Parents we need help. We currently have an extreme chaperone need for our final blast concerts. At the moment we only have a total of 8 chaperones to help our kids on Saturday, with 5 of those being for the 4PM show and only 3 for the 7PM show. We are scrambling to figure out a way to work with what we have with the current “best plan” being that the 8^th Grade students sit out in the audience until it is their time to perform. We are not very keen on this plan and are desperately asking for several willing parents (especially 7^th and 8^th grade parents) to help us help our kids have the best performance possible.  Currently we would love to have/need to have 2 – 6^th grade chaperones, 2 7^th grade chaperones, and 3 – 8^th grade chaperones for the 4PM show, and 3 – 6^th, 3 – 7^th, and 4 – 8^th for the 7PM show. If you and/or family members are available to help us in this way please send me an email: norwoodc@mcsin-k12.org, or Mrs. Armington: armingtonj@mcsin-k12.org, or sign up directly on the signup genius website (http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090c44ada82baafe3-last ).

Sincerely (pleadingly?),                                                                                                                                           Mr. Norwood

Hi Choir Parents!  This is just a quick note to remind you of a few things.  We will be sending home a “Show Week” information letter with all of the particulars for May 8-13th next week!

Parents we have been waiting for volunteer positions to be filled as we draw near to performances but we are now two weeks away from ISSMA Contest and are still short in the following areas:

Bus Chaperones – You travel along with the kids from NMS to GMS and take attendance on the buses.    We need 5 more for 6th grade choir, 3 more for 7th grade choir, and 2 more for 8th grade choir.

Photographer– Someone to take pictures for the 8th grade ISSMA performance.

Locker Decorations – Make decorations for choir student’s locker to pep them up for contest week.  We have no one for 7th grade period 1.  We have no one for 8th grade period 6 or period 7.

If you are able to cover one of the positions above would you please sign up in the slots available on signup genius?  If you can’t use sign up genius feel free to send me an email or give me a call.

Thanks,

Mrs. Armington   armingtonj@mcsin-k12.org  (822-5186)

Wow!! What a talented group of performers our students are! They really came prepared and ready to perform yesterday!   They brought home 20 Gold medals for vocal solos (including a Gold Rating in Division I by Meredith Dorbin). Our 7th Grade Ensemble received a perfect score for their performance on the Fairfield stage and brought 19 more gold medals home!  We couldn’t be more proud of the amazing job they all did! Here are a few pictures Mr. Norwood was able to snap throughout the day. Great job you fantastic choir beasts!!

(*Parents of ISSMA performers if you have any pictures that you want to send our way we would love to include them in the slideshow!)

-Mrs.A and Mr. N

Here are a few sneak peaks of performances on Saturday!

7th Grader Nicholas Gorden on piano!

Choir Parents, here is a letter from two of our NMS Choir parents to all of you!  -Mrs. A & Mr. N

     Hello everyone! We are still in need of volunteers for the Swing Fry on November 5th. Without the parents and friends of the choirs help, we can not run the Swing Fry as well as it needs to be run. If you have already signed up, thank you. If you have not, please sign up for a shift or two, share the link with your parents, neighbors and friends. This is an easy 2 hour shift on a Saturday that is a TON of fun!!! Not only is this a great time to support the choirs, but it is one of our largest fundraisers of the year! If we did not have Swing Fry, everyone’s Choir Fees would have to go up AT LEAST $65.25. So please sign up below today!!!
Swing Fry Volunteer Sign-Up<http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c054eafa828a6f58-swingfry>
Are you good at baking or good at picking out great baked goods at Martins or Essenhaus! Well we have a perfect time to use your skills at Swing Fry. Below is the sign-up for the Bake Sale. Right now we have enough dessert to feed the visitors but not to sell any for our famous Bake Sale. Please take some time and go on the sign-up to see what you can donate this year. Please scroll down the list as there are a LOT of different options for you.
Swing Fry Bake Sale Sign-Up<http://www.perfectpotluck.com/meals.php?t=WDFV1144>

        The problem with having so many talented students in our choirs is it becomes even more difficult during solo auditions to choose just one.:( And so we made it a quartet because I couldn’t choose just one. Congratulations to Josiah Cross, Caden Mack, Drew Stahly, and Noah Sties who will be our singing of the woes of a slightly-off vision seafarer in our combined number “The Ballad of the Cross-Eyed Sailor”. Hope to see you all there Monday evening! It’s going to be fantastic!!

Thank you Mr. Norwood for removing the fine print!!!  I’ll never live that one down.

-Mrs. A