🎵October 15th Choir Announcements
Thank you! Thank you to everyone who helped and donated for the A cappella Concert!! What a fun show! Don’t worry, parents will WIN next year!!
CCPS Fine Arts Calendar
Check out all of the awesome Fine Art Events that are happening this year in Culpeper County Public Schools!
World’s Finest Chocolate:
Choir students will have the opportunity to take part in the World’s Finest Chocolate Fundraiser. Parents must sign a permission form. Students will then sign out boxes and be responsible for selling all 60 bars in the box. Profit from the box will be placed in their charms accounts which may be used towards choir fees and field trips. Please email Mrs. R with any questions.
*October 17th- After School Rehearsal for Troubadour/ Men’s Ac Tenor till 3:30pm
This after school rehearsal is only forTroubadour Tenors. Students must be picked up at 3:30pm.
*October 18th, 2023- All District Choir Auditions
Students who have signed up will need to meet in the choir room at 7:40am. We will load the bus and leave at 7:45am for Louisa County High School. Students will need to bring a refillable water bottle, packed lunch, or money to purchase lunch at McDonalds in Louisa. We hope to arrive back at Eastern View High School by 2pm. Students need to wear their choir or EV Fine Art t-shirts. Students will need to have a ride home just in case we do not make it back before buses leave. Students will be directed to contact parents on our progress during the trip and call home 30 minutes before we get back to EVHS. Parents, please be on time picking up your students. Please email Mrs. R with any questions.
*October 19th- After School Rehearsal for Troubadour/ Men’s Ac Basses till 3:30pm
This after school rehearsal is only forTroubadour Basses. Students must be picked up at 3:30pm.
Category 5 Choir Auditions taking place October 24th till 4pm:
This year the EVHS Choir will hold auditions for a select ensemble to be formed to attend special performances. This is a voluntary choir that requires the utmost respect, commitment, teamwork, and adherence to the choir family. Students who are currently in all EVHS Choirs are allowed to try out for this choir. Students who choose to apply for this choir will have to attend the live audition that will take place in the choir room on Tuesday, October 24th from 2:30pm to 4pm. Please click here for more information.
*EVHS Choral Booster Meeting October 24th in the EVHS Choir room:
There will be an EVHS Booster Meet and Greet for all members on October 24th in the EVHS Choir Room at 6pm.
Tri-M Invitations, Applications due October 29th, Induction Ceremony is on Nov. 14:
The Tri-M® Music Honor Society is a program of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), which focuses on creating future leaders in music education and music advocacy. Here are some other facts about Tri-M..
Tri-M is the only music honor society for junior/middle school and high school students in the country.
Tri-M recognizes students that have gone above and beyond both academically and musically.
Tri-M also provides students leadership opportunities to make a difference in their community through music-based service projects.
There are more than 2,100 chapters across 50 states and 15 countries.
Tri-M involves more than 84,000 students in grades 6-12.
Each year, student members contribute more than 750,000 service hours to their school and local communities and raise nearly $1 million for causes they care about.
Requirements for T-M membership include:
Membership in an EVHS music course. Must have completed one year in high school.
Maintain a 3.5 or higher GPA in your current music class(es).
Maintain a 3.0 or higher weighted GPA overall.
$15 annual member fee.
Display strength in service, leadership, and cooperation.
Commit 20 hours of volunteer service hours per year for the chapter.
Applications have been sent out to members of the EVHS who qualify for this honor. If you are interested in applying to join this organization, please fill out and submit the application form, $15 fee and one reference (to be completed by an adult outside of the EVHS music community) by Friday, Oct. 27. The induction ceremony for all who quality will be Tuesday, Nov. 14. Please see Mrs. R and Mr. Roach with any questions.
*White House Ornaments and PTO Holiday Fair:
It is time to purchase your annual 2023 Official White House Ornament. We still have a few 2021 and 2022 White House Ornaments left. They are $25 each. Credit will be given to student’s accounts for each item sold. We will set up a table at the EVHS PTO Holiday Craft Fair on November 11th. We need parent volunteers to help sell the ornaments. Please sign up here if you are able to help. Order Form is linked here. Our Login Code for charms is EVHSChoir.
*December 11th Men's AC to perform at the school board meeting:
Please save the date. Men's A cappella will be performing at the CCPS School Board meeting. This will take place at 302 N. Main Street (parking is in the back). Students need to arrive at 5:30pm.
*Dec.12th, 2023- Mandatory After School Rehearsal for Troubadours and Men’s Ac til 4pm
There will be a mandatory after school rehearsal for Men’s A cappella and Troubadours on Tuesday, October 10th till 4pm in the auditorium. Students who cannot attend this after school rehearsal are reminded to fill out the Reason for Absence Form as soon as possible. Rides are asked to be at EVHS promptly at 4pm.
*December 14th- Winter Concert at 6pm
More information to come
*December 15th- Kings Dominion Winterfest Field Trip
The EVHS Choir has the opportunity to sing at Winterfest on Friday, December 15th.
Please read the following information letter. Here is the permission form. Please do not hesitate to send me any questions. This trip is for both students in 1st and 2nd semester choir.
*Choir Contracts:
*Choir students- Please turn in your choir contracts. They are now past due and must be filled out completely. You will not be able to participate in any choir field trips until these are turned in. Copies of the Choir contracts can be found on Google Classroom and Canvas.
*Choir Fee:
*Choir fee- Students, please turn in your $25 choir fee. This is now past due. Checks may be made out to Eastern View High School.
*Remind:
Parents and students, please make sure that you are signed up for the EVHS Choir Remind.
Please text @evchoir24 to 81010
That is it and you will receive choir updates!
*EVHS Choral Booster Membership:
EVHS Choral Booster Membership- Parents may sign up to volunteer with our Amazing EVHS Choral Boosters. You do not have to pay a fee to join choral boosters. This is a change from our first executive meeting in November 2021 and change to the bylaws. The following special memberships will stay in place.
If you would like to purchase one of these memberships, please fill out the following form .
Special Memberships
Platinum Cyclones $75 – 4 Reserved seats for Fall, Winter, and Spring Concerts, 3 concession coupons
Golden Cyclones $50 – 3 Reserved seats for Fall & Spring Concerts, 2 concessions coupons
Silver Cyclones $25– 2 Reserved seats for Fall & Spring Concerts and 2 concession coupons
General Cyclone - $10 – 1 reserved seat for Fall, Winter, and Spring Concert, 2 concessions coupons
*Charms Information:
Charms- Every student will be given a charms account. Charms may be accessed at www.charmsoffice.com. Our school code is EVHSChoir which is case sensitive. The direct link to charms is https://www.charmsoffice.com/charms/parents.asp?username=EVHSChoir. Students are able to see their choir financial accounts, sign forms, see uniform numbers, volunteer, purchase certain items and more.
This is how you log in to charms....
Log on to www.charmsoffice.com, and click “ENTER / LOG IN” in the upper right corner.
Locate the “PARENT/STUDENT/MEMBERS LOGIN” section of the web page.
Login to your student’s program account using the following School Code:
___________EVHSChoir________________
This will bring up the main “Public” page. This will allow you to look at the “public” calendar for your organization, event list, and handouts and other “publicly shared” files, as well as a few other options.
Whenever you enter using this Username/password, another more detailed screen appears, with various button options for you to access areas in the Charms account. What appears here is partially up to the Account Administrator or Head Director.
Two areas in which you can help the director/administrator maintain his/her records:
Update Personal Information – if the director has allowed it, you may help make changes to your and your child’s student information page (such as updating phone numbers / cell carriers and email addresses if they change) to help them communicate with you more effectively. You may also be able to indicate which parent volunteer/resource groups you would like to participate in, if this feature is activated. Click Update Info to save changes.
If your program has set up online credit card payments, you can make credit card payments for items in the online store.
The Calendar may list events, rehearsals, and volunteer/RSVP opportunities. Click on calendar, find the date of the event, click on the hand and sign up to donate items or volunteer.
Most importantly, the parent page assists both you and the teacher to communicate with each other. Stay up to date on what’s going on with your student!
You can also download the Charms App to your smartphone – search your App Store for “Charms Parent/Student Portal” (or “Charms Blue”). It’s the way to stay in touch on the go!
If you or your student is unable to access charms or forgets their password, please send Mrs. R an email and a new link will be sent to you.
