Tiger Choir Chronicles

Go Tigers!

Mark your calendars for the following THS Choir Spirit Nights at local restaurants! Take the family out to dinner, mention Travis Choir, and each restaurant will donate a proceed of your dinner back to the choir program! Spirit Nights are completely optional, but all support is appreciated!

Tuesday, October 20: Pho Saigon

Monday, November 2: Lazy Dog (Booster Club General Membership Meeting/Meet & Greet at 6 pm)

Thursday, December 10: Wingstop (Aliana) from 4-8 pm

Our annual Fall Fundraiser kick-off is on October 20th. This past week we got most students set up in the app so they are ready for our representative when we return from break.

IN THE MEANTIME, we need YOUR help getting contacts for students to reach out to soliciting donations. Please work to load at least 20 adult contacts that students can reach out to to help with the fundraiser success. This is our main fundraiser and allows the booster club to offset our budget while also supporting students. Many of our booster sponsored events and assistance would not be possible without a successful fundraiser such as:

1. Choral festival entry fees
2. Field trip expenses
3. All-State Camp Scholarships
4. Private Lesson Assistance
5. Pop Show costuming/staging/etc

Those are just a few of the MANY things that our Booster Club uses the funds for to support our amazing choir students. If you have any questions regarding fundraiser set-up or limitations, please don't hesitate to reach out to Mr. Miner.

On Thursday, November 5, our Non-Varsity Choirs will be competing in the Kemah Choir Festival. Our busses will leave at roughly 11:30 am, and return at roughly 8:00 pm We need LOTS of parent help in order to make this trip a success and help chaperone. The event is free for parents to attend and help. If you are available and interested in chaperoning, please email Mr. Miner to express your interest. THANK YOU to those parents who signed up at our Fall Concert! I will be reaching out to you soon with details.

Thank you to the many parents who signed up to join our Booster Club and signed up to volunteer for this semester! We are truly grateful for your help and support. If you are still interested in becoming a member of our booster club, fill out the Booster Club Interest Form below, and pay dues using the Zelle code below. Reach out to Mr. Miner for additional payment methods. As a thank you for your membership, Booster Club members receive a reserved section at all Travis Choir concerts!

Our first General Membership meeting will be on Monday, November 2 at Lazy Dog restaurant to help support our Spirit Night. The meeting will begin at 6 pm.

Are you looking for a fun, unique birthday surprise for your child? We are now offering Tiger Choir Birthday Shout-Outs on our Tiger Choir social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, X) for parents to purchase for their child! Make it as sentimental or funny as you'd like with a picture and optional personalized message!

Please note, birthday shout-outs can ONLY be purchased by the parent/guardian of the student and all messages/pictures must be school appropriate at the discretion of Mr. Miner and the THS Administration. After you purchase your shout-out, please email a picture to Mr. Miner at daniel.miner@fortbendisd.gov. We also ask that you purchase your shout-out at least 24 hours in advance of your child's birthday.

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1. Monday, October 19: Region Sectionals (Tenor) 3:00 - 4:30 pm
2. Tuesday, October 20: Fundraiser Kick-Off during classes
3. Tuesday, October 20: Region Sectionals (Baritone/Bass) 3:00 - 4:30 pm
4. Thursday, October 22: Region Sectionals (Soprano I & II) 3:00 - 4:30 pm
5. Thursday, October 22: Football Game @ Mercer (Chorale Only- call time 6:15 pm)
6. Friday, October 23: Region Sectionals (Alto I & II) 3:00 - 4:30 pm
7. Saturday, October 24: Region Auditions @ Ridge Point High School (Meet at school 6:00 am)

1. November 5: Kemah Choir Festival (Treble Choir, Tenor-Bass Choir, Advanced Treble)
2. November 17: Pre-Area Auditions AT Travis
3. December 15: Winter Concert

• I am currently working on building our caroling schedule for this year. Once the schedule is released, please be sure to communicate any conflicts AHEAD of time in order to ensure accurate grading. Thank you!

If your child received a scholarship from our Booster Club to attend an All-State camp this past summer, please submit the following to Mr. Miner to begin processing your reimbursement:

• Receipt of registration
• Proof of attendance (this could be a concert program, picture from the camp, t-shirt, etc.)

As a reminder, the scholarships cover the cost of a camp UP TO $100. Students who do not submit for reimbursement by the end of the fall semester forfeit their scholarship.

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

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: 1 opening
• 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.

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.