The Swartz Creek Choirs

Here’s the information for District Choral Festival for tomorrow, March 2nd, 2010:

First off, the letter I sent home to all students is HERE and the permission slip is HERE.

Lunch is $7.00 and will be served at the Sarvis Center next to FIM at 11:00.  Medals are $4.00 and can only be purchased on site.

Wear nice clothes like you are going to a wedding or a funeral.

This is the full schedule:

10:30 a.m. – Get to 317 and get robe

10:45 a.m. – Load Bus

11:00 a.m. – Lunch (at Sarvis Center)

12:00 p.m. – Leave for FIM

12:30 p.m. – Arrive at FIM

12:45 p.m. – Mixed/Women Warm-Up

1:00 p.m. – Performance in Auditorium

1:15 p.m. – Sight-reading

1:45 p.m. – Pictures

2:30 p.m. – Chorale/Mads Warm-Up

2:45 p.m. – Performance in Auditorium

3:00 p.m. – Sight-reading

3:30 p.m. – Pictures

4:00 p.m. – Leave for High School

4:30 p.m. – Arrive at High School

Madrigals, here’s the information for NCC’s Giving Voice to the Future. First off, I have procured mp3 files for Come Sunday. Click here! Second, the PDFs will be in this post later tonight. Much going on. Thanks for being who you are and being willing to sacrifice your time. Sacrifice is not popular but sometimes it’s necessary. Thanks again.

1:00 p.m. – Mass rehearsal with NCC (this is where we panic with the new music!)
3:30 p.m. – Swartz Creek Clinic with Mark Riddle
5:45 p.m. – Dinner!
6:00 p.m. – Stage logistics
7:00 p.m. – CONCERT! Directions to the church are here.

PDFs:
Come Sunday – YouTube Recording
A Jubilant Song – YouTube Recording

Here’s ALL the information I have.  I haven’t received any mail or email concerning this whole thing.  Last year, I received a schedule.  At any rate, here’s the link to the letter I received at the beginning.  Registration is set for 8:45 a.m. at Rackham Auditorium (directions here).  I’ve sent a couple of messages out to the coordinators but haven’t heard from them still.  I’ll update here if more information comes in.  Concert is at 4:00 p.m. and is free for parents.  Keep checking back every now and then.

UPDATE: I have had a response from the coordinators!  The schedules for the men are slightly different than the women.  Download the right schedule for you!  In addition, they sent me a map of the campus.  Men’s schedule.  Women’s schedule.

Let me know tomorrow if there are any problems however, it turns out that this may be a very difficult weekend for my wife and her family so please contact me only if necessary.

Sing well!

The concert at Thornville Baptist Church is on Sunday, December 20th, at 7:00 p.m.  Call time is 6:30.  It takes about an hour to get there from SCHS, so please allow enough time.  There’s also snow heading our way as well.

Directions via Google are here.  Weather forecast for Dryden (Thornville) is here.

The Christmas Concert is set for Monday, December 21st at 7:00 p.m.  Call time for grades 9, 10, & 12 is 6:15 p.m.  Juniors need to report at 6:00 p.m. for set-up.  Soloists need to be at the school at 5:00 p.m. ready for a sound check.  The concert is long, so plan accordingly.

The performance for Sunday is at First Baptist Church of Swartz Creek. Call time is 10:30 am with the performance at 11:00. We’ll do two numbers (probably). Link to directions below (although it’s from my cell so it might not look right).

http://m.mapquest.com/maps?1l=&1g=&1ai=1+Dragon+dr+48473&2l=&2g=&2ai=5372+Seymour+rd+48473&r=f

Here it is. Here lies the Tide. Click and print.

Here’s all of the information for Monday. Here’s the link to Omnia Sol. Email me or call me if necessary.

Breakfast at the Starlite Diner: 7:00 a.m. Map from High School to Starlite.
Registration is from 8:30 – 9:00. Map from SCHS to UofM. Map from Diner to UofM.
Morning rehearsal runs 9:00 – 12:00 p.m. (with sectionals if needed).
Lunch 12:00-12:50 (bring your own?)
Sound check at Court Street United Methodist Church: 1:00 – 1:15 Map to Church from UofM.
Swartz Creek Rehearsal 1:30 – 2:30
Combined Rehearsal: 2:30 – 4:30
Dinner (location to be determined): 5:00 – 6:00
Call time for performance: 6:30
Concert at 7:30 Map to Church from SCHS.

Wear normal clothes to rehearsal and formals for the concert. Guys make sure you have your bow-ties and black socks.

The Coffee Concert date has been finalized. We were bumped by the Junior Craft Show. The concert is set for Halloween morning, October 31st in the SCHS Cafeteria at 10:30 a.m. We’ll need parent help in both preparing and setting up refreshments for the concert. The Senior class is responsible for both set-up and take-down of the concert. Concert dress: Choir shirts and blue jeans. The cost for the shirts is $18. Please make checks out to “Swartz Creek Choirs”. A letter should be coming home on Tuesday with all the information. If it is not delivered by your student, you can download it here.

UPDATE: Apparently the Google map points to restaurant row just behind the Speedway. Make sure you turn right on Ballenger Highway. The church is on your right. It has a multi-colored lighted sign out front. If you go under I-69, you’ve gone too far.

Madrigals, here’s the information as of Friday (you just left my room about 10 minutes ago):

• Place – Unitarian Universalist Church
• Call Time – 2:00 p.m. (not 2:01 p.m.)
• Dress – Semi-formal attire (dress, tie, jackets, etc)
• Performance – 3:00 p.m.
• Don’t forget your folders!

Links to directions:

• From SCHS
• From Fenton Senior High

Call me if you have trouble and don’t forget to look here tomorrow in case I have last minute issues or news.

Well, we’re just about done here. Graduation was last night and went fairly well (except for the booing during the band’s performance). Seniors, don’t forget to turn in folders, tuxedos, and dresses before you head out into the great unknown. The 7th and 8th grade “Informance” is tonight at 6:00 pm. Last chance for extra credit before I have to finish my grades. To all my students, you did an excellent job this year. You can be very proud of what you all were able to do. Have a terrific summer!