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

This week's game was an away game! Our next home game is November 1, which is our 8th grade night! We look forward to combining with our GLJH and WWJH 8th graders!

Student call time will be 5:00 at Grand Lakes Junior High to practice the National anthem with the 8th graders. If you would like pizza, we will do a pre-order in class this week. It will be $3 for 2 slices and a bottle of water. You do not have to purchase pizza, but call time is still 5:00pm.

Great job to all of our students who auditioned at the TMEA Region round this weekend, and congratulations to the following students for being able to participate at Region Weekend or advancing to the pre-area round!

Soprano 1

Catie Seal - 4th chair, advance to Pre-Area

Jennifer Williamson - 8th chair, advance to Pre-Area

Samantha Howard - 16th chair, advance to Pre-Area

Surabhi Phatak - Region Treble Choir

Victoria Alayon - Region Treble Choir

Scarlett Perez - Region Treble Choir

Soprano 2

Elina Chatterjee - 2nd Chair, advance to Pre-Area

Kaitlyn Garrison - 12th Chair, advance to Pre-Area

Claire Sellers - 20th Chair, advance to Pre-Area

Kira Miller - Region Treble Choir

Milan Sierra - Region Treble Choir

Alyssa Parker - Region Treble Choir

Alto 1

Sophia Gonzalez - 20th Chair, advance to Pre-Area

Grace Ives - Region Treble Choir

Mikayla Ross - Region Treble Choir

Maria Prieto - Region Treble Choir

Chineye Nichols - Region Treble Choir

Alto 2

Camille Hannam - 3rd Chair, advance to Pre-Area

Emily Raszka - 7th Chair, advance to Pre-Area

Sara Mundy - Region Treble Choir

Tenor 1

Carter Hall - 8th Chair, advance to Pe-Area

Tenor 2

Preston Moody - 1st alternate to Region Mixed Choir

Bass 2

Teegan Wallace - 18th Chair, advance to Pre-Area

Tim Zhao - 2nd alternate to Region Mixed Choir

Huge thank you to the following students for helping run our Region contest on Saturday. We could not have done it without you!

Katelyn Money

Clara Mangold

Jaynie Froylan

Makenzie Williams-Rodgers

Eva Pabon

Ariel Brown

Jenna Luu

Kendall Honeycutt

Levi Soler

Latyn Yezierski

Ella Farrell

Evelynn Bennett

Nora Saenz

Amelia Farrell

Jonathan Wang

Kently Keating

Will Faciane

Chance Compton

Isabella Rodriguez

Parker Chaisson

Jaelyn Brooks

Isabel Montemayor

And HUGE thank you to our incredible Booster club and parent helpers for all of your work behind the scenes. We love hosting events, but it takes a village and we appreciate all of you so very much! Thank you to everyone who donated items for the concession stand, and those who volunteered your time!

Stephanie Howard

Kim Hall

Anne Miller

David Miller

Shelly Williamson

Christy Gonzalez

Naomi Childs

Tara Ranson

Caren Seal

Mike Seal

Ana Stabell

Allison Mundy

Erica Sellers

Thank you to all who helped make our first time hosting the TISD middle school Solo and Ensemble contest a huge success! And congratulations to the following students who performed either a solo or as a part of an ensemble:

Amarissa Belton

Kently Keating

Caylee Sherman

Allie McCoy

Ensemble - Surabhi Phatak, Amelia Farrell, Amarissa Belton, Madison Chapa, Makenzie Williams-Rodgers

Ensemble - Kently Keating, Madeleine Leppa, Clara Mangold, Julene Shyju, Parker Chaisson, Caylee Sherman

Ensemble - Allie McCoy, Cameron Edge, Lila Highfield, Shaylee Driscoll, Ava Hale, Lilyan Nguyen

Ensemble - Eva Innes, Ella Farrell, Sara Mundy, Jannay Lopez

Eva Innes

Jacob Leatherman

Taylor Meyer

Mikayla Ross

Allie Colllier

Julene Shyju

Ensemble - Scarlett Perez, Jocelyn Polanis, Grace Ives, Payton Stowers

Ava Wright

Jocelyn Polanis

Abby Mansell

Scarlett Perez

Jaelyn Brooks

Madeleine Leppa

Lilyan Nguyen

Surabhi Phatak

Clara Mangold

Colt Bannahan

Emmy Tims

Roberto Cavazos-Lopez

Amelia Farrell

Hunter Lagaly

Ella Farrell

Sara Mundy

Sofia Cordova

Thank you to our parents again who helped set up a mini concession stand for this event, and to the following student helpers:

Claire Sellers

Ava Wright

Jocelyn Polanis

Tori Alayon

Scarlett Perez

Jaelyn Brooks

For students who made the region choirs, Region Weekend is November 15-16! It will be hosted at Lake Creek HS on Friday and Saturday. There will be a bus provided to and from rehearsals on Friday, and ONLY provided to Lake Creek on Saturday. All students must be picked up from Lake Creek following the concerts on Saturday evening. It will be a weekend full of singing and fun! We will be sending out more information as we receive it, and selecting honor choir students this week!

If you've advanced to the TMEA Pre-Area round, auditions are December 3 at The Woodlands HS! We will take a bus immediately at the end of the school day, and will stop somewhere for food on the way. There will also likely be concessions at TWHS. Congratulations!

This is the sign-up for our Veterans Day Flag Fundraiser. We welcome your help in distributing flags to our subscribers that support all we do in choir! Your student will earn service points that they can use on choir trips, banquets, & many any other choir expenses. These points apply to the 2024-2025 school year so you can bank them for future expenses.

The deadline to sign up is Tuesday, October 29, 2024. We will distribute flags on Saturday, November 2nd. We will be at Tomball Memorial High School (bus parking lot) from 9 -10 AM for you to pick up your flags. Flags need to be picked up and returned to the high school on Sunday, November 17th, from 3 - 4 PM.

PLEASE BE PROMPT WITH BOTH PICK-UP AND RETURN OF FLAGS!

These times are when someone will be at the school to give & receive the flags, NOT when you should start collecting the flags for return. You can pick up the day before, but you will need to store the flags in a secure location until the return time.

*****Please be sure you can fulfill both the distribution and pick-up of flags before you commit, or partner with a friend to each do one day or both together!****

Thank you so much for participating!

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

Pop Show auditions are coming up this week! Auditions will be after school on October 29th and 30th. Our theme this year is Grammys and students should primarily look at nominees from the following big categories: Artist of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year. Songs selections should be from the year in which they were nominated (ex. Billie Eilish's new album is not applicable). It is our strong suggestion to look for WINNERS and to look for diverse music, especially before 2015. Think about your audience and what would be interesting to sit and listen to!

Directors cannot give song suggestions.

All songs must be cut to 2 minutes and 30 seconds at the auditions.

Seniors ONLY may audition with a slow song.

Audition Sign-ups are posted on the board in the front of the choir room.

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.

Emails will be sent out Monday if you still have not paid your Choir Class Fee.

PLEASE GET THOSE IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

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

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: Bass 2s

Bel Canto: Everyone who did a solo in class so far!

Bella Voce: All 3 sections for your superb performance of the National Anthem at the volleyball game!

Chorale: Sopranos

Chamber: Basses

Choir Spirit Student of the Week:

Dudes member Levi Soler for helping create community by assisting at Region auditions, and for staying longer than necessary to support his teammates.

Mikayla Ross - October 27

Grace Clark - October 29

Madeleine Leppa - October 31

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