It’s getting closer!!!! Is everybody ready?  Dinner and show ticket orders are due by Wednesday.  Avoid the lines and get yours now.  Forms available on our website! Spread the word people!  This is going to be one huge party!!!

Another great week for us in the Choir Department!  Kids are really hitting all cylinders now.  They are excited for their first show and so are we!  

Three weeks from tomorrow is our SWINGFEST FALL FUNDRAISER!  To those of you who are new to the “Choir Scene” we want to encourage you to find the concert attire as soon as you can.  Every year our parents seem to buy out every store’s collection of black and whites! If you wait to the last minute to purchase a black skirt and white long sleeved dress shirt (with collar!) you may find yourself in a pickle! 7th and 8th grade parents often donate last year’s outfits because their kids grow like weeds.  (Now accepting donations! Shoes, Shirts, Skirts, Pants) If you can’t afford a skirt/shirt etc, have your child check with us.  We may have one that fits them! Again, please don’t wait until the last minute. 🙂

The Bake Sale Committee still needs your contributions.  We received a few more after last weeks plea but we were expecting quite a few more slips.  Please review the last post to see what items are still needed.  Thanks again for your generosity.

Finally, please be aware that the last day to get advanced SwingFry Dinner and/or Show tickets will be this Wednesday.  Please send in your order form (copies under parent tab) along with payment.  Tickets are available on show day, but there are long lines and I believe they go up a $1.

Now for the best news!  Here are some pretty awesome kids who were are top Choir Beasts for this week!

6th:  Colin Mack, Korinna Whitley, Lillia Schlabach

7th:  Kenya Gilyard, Catrina Gerwells-Simons, Jovi Martin

8th Diamond Castillejo, Kalli Kauffman, Thane Stutsman

Thanks to the Cushwa’s here are some more great pics!

The Just The Guys concert drew a great crowd!  Our young men made us so proud in their performances throughout the show.  The Dickhauts sent in some wonderful pictures captured last night. Here are a few! Thanks so much parents, for driving to and fro so that these boys got a chance to be a part of something so wonderful!

I apologize profusely for this last minute time change.  All of my advertising has stated that the concert begins at 7:00.  But the high school advertising stated 7:30 p.m. as the start time and I never caught it.  So, the drop off timer remains the same with rehearsal beginning at 5:30 p.m.  But the concert doors will not open until 7:10.  The show will begin at 7:30 p.m.    I am so sorry for any disruption this has caused you and your family!!

Lots of reminders and tidbits this weekend.  So, fasten your seat belt! 

Let’s start with the Just The Guys Concert on Monday, October 15!  That’s this Monday! Don’t miss it!  Doors will open for the audience at 6:45 p.m.  The show is short and sweet, and FREE! 

Reminders for our guys: 

• Come dressed for the show in your black pants, white dress shirt, dark shoes and socks.  Wear a t-shirt over your white shirt so that you don’t get pizza all over it!! 
• Be dropped off around 5:20 p.m. at NHS (not the middle school!!).  Go in Door 15 which is located in the back of the high school in the pool parking lot.  We will BEGIN rehearsal promptly at 5 p.m.  Don’t be late!
• The show should last about 30 minutes. 

Now, some SwingFry information. 

• Dinner/Show Ticket Orders are due by Oct. 23rd.  If you don’t get your tickets now, you will have to wait in long lines on show day. 
• We received a request from the Bake Sale Committee:  Many of you have volunteered to contribute to the bake sale, but we need more of you to do so.  If you haven’t sent in your bake sale slip yet, you can download one off of this website by going to the Parent tab on this page. They asked us to pass this on….”We DON’T need any more cookies, brownies, muffins, or sweet breads.  However, we DO need a lot more pies, sheet cakes, cakes, candies, and regular home made breads. Parents remember you can ask grandparents, neighbors, etc. to donate homemade or store bought baked items in these areas, any help would be so appreciated.
• SWINGFRY CONFLICT FORMS ARE DUE:  Friday, October 19th.  If your choir student is unable to attend the graded Dress Rehearsal / Performance please check the Choir Handbook for the options they have to make up the grade.  The conflict form needs to be submitted to us by the 19th in order to receive a make up assignment for missing the rehearsal/show.  Conflict Forms can be found in the choir room, or under the Parent Tab on this page.

This week in choir….

• The kids are reallllllly starting to put their parts together.  We are starting to hear some pretty great sound from them.  They are getting excited for SwingFry and so are we!
• We took a test on note values, tie and slur articulations, solfege, and counting rhythms.  The scores look great! 

CHOIR BEASTS FOR THIS WEEK WERE AMAZZZZZZING!!

6th grade:  Nevaeh Adkins, Grant Garman, Rhiannon (Bri) Cass

7th grade:  Jimena Figueroa, Kailey Riegsecker, Jacob Sheridan

8th grade:  Ariana Bartley, Jaelyn Allen, Josh Straw

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  Mrs. Armington and Mr.Norwood

Click here–> Just The Guys RehearsalConcert Final Details

Here is a sneak peak into the Zany Night we had with our 6th grade Choir Beasts!  If you want to see more, just click the Facebook link on this page and you can see the full album!

Ohhhhh are you going to be impressed!  Each choir is finding it’s “voice” .  When kids get comfortable with their parts they really start to sing out.  That is what is happening right now.  Like Marshmallows warming up to the flame!  They will be good, hot, and gooey when they hit the stage.  (O.k. the gooey part might not be a good idea, but you get the point!)   Here is a quick glimpse into this morning’s rehearsal with our 1st period girls.

Reminders for next week:

1.  Have you signed up for your SwingFry Position yet parents?  We need at least from each family to serve at this big shindig.  Go to nmschoir.org  and click the signup genius tab to secure your spot and time.
2. 6th grader Choir Beasts will be going to a Rollerskating “Glow In”, Tuesday next week (October 2).  Please drop off your kids at Eby’s  at 6 and pick them up at 7:30 p.m.  Students must have turned in their parent permission slip and $4 by Monday.  Copies can be found under parent forms on the choir website.

JUST THE GUY Concert NEWS!   The JTG Concert for our all of our young men will take place a week from Monday (October 15) at 7:00 p.m. This is a mandatory performance for boys only.  (Girls who attend to cheer on their guys will receive a Green Freebie Pass).  All boys should be dropped off to door 15 at Northridge High School by 5:30 p.m.  Door 15 is found on the back side of the high school in the pool/performing arts parking lot closest to US20.  We will rehearse in the auditorium with the high school men, have pizza together, and then start the show at 7:00 p.m.  This is a shorter concert, and it should be over by 7:45 p.m.  Boys should come dressed in their concert attire.  They should wear black pants, black socks, black shoes (tennis shoes are o.k. if that is all that they have).  They should wear a long sleeved button down white dress shirt.  (see pic below) They will be given a tie to wear when they arrive.

Enjoy your crispy weekend everyone!  Mrs. Armington/Mr. Norwood

Here are the amazing Choir Beasts for this week!

6th: Roselynn Gutierrez, Abbigail Lomax, Carsyn Zentz

7th: Christian Florea, Natalie Lane, Lily Unrein

8th: Cassidy Miller, Jadeyn Stouder, Austin Taylor