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Dear Clear Creek Choir parents and students,
Attached below are the rosters for 2019-2020 Symphonic Chorale, Kapelle, and Chamber Singers as well as an announcement about a new after-school mixed choir named Ardore that is starting next year. Every year, it gets harder and harder to select the choir rosters because the level of performance, dedication, commitment, and audition keeps rising. There are many students who, five years ago, would have made our Chamber Singers but the same audition and performance level now places them into Kapelle. That attests both to your ability and talent as well as the level of performance that is ensured in Symphonic and Kapelle next year. There is SO MUCH TALENT and SO MANY GREAT STUDENTS in the Clear Creek Choir program, and you continue to make our jobs more and more difficult in terms of where to draw the lines for each of the ensembles. We understand that there will be some disappointed students, but please know that we have done everything we can to ensure that both of our varsity ensembles and Chamber Singers will reach their potential next year and be of the highest level possible and give as many qualified students as possible a Clear Creek Varsity Choir experience. At 72 students, Symphonic Chorale is larger than it has been since Springs and Falls were opened, and Kapelle is also bigger than it (and its predecessor Advanced Women’s Chorale) has even been. These are both a testament to the dedication and talent of you students who continue to push yourselves to reach the highest level of musical knowledge and performance, and we are set up for us all to take our Creek Choir program even further next year than we have gone before. For those students who auditioned and are not listed on the attached roster below, if you think there is an error, please contact us via email. Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you return to choir in either Concordia or Cantabile where we hope you will take on the challenge of working hard on your sight reading and performance skills while also assuming the roles of leaders in those choirs to teach the new students the expectations and skills required to be a successful member of our Clear Creek Choir family. Returning members in our JV Choirs are vital to their success and the success of our program, and we hope you will take on that responsibility while working on your own skills! If you would like to contact us to get feedback on your placement, we ask that you please wait to hit send until next Monday, 6/10. We look forward to having that conversation with you, but we find that a little time allows for a more productive conversation to happen. Mr. Stultz and I are genuinely excited to get started next August to see how far all of our new choirs can go. 2019-2020 is looking great! We hope that you enjoy your summer. We can’t wait to see everyone back next year! Mr. Park and Mr. Stultz We hope that your summer has started off well and that you are all getting some much deserved rest. This year, the choir auditions continued to get harder and more competitive than in years past, and that is a testament to our students' abilities and desire to improve. But it makes selecting the rosters extremely difficult. Please believe me when I say that we deliberated these results for hours before finally settling on them. Rest assured that every choir is in good shape for achieving success next year.
Below are the rosters for next year. We wish that we could place everyone in the choir that they want, but it's just not possible. We are shorter on tenors next year, and so in order to make more spots available in Symphonic Chorale for our sopranos, altos, and basses, we decided to have some high baritones and low altos rotating in and out of tenor so that we still have a balanced sound. But we stretched the roster as far as we could, and we were still left with quite a few sopranos and altos who in years past would have qualified for Symphonic Chorale. But then again, that's why we create Advanced Women's Chorale, now called Kapelle. Because we didn't have enough open spots in Symphonic to fit all of our varsity treble singers. And so with Kapelle, we are fortunate to have a varsity choir for all of our varsity level sopranos and altos. All three of our Varsity ensembles have increase in numbers. Right now, Kapelle is in the mid-40s, Symphonic is sitting at 68, and Chamber is at 28. This is a testament to the health of our program and increasing ability of our students. If your name is not on this list, you will be in Concordia or Cantabile. Invariably, students who did not qualify for varsity need to focus more on their music-reading and sight-reading skills. These reading skills are of the utmost importance when we consider which students will be in our varsity ensembles. So if this applies to you, try not to be too discouraged, and prepare to come in next year and focus a lot on those music-reading skills. And remember, every choir student receives the same performance and competition opportunities. So if you're not satisfied with your placement, use it to motivate you to hone your skills even more and really learn how to read all of those musical symbols on the page. If you would like to contact us to get feedback on your placement, we ask that you please wait to hit send until next Monday, 6/11. We look forward to having that conversation with you, but we find that a little time allows for a more productive conversation to happen. We hope that you have a great summer, and we look forward to seeing you all back here in August. 2018-2019 Chamber Singers Soprano Zoe Beck (Sop 2) Madigan Ewing Miranda Hixson (Sop 2) Sophia Sereni (Sop 2) Skyla Sonnenburg Kat Velasco Riana Vermillion Alto Carly Allard (Alto 2 who will sometimes sing Tenor) Hailey Clough (Alto 2 who will sometimes sing Tenor) Elisabeth Elings (Sop 2) Tej’a Lane Luci Melcher (Alto 2 who will sometimes sing Tenor) Madison Plotner Haley Schrader (Sop 2) Rorie Weidman (Alto 2 who will sometimes sing Tenor) Tenor Mitchell Bonvillian Aiden Martinez Maven Mendoza Noah Young Bari-tenor (will rotate by song between bass and tenor) Jacob Bulseco Brandon Falknor Tyler Hoover Shane Wehe Bass Tony Dudley Travis Falknor Brady Raboin Hayden Spurling Joel Velasco 2018-2019 Kapelle (formerly Advanced Women’s Chorale) Soprano 1 Princess Anderson Gia Bishop Haley Boland Maci Cummings Layla de la Rosa Emma Delboccio Lauren Ferguson Shreya Gadagojou Ally Hickman Kennedy Jobe Sarah Johnson Mary Kate McMahon Ja’niya Stallworth Cali Sherbert Soprano 2 (2-pt voice split) Caroline Brocard (S) Brelyn Burger (S) Kendall Coney (S) Hailey Garcia (A) Maureen Ho-Sam-Sooi (A) Anne-Marie Kielb (A) Kira McCutchon (A) Jessica McDermand (S) Stephanie Morrison (A) Taryn Riley (S) Maddy Trevillion (A) Mia Villareal (S) Chloe Voyles (A) Janae Wheeler (S) Sarah Young (A) Alto Sahana Boosupalli Jaycee Danford Sarah DeForke Erin Flores Yancey Grice Avery Griggs Alexa Jackson Katya Licona Karla Lindo Yasmin Lopez Laney Martin Kelsey Phillips Gillian Respondek Aliyah Skipper Chloe Tankink Hannah Willis 2018-2019 Symphonic Chorale Soprano Sutton Anderson (S2) Aishu Bajracharya (S2) Zoe Beck Vallari Bhatia Alicia Brown (S2) Ally Decker Madigan Ewing Ella Gard Miranda Hixson (S2) Sarah Ischy Sammi Leard Kadee Loyd (S2) Kayla Pfeiffer Tatianna Portillo Emma Robins Skyla Sonnenburg Lexi Sultzer Kat Velasco Riana Vermillion Alto Carly Allard (Alto 2, will sometimes sing Tenor) Megan Bader (Alto 2, will sometimes sing Tenor) Cassidy Bouse (S2) Hailey Clough (Alto 2, will sometimes sing Tenor) Emily Cook (S2) Anabella Cooper (Alto 2, will sometimes sing Tenor) Alma DeLeon (S2) Elisabeth Elings Ellie Erdberg (Alto 2, will sometimes sing Tenor) Rachel Jurbala (S2) Tej’a Lane (Alto 2, will sometimes sing Tenor) Anna Golovko Payton Hamilton Luci Melcher (Alto 2, will sometimes sing Tenor) Kate Navarro (Alto 2, will sometimes sing Tenor) Madison Plotner (S2) Maddy Reeder (S2) Sophia Sereni (S2) Haley Schrader (S2) Camryn Smith (S2) Rorie Weidman (Alto 2, will sometimes sing Tenor) Bria Wullschlager Tenor Hunter Allison Mitchell Bonvillian Gavin Hernandez Colin Hyma Aiden Martinez Orion Mason Maven Mendoza Noah Young Bari-tenor (will rotate by song between bass and tenor) Jacob Bulseco Brandon Falknor Daniel Holder Tyler Hoover Shane Wehe Bass Jaidon Abdo Julian Delgado Tony Dudley Garrett Everett Travis Falknor Jose Gaytan Joseph Lucena Brady Raboin Anuar Salas Hayden Spurling Jaden Styla Joel Velasco Aiden Vermillion Dalton Ward Thank you to all of those who auditioned for placement in the 2017-2018 Clear Creek Choir program. We look forward to another outstanding year full of continued success and growth. It is because of your commitment to the Clear Creek Choir program, that we have seen an already strong program flourish to new heights and achievements. Congratulations to all of our students who auditioned! 2017-2018 Symphonic Chorale Sopranos Victoria Blackburn Mia Carter Hannah Fulcher Kailey Gingo Ariel Gutierrez Anna Jane Hilbrich Miranda Hixson Sarah Ischy Spencer Plato Tatianna Portillo Emma Robins Sophia Sereni Camryn Smith Skyla Sonnenburg Aleena Stamness Kat Velasco Riana Vermillion Altos Clarebelle Abarquez Zoe Beck Cassidy Bouse Hailey Clough Paige Cook Anabella Cooper Ally Decker Rachel Jurbala Alma de Leon Elisabeth Elings Layla Elodat Nohelle Lewis Lesley Lucena Lucy Melcher Haley Schrader Hallie Thompson Maddy Vansco Rorie Weidman Tenors Chance Agostaros Mitchell Bonvillian Travis Falknor Gavin Hernandez Zach Hoover Colin Hyma Jason Keyzer Aiden Martinez Maven Mendoza Cooper Miller Justin Pollio Noah Young Bass Jacob Bulseco Kameron Compton Tony Dudley Garrett Everett Brandon Falknor Khristian Garcia Marshall Griffin Gabriel Hardcastle Jake Hinkle Daniel Holder Joseph Lucena Devin Pritt Brady Raboin Anuar Salas Jaden Styla Shane Wehe 2017-2018 Advanced Women's Chorale Soprano 1 Sutton Anderson Aishu Bajracharya Vallari Bhatia Haley Boland Lauren Ferguson Shea Grande Ally Hickman Te’ja Lane Sammi Leard Lanie Martin Maddy Reeder Ja’Niya Stallworth Soprano 2 Carly Allard Ally Bogar Emily Cook Arianna Fernandez Erin Flores Lia Hommel Taryn Riley Niya Robinson Cali Sherbert Janae Wheeler Bria Wullschleger Alto Megan Bader Bethany Cosgrove-Hay Jaycee Danford Scarlett Dugas Mariah Eakman Anna Golovko Payton Hamilton Alexa Jackson Anne-Marie Kielb Madison Plotner Destiny Vergin 2017-2018 Chamber Singers Sopranos Mia Carter (Sop. 2 in SSA) Miranda Hixson (Sop. 2 in SSA) Sophia Sereni (Sop. 2 in SSA) Skyla Sonnenburg Aleena Stamness Kat Velasco Riana Vermillion Altos Hailey Clough Paige Cook Elisabeth Elings Nohelle Lewis (Sop. 2 in SSA) Lucy Melcher (Sop. 2 in SSA) Hallie Thompson Tenors Mitchell Bonvillian Travis Falknor Jason Keyzer Justin Pollio (Ten. 2 in TTB) Bass Jacob Bulseco (Ten. 2 in TTB) Brandon Falknor Marshall Griffin Zach Hoover (Ten. 2 in TTB) Brady Raboin Names not appearing on this roster are in Bel Canto (9th grade women), Cantabile (10th-12th grade women), or Concordia (9th-12th grade men). If you think there has been an error, please e-mail Mr. Park or Mr. Stultz immediately. (We do make mistakes.) Have a great summer!
Provided below are the results from our Pop Show solo/small group auditions earlier this month. Thank you to ALL who auditioned!
Cassidy Bouse, All I Ask Alicia Brown, Aftermath Mia Carter & Maddy Vansco, Drifting Jasmine Christensen, Elastic Heart Hailey Clough, Can’t Help Falling in Love Paige Cook, Jolene Anabella Cooper, TBA (contact Mr. Park ASAP) Kendall Eley, The Only Exception Paige Eley, When a Man Loves a Woman Lauren Ferguson, Starving Hanna Fulcher, Hollow Miranda Hixson, A Thousand Years Zach Hoover, Over the Rainbow Nohelle Lewis, Writings on the Wall Luci Melcher & Riana Vermillion, This is Gospel Jamie Nicholson, Treat You Better Jhanvi Patel, Right as Rain Brady Raboin, Get Rhythm Lucie Rackova, Nafrnena Lauren Radcliffe, Stand By Me Scout Rhodes, Blank Space Sophia Sledge, Crazy Skyla Sonnenburg, Something’s Got a Hold on Me Rorie Weldman, The Girl You Think I Am Alternates below may perform if one of the numbers above can’t or doesn’t sing. These are not in any type of “rank” or order that would be called. If a number above is canceled, we will choose one of these singers to sing based on which one would best fit into the show to replace the other one. Bethany Cosgrove-Hay, Believe Ariel Gutierrez, When I Was Your Man Sophia Sereni, Water Under the Bridge Thank you to all of those who auditioned for placement in the 2016-2017 Clear Creek Choir program. We look forward to another outstanding year full of continued success and growth. It is because of your commitment to the Clear Creek Choir program, that we have seen an already strong program flourish to new heights and achievements. Congratulations to all of our students who auditioned!
2016-2017 Chamber Singers Austin, Avery 12 Austin, Zachary 12 Christensen, Jasmine 12 Eley, Kendall 12 Falknor, Brandon 10 Falknor, Travis 10 Griffin, Marshall, 11 Hixson, Miranda 10 Hoover, Zachary 11 Patel, Jhanvi 12 Pollio, Justin 11 Radcliffe, Lauren 12 Sledge, Sophia 12 Sonnenburg 10 Stamness, Aleena 11 Thompson, Hallie 11 Velasco, Asiel 12 2016-2017 Symphonic Chorale Abarquez, Clarebelle 11 Adams, Sarah 12 Austin, Avery 12 Austin, Zachary 12 Better, Jordan 12 Blackburn, Victoria 11 Bogar, Alyssa 11 Bonvillian, Mitchell 10 Carter, Ella 11 Cook, Paige 11 Christensen, Jasmine 12 Edelman, Miriam 12 Eley, Kendall 12 Eley, Paige 12 Falknor, Brandon 10 Falknor, Travis 10 Galvan, Jarren 10 Garcia, Khristian 11 Griffin, Marshall, 11 Gutierrez, Ariel 11 Hess, Stephen 12 Hixson, Miranda 10 Hoover, Zachary 11 Hord, Amber 12 Kizer, Jason 11 Law, Brionna 12 Lewis, Nohelle 11 Lucena, Lesly 11 McCutchon, Derek 12 Patel, Jhanvi 12 Pollio, Justin 11 Pritt, Devin 11 Sledge, Sophia 12 Sonnenburg, Skyla 10 Stamness, Aleena 11 Styla, Jaden 10 Thompson, Hallie 11 Vansco, Maddy 10 Velasco, Asiel 12 Ward, Dalton 10 Wehe, Shane 10 Young, Noah 10 Radcliffe, Lauren 12 2016-2017 Advanced Women’s Chorale Ammerman, Katelin 10 Bouse, Cassidy 10 Brown, Alicia 10 Cervantes, Teareli 10 Clough, Hailey 10 De Leon, Alma 10 Dugas, Morgan 10 Elodat, Layla 11 Fernandez, Ariana 10 Hamilton, Payton 10 Hess, Claire 10 Hogan, Devyn 10 Hommel, Lia 11 Hough, Holly 12 Hutchinson, Breanna 10 Ischy, Sarah 10 Kennedy, Brianna 12 Madison Terry 11 Matthews, Katherine 10 Portillo, Tatianna 10 Salinas, Ashlyn 11 Smith, Camryn 10 Spears, Alexis 11 Thomas, Maya 10 Traslavina, Olivia 10 Velasco, Katriel 10 Vergin, Destiny 10 Warner, Natalie 12 Webb, Alyssa 11 2016-2017 Cantabile Argueta Arugeta, Mayra 10 Arriazola, Cauzette 10 Bassett, Taylor 11 Carreon, Matthea 10 Cook, Emily 10 Deleon, Vanessa 11 Elmore, Tabitha 10 Faire, Diana 10 Fulcher, Hannah 11 Hawkins, Ayanna 10 Hernandez Cotto, Desiree 10 Hernandez Dominguez, Maria 10 Hommel, Piper 12 Hutchinson, Victoria 12 Jamison, Kristen 11 Jentsch, Jasey 11 Lange, Katelyn 10 Lane, Tej'a 10 Maclin, Samantha 10 McCawley, Ellis 11 Olenick, Gabirelle 11 Olvera Ayala, Mariela 10 Paulson, Patricia 10 Potts, Kazidy 10 Reyes Delcid, Carina 10 Robinson, Niya 10 Rodriquez, Sofia 12 Sanjines Salcedo, Lorena 11 Selmeron Zetino, Jennifer 10 Stallword, Ja'Niya 10 Wheeler, Janae 10 Williams, Jazmine 10 Sophomore, Junior, and Senior students whose names do not appear on these lists will be placed Cantabile (women) or Concordia (men). Due to the growth in both quantity and quality of our program, we will place all incoming freshman women into our newest choir, Bel Canto. This means that both Advanced Women’s Chorale and Cantabile will be made up of 10th through 12th grade students only. In the case of our Advanced Women’s Chorale, this change only increases the level of quality to an ensemble that has already established a prestigious reputation not only in our choir program but in our region. Thank you again for auditioning and we look forward to another great year! Mr. Park and Mr. Stultz Provided below is the Pop Show order as well as the results from our auditions in April. If you made the show and you see that you need to meet with Mr. Park, stop by the choir office ASAP this week. Thank you to all those who auditioned for the show!
Alternates: (If we need to replace a number, an alternate will be chosen from this list. The names below are NOT listed in any type of rank order. Directors will choose one of these alternates based on what the show needs in place of the number being replaced.) Victoria Blackburn, Fight Song Cassidy Bouse, Burning House Kendall Eley, Beyond The Sea Hannah Glaser, Stuck in Wonderland Chris McGlothlin, It Had to Be You Dear parents and students,
Just a reminder that our annual Dodge Ball Tournament against Clear Fall HS Choir is this Friday from 4:00 – 6:00pm in the CFHS third gym. While this is not a mandatory event, we encourage all our students to attend and enjoy an afternoon of friendly rivalry versus the Clear Falls Choir program. Dodge Ball Waiver In order to ensure the safety and liability of our participants, we require that any student involved turn in a signed waiver form with both parent and student signatures. This form is attached to this email and is also available through our website (http://www.clearcreekchoir.com/handbook--forms.html). Transportation There will be no transportation provided from the either school. All students will need to organize a ride to and from Clear Falls HS. The third gym is located just left of the main entrance into CFHS. Students can park in the front of the gym or get dropped-off/ picked up just outside the main entrance. What to wear We encourage our students to wear their 2015-2016 choir t-shirt and any school appropriate pants or shorts that they feel comfortable moving around in. If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Mr. Park and Mr. Stultz. Dear Solo and Ensemble students and parents,
This Saturday is our Solo and Ensemble Competition at Angleton High School. All students will travel together via bus to and from the contest. Students need to meet in the CCHS Band Hall by 12:30pm dressed and ready to go. Once we finish singing at Angleton High School we should return to CCHS at approximately 5:45pm in the parking lot just outside the Band Hall. Once we get close to Clear Creek HS students will call and/or text parents of their ride to be ready to pick them up outside the Band hall. Below are a few things to consider and prepare for this weekend. Attire: Solo and Ensemble participants will follow a formal dress code. For women, this can include anything from a mid-length or longer dress, to nice slacks and a blouse. For men, this includes dress pants, shirts, and tie or bow tie. Formal shoes are also required. Men wear some type of dress shoe, and women can wear dress shoes, formal flats, or even heels if they feel comfortable walking or singing in them. We usually tell students to dress in their "Sunday best" or something similar to what one would wear at a more formal/traditional church service. If you have any questions or concerns about attire, please feel free to contact Mr. Stultz or Mr. Park. Food/ Money: We advise eating lunch before you meet at CCHS at 12:30pm. We also suggest students bring some cash since Angleton HS Choir will sell concessions during the day (snacks, drinks, etc). Homework/ games/ etc: Since the students will only perform for a few minutes during day, they will have a lot of down time before and after they sing. We suggest that students bring homework, puzzles, board games, etc to pass the time. Students have specific time slots they sing. This information will be given later this week to the students since all CCHS solo and ensemble participants will arrive and leave together from Angelton HS. Lastly, we will need at least one chaperone to be with our students in the cafeteria during our time slot. Chaperones can provide their own transportation to and from Angleton HS. In years past, chaperones have usually followed the bus to the competition location. If you are interested in chaperone our group of students, please contact either Mr. Stultz or Mr. Park. If you have any questions or concerns about this Saturday, please feel free to contact us. Thank you, Mr. Stultz and Mr. Park In this issue:
-Fall Concert on Thursday – mandatory student attendance -Fund raiser under way -Congratulations Region Choir members -We host Region Choir Auditions, and they’re coming up fast – need donations and help -Homecoming recap -Dynamo game recap -Chamber Singers enter Macy’s A Capella All-School Challenge -Chamber Singers for hire at Christmastime Fall Concert on Thursday On Thursday, 10/22, the choirs will present the Fall Concert at Webster Presbyterian Church just west of Highway 3 on Nasa Parkway (http://www.websterpresby.org/content.cfm?id=310). The students have been working very hard since the beginning of the year on some wonderful music and are looking forward to performing it for an audience of friends and family. Please note that in order to avoid conflicts with other organizations, the concert will begin an hour later than our normal concert time, starting at 8:00 PM, and it will last approximately 90 minutes. Students are required as part of their grade to stay until the end of the performance. The concert is free and open to the public. Call times for each choir: 5:45 PM – Advanced Women’s Chorale (5th period) 6:30 PM – Cantabile (2nd period women) 7:00 PM – Concordia (3rd period men) 7:30 PM – Symphonic Chorale (6th period men and women) Please note that there will also be a choir booster club meeting before the concert at 7:30 PM at the church. The room within the church where this meeting will take place is TBA. Please also note that this is a mandatory, required event for all choir students. Participating fully in the Fall Concert is a major test grade. To receive full credit, students must arrive on time, be dressed fully and properly, participate fully in their choir’s performance, demonstrate proper concert etiquette and behavior, and stay until the end of the performance. Arriving late, wearing an incomplete or improper uniform, not singing fully with their choir, misbehavior in the audience or on stage, or leaving the concert early will result in a lowered grade. For the concert, women should wear their formal dresses with black dress shoes (no high heels). Men should wear their tuxedos with proper footwear. Please note that there are items that the students are required to purchase for their formal concert attire, and there are specific details on how hair and jewelry may be worn. As a reminder, this information can be found on our website handbook: http://www.clearcreekchoir.com/uploads/4/0/3/3/40332685/1516_cchs_choir_handbook.pdf. Due to campus construction, our auditorium is unavailable for this concert and our Winter Concert in December (which will be held at Clear Springs HS). Due to having a concert off campus, we are providing bus transportation as an option for students who cannot secure their own ride there. If students cannot provide their own ride to the concert, they can ride the bus that leaves CCHS at 5:15 PM from the Band Hall. Students are highly encouraged to provide their own transportation to and from the event, but the bus is provided for those who cannot. The bus will return to CCHS after the concert. We will poll the classes in the coming days, and if there are no students who will be riding the bus, we will cancel it. As we are guests at Webster Presbyterian Church, please make every effort to be good guests by not leaving trash in the pews, not disturbing any church materials that are in the pews, and overall being good stewards of this facility. We thank you in advance for helping make sure we leave the church in as good of shape as we found it. We look forward to seeing everyone at the concert! Fund Raiser Under Way Last Friday, we launched our Choir Booster Club fund raiser. Last year, our cookies were so successful (and delicious) that we decided to keep selling them this year. They will arrive in time for Christmas, so feel free to purchase some so that you don’t have to bake as much for your guests. For each box purchased, you’ll receive 4 dozen pre-portioned frozen cookies. Baking them is exceedingly convenient: preheat the oven, choose how many cookies you want to bake, bake them, eat them, and put the rest back in the freezer. Unlike tubs of frozen dough where you have to thaw them out all the way before you can bake them, these go straight from the freezer to the oven and are already pre-portioned. And the flavors they have are amazing! Make sure you check out the brochure. Details on the fund raiser: -Orders are due on Monday, 10/26. -Delivery is scheduled for Monday, 12/14. -Payment needs to be taken when the items are ordered. -Checks can be made out to CCHS Choir Booster Club. -Mr. Stultz and Mr. Park have extra order forms if needed. -Online orders are accepted for your out-of-town family and friends. If you have family outside of the area who would like to support our choir program by purchasing cookie dough, they can do so online. The cookie dough will be delivered directly to their home. To order online, follow the directions on the fund raiser envelope that the student has. You’ll need the school code (frclelt) and pin code (6463). We are having some incentive competitions in the choir. The top 2 sellers overall in the choir program will each receive $50 cash. And the class that has the highest per person average will receive a pizza or donut party. So let’s get to selling! What does the money go for? It will go directly into the Choir Booster Club’s general fund and be used to make sure all students in all choirs get to participate in all of the activities the choir does. Boosters pay for many things over the course of a school year that include transportation to events, contest fees, trip costs, social events, costumes and uniforms, sheet music, karaoke tracks, and student scholarships, as well as tons of other things that come up over the year. If we are doing it, the boosters are helping us do it. So yes - that’s correct: you can show your support for the Clear Creek Choir by eating some freshly-baked, warm cookies. Win-win! Congratulations to our Region Choir Members Last month, 21 students advanced past the TMEA District Auditions and secured a spot in one of the three Region Choirs. They will audition at the Region Auditions on 10/31 to see which Region Choir they are in and to see if they can rank high enough to advance to the third round of auditions. (The fourth round and final round determines who makes the All-State Choir.) Congratulations go out to the following 2015 TMEA Region Choir members: Mitchell Bonvillian Jasmine Christensen Megan Eldridge Kendall Eley Paige Eley Brandon Falknor Travis Falknor Iris Garcia Sarah Hart Reanna Helton Stephen Hess Zachary Hoover Barrett Langford Kaylee Miller Jhanvi Patel Justin Pollio Sophia Sledge Skyla Sonnenburg Ana Tegeler Kat Velasco Logan White We need help and donations for upcoming Region Choir Auditions We are hosting the next round of auditions (Region Choir) at Clear Creek HS. We have an opportunity to raise funds for our booster club by selling concessions to the auditioning students, but we need help in stocking the concessions stand, setting up the day before, and operating it on the day of the competition. If you can help set up on 10/30 or work a shift on 10/31, please e-mail Sonja Barosh-Fuqua at sonjabarosh@yahoo.com. We are also asking all students to bring items to class anytime between now and Thursday, 10/29: 2nd period Cantabile and 3rd period Concordia, please bring full-sized plain Hershey milk chocolate bars, full-sized individual bags of M&Ms, full-sized regular Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (2 per package), and/or regular individual packages of Sour Punch straws (any flavors). 5th period Advanced Women’s Chorale, please bring 12-packs (or larger) of cans of Coke, Diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, and Sprite. 6th period Symphonic Chorale men, please bring cases or packages of half-liter bottles of Dasani water. 6th period Symphonic Chorale women, please bring packages of hot dog buns. Thanks for your continued support! Homecoming Recap So much thanks to the army of parents who helped run our Fried Oreo booth at the Homecoming Carnival. We broke last year’s record and made even more this year for our booster club! Our booth had a line for all four lunches – we are a very popular booth! So much so that we will likely be purchasing a second outdoor burner so we can double our output next year. Way to go, Booster Club!!! Our Chamber Singers performed beautifully both at the Candlelight Pep Rally and for all 4 lunches of the Homecoming Carnival! And all five of our choirs also combined for both the Homecoming Pep Rally and the Homecoming Game at Veterans Memorial Stadium to sing the National Anthem. It is always great to get the kids all out there together to be a part of our Homecoming Festivities! We are very thankful that the choir program is such an important part of our Clear Creek HS culture! Dynamo Game Recap Many of you saw the video of the National Anthem that we sang before the Houston Dynamo game. For those of you who didn’t see it or hear about it, the Dynamo were playing an international team as part of a charity game, and there was a group of opposing team fans who decided to sabotage our national anthem by yelling, chanting, and playing drums throughout the entire performance. While we are so proud of the professionalism our students showed by continuing to perform it at the highest level (and were subsequently praised by many for doing so), we had never seen such blatant disrespect shown before. I have taken groups to perform National Anthems at Dynamo, Astros, Aeros, and Rockets games as well as numerous other sporting events, and I have never seen anything like what we saw at that game. I was livid afterwards, and I immediately went to speak with our representatives at the Dynamo. They were equally as offended and angry at the situation and said they had never seen anything like that before. It was unprecedented. But the Dynamo is a class-act organization with whom I have worked for years. They have always treated us right. They immediately apologized for what happened on the field and offered to bring us back next season at no cost to us so that we can sing the National Anthem for a home crowd and respectful audience. Additionally, they have assured me that this specific opposing team will receive repercussions for their fans’ disrespect and will be banned from ever playing the Dynamo at BBVA Compass Stadium again. We really appreciate their offer to bring us back next season and will let everybody know when that date has been secured. On a positive note, after the National Anthem, the students had a wonderful time at the game. Dynamo games have an electric atmosphere, and the students and parents in attendance had a lot of fun. What made it especially fun is that we blanked the other team and won 4-0. Heck yeah!! That’s what you get when you disrespect us! Chamber Singers enter Macy’s All-School A Capella Challenge A capella pop sensation Pentatonix has teamed up with Macy’s department store for the All-School A Capella Challenge, an online contest where the winning entry is awarded $25,000 for their school. To enter the challenge, schools from across the nation had to record their own a capella version of The Jackson Five’s “I Want You Back” and submit that recording online via YouTube. Our Chamber Singers did just that. If you have some spare time, check out our entry at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyonOiQEHUs. And if you have a little more time, do a YouTube search for “Macy’s All-School A Capella Challenge” and see what other schools from across the nation have done. There are many wonderful entries, and every one of them is unique! Chamber Singers for hire at Christmastime Our Chamber Singers perform throughout the community throughout the year, but we are especially busy in the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sometimes we go out and perform for free at community events, but we are also available for hire, with the proceeds going directly back into our program. Much of what the Chamber Singers earn through their performances is used to help them travel to the San Antonio Madrigals Festival in February. Our Christmas performance is a 30-minute set of traditional a capella Christmas carols. Eventually, we will purchase some Victorian costumes so that these performances are in true Dickens-on-the-Strand style. But until we have those costumes, we’ll just be performing the music. If you are interested in hiring our Chamber Singers for a Christmastime performance for a company party or neighborhood event, please contact Mr. Park (jpark@ccisd.net) to check on their availability and what the range of donations usually are for this type of musical performance. But book it soon – our calendar fills up pretty fast! Thank you for your continued support of our wonderful Clear Creek HS Choir program. We look forward to seeing everyone at the concert on Thursday! |
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