🎵January 7th…Choir Announcements
Happy New Year and Welcome Back! Welcome to our 2nd semester choir students. I am looking forward to working with everyone and having an amazing second semester! We are now entering Assessment Season. Students will be working on all elements of music, especially sight reading skills, and learning many genres of music that have been graded by the Virginia Music Educators Association. Students are expected to practice daily at home to learn their music in order to have a wonderful performance! Our next concert will be March 7th. I look forward to seeing everyone at EVHS at 6pm.
2nd Semester Choir Student:
Please turn in your Contract/Photo Form and your $25 Choir fee.
ADDAMS FAMILY Auditions:
The Addams Family auditions will take place on Monday and Tuesday this week after school. Please check the Addams Family google classroom for more information.
CATEGORY 5 Rehearsal Schedule and information:
Category 5 choir members need to make sure that they pick up their music in the choir room. All members need to frequently check their email for updates and information. Students who were in Category 5 and do not tend to continue this semester need to email Mrs. R ASAP. Additional Auditions for Cat. 5 will take place on Thursday and Friday this week. Audition information can be found on the Choir Google Classroom.
The rehearsal schedule for Assessment Season is as follows:
Tuesday, January 16th till 4pm
Monday, January 22nd till 4pm
Monday, January 29th till 4pm
Monday, February 5th 3pm to 4pm
Monday, February 12th 3pm to 4pm
Monday, February 19th till 4pm
Monday, February 26th till 4pm
Monday, March 4th till 4pm
Tuesday, March 5th till 3:30pm
Wednesday, March 6th till 3:30pm
Monday, March 11th till 4pm
Tuesday, March 12th- Performance at CTECH- Be at CTECH at 4:15pm.
*All District Choir
The paperwork and payment are due ASAP for this event. Students need to turn in their permission slip and their $55 fee (checks written to EVHS). This may be paid online with credit card. The music has been distributed.. Students are responsible for knowing their music before attending the event on Feb. 9th and 10th at Fluvanna High School. Students are encouraged to Fundraise to help deter costs if needed.
All District Practices will take place on Monday, January 29th, 2024 from 2:30pm to 3pm and on February 5th from 2:30pm to 3:00pm.
*All State Choir Auditions
This is for students who made All District Choir. Students will have the opportunity to try out for All State Choir at the All District Event in February. Paperwork will go out this week. Your all state paperwork is due on Friday, Jan. 19th. There are two forms and $10 that must be turned in. Checks are to be made out to EVHS. Please see Mrs. R with any questions on this. All State tryouts will take place on Feb. 9th during All District Choir. The audition includes “Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind” and Sight Reading. Please see Mrs. R with any questions.
2nd Semester Important Dates:
Please make sure you mark your calendars with these dates.
February 9th and 10th - All District Choir at Fluvanna County High School
February 8th- Troubadours After School Rehearsal till 3:30pm
February 15th- Troubadours After School Rehearsal till 3:30pm
February 24th- Bland Contest at the Culpeper Methodist Church at 1pm
March 4th- Mandatory All CHOIR Rehearsal till 4pm
March 7th- Festival Concert at EVHS at 6pm
March 11th- Mandatory Rehearsal for All Choirs going to Festival till 4pm
March 22-23- Addams Family Musical Times TBA
April 18-20- All State Choir in Richmond, VA
April 18th- Pyramid Concert at EVHS for Troubadours and Category 5 choirs
May 3rd- Kings Dominion Choral Competition Field Trip - more info to come
May 6th- Mandatory After School Rehearsal All Choirs
May 8th- Spring Concert at EVHS at 6pm “The Magic of Disney”
May 18th- Graduation- Mandatory for All Choirs except optional for Intro to Choir
Credit Card Payments Online:
Paying for school items just got easier! Eastern View High School is now accepting online credit card payments through SchoolCash Online. You can register, add students, and start paying online today at https://culpeperschoolsva.schoolcashonline.com/
Please contact our bookkeeper, Debbi St. Onge, should you have any questions.
*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.
Lions Club Bland Contest
The Annual Lions Club Bland Contest will take place on Feb. 24th at 1pm at the Culpeper United Methodist Church at 1233 Oaklawn Dr. Students will need to prepare a composition to perform and compete for scholarships. Please see Mrs. R for an application.
*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.
