Find our full year calendar at the bottom of the newsletter!

THE CHOIR FAIR SHARE FEE FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR IS $53.75. Payments will be paid through schoolcashonline. This amount will help to cover such items as uniform rental, altering, launder/dry-cleaning, postage for mail-outs, Copies, Folders, Choir T-Shirt, Choir Polo, Choir water thermos, and other necessary items.

If you have not paid your class fee you should have received an email from us yesterday afternoon!

We are very excited to be heading back to San Antonio and the Flying L Dude Ranch this Spring! The goal is to get 100 total travelers, including parent chaperones, to fill 2 charter buses which may actually lower the overall cost of the trip. Our trip contract and deposit link is below for those who are planning on traveling with us. This is an incredible trip that our students loved in 2023, and you can find some photos and videos from that trip below.

I you have not turned in your contract and deposit, you may turn your forms in on Monday. If you are wishing to go as a chaperone but cannot make the first deposit, please let us know via email!

Parent chaperones can make their payments using the same link as student payments, but please indicate who the payment is for under "recipient name".

If your student is allowed to travel with us, please print, read, sign and return the hard copy to Choir. No digital forms of the contract can be allowed this year. We will have copies available for your student to bring home. Only the signed last page of the contract is needed.

Please be aware that students must be academically and attendance eligible to travel on the spring trip.

All initial deposits must be made by September 15th, along with the trip contract. There will be links provided each month for the following payments. All schoolcashonline payments will have an additional service charge that does not count toward the payment. For example, the initial deposit is $100, but has a $5 service charge. Also be aware that the initial deposit is non-refundable and monies paid for the rest of the trip cannot be refunded after the December 15th payment, unless you are able to sell your trip for full price.

More information and the tentative itinerary can be found in the trip contract. We always need parents to go, too!!!

DISTRICT MOCK AUDITIONS ARE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 at 3:00pm. We are hoping to be done by 5:00pm with the auditions.

Students will meet in the Cafeteria after school and receive cuts and audition order. After you sing your mock audition, you are free to leave. Comment sheets will be distributed the following day in class.

Please see the singing order below:

The District Audition is Saturday, September 21st at Oak Ridge HS (27330 Oak Ridge School Rd. Conroe, TX 77385). All students auditioning must be at TMHS at 6:15am and will meet in the choir room for a quick warm up together. Students will ride the bus or may drive their cars, following behind the bus.

Registration closes at 8:30am.

Please note that Over the Rainbow will not be auditioned.

CHAPERONES

If you are a parent interested in chaperoning for this audition, please complete the sign up genius below. We would like at least two parents with our students in the cafeteria throughout the audition. All chaperones must also complete the TISD volunteer application, which is also linked below.

Chaperones may meet us at TMHS and follow the bus, or are welcome to drive directly to ORHS after dropping their student off at TMHS. If the chaperone arrives at ORHS before the directors they may go inside and find some tables in the cafeteria to claim for TMHS.

CONCESSIONS FOR STUDENTS

PLEASE support the ORHS Choir by purchasing items from their concession stand! Here's a list of items they will sell:

• Breakfast Tacos

• Cheese and Pepperoni Pizza

• Beverages (Bottled Water, Dr. Pepper, Coke, Diet Coke, and Sprite)

• Chips and Assorted Snacks

• Candy

ORHS Choir Boosters will have a station for students to purchase tickets ($1=1 Ticket), students will then use tickets to purchase food items. If students purchase 10 tickets ($10), they will receive an additional 2 tickets.

PARKING

When you arrive, all vehicles (including buses) should enter the rear parking lot (next to the football stadium) and enter the the building through the red double doors labeled #48 & 49. Buses will drop off next to the building near these doors and park near the baseball field.

ARRIVAL

Upon arrival, students will go to their assigned rooms to register, warm up, and be taken through cuts. Oak Ridge HS will have ample signage directing singers to their appropriate rooms.

Sopranos - Cafeteria

Altos - Blue Gym

Tenors - Band Hall

Basses - Auditorium

Chaperones must wait in either the Cafeteria or Gym (they are right next to one another).

REGISTRATION

Once in their registration room, students in voice parts with multiple zones (sopranos, altos and baritones) should find the posted list to determine the zone in which they will be auditioning. Once they know their zone, they will go to the registration table to sign for their badge.

All students should be prepared to stay in their assigned registration/warm-up areas for a while with their water and music, etc. The first 20 singers will go directly to their audition rooms from here. Students will also need to follow directions regarding line up and appropriate times to go to the restroom.

Registration opens at 7:30 am and closes at 8:30. Students arriving after 8:30 am will not be permitted to audition.

AUDITION PATH

After the first 20 have left the registration room to audition, all remaining singers will be dismissed to the cafeteria/gyms when instructed. Any personal items (books, water bottles, etc) will have to travel with them when they leave their warm-up room. After their audition, students will be directed to the Cafeteria, where they will be allowed to call their parent (FROM THE CELL PHONE TABLE) to pick them up. Students who are waiting until the end of the contest for results will remain in the cafeteria/gyms.

WARM UP

During the "warm ­ up" the students will go through the cuts 2 times per section (e.g., Alto 1 ­ 2x, Alto 2 ­ 2x). The cuts will not be rehearsed again. Students may vocalize after that point but may not practice the audition music. Please let your students know that they can only sing the cut material for their section. In other words, a soprano 1 cannot sing through the cuts again with the soprano 2s. This is a violation of the audition process and will be enforced.

LINE UP

In their warm up rooms, students will be lined up in groups of 10. Once the first 10 are sent to the audition rooms, the next 10 will be called to lineup. Note: in the cafeteria there will be designated cafeteria tables for the groups of 10 to sit in line while they wait to be sent.

NOTE ABOUT RESTROOMS

Students should take care of any personal needs prior to going to registration. If they are in the first group of 30 (or have requested an EARLY time), there won’t be an opportunity to use the restroom until after their audition. If students ask to go to the restroom before 9am, the answer will be NO. Please share this information with your students.

NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES

There are no electronic devices allowed at the audition. This includes smart watches.

There are no musical instruments allowed at the audition.

Please be sure that your chaperones and parents know that they can use

electronic devices but may not allow students to use them. Remind them to use a safe distance when operating a device in proximity of students.

Students WILL be allowed to call for parent pick-up at the cell phone table, monitored by the adult at the table.

We will take students cell phones to give to chaperones for the duration of their audition. Once the student is done auditioning they may go to our chaperones to get their phone, then head to the cell phone table to call their ride to be picked up.

TIMELINE FOR THE MORNING

7:30 - 8:30 Registration

8:15 Cuts are distributed

8:30 Warm up begins in designated areas

8:35 Cuts twice with each voice part in room (16 minutes)

8:45 ORHS students ready to take auditionees to their rooms.

8:52 SINGERS Line up and depart for rooms

9:00 1st person waiting to walk into the room

9:01 Auditions begin.

Once a student is done auditioning they are free to leave. They may also ride the bus home at the conclusion of the auditions.

There were no shenanigans due to bye week!

The next home game is September 20!

Thank you so much for your support of our choir! There are multiple levels of support, and all are greatly appreciated.

$25.00 Donation - Booster Supporters will receive slideshow recognition at our concerts.

$50.00 Donation - Silver Supporters will receive two reserved seats to the winter concert and slideshow recognition at our concerts.

$100.00 Donation - Navy Supporters will receive four reserved seats to all concerts and slideshow recognition at our concerts.

$250.00 Donation - Wildcatter Supporters will receive four tickets to Pop Show, four reserved seats to all concerts, and slideshow recognition at our concerts.

Section of the Week is back! Each week we select a section in each class that has done an outstanding job throughout the week. At the end of the year, we will add up all of the sections and whoever has won section of the week the most in each class will receive a donut party!

Belles: Sopranos

Dudes: Bass 2s

Bel Canto: 2nd Sopranos

Bella Voce: 2nd Sopranos

Chorale: Altos

Chamber: Altos

Choir Spirit Student of the Week:

Chorale and Chamber member Caleb Riker for going above and beyond by providing transportation for his fellow choir members. Don't forget to write off the mileage!

Chloe Dietz - September 14

Diego Fuentes - September 14

Hayden Adams - September 16

Shaylee Driscoll - September 16

Preston Moody - September 17

Surabhi Phatak - September 17

Milan Sierra - September 18

Leah Brasile - September 20

September 15 - 3:00-4:00pm - Flag drop off

September 16 - 3:00-6:00pm - District Mock Auditions

September 17 - 3:30-5:00pm - TASA Rehearsal

September 20 - Home Football Game

September 21 - TMEA All-State District Auditions @Oak Ridge HS

September 23 - 5:00-7:30pm - Region Clinic

September 24 - 3:30-5:00pm - TASA Rehearsal

September 27 - TASA Conference!!

October 2 - Rock the Block Homecoming Parade

October 4 - Home Football Game

October 5 - Homecoming Dance

October 8 - 7:00pm - Fall Concert

October 15 - 6:00pm - Booster Club Meeting

October 18 - Home Football Game and Patriotic Halftime Show

October 21 - 3:00-6:00pm - Region Mock Auditions

October 25 - 3:00-7:00pm - HOST TMHS and Middle School Solo and Ensemble

October 26 - HOST TMEA All-State Region Auditions

October 29 - 5:00-7:00 - Trunk or Treat Social

October 29-30 - Pop Show Auditions after school

November 1 - Home Football Game (8th Grade Night with WWJH and GLJH)

November 2 - 9:00-10:00am - Flag pick up

November 7 - Bella Voce Kemah Choir Days Festival

November 12 - 6:00pm - Booster Club Meeting

November 15-16 - Region Weekend Clinic and Concert

November 17 - 3:00-4:00pm - Flag drop off

November 21 - 6:00pm - Family Feast Thanksgiving Social

December 3 - TMEA All-State Pre-Area Auditions

December 6 - 5:00-7:00pm - Winter Social

December 9 - 7:00pm - Winter Concert

December 10 - 6:00pm - Booster Club Meeting

December 12 - Major Chords The Woodlands Market Street Competition

Bolded events are required of all choir students

Any information can be found at tmhschoir.com where our newsletter and calendar are updated regularly!

jedragsdale@tomballisd.net

jordynwhite@tomballisd.net

Website: tmhschoir.com
Location: 19100 Northpointe Ridge Lane, Tomball, TX, USA
Phone: 281-357-3230 1106
Twitter: @theTMHSchoir