Tiger Choir Chronicles

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!

Congratulations to our 11 singers who advanced in this weekend's TMEA District Auditions. I am so proud of all of our students who auditioned this past weekend. After speaking with all the judges, they noted how well prepared and talented EVERY panel of singers was so this is a huge accomplishment! The following students will be advancing to the Region Audition in October:

Keren G- Soprano 1

Nicole D- Alto 1

Alyssa O- Alto 1

Gift A- Alto 1

Tori S- Alto 2

Marissa P- Alto 2

Sam M- Alto 2

Hani S- Tenor 1

Tegan K- Tenor 2

Kayden B- Tenor 2

Emiliano B- Bass 1

I cannot express enough gratitude to EVERYONE who helped make our Auditions yesterday a success. It was a large team effort to pull it off and shows the strong support of our school and choir program. I'd like to shout out a few groups and individuals, but certainly not limited to:

1. All of the student workers! Parents- I want to thank you for sharing your students for the full day to help. They are incredible young adults who continue to amaze me with their work ethic, eagerness to help out, dedication, and responsibility. One small example: at the very end of the day, when there was one room that I hadn't gotten to clean up yet, I walked in and two students had already taken the initiative to find a large trash bag, and clean all of the trash up in the room including 8 pizza boxes, donut boxes, and other miscellaneous debris around. What an awesome example of young leadership and responsibility!
2. Our Parent and Adult Volunteers who helped in any way they could: Evelyn Battiston, Samantha Fox, Laura Deming, Audrey Mills, Dorthea Ogunjimi, John Staley, Gabby Staley, Jason Finnels, and Margaret Jordan.
3. Our incredible Booster Club: Wendy Mills, Brian Mills, Jennifer Latorre, and Valorie Staley. It took months of work and your assistance, planning, and running of concessions and hospitality as well as set-up is just invaluable. We could never have hosted an event like this without your creativity and assistance!
4. Parents who donated supplies and food for our concession!

Thank you to everyone who has paid choir fees! If you have not yet, please remember that they are due by THIS Friday, September 20th. If your child needs assistance, our Booster Club is here to help! Please simply send me an email and let me know that your child needs assistance paying choir fees and our Boosters will be happy to help out if they are able!

On Thursday, September 19 we will have our second spirit night of the year at MOD Pizza! See the flyer below for details! Help support THS Choir by dining out on Thursday!

Our Choir Parent Booster Club operates to help support and assist the choir program in many ways! We have regular meetings to help plan events, discuss volunteer needs, and discuss financial needs of the choir program. You can be as involved as you would like to be! To encourage membership, the board has waived all membership fees this year in hopes that you will join us and find out ways you can support your child in their musical journey as a member of the Travis Tiger Choir!

Thank you to everyone who has been purchasing items from our Amazon Wishlist to help "clear the list!" If you are able to browse our list and help purchase an item, we would be SO grateful for your support!

Please consider supporting our local businesses who support our students! Click their logo below to explore their website!

1. Monday, September 16th: Region Sectionals (Tenor 1 & Tenor II)
2. Tuesday, September 17th: Region Sectionals (Bass I)
3. Thursday, September 19th: Region Sectionals (Soprano I)
4. Friday, September 20th: Region Sectionals (Alto I & Alto II)

1. October 1 & 3: Region Mock Auditions
2. October 8: Fall Concert
3. October 19: Region Auditions

Chorale continues to work hard and make great progress! A few notes for the week:

• Sectional times listed are for students moving forward in the All-State Audition Process. Attendance is HIGHLY recommend, but optional.
• Football Games: Due to the district's recently implemented performance policy at football games, each student may miss one football game this season. All I ask is communication ahead of time so that I know what students to not expect at each game.

This year we are thrilled to add another private voice teacher to our staff and extend a warm welcome to Mr. Antoine Griggs. Mr. Griggs is an accomplished performer who regularly sings with various organizations in Houston, including the Houston Ebony Opera Guild and Houston Grand Opera! He came to campus a couple weeks ago to meet the students and began lessons last week. He still has a few spots open. If your child is interested, or if you have any specific questions please feel free to reach out to him at antoinegriggs@gmail.com. We are very fortunate in Fort Bend that lessons are taught during student's choir class time so no additional rehearsal time is necessary and I hope that many students will take advantage of this awesome opportunity!