Summer Show Choir Payments and Measurement Date

All show choir students for the 2012-2013 school year should pay their $200 fee before school begins.  This fee is used to purchase costumes and registration fees for competition.  We have found a better constructed black dress (dress number two) for our ladies for the same price.  So we will need a summer measurement for all of the ladies who can attend on Wednesday, July 25th at the Activity Center Music Room at 7pm.  See you there!

SCA

Two members of our show choir (Harrison Harmonics) attended the week long Showchoir Camps of America in Decatur, Il along with Mrs. Purdy.  Our music boosters generously volunteered to afford this opportunity for our dance/section captains to attend the week of learning.  At camp, our students were placed in a group with over 70 other top show choir students from around the country.  There were nine such groups and approximately 700 students at camp.  These students were taught music and choreography by the leading vocal and dance clinicians in the country.  In addition they were treated to a concert each night and a special interest session each day to help them focus on one particular aspect of their performance.  Can you spot Andrea and Johnny in these rehearsal pictures?

Looking Ahead

At this time, the schedule for Harrison Voices is Show Choir during high school zero bell, JS singers during 2nd bell, Wildcat Concert Choir during 3rd bell and Treble Cats during 4th bell.  Mrs. Purdy will be teaching creative writing and classical mythology after lunch.   Sixth graders will no longer be included in Harrison Voices.
I will publish our schedule of events for next year as soon as possible.  Enjoy the Summer.  Keep an eye out for our summer posts from Show Choir Camps of America.  Our Show Choir will start the year off with a car wash during the High School Open House on August 20th.  The proceeds from this Car Wash will help us purchase music.

Wrapping it Up

Our first year at Harrison Voices is coming to a close.  If you haven't had a chance yet to check progress book, please look before next week.  If your grade is not what you expect, you may have a missing assignment (the Showcase make-up, floating assignment and IWAA points seem to be the big culprits).  I will accept work all the way through Thursday of next week- but the high school and junior school are on special schedules, so finding me ay be a challenge.  On Tuesday I will make a round of all of the elementary schools at lunchtime to check my mailbox for late or make-up work.  Then I will be at the high school all afternoon for exam review.

Showcase Southwest

Our final group performance is Saturday, May 19th at Showcase Southwest.  The 6th grade will sign-in at 11:15 and perform from 11:30- noon.  The JS Singers will sign-in at noon for a 12:15 performance.  All High School Choirs (show choir and concert choir) will meet at 12:45 for a 1 pm performance on the stage.

Enjoy Spring Break/ Nashville was Great!!

We hope that everyone enjoys their Spring Break this week and comes back fresh and ready to sing.  Here are some pictures from our Nashville trip.  A few pictures are outside RCA Studio B where we recorded a demo, inside the studio before we recorded our demo, Alex playing the same piano that Elvis played in Studio B.  We also have some pictures of our students gathering on the dance floor at the Wild Horse Saloon to line dance and inside the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Nashville Bound

Several members of the high school choir will be heading to Nashville, TN at the beginning of spring break.  We will head to the music city early Friday morning.  Our next concerts for all choirs are in May. We are all beginning to dive into music for those concerts.  We hope that everyone enjoys their spring break and comes back on April 9th ready to work.