Tiger Choir Chronicles
Travis Tiger Choir Weekly Updates
August 19 - August 23
Happy Sunday!
It has been another great week in the Tiger Choir Room! As always, each week I'll be sending out our weekly newsletter, the Tiger Choir Chronicles, sometime between Sunday and Monday. It will also be posted on the choir website under "Weekly Updates." Please be sure to read the full news update each week for reminders, upcoming events, and news. There is a lot of information in this week's newsletter so please be sure to read through everything that applies to your student.
Go Tigers!
News for Everyone
What Did We Do Last Week?
Every class is working diligently in preparation for our Parent Preview Concert on August 27th! We also spent time getting to know one another as a choir family!
THS Tiger Choir/Crawford Band San Antonio Trip
In case you missed our meeting and information on the choir trip to San Antonio, the information and handouts are linked below!
- What: THS Choir/ACHS Band Trip to San Antonio
- When: April 11-12
- Tour Company: Green Light Group Tours
Information handouts:
Beginning of Year Checklist
Students will be bringing home a half-sheet of paper with their "Beginning of Year Checklist" which includes all the tasks that need to be in place and set up for them to have a successful year in the choir room. To prepare you for this, a general summary is below for ALL students with links to items when applicable:
- Paperwork: Students should have brought home a small stapled packet of forms that need to be filled out and returned. If your child has lost their copy, they can be found on the choir website under the "Documents" tab.
- Fill out Shirt Sizes form.
- Sign up for class remind. Class codes can be found on the choir website under the "Contact and Communications" tab.
- Pay Choir Fee via RevTrak. For a description of choir fees, please see the document on the choir website under the "Documents" tab. You can find the RevTrak link below or via the choir website under "Choir Fees." Please be sure you select the choir fee. Students who are NEW to THS Choir, will select "New Member Fee" which includes uniform pieces and supplies that they will use for each year they are in choir. Students returning to THS Choir who are NOT in Chorale will select "Non-Chorale Member Fees" which does not include the choir polo and garment bag since it was purchased last year. Students in Chorale should select "Chorale Fees" that include their All-State entry fee as well as an additional transportation fee that assists in bus costs for their various festivals and events this year.
Schedules
The counselors are working diligently to fix students' schedules and ensure they are in the correct class period. I appreciate everyone's patience as we are working on their timeline while they manage our schedule changes on top of the student schedule requests from around the campus.
Thank you Choir Boosters!
Thank you to the Choir Booster Club for our new merchandise! They welcomed students back to a new school year with surprise Tiger Choir vinyl clings for cars, windows, laptop cases, lockers, and more! Please let Mr. Miner know if you'd like additional decals for your family to show your Tiger Choir Pride!
This will be a FUN social event to welcome our choir students back to school! Stay for part of the party or the whole event! Please note- this is only open to choir students and is FREE! We will have food and play games to get to know other students in our Tiger Choir Program!
THANK YOU to our generous Tiger Choir sponsors!
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Support THS Tiger Choir
Are you looking for a simple way to support the THS Tiger Choir? Check out our Amazon Wishlist on the choir website for items needed for the choir room. Each of the items on the list will help us stay organized and support students in their choir success while allowing us to use the budget funds to purchase large items, music, and other supplies.
Events This Week
- Monday, August 19: District Sectionals (Tenor I & II) 3:00 - 4:30 pm
- Tuesday, August 20: District Sectionals (Bass I & II) 3:00 - 4:30 pm
- Friday, August 23: Back-to-School Bash (3:00 - 4:30 PM)
- Saturday, August 24: District Mini-Camp @ Austin HS
(Trebles: 8:00 am - 10:00 am, T/B 10:30 am - 12:30 pm)
Future Events
- August 27: Parent Preview Concert (7:00 pm in the Auditorium)
Chorale Updates
Chorale is off to a great start! A few notes for the week:
- Sectionals are OPTIONAL for all students. Please remember, however, that everyone is REQUIRED to learn the District music and audition on September 14th. This coming Saturday, we are having a "Mini-Camp" at Austin HS. This is optional for all students and will provide a GREAT and intensive opportunity for students to continue working on the music. Treble voices will rehearse from 8:00 am - 10:00 am, and Tenor-Bass voices will rehearse from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm.
Dan Miner
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