All State Auditions

Mason Wayerski, Alec Smith, and Jeremaiah Rice have auditioned for All state.

You have TWO days left to audition!

Come in tomorrow and Friday after school to record your audition See the link on former posts to get the audition materials.(you dont really need them, just come in!)

Marshall

All state Auditions

Hey folks,

You may have noticed on the calander that All-State auditions are comeing up quickly Follow this link(http://www.wmea.org/StudentEvents/HSHonorGroups/2010HSAudition.htm) to see the requirements for the auditions. The best thing to do is to be prepaired by practicing the things that are required before you get into the recording room with me.

Happy Practicing,

Marshall

Research project Due tomorrow for Concert Choir

Hey Choristers,

Dont for get to do your research assignment. We will go over them in class. Tomorrow.

Men's Festival update,

We now have 3 school vehicles and we are on our way to confirming drivers for this saturday.

Saturday morning (Sept 19) the departure time is 8am. Drivers and students please plan on being there by 7:45 so we can leave on time.

Please bring a lunch and some money for dinner on the way home.

The grand concert is at 4 and the "Just 4 Kicks" concert is at 5. Parents are welcome to attend and the cost of the concert is $5. We should be out of there by 6 and home, ready for pickup at 7pm.

Man choir is tomorrow from 2:20 - 3:00. We will be rehearsing the music that we are doing on saturday for the festival. Be there!!

Marshall

MEN'S Fest Explosion

We now have 20 Men Signed up for the Men's Choral festival in Everett. Unfortunately we have no confirmed drivers to get us there.
We have reserved the only vehicle available at school and that will take 8 so we have 12 to go.

Parents please consider driving to this great event so that we can get as many men involved as possible.

In other news. Storm Singers did a fantastic job singing the National Anthem yesterday for our first public performance.

Thanks

Andy

Men's Festival in Everett

Concert Choir and Mixed choir Men,

you got a permisson slip and an info sheet to be involved in a mens choir festival in everett on the 19th. I will be reserving 15 spots at the festival we have 3 spots filled now. Please get your slip into me ASAP so that we can count you in.

thanks

Marshall

Voicing the chior and Entertainment books

Great job today working together on Voicing our choir. It was good for all of us to get to hear the wonderful individuals who make up our choir.

Make sure and check out a Entertainment book on monday so that we can start raising money for tour.

Parents if you have questions please post them in the comment area of this blog.

Concert Choir Government

Congratulations to the Newly Elected 2009/10 Concert Choir Board

Choir President: Josie Vorenkamp

Vice President : Nicole Wakabayashi

Secretary: Edie Weston

Treasurer: Megan Dooley

Personal Relations: Tim Barron

Web Master: Lauren Carlsen

Photographer: Grace Thomas

These students were Elected today by thier Piers in concert choir. Each student that was elected displayed intent, capability, and poise in their speach.

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MAN CHOIR RETURNS!!

Hey there all you Manly Men!

We will be having man choir from 2:25- 3:00 after school on Wednesdays. No more early mornings!!

See you after school. And be prepared to BRING IT!

Marshall

First day!

Hey SqHS Choristers,

We had a great first day!! I am really looking forward to making some great music!

Don't forget to get those Syllabus/contracts signed and your money in before the end of this week! (mixed choir is just the contract)

Parent BBQ ...Yes!!

The Parent Dinner was a Success!

Big Thank you to the Nakatani's for offering up there beautiful home for this BBQ!!

Thanks All you parents that came and participated. We got a huge jump-start on a lot of the communications and logistics that are essential for our program and much more difficult to accomplish during school.

Things we discussed:

Tour

The dates under consideration

• June 3,4,5,6 (graduation week is the next week )
• April (was printed incorrectly as "May") 8,9,10,11 (last 4 days of spring break)

The Places under consideration

• L.A. (Disney Music Days) $950-$1000/student
• San Fransisco $600 - $650 / student
• Seattle $350-$375

Fundraising Ideas

Things we did last year

§ Entertainment books (already underway)
§ Dessert auction (raised +$1000 last year) (First concert is OCT. 21)
§ Quilt Raffle (now that I know what needs to happen this will probably go smoother)
§ Cabaret (big success last year and something I think we can expand upon this year)
§ See’s Candy (pretty easy and nice to have chocolate around)
§ Butter Braid

Possible Ideas for potential fundraisers

§ Rehearsal seminar (people pay tickets to see Concert choir learn and perform a song)
§ “Singing and Flinging” Pancake feed
§ Benefit concert with feature Artist.

Consider being a chaperone at this and other events this year.

• Sept 19^th Men’s Fest Vocal workshop
• October 9^th Take 6 Concert at the “Lynden Music Fest”. (See Flyer)
• Oct (tba) WWU Women’s Choral Fest
• March 4, 5, 6 Frank Demero Jazz Festival
• SJMEA choral Festival (WWU)
• Solo & Ensemble April (if we make state again which I hope to!)
• Tour

Denise Smith is putting together a committee to help with some of these decisions.

Also Denise will be heading up the creation of the SQHS choir Boosters coordinating with Kathy Dooley.

Thank you all that signed up to be drivers. You can get back to me with the paper work at your convenience.

Every one was very excited about the opportunity to work for discounted tickets at the TAKE 6 concert in Lynden on Oct 9. I will have more details about this as they arrive. Here is the link to the Lynden music festival http://www.lyndenmusicfestival.com For more information on the concert and performers.

We did not collect any money for fees at the BBQ so your student will have to bring a check in to Susan Swan at the ASB office. See your letter for more details.

Thank you for your questions on curriculum, policy, and direction with the program. Please feel free to contact me with any inquires on these and other matters at any time.

I am looking forward to a wonderful year!!

Thanks

Marshall

Hello from the Nakatani house,
Looks like we'll have a small crowd so please bring a fold-up camp chair (or other). Hopefully we'll get weather allowing us to visit on the patio. Look forward to meeting everyone!
Dale and Kim Nakatani
360-739-9119
BTW-our house is closer to the end of the street than shown on the blog map.

If you have any problems feel free to call or text 360-220-3969 see you there!

Hello Storm Parents and Students,

Students are invited to the BBQ tomorrw (but not reqired) as well as parents. Check the Event in the calendar for details on what to bring and directions to the Nakatanis.

We'll see you there

Marshall

PS notice that you can now subscribe to this blog and get email updates when I post something here. That would be really handy:)

BOOT CAMP SUCCESS!

Storm Singers!!

I thought Boot camp on Saturday was a huge success and I hope to instate it as a tradition every year. Thanks for the positive comments I got from both parents and students. Judging by the amount we got done and the quality of voices we have this year I predict a stellar group.

If you were one of the ones that missed BOOT Camp. Hopefully we will catch you on saturday the 5th at the Nakatani's house (see the calandar for more details, clik on the event and details will appear.) The parents will have a lot to sign and learn so I hope you all can make it. (I realize that this is Labor day weekend and that a lot of folks have plans. Just let me know. You should be able to respond in the comments section of this post.

Check out the new YouTube videos that I posted of a few of the songs that we will be working on.

Don't forget that storm starts at 6:40 on Tuesday morning Don't be late and be ready to sing.