Full choir calendar is on the choir website!

Hats off to The Major Chords for kicking off the Holiday season last week at the Wildwood Holiday Market! They are still available to book if you would like to spread some holiday cheer with music at your family or business Christmas party! Please email jedragsdale@tomballisd.net for any inquiries.

Current dates already booked:

12/9 - TMHS Winter Concert

12/10 - GLJH Winter Concert

12/11 - Tomball Event Center, FCCU Tomball, and Encompass Health

12/12 - The Woodlands Market Street Sing Off Competition

12/13 - 6-8pm @ 403 Eats Tomball Food Truck Park - Spirit Night!

12/14 - Chick Fil-A 11-1pm

12/18 - Willowbrook Methodist Medical Complex

12/19 - 5:30-7:30 Chick Fil-A - Spirit Night!

12/20 - 1:30-3:30 Woodlands Methodist Giving Machines

Great job to those who auditioned at the pre-area round this week! We are so proud of you! Congratulations to the following students for advancing to Area:

Catie Seal - Chair 2 Soprano 1

Jenny Williamson - 1st Alternate Soprano 1

Elina Chatterjee - 1st Alternate Soprano 2

Camille Hannam - Chair 3 Alto 2

Carter Hall - 2nd Alternate Tenor 1

Area auditions are Saturday January 11! If you are an alternate, please keep practicing in case you get called to audition!

Please distribute all flyers by Saturday, December 7, 2024. You will text Naomi to indicate your routes are complete. Completed packets will be credited to your account by December 15th. Students will go to each address on their list and hang a flyer on the door of that home. Students may NOT put the flyers in mailboxes.

Thank you so much for participating!

If you have any questions or issues, contact Naomi at 281-224-2921.

With our Winter social being tonight, we are postponing our posting of pop show audition results to next week. They will send out by Friday, December 13th.

• We have begun our choir WiddyUP fundraiser and it is still going on! Our goal is for all students to have scholarships for all contest fees, Solo & Ensemble accompanist fees, private voice lessons, field trip bus costs, some meals while on field trips, classroom materials such as updated electronics and sound equipment, music, supplies and more. While we cannot cover the entire spring overnight trip cost, we hope to contribute towards some of the expenses.
• So far this year, we've covered All-State Competition fees, TISD Solo fees, Bella Voce Kemah Ride Pass and bus, All-Region Weekend fees and meals. To participate, all we need are 10 email addresses for family and friends of each family who cannot usually attend your son or daughter's Choir Performances. For a donation, small or large, they receive a "Thank you" video performance.

Please help us by sending out your student's WiddyUP links!

Our winter concert is coming up on Monday, December 9 at 7:00pm! Students will need to be dressed in their formal concert attire and call time is 5:45pm. As a reminder, all students are expected to be at concerts and receive 4 major grades for the performance. The grades are as follows:

• Attire (are you wearing the correct clothes)
• Punctuality (being on time)
• Performance (did you give your best effort in your performace)
• Audience Etiquette (are you being respectful while other choirs are performing)

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 the choir class fee, it will be assigned to your schoolcash online cart next week.

Please make sure that you are making payments for the Spring Trip if you are traveling with us! The next payment is due December 15th!

We are so excited for our spring trip this year! Please continue to make monthly payments via the link below, and if you have any questions please let us know!

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

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

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.

If you have missed a payment you can make multiple payments via the schoolcash link below. You are also welcome to send in a check or cash.

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

If you are chaperoning for our Spring Trip please make sure you have completed our TISD Volunteer application below!

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: Altos

Dudes: Tenors

Bel Canto: Soprano IIs

Bella Voce: Soprano 1s

Chorale: Altos

Chamber: Sopranos

Choir Spirit Student of the Week:

Bel Canto member Lilyan Nguyen for her work ethic, dedication, and overall positive attitude. She always has a smile on her face, and is willing to help in any way she is able. She is an incredible asset to her choir as an alto, and as a class representative!

Miranda Torres - December 8

Ryan Odell - December 9

Levi Soler - December 10

Edric Reyna - December 11

Cameron Edge - December 14

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