concert attire for all choir members is white on the top, black on the bottom.

 

Choir Party -- Our choir party will be on Tuesday, December 17 at the Family Tree. Invitations will be given out next week at the Dress Rehearsal. We are asking that all choir members meet at 5 pm so we can be prepared to sing promptly at 5:30 pm. Afterwards will be some games and activities for the choir.

 

Christmas Break -- After our choir party, we will take a break from choir for the Christmas holiday. Choir rehearsals will commence on January 7 for our Spring season!!

Contact me with any questions.

Commercial Street Performace Time & Christmas Party

I have two important updates for you.

 

1. Commercial Street Performance. We will be performing on Commercial Street on Dec. 7 from 3-3:30 inside the old Vallis Hotel (where Morgan Academy of dance used to be). We need to have all choir members there at 2:45 pm sharp so we can quickly warm-up (literally) and get ready to perform. I'm not familiar with the building, so I'm not sure exactly where to have us meet. I'll do some looking into it and let you know.

 

2. Christmas Party. Ellen Nielsen, one of our amazing choir parents is helping to plan our choir Christmas Party! She has made arrangements for us to sing our program at the Family Tree on Tuesday, December 17. We will meet at 5 pm at the Family Tree and will be prepared to sing promptly at 5:30 pm. After we sing for the residents there, we will be able to stay afterward for a little party. Please plan on attending, if possible! I think this will be a fun opportunity for all of the kids!

 

Have a great Thanksgiving!!

Updates & Information 11/20/13

Marcato Parents:

 

A few key pieces of information for this week.

 

1. No Rehearsal on November 26. We will not be holding our regular rehearsal next week since Tuesday is the last day of school before Thanksgiving for MES & MGES. I hope everyone has a great and safe Thanksgiving!

 

2. Lyric Sheet. Even though we won't be holding rehearsal next week, I do have an assignment for all choir members. Attached to this email, you will find a lyric sheet for all of our choir songs. If you could please make this available to your child so that they can sing through AND MEMORIZE all of our songs during the break, that would be a huge relief to me. Our rehearsal time is running short and if they don't keep the songs fresh in their minds, I'm afraid that we may not be as polished as we need to be for our concert. Once again, please allow your child access to the lyric sheet in any way that it is easiest for you. (Do I need to beg??)

 

3. Piano Duet. A month or so ago, I sent out a page that included a piano part for one of our songs--"Can You See the Star?" It is to be a duet accompaniment for that song and is to be played in the highest octave possible. I was hoping to have one of our choir members play the duet with our accompanist. However, when I brought it up in choir yesterday, I received blank stares from all but maybe 3 choir members. I have once again attached this special piano part to this email. (It is a jpg file, so if you have trouble viewing it here, it can also be found on the Practice Tracks tab on our choir website.) If your child plays the piano and would like to practice the part during the next two weeks, I will have them try it at our rehearsal on December 3. If no one is prepared to perform it at that time, I will have to do without that part.

 

4. Questions/Concerns? Does anyone have any questions or concerns about the coming concert season? Now is the time to voice them. At this point, I do not know what time our choir will be singing at the Celebration on Commercial Street. I will let you all know when I find out. And please be sure that you have a our concert on your calendar. Thursday, December 12, 6:30 pm at Morgan Elementary School. All choir members need to be there at 6 pm for warm-ups. We are getting flyers made up, and I will email those out to all of you so you can forward them to family members who may like to attend.

 

Thanks so much!

Concert Time Change

We have changed our concert time to accommodate those families who are also involved in the High School band concert on the same evening. So, our concert will be on Thursday, December 12, 6:30 pm at Morgan Elementary School. All choir members need to be at the school at 6 pm in order to warm up.

Thank you!

Marcato Update 10/24/13

Two things for this week:

Solo Auditions

We will have solo auditions on October 29 (that is our next rehearsal). Auditions will be held during normal rehearsal time, but I will not take time during rehearsal to teach the different solo parts, other than maybe a quick time singing them through. If your choir member is unable to attend rehearsal on the 29th, and is interested in a solo, please contact me beforehand so that I can work out other arrangements for them, if possible. The Practice Tracks for the solos are at the following link: http://morganvalleychildrenschoir.blogspot.com/p/practice-tracks.html

November 5 Rehearsal

When I began the season, I was expecting to be out of town on November 5, so I indicated on the calendar that we would not hold rehearsal on that day. However, my plans have changed, so we WILL be holding choir rehearsal on November 5.

 

That's all for now. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns about anything choir related. Thank you!