Summer News Bulletin

Thank you for a wonderful year together! This is the last message of the 2017-2018 school year we plan to send, so please make sure you read it and act upon anything that applies to you. Going forward, we hope that you will stay in touch with us over the summer for important news and reminders. We hope to have information ready about convocation by this time next week. Check back here and via email for that announcement.

Stay Connected

Here are the many ways you can stay connected with everything going on with the Bobcat Choirs:

1. Our website - www.CentralHighChoir.org
2. Facebook Page
3. Facebook Groups
4. Instagram
5. Twitter
6. YouTube
7. Remind text messages - instructions here
8. Emails via Charms - make sure your email addresses are up-to-date
9. Email Newsletter - sign-up here

UIL State Solo & Ensemble Contest Results

Congratulations to all of our Central High School musicians who competed this Memorial Day weekend at the UIL State Solo & Ensemble Contest at the University of Texas in Austin. 32 students from the Central High School Choirs qualified and competed at the state-level contest on Monday. CHS Choir students took home 9 gold medals, 16 silver medals, and 2 Outstanding Performer Awards.

For more information, please visit this press release. Sic ‘em, Cats!

Commemorative CDs

If you would like to order a compilation CD of this year's performances, David Faught, one of our awesome choir parents, compiles the recordings and creates a CD for each class. CDs are $5 each and should be completed by August. If you would like a CD from a previous year, those are also available. For the older recordings, when you checkout enter a note in the order for which years you'd like.

Here is the link to his Etsy shop to place your orders: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CommemorativeCDs/items

Please place your orders by June 10.

2018 UIL Sweepstakes Letter Jacket Patch Orders

If you competed with Chorale or Bella Voce at UIL Concert & Sightreading Contest and you would like for us to order the sweepstakes patch for your letter jacket, please complete this order form. Even if you do not currently have a jacket but you're working on earning one, if you ever want this patch, we need to order it this year, so please fill out the form.

Please complete this order form prior to Thursday, June 7. We will not be doing another order and if you miss your chance, you will have to order one your own and at your own expense.

If you are interested in other patches and pins for your letter jacket, you can visit Southwest Emblem's website and make purchases via their web shop.

2019 All-State Choir Audition Music Orders

If you would like to order your copy of the All-State audition music for this year, please place your orders ASAP with J.W. Pepper or Pender's. As a choir department we will only be ordering the region choir music sets once those are decided upon in late July.

Make sure you order a large-school packet. You can order a women's packet, a men's packet, or complete director's packet (has all titles from both men and women's packets).

Order your music here: J.W. Pepper or Pender's

2018-2019 HarmoniCats Audition Results

Thank you for the incredible turnout we had for auditions this year. Next year promises to be the best year ever for our show choir, the HarmoniCats. We have some wonderful new talent joining us and some wonderful leaders that are returning. We are so excited for what next year holds for this incredible group of students.

If you didn't make it this time, please don't be discouraged. Please try out again at the next available audition. We really did have to make some tough decisions to keep the group balanced.

There are three steps we need you to complete IMMEDIATELY:

1. You will find the results posted here.
2. We need everyone who was selected to fill out this ACCEPTANCE FORM.
3. If you have an asterisk (*) next to your name, we need your COURSE AGREEMENT. Please fill it out and email it to Landon.Gilmore@saisd.org.

2018-2019 Choir Placements

We hope that each student will see the auditions as a learning opportunity. It is always a difficult process to determine the right placement for each individual student and to balance that with the needs of each group and the program as a whole.

A number of factors go into determining each student’s placement; it is not based solely upon a 10-minute audition: vocal quality and development, intonation, aural skill, sight-reading ability, maturity, academic eligibility, classroom discipline, attendance patterns, involvement in extracurricular elements of the program, etc. Many students have excellent abilities, but we are unable to advance or keep them because of their grades in other classes...academic eligibility is BIG.

We try to look at the complete picture in determining where the student will be able to be successful and to which group's success they will be able to most effectively contribute.

That being said, every group next year is going to be AWESOME! You will have a blast! Together, we will all reach new heights of achievement and success.

PLEASE click the link below, read everything carefully, and follow all instructions on the form. Make absolutely certain that you are subscribed to the REMIND updates. We have to be able to communicate with you over the summer, especially officers and HarmoniCats members.

2018-2019 Choir Placement Results

Congratulations to all!