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!

We are moving towards the finish line of our annual fundraiser and are SO close to achieving our goal! Our goal is $20,000 and if we can get some of the students who have not participated to send out a few donation requests, that will help us SIGNIFICANTLY in achieving our goal! Remember: EVERYONE benefits from our fundraiser's success!

As a reminder, the following list contains just a few of the many things our boosters were able to do for our students as a result of last year's successful fundraiser:

1. Provide 6 scholarships to All-State Camps
2. Provide private voice lessons for several students
3. Assist with Choir Fees
4. Sponsor several social events including the Fall Festival and holiday game night
5. Organize and sponsor last year's choir banquet for our students
6. Lower the cost of the choir banquet tickets for all students who wished to attend
7. Provide meals for students who advanced to the Region Weekend
8. Provide meals for students during both Pre-UIL and UIL Contest
9. Provide meals and/or snacks for students who need to stay after school on concert days
10. Assist with providing costumes, props, and design elements for Pop Show.
11. Cover accompanist costs when the district budget is not able to.
12. Provide instrumentalists to enhance concerts and UIL performances.

Below is our current standing:

Our annual FBISD West Zone Men's Fest will be held on Thursday, November 14th at Austin High School. This is a required event for all Tenor-Bass singers who are academically eligible. We will leave campus at 11:45 pm, enjoy lunch at Raising Cane's (students will need to bring money for lunch), and then work in rehearsals for our evening concert. Uniform for the event will be gray choir polo and jeans. A detailed schedule will be included in next week's newsletter.

For the students who earned a spot at Region Weekend, the itinerary is below:

Friday, November 8th

• 9:00 am: Leave campus for George Ranch HS.
• Rehearsal will take place at GRHS until 5:00 pm, lunch will be provided for THS students.
• 5:30 pm: Arrive back at THS

Saturday, November 9th

• 7:15 am: Meet at THS and depart for George Ranch HS
• ALL Day rehearsal. Lunch will be provided for THS students.
• 5:30 pm: Region Concert.
• Please note that transportation will NOT be provided after the Region Concert. All students will need to be picked up from GRHS at the conclusion of the concert.

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!

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1. Monday, November 4: Pre-Area Sectionals (S/A) 3:00 - 4:30 pm
2. Tuesday, November 5: Pre-Area Sectionals (T/B) 3:00 - 4:30 pm
3. Friday, November 8: Region Clinic (9:30 am - 5:00 pm @ George Ranch HS)
4. Saturday, November 9: Region Clinic & Concert (7:00 am -6:00 pm @ George Ranch HS)

1. November 12: Pre-Area Mock Auditions
2. November 14: Men's Fest at Austin HS
3. November 21: Pre-Area Auditions

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

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• Caroling schedules will be distributed this week to all students. Please ensure that for any evening performances students have made plans with their employers to have that night off. Caroling is a GREAT opportunity for us to give back to our community, spread some holiday cheer, and provide visibility for our school and choir program in the community. I am so excited for the many events that our students will get to be a part of!
• On December 12th, we will be performing at Garcia MS as part of their Winter Concert. Please note that this date is DIFFERENT from the choir calendar. Concert start time is 6:30 pm. THS students call time is 5:30 pm. We will be performing pieces as part of the concert as well as caroling for concert attendees prior to the concert.

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!

Thank you to everyone who has paid choir fees! If you have not yet, please remember that they were due on 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!