Because we have the best kids in the world we would like to spend time with them outside of the school day so that we could get to know them better.  We will be having a choir fun night for each grade.

• The 6th graders will be invited to rollerskate at Eby Pines with us on Tuesday, November 7th.
• The 7th graders will be invited to a pizza/photo scavenger hunt/ costume party, on Thursday, November 2nd.
• The 8th grade ladies will be invited to stay for a LOCK IN, here at NMS next Friday night from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.   The boys are welcome until 10:30 p.m.

Information about the who, whats, whens, and wheres, can be found in the parent letter below.

Choir Fun Events Info Letter

8th Grade Girls Choir Lock In Parent Consent

Here are a few pictures from our performance last night.  Many more (courtesy of Mr. Yaney) can be found by clicking this link to our dropbox!

Just The Guys Pictures in dropbox

What a wonderful evening we had with the Just The Guys Concert.  We hope you enjoyed watching your young men grow so much in their first 9 weeks this year.  The 6th grade ensemble apparently has a new fan club, the 7th/8th grade ensemble has its own groupies, and I think our 6/7/8 Combined Choir with Mr. Detwiler on percussion and Mr. Cone on Bass just stole the show for the evening.  Yes, I’m a biased Mama Armington, but I do think they were outstanding.  If you would like to catch some of the great pictures Jay Yaney  took during the show you will find them on our Facebook page.

Our boys were so grateful for the cool locker decorations  Bethany Rudd, Dana Beaver, Tobi Oxenrider, and Marcy Showalter made.  Here’s what they looked like!

Our boys wrote a couple of thank you notes for all of the parents who helped this show be so much fun.  Here are a few samples:

We would love to relax and bask in the glory of this show, but our SwingFry program is just about 3 weeks away!!!!  Please double check your calendars for any conflicts.  If you find one, please have your child complete a conflict form and turn it in by Tuesday, October 23rd so that it can be excused and we can give them an alternate Essay to do.

In the meantime, here is a list of our newest LLama-tastic Choir Beasts:

Grade 6:  Lily Palmer, Julian Daniels, Melanie Stillwell

Grade 7:  Isabella Turk, Sherlyn Garcia

Grade 8: Kaitlyn Simons, Mason Floria, Jaley Scroggins, Natily Cripe. 

Great job students!  Choosing to be a leader isn’t always the easy thing to do, but when you make that choice good things really happen!  We appreciate how much each of you do in our class to make the most of your time with us.   “Two Hooves Up” to all of you.

P.S. Please don’t forget that the SwingFry Ticket Pre-Sale Order due date is approaching quickly.  October 24 is next Tuesday.  No orders will be taken after Tuesday.  Remember, your child gets in to all shows for free, but you will need to pay for their dinner.    I am sending an additional order form home tomorrow with all interested students.  

Please remind our boys that they need to bring their black and whites to school Monday IF they are staying for the “LONG HAUL”.  (Black socks, shoes, pants and white shirt)

They must have their signed parent permission slip in on Monday if they aren’t riding the bus home.  (See previous post if you need a copy 😉)

If they are getting dropped off, please drive around to the pool parking lot in the back of NHS and let them out at door 15.  We will meet them in the auditorium at 5:25 p.m.

Showtime is 7:30 p.m.  Doors open about 7:10 p.m.  Free and open seating!

Thanks for your help parents!  This will be such a fun show!  Don’t miss it!

Top Beasts this week really had their work cut out for them because all six choirs were running strong all week. We couldn’t be prouder of our students. These Beasts were Llam- tasticlly Llamalicious!
6th grade: Ryan Gibson, Ava Schrock, Anna Mansfield
7th grade: Nicholas Miller, Jazzlyn Horton, Riley Fain.
8th grade: Caden Mack, James Bakleshev, Carlie Weaver, Riley Miller. Well done Beasts, way to lead the pack!!

Parents, we are sending home this permission slip tomorrow with each of our young men.  If you would like them to stay after school on Monday, rather than coming home on the bus, please sign it and return it by Monday.  Thank you!  Just The Guys permission slip to stay

In case our Just The Guys Parent Letter didn’t quite make it home….here is a copy JUST FOR YOU!!!   Enjoy your weekend!

Just The Guy Concert – Last Reminders and Information October 6, 2017
When: Monday, October 16th, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Northridge High School Auditorium
Cost: Free
Auditorium Doors will open at 7:10 or so

Reminders:
What should the boys wear? They need their black pants, black socks, and black shoes. (black gym shoes are fine). They need their long-sleeved, white dress shirt (with a collar). The boys will be given their green ties before the show.

What time do the guys need to be at Northridge High School?
We are giving the boys two options to report for call time. They can either stay after school with us and do homework, watch a movie, eat a snack, etc. and then walk over to the high school with us
– OR
They can go home as they normally would, and have you drop them off at the high school at 5:25 p.m.
If they are staying for the “long haul”, they must remember to bring their show clothes to school. We will need to change at NMS because changing facilities aren’t available at the high school.
If you are dropping them off, they will need to be taken around the back of the school by the pool and auditorium parking lot. They should enter door 15 and go directly to the NHS Choir Room. We will have guides to help them find the choir room.

Our Performance Day Schedule for them will be as follows:
3:40 NMS School Dismissal
3:45 Either students go home or report to the choir room to do homework or watch a movie.
5:00 NMS Guys walk with Mrs. A over to the high school. *Mr. N and Josiah drive over for early sound check.
5:25 – 5:45 Sound Check for specials (Hello Mary Lou, Baby You Can Drive My Car).
5:45 – 6:00 NMS Choir Guys will practice in the high school choir room.
6:00 Pizza served (dinner for NMS and NHS performers in the NHS cafeteria) – no charge.
6:30 Mass Choir staging and rehearsal in the NHS auditorium.
7:10 – Regroup in choir room and get ties on for the show!
7:30 show begins.
8 – 8:10 show will be over. Parents pick up their son in the auditorium lobby.

Thank you parents for helping make this special night possible!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Armington / Mr. Norwood

p.s.
If a choir student is ill and does not attend school school policy does not allow him perform with us. He will receive a make-up assignment when he returns to school.

If a student misses a mandatory performance (like this one), without an excused absence and a completed make up assignment, their grade will be lowered one full step at the end of the 9 week grading period.

We just received a note from the high school music parents regarding SwingFry.  They said that many of you haven’t signed up for a shift yet.  They need to make sure every committee is filled, so if you haven’t taken the time to sign up for your SwingFry Volunteer Shift, please do so this week.  You can click the Sign Up Genius Tab above and select SwingFry to find a shift and a job that will suit you and your family’s needs.

2ndly, they need quite a few more baked goods donated for the baked sale.  If you didn’t get a chance to complete a bake sale form you may sign up using this link:  Bake Sale Sign Up

Many of you have submitted Silent Auction items.  THANK YOU!!!

Finally, we just wanted to remind you to order your dinner/show tickets for SwingFry in advance.  This will save you a few dollars, and help you avoid lonnnnnnnnng ticket lines!  You have until October 24, 2017 to order advanced tickets.

BTW, your kids are singing their hearts out right now.  We are happy, happy, happy, with their progress!!

This is how we settle down after lunch! How cute is this?!