Tiger Choir Chronicles

Go Tigers!

I want to extend a HUGE thank you to all the parents who have made donations over the last week. I am just overwhelmed by your generosity and love the enthusiasm surrounding our choir program right now. We received over 6 cases of water for students, plenty of snacks for after school rehearsals, a whole case of paper, lots of facial tissue, and several items off our Amazon wishlist! Thank you!

There are lots of students missing from our Remind groups. Please check with your child to see if they have signed up for their class's Remind group.

To sign up:

1. Create a new text message
2. The phone number is: 81010
3. For the message, enter the appropriate class code from below including the "@" sign
4. Hit send

Remind Codes:

1st Period/Treble Choir: @minertreb

2nd Period/Tenor-Bass Choir: @minertb

3rd Period/Varsity Chorale: @minerchorl

4th Period/Advanced Treble Choir: @mineradtr

7th Period/Forte: @thsforte

On Tuesday, September 22, we will take a field trip to Downtown Houston to see the Theatre Under the Stars' production of "The Music Man." This is a classic Broadway show and we are so fortunate to have a nationally recognized theatre organization right here in Houston producing it. For student groups, the discounted ticket price is $20 for anyone in the group so I hope several of you will join us as chaperones for a night out on the town!

Itinerary for the evening is:

5:30 pm: Report to THS Choir Room

5:45 pm: Depart for Hobby Center

7:30 pm: Showtime

11:00 pm (approx): Return to THS

If your child is interested in participating in this event, please fill out THIS FORM and return to school. Hard copies will be distributed in class for students to bring home. Please also note that all participants including family members will travel together on the busses. The only exceptions that can be made are for families with limited mobility. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

All money MUST be turned in by THIS Friday, September 4th.

Ms. Kay Hunt is a retired choir director who came into teaching after a long and distinguished career performing in both New York and Houston. She has had many voice students make All-State ensembles and go on to careers in music.

Rate/lesson: $30

Current Openings:

• 1st Period: 2 openings
• 2nd Period: Full
• 3rd Period: Full
• 4th Period: 1 opening

Mrs. Annette Pappas is a former music teacher turned full-time voice teacher who's children have all been through FBISD schools and made All-State Choirs. She has a large studio of voice students in the area with many having success in the All State process.

Rate/lesson: $20

Current Openings:

• 1st Period: Full
• 2nd Period: 1 opening
• 3rd Period: Full
• 4th Period: 1 openings

If your child is currently in the Choir AAC course and would like to level down, applications are now available from the counselor's office. Please have your child stop by to retrieve the packet and gather the requested signatures ASAP so that the counseling department can begin processing them. Weekly AAC recordings will soon begin on All State Music so we want to ensure the course code gets switched as soon as possible.

The first round of this year's All-State process will take place on Saturday, September 19 at Clements High School. All students in Chorale are required to audition, and all non-varsity students have the option to participate. I am so excited by the amount of students who have taken on this challenge! Please note, that for non-Chorale students, there is a $30 audition fee that has been added in Presto. In order for me to enter your child, this fee MUST be paid by Tuesday, September 1.

As a reminder for students in Choir AAC- students MUST audition for the District AND Region rounds to fulfill the requirements of the AAC class.

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1. Monday, August 31: District Sectionals (Tenor I & II) 3:00 - 4:30 pm
2. Tuesday, September 1: District Sectionals (Bass I & II) 3:00 - 4:30 pm
3. Thursday, September 2: District Sectionals (Soprano I & II) 3:00 - 4:30 pm
4. Friday, September 4: District Sectionals (Alto I & II) 3:00 - 4:30 pm
5. Friday, September 4: Music Man Money Due!

1. September 19: District Auditions
2. September 22: Field trip to see "The Music Man"
3. October 1: All Choir Fees Due
4. October 6: Fall Concert

• Students are required to sing at Football Games listed on the choir calendar. These will all be performance grades for students. Transportation for football games is NOT provided so please begin planning now.
• Students are required to audition for the District round of the All-State process. Should they advance it is their choice whether or not to continue, but all students are required to learn the district round music that has been provided to them. Please check in with your child to ensure they are practicing and working on the music as the mock auditions are fast approaching and count as a major grade.
• Sectionals: Sectionals are offered for students auditioning in the All-State process. As of now they are NOT required, however, students need to be working independently and coming to sectionals for maximum success. They have practice tracks available to them in their Schoology course. While sectionals are not graded, the Mock Audition will be so please check in on your child to ensure they are practicing and working on the first round of music.

Thank you so everyone so far who has logged in to Presto to sign forms and pay fees. As a reminder, all fees and most forms this year will be done via the Presto Assistant website. To access the website, please CLICK HERE. A few points below:

• If you are NEW to the THS Choir Program: You should have received several emails from Presto Assistant inviting you to finishing setting up your profile. I have already created a profile for every student and the first parent listed in Skyward. The email listed in Skyward is the email that should have received the Presto email. Please follow the directions to complete your profile set up in order to pay fees and sign required forms.
• If you are a returning parent who does not remember your Presto login, please follow the directions on the website to reset your password to access your account.
• If you have multiple students and both students do not appear in your parent account, please let me know so that I can ensure they are linked correctly.
• Presto Assistant does not allow student profiles to pay choir fees or sign forms so please ensure you are able to access your account.

I appreciate those of you who have reached out with your issues as I am working closely with the Presto team to solve individual issues and inform them on how to better streamline the platform for parents.