We are rolling fast into the fall with LOTS going on right now. Please take a few moments to carefully read all of the information below.
Homecoming
The choir department will be participating in the Homecoming Parade on Thursday evening. The overall theme this year is MUSIC and the choir council has decided that we will march in the parade (as opposed to designing a float) and our theme will be CHOIR OF ROCK! Dress up in your favorite rocker gear! Go crazy, show your school spirit, and let’s rock and roll (but keep it school-appropriate)! Parade line-up starts at 5pm, parade begins at 6pm, and a community pep rally immediately follows in the D Gym at CHS. This event is OPTIONAL, but FUN!
The advanced choirs (Chorale and Bella Voce) will be singing the national anthem at the football game this Friday night. This is a graded event and we are in front of a huge audience for the big homecoming game! We will do a sound check at 4:30pm at the stadium and have to clear the field by 5:15. Students will need to report back, performance ready (in choir polos and jeans), by 6:15 since this game kicks-off earlier at 7:00. The choir will sing the anthem around 6:30, so make sure to arrive early to hear them sing.
Booster Club News
Our booster club will be having their first general membership meeting of the new year on Thursday, September 27, at 5:00. The students will be busy practicing the newly released cuts at 4:00 and the parents will meet at 5:00 to make goodie bags and then conduct a business meeting shortly after. They will be looking at future fundraising efforts, electing officers, and adopting their budget for the year. Please join us and get involved!
High School Region Choir News
This Saturday we will be traveling to Abilene Christian University for a workshop on the High School Region Choir Audition Music. The cost is $25 for each attendee. That will cover the workshop and lunch. Students are encouraged to bring a few extra dollars for a snack stop on the way home. We will load at 6:30am and we anticipate returning to CHS by 6:00pm. If you would like to attend, the students will present a brief recital/concert over the music they rehearsed that day at 3:30. Make sure to bring all your music!
High School Region Choir Auditions will be held on Saturday, September 29. We will get more details to you as we receive them from Region 6. We anticipate a departure time of 5:30am and a return time of around 9:00pm. The school will be providing for a box lunch and $10 towards dinner at the Midland Mall for all students.
If you would like to chaperone for the day of the auditions, we would appreciate your help. Please make sure you have completed your VIPS application and sent me a confirmation email of your approval. Please sign-up to chaperone in Charms or you may use this direct link: https://www.charmsoffice.com/charms/volunteerR.asp?s=cenhsc&v=4474310
Once those spots are full, we will not have room for any other adults.
Fall Concert
Our fall concert is approaching very soon! We think you will be VERY surprised at how great each group is sounding this early in the year. Our fall concert will be on Monday, October 1, at 7:30pm at Holy Angels Church. Please make sure you have this date marked on your calendars. Students typically have call times as early as 4:30 going up until the start of the concert. We will send more detailed info about what times each group is called very soon.
This year at our concerts we need YOUR help! We are asking for at least one parent to sit with each class during the concert and help us monitor behavior. Students will not be on phones or allowed to talk, and will check-out after the concert, but only after everything is clean, put away, and everyone is ready to go home. If you are willing to sit with your student’s class, please sign-up here: https://www.charmsoffice.com/charms/volunteerR.asp?s=cenhsc&v=4474401
Here’s your friendly reminder that everyone is responsible for their own pair of SOLID BLACK SHOES as part of their choir uniform. They must have these for the fall concert and all future performances. These do not have to be anything exceptionally nice, but they need to be SOLID BLACK. Students not in correct uniform, including solid black shoes (and BLACK SOCKS, for boys) will not be allowed to perform and their grade will be affected accordingly. Let’s not have to deal with all that, please. Make sure you are prepared with black shoes and socks! If you have questions, please consult our online handbook: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nMoG-sT9-5ZEMfgUuFVOKf1EiwI4GZShplMoFq1HMNw
Again, students will have call times starting as early as 4:30. We try to schedule our older students earlier since they are not as dependent upon their parents for transportation. We will send that schedule out later this week so families can plan ahead for their transportation needs.
Junior High/9th Grade Region Choir News
In cooperation with Lee MS and Glenn MS, we are offering a couple of intensive rehearsals for students auditioning for the JH/9th Grade Region Choir. The first workshop over that music will be held TODAY on Tuesday, September 18, at Lee Middle School. Doors will open at 4:30 and rehearsal begins at 5:00pm. We will finish at 6:30. If you do not have your 9th grade region music, we’ll have some for you there!
Auditions for the JH/9th Grade Region Choir will be on Saturday, October 13. We will need chaperones for this day as well. Please make sure you have completed your VIPS application and sent me a confirmation email of your approval. Please sign-up here if you are able to go: https://www.charmsoffice.com/charms/volunteerR.asp?s=cenhsc&v=4474423
Fundraisers and Sponsorships
We are working with our campus administration on getting approval for our first individual student fundraiser. We are working with Stripes on selling car wash tokens. Students will check out $10 car wash tokens and these are sold for $10; the students receive $5 profit and $5 goes back to Stripes. We are hoping to be able to start these early next week, pending administration approval of the fundraiser.
This is a reminder that we are needing the Booster Club Sponsorship Forms back. You are welcome to keep seeking sponsorships, but if you have already sold some sponsorships, we need that information back, because every family or business who donates toward a sponsorship will be listed in our concert programs. We are upon our cutoff deadline for the fall program. We hope you have been able to approach some business leaders and solicit their sponsorship of our program and students. We are really working to raise a substantial amount of sponsorships for the group to be able to bring down the cost of the trip for everyone, to fund our annual scholarships, and to provide for quality design and printing of concert programs, among other group expenses. We thank you for your help with this new approach to an entire-group fundraiser.
Thank You
Thank you for attention to these items and details. If you have a question or concern, we are only a phone call or email away.
Have a great day and Sic ‘em Cats!