Just a reminder to please go to signup genius tab on this page and volunteer for a position to help with the Final Blast. We are asking one parent from each home to sign up to lend a hand. Many of the positions can be done from home or on the day of the concert. We know you have busy lives but we need you to help us with the last concert of the year. Try to sign up today or in the next few days so that you will get the position(s) you want. Thanks!

Also do not forget that we need the $10 for t shirts as soon as you can send that in. We just ordered them. They cost $13.50 per shirt but we will cover the extra $3.50 for each studet.

Finally please see if you can send in something for your child’s dinner or the dinners of a few children. We need to raise around $1000 to feed them all.

This year’s Final Blast will be featuring Motown! See how many of these you know already!

I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) – The Four Tops

Ain’t Too Proud To Beg – The Temptations

Baby I Need Your Lovin’ – The Four Tops

I Can’t Get Next to You – The Temptations

Reach Out, I’ll Be There – The Four Tops

I’m Losing You – The Temptations

My Girl – The Temptations

Please Mr. Postman – The Marvelettes

Stop!  In The Name of Love – The Supremes

I Heard It Through the Grapevine- Marvin Gaye

Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours – Stevie Wonder

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell

Do You Love Me – The Contours

Reach Out and Touch—The Supremes

Please excuse the first letter sent out. I put April dates on instead of May dates!! :{ Below you will find a copy of the parent letter going out tomorrow! It has all of the concert, dress rehearsal, t shirt, and dinner donation information in it. Enjoy! Mrs. A

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!!!

1. Please scroll down in the last post to remind yourselves of the bus boarding,and performance times for next Saturday.
2. We did find a few more chaperones for 7th grade but do not have anyone to take pictures of the rehearsal and performance next Sat. If you’d take some pics for us just let me know.
3. The kids are working so hard and things are coming together well. We hope that you will see real growth in their voices and stage presence since Christmas!
4. Phone moms will be making Reminder Calls this weekend.
5. See you soon! Mrs. Armington

ISSMA Choir Competition is on the horizon! It will take place Saturday, March 18th! We have 12 school days to finish practicing our selections. We will be singing 3 songs for 3 judges at Goshen Middle School. The event is free and open to the public. We should be getting our exact performance times by Friday. As soon as I have them they will be posted here and sent home in a parent letter with all the details you will need for this event.

As far as volunteers, we are doing fairly well. We need 2 parent chaperones for 7th grade and a photographer for grades 7 and 8.

Bus chaperones will meet their group at the buses 10 minutes before departure. Our students will be leaving from NMS in the front teacher’s parking lot.

Locker Decorations should be dropped off by Monday, March 13.

Photographers should follow us through rehearsal warm ups and into our performance. Pictures should be sent in the following Monday. All parents can send us pictures but it would be nice to have someone who is focused on getting close up shots.

Please remember that all conflict forms are due by Friday, March 3.

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!

Our Middle School show choir will be taking the stage tonight at the Homestead Classic Showcase at 9:50pm (10 minutes behind from original)!! Tune in to the Livestream to cheer them on as they compete in their first competition of the season!! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SznwOtPKmk)

Our kids are performing at 9:40 this evening. Go to YouTube on your phone or Home computer and search Homestead Classic. The video feed can be found there! Go. knight Lights!!

We have no tissues left in the classroom. If you could send in a box or two we’d be so appreciative. We’re having a sniffy crisis here!