Hey all! In case your choir beast hasn’t passed on the word yet, the annual Band vs Choir Dodgeball Deathmatch will be taking place next Wednesday (May 28th) from 3:45-4:45 on the tetherball courts (right beside the Northridge tennis courts). It is open to all 6th-8th grade NMS choir and band student, and we hope to have another great turnout again this year! Pickup will be at the parking lot right beside the tennis courts. Fingers-crossed the trophy returns to us this year after a close 2-1 loss last year!

Well, the town of Middlebury was hoppin’ to the NMS Choir’s 80’s Dance Party on Saturday! The kids put on two absolutely fantastic performances to be proud of! If you weren’t able to make it out to the Final Blast performances on Saturday, you missed out on a fantastic trip back to the 80’s! The kids put on an amazing performance and closed out the year with bang! If you were still hoping to catch it in a recorded form, you’re still in luck! Our friends at Michiana Video were there recording the 4:30 performance. If you or a family member, friend, relative, neighbor, recent acquaintance, etc. were interested in a recording of this year’s Final Blast performance, orders can be placed online through this Order Form Link with money being sent in with students sometime this week. Additionally, paper copies of the order form can be picked up by students in class if preferred. We will take orders through the end of this week (Friday, May 16^th).

We also have pictures to share with you all, courtesy of our awesome photographers, Mrs. Byers and Mrs. Norris! A huge thank you to them for capturing these awesome shots! (Link to Mrs. Byers Photo Album, Link to Mrs. Norris Photo Albums)

What a fantastic way to finish off an awesome year of performances! We could not be prouder of the kids and the hard work they put into making the shows as great as they were! Thank you to the literally hundreds of parent chaperones, chauffeurs, generous donators, and volunteers that helped make this year as successful as it was! We couldn’t have done it without your help! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

If you were not able to make it out to the choir contest today you missed an awesome afternoon of some amazing performances! Each group came ready to sing their best and had their eyes on the prize! A huge thank you to our guest judges: Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Norwood, and Ms. Yost for lending your talents and skills to help listen to and score our choirs! And a special thank you to Ms. Yost for working so expertly and excitingly with the kids in the clinics afterwards to push them to even higher heights! And because we know you were anxiously awaiting the scoring results, a drumroll please…………….Gold Ratings for all 3 groups!!! A huge congratulations to all of the choirs on setting their sights on this high bar and achieving it! Super proud of these kids and the day of amazing performing they had! One final note: We still had several open slots remaining for treats for the celebration on Monday. If you would have any interest/availability in helping out in that way please feel free to reach out to Mr. Norwood/Mrs. Armington, or simply send them in with your daughter/son on Monday (packs/sets of 48 ideally; salty or sweet). Thank you for your help and your consideration! Now enjoy some well-deserved rest this weekend you gold-winning choir stars!

If you weren’t able to join us on Saturday, you missed out on a fantastic night of performances! The kids really made the most of those 3 weeks since the SwingFry and put together a great show! A huge thank you to everyone who helped behind the scenes, throughout the week, and lent support to help make it such a successful night! If you did happen to miss out on the show and were still looking for a way to catch it, Blu-Ray/Thumb Drive Recordings can be ordered through December 17^th (Link to order form) and will be delivered before the kids leave for break. Additionally, if you were looking for some amazing pictures of the kids in action, here’s a link courtesy of  Mrs. Byers who was snapping some throughout the night (huge thank you to her)! More pictures to come throughout the week, so keep an eye out for those! Thanks all!

Just in case you missed it, we had an amazing day this past Saturday! 6th Grade started the day off with a spectacular start receiving a Gold Rating in the Group III Division! 7th Grade followed soon after with their own fantastic performance receiving their own Gold Rating in the Group II Division (the only group participating at that level)! Finally 8th Grade, not to be outdone by the other grades, stepped up as the only choir participating in the Group I Division and absolutely knocked it out of the park receiving, you guessed it, a Gold Rating for their performance!!

And that wasn’t all! Both the 7th Grade and 8th Grade Bands performed soon after with both groups receiving Gold Ratings, with the 8th Grade receiving the “With Distinction” award for the quality of their performance!!

But wait! There’s still more! The High School show choirs also took to the stage at their final competition performances at the Noblesville’s Indiana Show Choir Championships with both groups receiving Best Vocals, Best Visuals, and Best Band, as well being named Grand Champions in each of their respective divisions! A perfect sweep!!

An absolutely great day for the Northridge Music Department in totality! A huge thank you to the numerous parent volunteers who stepped in to help out in various capacities throughout the day! A special thank you to Mrs. Runions, Mrs. Byers, and Mr. Swathwood for capturing some wonderful snapshots of the day. Photo albums for each of the grades can be found here:

(6th Grade ISSMA Photos) (7th Grade ISSMA Photos) (8th Grade ISSMA Photos)

Finally, just in case you weren’t able to come out and see the groups in person on Saturday, here are some videos of the kids performances for your viewing pleasure!

(6th Grade ISSMA Performance Video) (8th Grade ISSMA 2024 Performance Video)

(*Of note, our 7th Grade performance recording had an issue, so if you by chance were there and have a good recording of the performance please feel more than free to send it in to Mr. Norwood or Mrs. Armington so we can share it out as well!)

An awesome weekend full of awesome and musically talented kids! It’s a great time to be part of the Northridge Music Programs!!

Congratulations to the newly selected Knight Lights cast this year and well done to all those who put themselves out there and auditioned! These were some of the strongest auditions we’ve had! Don’t forget rehearsals will start next week (7:30am Tuesday morning) with the reveal of the 2023-24 Show happening at the Green Carpet Gala Monday night at 7pm. Congratulations all and have a great weekend!

Just in case you’ve been anxiously waiting to hear the results from our ISSMA filled day, we have the results you’ve been waiting for!

THEY

DID

AMAZING!!!

Golds across the board!!!

Grade 6 – Gold Rating!

Grade 7  – Gold Rating!!

Grade  8 – Gold Rating!!!

And on top of all of that, both the combined 7th Grade and 8th Grade NMS Band received a Gold Rating as well as being awarded the With Distinction….distinction earlier in the day!! Must be something in the water at NMS that produces awesome musicians…. Or we just have some amazingly talented kids!!!

We couldn’t be prouder of these kids and the hard work and long hours that they put in to reach this high level of excellence! Way to go to all of our amazing Gold winners!!!

Round 2: The Knight Lights are on their way down to Huntington North High school to compete at the 2023 Midwest Showcase! They take the stage at 6:55pm tonight in another extremely fierce competition! A livestream of the entire evening can be found at (https://livestream.com/hnhs/events/10781347), so tune in and cheer them on as they leave it all on the stage!