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We are looking forward to another great season!

Choir Update - 11/14/14

I have several announcements for this week. Most importantly is our concert season schedule. We have several things going on in December, so hopefully everyone can get these dates on their calendars now and we can have everyone at the rehearsals & performances.

 

Concert Schedule

Dec. 6, AM -- Dress Rehearsal with the Morgan Community Choir. Casual dress. I don't have an exact time, but will pass it along shortly.

Dec. 6 -- Christmas on Commercial Street. CASUAL DRESS--but still look nice. When I find out time and location, I will let you know.

Dec. 8, 6:15 PM -- Morgan Community Choir Concert. Morgan High School Auditorium Sunday best. Choir members, please meet in the High School Choir Room at 6:15 pm for warm-ups. I will have seating for the choir in the auditorium during the concert.

Dec. 9 -- Dress Rehearsal. Casual dress. This rehearsal will take place during our regular rehearsal time right after school on the MES Stage.

Dec. 11, 6 PM -- Marcato Children's Choir Christmas Concert. Morgan Elementary School Stage/Gym. SUNDAY BEST. Choir members need to be on the stage at 6 pm for warm-ups. The concert will begin at 6:30 pm.

 

All of these dates and times have been added to our choir calendar on the website (www.morganvalleychildrenschoir.blogspot.com)
Concert Attire

We will not have t-shirts for this concert. We are working on them and hope to have them for our Spring season. Dress for each of our performances will be Sunday best unless I inform you otherwise. If your child would like to wear something the looks "Christmassy," that is fine, but please keep it classy (no flashing lights, reindeer antlers, etc.)

 

Solo Auditions

Solo auditions will be held next week during our regular rehearsal time beginning right after school. If your child would like to audition, they will need to be prepared to sing one of the solos in "Santa Around the World." They should know what those solos are, but there is a recording on the website that can help them remember if they forgot. They will also need to think about which song would be their #1 choice to sing a solo in.

 

The following songs will have solos in them:

Santa Around the World -- 4 solos

African Noel -- 4 solos

Go, Tell it on the Mountain -- 4 solos

Hanukkah, Candles Burning Bright -- 2 (possibly 3) solos

 

As you can see, not everyone will be able to have a solo, but there will also be some instrumental work as well as speaking parts that will assure that each member of the choir can be featured, if they want to be.

 

Practice Tracks

Just another reminder to have your choir member listen to the practice tracks on our choir website (http://www.morganvalleychildrenschoir.blogspot.com/p/practice-tracks.html). I will be adding a few recordings to this page including a counter melody that we will be singing to Silent Night with the Morgan Community Choir. I will also be adding practice tracks for our solos so that those who receive solos can practice with them. So, keep checking the website for updated information.

 

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for allowing your children to work with me in choir. I am amazed at how quickly they have picked up on some of the things I have thrown their way this season. This concert is going to be great! I hope your child(ren) are having as much fun as I am!

Choir Update

Dear Choir Parents:

 

Our choir season is halfway over! We are learning a lot and having fun, too! The kids have picked up on all of our songs and we are well on our way to being ready for our concert.

 

Just a few things to let you know about:

 

1- We will not have a choir rehearsal next week. I will be out of town all next week, so we will not be having choir rehearsal on November 4.

 

2- Use the Practice Tracks on the choir website. During the next week especially, it would be very helpful if choir members went to our choir website and listened to the practice tracks for our songs. Several of the songs we are singing are on that page. Here is a link directly to the practice tracks page: http://morganvalleychildrenschoir.blogspot.com/p/practice-tracks.html

 

3- Concert Date. Our concert is fast approaching. Our concert will be held on Thursday, December 11 at 6:30 pm at MES. I will be working with our T-shirt committee to (hopefully) have t-shirts for choir members to wear at the concert.

 

4- Community Choir Concert. We have been asked to sing a song with the Community Choir this year. Please mark the following dates/times on your calendar so that we will have good participation at this event. We will be joining the choir for their Dress Rehearsal on Saturday, December 6, sometime in the morning. (I will get a firm time and let you know.) Their concert will be held on Monday, December 8 at 7 pm. Choir members will need to be their early, but I will give a time at a later date. They may also want us to join them for one of their rehearsals, so I will keep you posted if the need arises.

 

That is all for now. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. I am very impressed with how quickly this group is catching on to the things we are learning. Thanks for allowing me to work with them!

Location Change

I neglected to mention today during rehearsal that our rehearsal location will be different for the next two weeks. Due to the Book Fair and Parent/Teacher Conferences, rehearsal on October 7 and 14 will be held in the MES Library. Since we have never met in this room before, please remind your children to be respectful of the room and not touch things that we should not be touching. Mrs. Carter is kind to let us use her space, so we need to show her the respect she deserves and leave the library as it was when we found it. It is my intention to use the keva area in the back corner of the library, so please have them meet me there for our weekly rehearsals on October 7 & 14. We will return to the stage on October 21.

Thank you so much!

Choir Presidency Elections

CHOIR PRESIDENCY ELECTIONS

 

Election will be held on September 30 during rehearsal!!

If your child is interested in running for choir presidency, please have them write a short paragraph stating which position they would be interested in and why they feel they would be a good choice to fill that role. These paragraphs need to be emailed or given to me prior to rehearsal on September 30. I will also need parental permission for each child running for choir presidency stating that you've read the requirements and will allow your child to run for the presidency.
The requirements for presidency members are as follows:

President -- Must be in 5th or 6th grade
If there is enough interest, we will also elect a Vice President who will assist the President in fulfilling the following duties.
-Help will room set up, as needed (arrive at 5-10 minutes prior to 3:45 start time)
-Lead games during and before rehearsal, occasionally
-Help with choir parties (choir awards)
-Set an example for all other choir members
-Assist as needed

Secretary -- Can be in any grade (3-6)
-Take roll
-Help with room set up, as needed (arrive at 5-10 minutes prior to 3:45 start time)
-Make sure that all folders are collected at the end of rehearsal
-Help clean up and room and replace everything that was moved during rehearsal.
-Set an example for all other choir members

-Assist as needed

Registration is now OPEN!

Registration for the 2014-2015 school year is now OPEN!  If you did not receive our registration email, you can find our registration information on the REGISTER tab on this website. You can request to be added to our mailing list by sending an email to morganvalleyvoices (at) gmail (dot) com.

We are looking forward to another great season!

Thank you

Thanks for a great season! We'll see you all again in the Fall for our Winter 2014 season.