Music Notes Week 21

Another fantastic week - your children led themselves through some of their choir warm-up this week.  It was amazing to watch.  By now you should have received a paper notice from them with all of the upcoming dates to note.  If you didn't I'll post it all below.

This week only sing through Risseldy Rosseldy and Path to the Moon once only.  We don't want to overdo it before festival next week!  For homework focus on the Step In Time video that is on the blog.  Find it under youtube links.

Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts will be on Thursday March 3.  Please have your child at the Calvary Community Church on Rogers Way in Aberdeen by 5:30 PM in complete uniform (KTCC shirt, skorts and black tights(girls) black pants (boys), and jazz shoes{Don’t forget to carry these into the building!}).  Please remember no jewelry (this includes earrings, necklaces and bracelets!) and hair needs to be french braided.  If you need help with the braiding, please have damp hair and arrive earlier than 5:30!

A few notes about the Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts - doors do not open before 6:15.  Admission is $2 per person and if you would like a program (which includes every event throughout the festival they are $10).   Photography and Video recording are not permitted during the festival due to copyright laws and the ushers will be enforcing this.  The adjudicator will be taking extensive notes and therefore absolute silence is asked during the performance and following each piece.  We will discuss at rehearsal what a formal performance looks like and what the choir will need to do.

Music in the High Country is the music festival hosted by School District 73.  The students will be performing at the Sagebrush Theatre on Wednesday March 9.  Please have your child there for 9 AM.  You are invited to stay for the performance but understand that many of you will need to return to work.  It is expected that the session will be done and pick up can happen between 10:45-11:00 in the Sagebrush Lobby.  

On Tuesday March 15, prior to breaking for Spring Break , we will have an extended rehearsal celebrating our accomplishments at the festivals with pizza.  We will finish up that day at 5:30 PM.

School tours will happen on Thursday April 28 and Friday April 29.  Your child will perform at two different schools each morning, but will be able to return to their school in the afternoon.  More details will come after Spring Break.  

Sunday May 1 we will have our final evening concert which will include a dress rehearsal in the afternoon.  More details to come later.

A reminder - please do NOT respond to this email as it will be lost in cyberspace.  If you have any questions, please email Jacquie at jstrom@sd73.bc.ca