Great Region Concert!!

This past weekend a group of our students participated in the All-Region Clinic and Concert at Baylor University. Halimah Jones, Cournie Sample, Kirby Bramson, Brooke Thomas, Jessica Taylor, and Erica Myers participated in the 9/10 Choir with clinician Gloria Stephens. Claudia Lee, Erin Sherry, Lixi Vitale, Sarah Callaway, Katy Templin, Bethany Feldman, Sarah McKneely, Peyton Austin, Garrison Liles, Brooke Dooley, Avery Wendt, Alex Reese, Pranitha Patil, and Ryan Kreider participated in the 9-12 Choir with clinician Dr. Lloyd Hawthorne. Sarah McKneely performed a solo on the women's piece, Cantate Domino. Our students had a great time with the clinicians and sounded beautiful at their performance. We are very proud of their achievements!

There is nothing scheduled this week, although we want to remind students that the second round of sponsorships are due Tuesday, November 24th! This is a great opportunity to raise funds for Austria or future trips (as well as any other choir expenses-like an unpaid choir fee!). Students receive nearly 100% profit for their sponshorship efforts! If you need a form, there are some available in the choir hall as well as in the file box on our blog.

Last week we sent out an electronic form of the newsletter as well as flyers for the concert, carol grams, and corporate performances. Please let us know if you did not get the email or could not open one of the forms. We may be posting them here as well! Soon we will be sending out another flyer with prices for our PECAN fundraiser! These are great gifts and will be available in several sizes of bags! Details coming soon!

Thank you for all you do for our choir program in support of our students! We could not do it without the level of parent support you provide!!

Let's make a great week!

Weekly Reminders

2nd Six weeks' report cards come out this week. Final grades go in TOMORROW at noon, so if you are missing anything, get it made up NOW! Students, you/your parents have access to your grades via the Pinnacle website, so it is YOUR responsibility to keep up with your grades.

Today Chorale will be singing with Bryan and Rudder choirs at the George Bush Library. Students are excused from 7th period and need to be at the library at 3:45 to rehearse. Wear your MAROON Tiger T-shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes with NO jewelry and hair tied back! Dr. Rice will begin speaking at 5:30 and we will probably sing around 6:30. The plaza is open to the public, so if family or friends would like to watch the choir, you may do so. Hope for no rain!

Saturday is the Region Clinic and Performance at Baylor University. We will leave AMCHS at 6:30 AM. The concert begins at 5 and is open to family and friends. We will leave around 6:30 and hopefully be back to the high school by 8:30. Wear your choir t-shirt, jeans,  and tennis shoes. Bring your music, choir folder, a pencil, a water bottle, a jacket (might be cold in rehearsals), and your uniform WITH ALL ITS PIECES!! You should really enjoy the clinicians. You may leave after the concert with YOUR parents only if either Ms. Davis or Mr. Angel sees you and the parent. Do not leave without permission.

Let's make it a great week!

Area/Region Results & Weekly Reminders

This weekend some our choir members auditioned for the chance to be a part of either the 9th/10th grade region choir or advance to Area Auditions for the All-State Choir.

Three of our students advanced to Area Auditions: Garrison Liles-Bass I, Sarah McKneely-Soprano I, and Alex Reese-Bass II. Two of our students will be alternates for the Area Auditions: Bethany Feldman-Alto II, and Avery Wendt-Soprano I.

Seven of our freshman and sophomore students will be participating in the 9/10 Region Choir: Courtnie Sample-Soprano, Kristen Newman-Soprano, Kirby Bramson-Soprano, Halimah Jones-Soprano, Erica Myers-Alto, Brooke Thomas-Alto, and Jessica Taylor-Alto.

We are very proud of ALL our students that participated in the auditions and excited that many of them will be representing our program at the Region clinic and concert.

This is a busy week at Consol because it is HOMECOMING!

Tomorrow night, Chorale members will rehearse for the "Fall of the Wall" Patriotic Concert with BHS and RHS choirs. The rehearsal will be from 6-8 in the AMC Choir Hall.

Wednesday is the Homecoming Carnival. We need choir members to bring supplies so that we can sell Caramel Apples to benefit United Way. Chorale and JV Women's Choir need to bring Apples (preferrably the Granny Smith variety). Varsity Women, Mens Choir, and Concert Women need to bring Caramels. Students will receive a bonus grade if they bring these items. The more supplies we have, the more we can sell! Please help us support our community! Also, we will need help after school to prepare and sell the apples, so meet us in the choir room if you'd like to help!

Friday Chorale members and Seniors are singing at the Homecoming game. Arrive in your choir T-shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes at 6:45. We will sing at 7:30 and then you are free to watch the game or leave.

Next Tuesday Chorale will sing with Bryan and Rudder High School choirs at the "Fall of the Wall" presentation at George Bush Library. Chorale students will be excused from 7th period to grab a snack and get ready in their Maroon "We Are the Tigers" t-shirt (with optional sleeves underneath if it is cold), jeans, and tennis shoes. They need to be at George Bush Library at 3:45. George Bush Senior and Condoleezza  Rice will be speaking at the event about the fall of the Berlin Wall. The choirs will sing two selections around 6:30PM. There are no available tickets for Dr. Rice's speech, but the plaza around the Library will be open to the public for the video presentation and choir performances. More details to come!!

NEXT Saturday, November 14th is the Region Choir Clinic and Concert. This is for choir members that made either the 9-12 Region Choir back in September or the 9/10 Region Choir this past weekend. Students will need to wear their choir t-shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes. They need to bring a pencil, their original music copies, a water bottle, a black choir folder, and their uniform. We will leave AMCHS at 6AM, rehearse at Baylor University and sing for the concert at 5PM. Lunch will be provided. Parents are invited to come to the concert at 5PM. After the concert (around 6:30PM) students may leave with their parents with permission (MR. ANGEL OR MS. DAVIS MUST SEE YOU WITH THIS PARENT!!) or ride back to AMCHS on the bus.

We are proud of the work our students are doing. We appreciate our choir members and parents' participation and support during this busy time!

Happy Homecoming week!

Weekly Reminders

It's Area & Region audition week!! Do you know your music?

We will be working on music during class as well as after school on Tuesday for 9/10 and on Thursday for Area. Let us know if you would like to work other times or during advocate period.

A sheet with reminders for Saturday's auditions is posted in the files to the right. The sheets are available in the choir hall as well. Know what you need to bring and when you need to LEAVE Saturday morning-THE TIMES ARE DIFFERENT FOR AREA AND 9/10!! We are still looking for one or two more chaperones to make the trip to Waco with us. Please let us know if your parent is willing to join us!

We asked students today for information on their parents' employment. This was in reference to possibly offering "corporate" tables for the Taste of Christmas Concert in December. If you or your business/place of employment would be willing to purchase a table for the dessert dinner, please let us know. We will have prices and numbers soon.

Thank you for your support of the AMCHS Choral Program!

Let's make it a great week!

Area Auditions and 9/10 Region Auditions

These auditions are NEXT Saturday, October 31st (yes, Halloween . . barring any disasters we will be back in time for you to trick or treat!!)

For AREA students (students that advanced from 9-12 Region Auditions)
You will leave AMCHS at 6AM
              Arrive at 8 AM @ Midway HS in Waco, TX
                             -Register, warmup, audition
              At 12 NOON you will find out the results, eat lunch and depart
              You should be back in CS by 2:30 PM

For 9/10 REGION students
You will leave AMCHS at 9:30AM
            Arrive at 11:30 AM in Waco, TX to eat lunch
            At 12:30 PM @ Midway HS in Waco, TX
                          -Register, warmup, audition
            At 4 PM you will find out the results and depart
            You should be back in CS by 6PM

You may bring homework, a pillow, or something to read/do while you are waiting to audition or find out results. IPods, Cellphones, laptops, and other electronic/noisemaking devices are NOT ALLOWED in the audition location. If you are found using one of these items, even in the restroom, you will be DISQUALIFIED.

Wear your choir T-shirt, Jeans, and Tennis shoes. NO PAJAMAS!! Remember you are representing our school and our choir program, so make a good impression with your appearance and behavior.

We still need a few parents to go with us! If you or your parent are willing to go, let Mr. Angel or Miss Davis know!

We will remind you about these things again next week!

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the cool weather!!

Great Concert!

Mr. Angel and Miss Davis would like to commend the performances of all six choirs on Monday night. All of our students have worked very hard and we are proud of the music you are making! Thank you also to the parents, friends, and family that came to support our program! We appreciate all your support.

Now we are starting on Christmas music in preparation for A Taste of Christmas on December 11th, 12th, and 13th. This is a dessert dinner concert, so be sure to make your reservations early! We will start taking money for this event on November 16th! I know it seems kind of early to be thinking about the holidays, but in reality we have only a little over a month to prepare music and plan the concert!
Also, we will be doing another round of sponsorships to be included in the Christmas concert program. Sponsorship money and ads need to be in by November 24th! The sponsorship letter can be downloaded to the right--->

We have 9/10 Region VOICE PART CDs (yay!) for all voice parts. The CD has the accompaniment (piano only) tracks as well as tracks with either Miss Davis or Mr. Angel singing your voice part. Get them as soon as possible so you can learn the music and be prepared for auditions NEXT Saturday! Also be sure to get your information form in so that we can register you either today or tomorrow.

Thank you for being a part of our choral program at AMCHS!

Announcements

Hello!

Hopefully everyone enjoyed the wonderful weather this weekend!

Tonight is our concert. Choir members need to arrive at 6PM in the Choir Hall in their uniform. For ladies this means their choir dress, black pantyhose, and FLAT black closed-toe shoes. For gentlemen this means their choir tux, vest, jacket, BLACK socks, and black dress shoes. Additionally, choir members with long hair need to have it pulled up and back out of their face. Ladies are strongly encouraged to wear eye and lip makeup at the very least. Although I know having to pull hair up and wear make-up may seem like a hassle, it is so our choir members faces' and expression can be seen from the audience without being washed out by the lights or covered up by their hair. The less distraction, the better.

We would like to remind both our choir members and our audience members that cell phones, ipods, or other noise-making devices need to be turned off and out of sight. Our choirs have been working very hard the past few weeks and need to be able to show off their accomplishments. If there are any questions about our expectations for the concert, feel free to download and read the Choir Concert Expectations document to the right.

This week we will also be working Region and Area music. 9/10 Region will rehearse Tuesday afternoon and Area will rehearse Thursday afternoon. Remember that the choir directors are available to work with individuals or small groups, just ask us and schedule a time in advance!!

This Wednesday Letter Jacket Forms are due. If your child would like a Choir Letter Jacket, have them come get a form from one of the directors.

Also, we are offering a second round of sponsorships, so if you or your student still needs to raise funds for Austria, they can continue to seek out donations from local businesses and friends. In order to be placed in the Christmas Concert Program, ads and sponsorships need to be in by November 24th (the Tuesday before Thanksgiving!)

The choir program will be sending out letters to those going on the Choir Tour to Austria. Please check over the information in those letters and help us correct anything that is wrong. Also be sure to get the first installment paid before the end of October!

Let's make it a great week!