Hawk Choir Reminders

TMEA STUDENTS!

We want to wish our TMEA Region Choir Audition students the best of luck as they head into the TMEA REGION CHOIR Auditions Saturday, October 3rd!

Chaperones are needed for this event! Please reach out to Mr. Flores (floresc@g.hayscisd.net) and let him know you can chaperone our students at these auditions.

Students will need to get to Bowie High School on their own for this event.
Please be at BHS at 7:30 AM.
Make sure you have originals of your music and a pencil.
Wear your grey HHS CHOIR T-Shirt!
Registration begins at 7:30 AM

Sound Files, Dates, and Music Information can be found on the HAWK CHOIR WEBSITE>RESOURCES>MUSIC FOR 26-27.

This year, at the Homecoming Game, in addition to inviting HHS Choir Alumni to sing with us, we will also have the 8th grade Choir Students from Wallace and Barton Middle Schools!

Students Participating in the Singing of the National Anthem at the Homecoming Game (Oct. 2) must fill out this form. We need a head count in order for the Boosters to get food.

It is due Sept. 29 at 4:30 PM

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DIRECTOR'S NOTES

Congratulations again on a great Hawk Highlights this weekend!

We will spend the next week or two on music skill sets as we prepare for Winter Concert music!

Students will be expected to sing the do hexachord and its intervals by Oct. 13/14.

We have been singing this as a part of warm ups in class since school began.

A rubric will be used to assess students. I have shared it below.

We have begun learning the la hexachord/intervals, with assessments for this scheduled for November.

I have been in contact with Note-able Travel regarding Spring Trip 2027 and hope to present it at the Parent Meeting next week.

The 2627 Hawk Choir T-Shirts are in! Students have begun receivng them. The Choir T-Shirt is covered by the Choir Fair Share Fee.

The Choir Fair Share Fee Information is below. You can also pay by cash, check, money order, or REVTRAK. See information below.

Please click on the pic above or the link below to fill out the google form to be a helper with the Middle School Concert listed below:

BMS CHOIR FALL CONCERT (FORM Due Oct. 1 at 5:00 PM)
Monday, Oct. 5, at the HAYS CISD PAC

Call for helpers is 5:00 PM

Concert begins at 6:00 PM

You will need to wear your GREY CHOIR T-SHIRT

WMS CHOIR FALL CONCERT (FORM Due Oct. 1 at 5:00 PM)

Monday, Oct. 5, at the HAYS CISD PAC

Call for helpers is 6:30 PM

Concert begins at 7:30 PM

You will need to wear your GREY CHOIR T-SHIRT

Community Service, or Make Up for missed concert applies.

It must be one or the other.

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Hawk Highlights 2026 is in the books.

The growth from the first day of school to now is hard not to see! So much great musicianship and leadership was on display this week and especially today!

Thank you, Negley ES Choir and their intrepid leader, Mrs. Kibodeaux, for performing with us today!

Thank you, Adult Choir, for taking those first steps as you performed as well! Looking forward to a larger adult choir for the Winter Concert!

Thank you for THRILLING US Mr. Hennigan!

Thank you, Hawk Choir Boosters for your support as this show was being prepared!

Thank you, PAC Staff for making us look so good!

Thank you, parents/guardians, for bringing your students to rehearsal and for helping when needed.

Haw Choir, thank you for presenting a great show! So proud of what you have done and the growth you have shown throughout this process.

Time to catch our breath before starting the next thing!

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Congratulations to all of our students who showed up and gave their best today at the TMEA Region 18 District Treble Choir Auditions!

We are so excited for our Hawk Choir Members who placed in the District Choir and will go on to the Region Choir Auditions in a couple weeks!

Thank you, Mrs. VandeWalle, for being our chaperone for this event!

The Hawk Choir Fair Share Fee is paid by each member of the Hawk Choir Program and covers the following:

Participation in a competition/festival event
Accompanist/Instrumentalist Fees
Uniform Maintenance
T-Shirt (add $3.00 for XXL XXL for a total of $133.00)
Hawk Solo and Ensemble

This fee is due Friday, October 30th.

It can be paid by

(exact) CASH
CHECK (Student Name/ID # in the Memo
Money Order (Student Name/ID # in the memo
REVTRAK

Students who have not paid the Choir Fair Share Fee by November 13 will be referred to the Front Office as a School Debt.

If you are having trouble paying this fee, it is important that you communicate with Mr. Flores before October 30th so that arrangements can be made-possibly, help.

MAKING A PAYMENT

ANY TIME payment to the Choir or Choir Boosters is presented, it must go into an envelope, located on the HAWK CHOIR LOCK BOX, on the right side of the Choir Office Door.
See example envelope below for details.
Students have an opportunity to take care of payments as part of their passing period/prep time before class.
NEVER PLACE MONEY (CASH OR CHECK) ON MR. FLORES' DESK OR IN HIS OFFICE.
CASH MUST ALWAYS BE EXACT (cash is not kept in the Choir Office)

FOOTBALL GAME NATIONAL ANTHEM OPPORTUNITIES

We need soloists or small groups to perform the National Anthem at the following home games:

October 23
November 5

Students interested in performing as a soloist in one of the HHS home football games can sign up in this google form.

1. Make sure that you are available to perform on the date(s) that you choose.

2. You must sing for Mr. Flores and be approved to perform at this event.

If more than one student signs up for a date and is checked off by Mr. Flores, performers will be chosen by timestamp in the google form with the other serving as a "stand by".

Private Voice Teachers

I want to take a moment and welcome Mr. Ojeda as our Voice Teacher for the 2026-2027 school year!

Mr. Ojeda is a product of Lehman HS and a graduate of Texas State University, where he earned his BS in Sound Recording Technology and sang with the University Singers and the Texas State Opera Theatre. Mr. Ojeda has worked as a professional singer in churches throughout the Central Texas area and has also been a successful private lesson teacher, music theatre director, and section leader.

If you are interested in more information about lessons from Mr. Ojeda, you can reach him at andresojedamusic@gmail.com.

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Students who need help with their music can make an appointment with me by email (floresc@g.hayscisd.net). Tutoring can be done one on one or in a group.

Please request your tutorial time at least 1 day out so that I can check my availability.

During the second nine-weeks, I will not be available before school (AM Duty) on BLUE DAYS.

Thank you.