Sunday, March 1, 2020

Week of 3-2

*INFORMATION
Forms and up to date information can be found on the following:
Choir Website: https://trichtar.wixsite.com/evhs-choral
Charms: https://www.charmsoffice.com/      Code: EVHSChoir
Charms direct link to calendar:  https://www.charmsoffice.com/charms/calendar.asp?s=eastvwhc
Parents may sign up to volunteer through sign up genius or through charms. 

* Monday- There will be Troubadour Rehearsal tomorrow till 4pm. 

* Please bring in all candy boxes by the end of this week.

*Tuesday Morning- Men's Ac and Troubadours need to check in with first block and report to the choir room at 8:15am. Men's Ac, please wear your black pants, black button down shirt, and bring your bowtie if it is at home. 
You will perform your pieces and then return back to class. 

*Recruitment Fair 
I need student, preferable juniors and seniors, to help at the recruitment fair on Tuesday, March 3rd. Please sign up in charms if you are able to help out. 

* Festival Concert 
The annual Festival Concert will take place at EVHS on Tuesday, March 10th at 6:30pm. Choir students will be performing their Choral Assessment pieces. Students will need to report to the Forum at 5:30pm.  This concert includes the choirs from FTBMS too! 
Please sign up on charms or sign up genius below if you can help or donate to this concert. 
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0449a5a72eabf49-march1

* All District Choral Assessment 
Permission Slips will be sent home this week. 
This event will take place at Orange County High School on Thursday, March 19th and Friday, March 20th. Certain EVHS Choirs will perform both days. 
The EVHS  Troubadour, Men’s A cappella, and Artistic Choir students have an amazing opportunity to perform at the All District 13 Choral Assessment on Thursday, March 19th and Friday, March 20, 2020  at Orange County High School in Orange, VA. All of the choir students have been rehearsing for this competition during class time and at after school rehearsal. Students are expected to practice singing at home daily. Men’s Ac and Troubadours will perform on Thursday and the Artistic Choir will perform on Friday. 
On Thursday, Men’s Ac and Troubadours need to report to come to the choir room at 9:30 to get dressed. We will leave EVHS for Orange County High School at 10:15am. We should return to Orange by 2pm. On Friday, the Artistic Choir will report to the choir room at 8:30am. We will leave EVHS at 9am. We should return from Orange by 1:30pm. All students will need to pack a lunch or bring money to purchase lunch at a fast food location after we perform. All students will need to turn in a permission form and have a contract form on file in order to attend this trip.  Students will need to wear the appropriate attire as listed below for this competition. Students who do not have the proper attire will not attend the field trip.
Troubadours- Girls- black floor length dresses, black dress shoes… Boys- Full tuxes, black socks, black dress shoes 
Artistic- black dress bottoms (ankle length skirt or dress pants, no leggings) black dress shoes, blue blouse issued in choir
Men’s Ac -black pants, black button-down shirt, provided tie, black socks, black dress shoes  
Please email me or check in on the charms website if you can chaperone this event. 
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0449A5A72EABF49-alldistrict1

* Disney Trip News 
- All students attending Disney
  1. Final Balances will be sent out again this week. 
2. All payment is due by Feb. 21st
    3. Please sign up for the Google Classroom code  v28x24
4. Please check your charms account to see your trips payments. Please email Mrs. R if you cannot get into your charms account.

To be clear... The $50 deposit is non refundable. The contract and the parent letter states " Cancellation of this tour by February 25th, will result in a $100 fee per student . " Please take note of Four Seasons' policy. Please see Mrs. R if you have any questions.
Final details for Disney will be coming out soon. 

*Disney Chaperone Meeting
Will take place at 6:30pm on March the 12th. 

*Disney Repertoire- 
How Far I'll Go
I Wanna Be Like You
Disney Princess
Disney Villian
Let It Go
Three Patriotic Treasures
Make Them Hear You
Circle of Life
(subject to change) 
Ukuthula

*All State 
Congratulations to those who made All State Choir!  This event will take place on April 23rd -25th at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, VA.   While at All State, students will be staying at the Richmond Marriott. We will leave Eastern View High School on April 23rd at 8:00am.  We will stop for lunch on the way to the Richmond Convention Center and students will start rehearsal at 1:30pm. Students will need to bring money to purchase a lunch. Once at the Convention Center and in rehearsals students will walk back to the Richmond Marriott.  
 A general information sheet has been provided for you by the All Virginia Chorus committee. This sheet lists details of music, conductor, expectation, and concert attire.  Please read the information sheet and ask Mrs. Richtarski any questions. The link to the practice tracks are on your google classroom. Please make sure that you know all of your music beforehand. There will be a note check during the 1st rehearsal. 
The final concert will take place on Saturday, April 25, 2020 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center at 11:00am and 11:45am.  If you plan to pick your student up from the concert, please let Mrs. Richtarski know in advance and make sure that you sign your child out at the event with Mrs. Richtarski. Students who are not picked up at the concert will travel home with Mrs. Richtarski.  We will stop for dinner and students need to bring money to purchase a meal. Students will need to be picked up at Eastern View High School on Saturday evening. Your student will call you when we are thirty minutes from Culpeper, Virginia.


* Men's Ac 
-Please bring in your choral contracts, outfit forms, and your $30 choir fee. T-shirts will be given out after your fee is turned in. Please do not forget to also bring in $13.50 for your bow tie. 

* Choir Outfit and Forms
-Choir Forms and Fees are now overdue. Please turn them in to Mrs. R as soon as possible. Students will not be able to go on the Disney Field trip until all choir fees are paid.

-Artistic Choir and Women's AC- Please make sure you pay for your blue blouse that you need for your formal outfit. The blouse is $26.  Payment is made out to EVHS Choral Boosters. Please bring payment ASAP to the choir room.
Artistic Choir and Women's Ac- You will be receiving your blue blouses this week. 

-Show Choir- Your earrings are here. Please bring in $3 to purchase your earrings.

-All Disney paperwork needs to be turned in ASAP. 

****-Due to a date conflict,  the March Concert date has changed from Thursday, March 12th to Tuesday, March 10th at 6:30pm.  All Choirs will be performing at this concert except Show Choir.  Students will need to wear their concert outfits.  Students will need to report to the forum at 5:30pm. 

*Upcoming Events-

3-3 Recruitment Fair / Rising 9th grade visit

*3-10- Festival Concert with FTBMS at 6:30pm at EVHS (Date has changed)
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0449A5A72EABF49-march1

3-19 or 20- All District Choral Assessment at Orange County High School
-Please email me if you are able to chaperone for one of these trips. 

3-25-3-30- Disney Trip

4-23 -4-25- All State Choir in Richmond, VA

5-6- Spring Concert- Magic of Disney

5-15- Graduation