Region Auditions are coming up on Saturday, October 25th! We are hosting auditions at TMHS and have asked for student helpers. Those that were selected and their jobs are listed below. We did have more volunteers than needed, so thank you to everyone who was willing to help. We will continue to verify helpers throughout the week. Student helpers need to be at TMHS by 6:45am.
The Region Audition is Saturday, October, 25th at Tomball Memorial HS (19100 Northpointe Ridge Ln, Tomball, TX 77377). Registration will not open until 7:30am. Audition cuts will be given out at 8:15am and a final call will be made for registration at that time. Registration closes at 8:30am.
All TMHS Choir Students auditioning should meet in the TMHS Choir room at 7:00am to do a quick warm up together and then walk to the cafeteria. Please note that students auditioning are not allowed to help volunteer with running the contest. All TMHS Students should park or be dropped off at the fine arts entrance.
AFTER ARRIVAL:
Upon arrival, ALL STUDENTS WILL GO TO CAFETERIA TO REGISTER and receive cuts. Once registration closes, students will then be taken to their assigned rooms to warm up and be taken through cuts. Tomball Memorial HS will have signs directing singers to their appropriate rooms. Directors will go straight to the LGI and should not go with their students to registration. Registration opens at 7:30 am and closes at 8:30. Students arriving after 8:30 am will not be permitted to audition unless they are a LATE request.
Sopranos warm up: Cafeteria
Altos warm up: Orchestra Room
Tenors warm up: Choir Room
Basses warm up: Auditorium
The first group of students to audition will be called from their warm-up room. The remaining students from all voice parts will report to the cafeteria to await their audition. Students need to follow directions regarding line up and appropriate times to go to the restroom.
WARM UP:
During the "warm up" the students will go through the cuts 2 times per section (e.g., Alto 1 2x, Alto 2 2x). The cuts will not be rehearsed again. Students may vocalize after that point but may not practice the audition music. Please let your students know that they can only sing the cut material for their section. In other words, a soprano 1 cannot sing through the cuts again with the soprano 2s. This is a violation of the audition process and will be enforced.
LINE UP:
In their warm up rooms, students will be lined up in groups of 10. Once the first 10 are sent to the audition rooms, the next 10 will be called to the lineup area. Shortly after the second group of 10 is in the lineup area, all remaining students will be sent to the cafeteria for the rest of the contest day.
NOTE ABOUT RESTROOMS:
Students should take care of any personal needs prior to going to registration. If they are in the first group of 20 (or have requested an AM time), there won’t be an opportunity to use the restroom until after their audition. If students ask to go to the restroom before 9am, the answer will be NO. Please share this information with your students.
NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES:
There are no electronic devices allowed at the audition. This includes smart watches.
There are no musical instruments allowed at the audition.
Please be sure that your chaperones and parents know that they can use
electronic devices, but may not allow students to use them. Remind them to use a safe distance when operating a device in proximity of students.
Students WILL be allowed to call for parent pick-up at the phone call table, monitored by the adult at the table. (More about this below).
CONCESSIONS FOR STUDENTS:
Please tell your students to bring money to support the TMHS Booster Club by purchasing items from the concession stand! They will be serving assorted snacks and lunch items, in addition to water and tea. A list of specific concession items is below. We will have pizza available for $2/slice. Card payments will be accepted and all card payments include a service charge.
TIMELINE FOR THE MORNING:
7:30 - 8:30 Registration
8:15 Judges Meeting
8:15 Cuts are distributed
8:30 TMHS students ready to take judges to their rooms. (They will be waiting outside the LGI)
8:30 Warm up begins in designated areas
8:35 Cuts twice with each voice part in room (16 minutes)
8:30 JUDGES Line up and depart for rooms
8:45 TMHS students ready to take auditionees to their rooms.
8:52 SINGERS Line up and depart for rooms
9:00 1st person waiting to walk into the room
9:01 Auditions begin.
