Annual Fall Show & Military Salute

Central High School Choirs present their Annual Fall Show & Military Salute. The show will feature the choirs, student soloists, and ensembles as they sing and dance to popular music from the past. The show also features a combined choir salute to the armed forces and several patriotic selections. A light dessert will be available during intermission. You won’t want to miss it!

The show will begin at 7:00 PM on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the Sarah Bernhardt Theater on the Central High School Campus. Tickets will be available at the door. General admission is only $5 and members of the armed services, past and present, get in free with military ID.

Information for parents and students participating in the show is available here.

We hope to see you there!

Important Information About the Fall Concert

Some important reminders about this Thursday's concert:

• Concert is at Holy Angels Church (at corner of A&M and Oxford). Map here.
• Students will need to wear their choir polos and blue jeans. All men will need to wear their shirt tucked in (preferably with a belt). Ladies' shirts that fall below the waist line will need to be tucked in. For complete information on what to wear and the dress code, please see pages 19-21 of our choir handbook. Dress code will be strictly enforced.
• Dress code reminders: natural hair colors only. Men: no jewelry. Ladies: one pair of earrings (studs) only, no necklaces, bracelets, etc.
• The concert will begin promptly at 7:30 PM. Our booster club will have their meeting across the hallway in the parlor at 6:30 - PLEASE come for that. We will not open the church for parent seating until 7 at the earliest. Please remain outside until the ushers and door monitors let you in.
• When we have concerts at Holy Angels, we always need help setting up the risers which the students perform on. If you can help, please meet me at the church at 5 PM.
• Please observe the following call times for the students based on what group they are in:
  • 5:30 - All men (CHS & CFC)
  • 5:45 - Varsity Women
  • 6:00 - Performing Ladies
  • 6:30 - Everyone else (Ladies' A Cappella, Concert Ladies)
  • Remember that timeliness affects the student's grade. Please be early.

Thank you for your attention to these very important details. We are looking forward to a spectacular concert!

Region Audition Cuts and General Information

Information regarding the region audition cuts will be posted here as soon as it become available.

A link to download the cut tracks (once released) can be found in our Facebook group here. If, after joining the group, you cannot access the cut tracks, email me and I will send you the link over email.

Please see the letter to auditionees and their parents here. Reminders about the auditions, rules, and procedures can be found here. Please make sure to read and process all of this information before Saturday. Good luck to all!

Red Wheel Orders Due

Please be reminded that all orders for Red Wheel products are due in class on Tuesday, September 24. Please help us get them all in on that date.

Also, any booster/sponsor cards that have not been sold yet should be returned on that date so that we may remove those financial deductions from the students' accounts. The money for any sold booster cards should already be turned in (usually immediately upon selling them).

Thank you for your help with this.

Last Round of Sectionals for HS Region Choir Audition Music (Week of September 22)

This is the last week before auditions on Saturday, Sept. 28. Now is the time to really knuckle down and put the finishing touches on all of your preparation. You should no longer be singing with the track that has the person singing your part. Your goal for this week should be to practice without the voice, practice putting the track on in random places and jumping in as quickly as possible (like a surprise cut), and doing all musical markings and nuances which have shown to you but are not on the CD (dynamics, articulations, phrasing, phrase shaping, word stress, meaning of text, etc.).

Everyone will be required to sing for Mr. Gilmore or Mrs. Bullock at some point this week before we allow you to go to the competition on Saturday. We will work to do these hearings during class. Please make sure you've paid your $10 entry fee.

Remember that all sectionals are held during the last 30 minutes of the tutorial/lunch block and immediately after school in the CHS Choir Room. Musical rehearsals start Monday at 4:30, so I will not be able to work past 4:30 each day, but Mrs. Bullock may be available. On Thursday and Friday, I have asked all participants in "All Shook Up" to be excused so that they practice their cuts then vocally rest.

Monday: Sopranos (Bullock) / Basses (Gilmore)
Tuesday: Altos (Bullock) / Tenors (Gilmore)
Wednesday: Anyone
Thursday: CUTS RELEASED AT 4 PM - come to the choir room to practice and get a cut CD
Friday: EVERYONE - come the choir room and sing through the cuts one last time (or a million last times)

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL! We are proud of all your hard work!