Wang Theatre Trip!

Hello,

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break, I certainly did.

Yesterday, the NHS Chorus took a trip to the Wang Center in Boston to see the musical, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The chorus also performed before the show as the crowds came in. We sang up on the balcony over-looking the people below and performed mainly holiday selections. We had a good time and got a great reaction from the audiences.

The musical was great and I would recommend it to all ages (its playing at the Wang all month!) I think it was unanimous that everyone on our trip loved the little girl who played Cindy Lou Who; she had a fantastic voice! The person who played the dog, Max, was also great.

I've added some photos if any of you chorus people who like to copy them for yourselves. E-mail me if you want the full resolution versions :) (Thanks to Mrs. Jestus for working my camera!)

A big thank you to all of our chaperones: Mrs. Kitchen, Mrs. Jestus, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Chisholm, and Dr. Ansay! You were all great!

The next big event we have coming up is our winter concert on December 10th, at 7 pm, in the NHS Auditorium. Hope to see you there!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

In other news, congratulations to both Julia Ariola and David Aranjo. Julia, grade 11, was accepted into the SE Senior District Orchestra on violin, and was recommended for All-State. David, grade 9, was accepted into the SE Senior District Chorus, and was recommended for All-State. Great job guys!

Finally, our chorus trip is this Saturday, November 29th. Please be at Norton High School before 8:30 a.m. We are wearing ALL BLACK-no sneakers please! The Wang Center is a nice place so please dress accordingly! Don't forget your music (by the way, someone left their music on stage on Monday so I grabbed it..)

See you on Saturday! If you have any questions, please email me so I can help you out!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

The latest in chorus news...

• Senior District Auditions are this Saturday, please meet us in the Yelle parking lot at 1:30 p.m...Practice up and see me for ANY help you might need :)
• Chorus (and band) T-shirts are officially on their way, I got a UPS tracking number in my email this afternoon.
• Honor Society (and Tri-M) Tapping will be this coming Tuesday (November 25th). All Tri-M members are invited upstairs to the library to join us.
• Tri-M members: we are invited current Tri-M members to perform at the Tri-M recital (December 3rd) since we only have a few inductees this year. Should be a good time, in the cafeteria this year, all pretty and such. See either myself, an officer, or leave a comment if you'd like to play something at the recital!
• As far as I can tell, we will be leaving at 8:30 a.m. for our Grinch field trip on Saturday, November 29th. Chaperones will be Mrs. Kitchen, Mrs. Jestus and Mr. Brown (THANK YOU!) Permission slips will go home tomorrow...
• Only TWO more rehearsals til the above trip, let's get things done please!
• If you need community service hours, you are invited to come join us in singing with the Epoch chorus. We meet every other Thursday for rehearsal and we have two concerts coming up in December! The residents at Epoch are very very nice and appreciative of everything. See the right hand side of my blog for the latest schedule.
• Stay tuned for a new chorus podcast thanks to the help of Mr. Barth!
• Happy Weekend!!!!

Congrats on your win tonight!!!

I love this chorus and I'm so proud of every one of you who stepped it up tonight. You sounded amazing! Just a note: Mark your calendars for November 29th at 11:00 a.m. This is the date for the Wang Center performance. We'll talk in chorus about what exactly we will sing.
Again great job and snaps for you all!!!!!

***NHS Chorus***

Good Luck tonight!!!!!
You all worked very hard to put your piece together for this competition and I'm so happy you are all so psyched! Keep your focus, be confident and sing out, you'll be great!

Senior Districts and Tri-M

Chorus...
If you are planning on auditioning for Senior Districts, please get a move on! Most people still need to hand in registration forms and fees and some people who have told me they are doing Senior Districts still need to meet with me to rehearse! The deadline for registration is technically November 17th, HOWEVER, we need to figure out what we need to order for transportation so if you could bring in your stuff sooner that would be excellent. Remember, I'm available on MOST Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays after school to rehearse with you all! Just let me know you are coming and I will be around!

Tri-M....
Mark your calendars for our next meeting, which is November 10th, probably in the auditorium since I'll already be in there.

Applications for new members to be inducted into Tri-M are due on November 10th, please either remember OR remind your friends! See Miss Polak if you need a new form!

Oh yes...HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Photos from Wheaton

These pictures are from Wheaton Community Day which was held this past Sunday at Wheaton College. The Norton High School Chorus and Norton Middle School Chorus sang in the Balfour Atrium in a program that included many small college ensembles. The concert went very well! Thank you to everyone who took the time out of their weekend to either sing in or attend this extra concert. I'm very proud of all of our singers: you were able to put a great concert together very quickly and it shows how hard you have worked. I can't wait til the Winter Concert, keep it up!

Chorus and Band T-shirt Orders....

...are due tomorrow!!! I'll be ordering T-shirts after school so make sure you see me before the end of the day!