NEWSLETTER
Week of September 30, 2003
Dear Choirmembers and Parents:
Thank you all for your wonderful singing this week!
ROSTER OF CHOIRMEMBERS--names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses:
A roster has been compiled based on the information you gave us--please email
any corrections to Becky Wetherell at wetherdg@mtaonline.net. We'll print the
corrections in next week's newsletter.
VALLEY TOURING CHOIR will rehearse with the Jubilate on Fridays from
4:30-6:30 p.m. until October 10.
HONOR CHOIR AUDITIONS: The Northwestern American Choral Directors
Convention will be held in Boise, Idaho from March 3-6, 2004. In association
with this convention, five honor choirs will rehearse in preparation for gala
concerts which will be presented on Saturday, March 6. The Children's Honor
Choir is open to treble voices in Grades 4-8, Middle School/Jr. High Honor is
open to singers in Grades 7-8 , Mid-High Honor Choir is open to singers in
Grades 9-10, Men's Honor Choir is open to singers in Grades 9-12 and Women's
Honor Choir is open to singers in Grades 9-12. The deadline for application is
October 7. If you are interested, please contact me as soon as possible. We need
to have audition tapes/CDs postmarked by October 7. (We have had several singers
take part in ACDA Honor Choirs in the past--it's a wonderful experience!)
VALLEY SINGERS and PARENTS: Trinity Lutheran Church has a Bus-Stop
program for children before/after school. The fellowship hall area is available
for our use during rehearsal time for parents/siblings to wait. The Bus-Stop
area is reserved for the students/staff involved with the program. It is
off-limits to other groups in the building.
Thanks!
THERE WILL NOT BE A SATURDAY REHEARSAL UNTIL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25.
The October 11 rehearsal is cancelled. The Valley Performing Arts has scheduled
two Saturday matinee performances of "The Sound of Music" and I won't be
available until October 25. We will probably add a rehearsal in November or
December as we get closer to our holiday performances.
PARENTS: Thanks for attending the meetings last week. If you have
questions, please let us know. You can email me--
jstotts@pobox.alaska.net , Glennis--
glenroy@gci.net , or Becky--
wetherdg@mtaonline.net .
UNIFORMS: We would like to place an order for new uniforms early next
week!! Please let us know if you will need to order any items. Thank you.
INNISBROOK FUNDRAISER: Please turn in your packets this week--we have
until October 3 to sell items from the packets. You may have friends and family
order online at www.innisbrook.com . You
must fill in your name and choir name and the order number: 103234. When
ordering online, the orders are shipped directly to the customer and the
customer is billed for the freight of the order. There is free shipping for
on-line orders of $100 or more. On-line orders placed before October 3 will
count towards the prize for the singer. However, orders may be placed at any
time of the year and the singer/choir will receive credit for the order. These
Innisbrook products are of superior quality and well worth the money spent on
items which can be used personally or as gifts. Product delivery date is second
week of November--about the same time we'll begin selling our holiday concert
tickets!!
PRELIMINARY CALENDAR INFORMATION
September 2: Fall Semester begins
October 25: Monthly Saturday rehearsal at Anchorage Lutheran Church, Anchorage
November 15-21: Anchorage Opera's production of La Boheme (we'll have 12 singers
participating)
November 15: Monthly Saturday rehearsal at Anchorage Lutheran Church, Anchorage
December 6: Valley Holiday Concert
December 7: Holiday Concert at Anchorage Museum
December 13, 14: Performance at Pre-concert event for Bonnie Rideout's "A
Scottish Christmas" with Anchorage Concert Association
December 19: Dress Rehearsal for Holiday Concert at Discovery Theatre, ACPA
December 20-21: Holiday Concert at Discovery Theatre, ACPA
January 5: Winter/Spring Semester begins
January 17: Monthly Saturday rehearsal at Anchorage Lutheran Church, Anchorage
February 6-8: Participation in Choral Festival with guest conductor--John
Ferguson--held at Anchorage Lutheran Church
February 21: Monthly Saturday rehearsal at Anchorage Lutheran Church, Anchorage
March 20: Monthly Saturday rehearsal at Anchorage Lutheran Church, Anchorage
April 17: Monthly Saturday rehearsal at Anchorage Lutheran Church, Anchorage
May 8: Valley Spring Concert
May 15-16: Spring Concert in Anchorage at Discovery Theatre
TUITION: For those who elected the three-payment option, the second
installment is due next week. Minisingers, Mastersingers, Chambersingers,
Jubilate--amount due is $120. Touring Choir--amount due is $160. Thank you.
JUBILATE/TOURING CHOIR:
Thanks to those of you who auditioned last week for La Boheme. I will be
listening to a couple more auditions on Tuesday and then making the final
decision. I know many of you are anxiously awaiting the news!!--thanks for your
patience.
with love,
Janet
Janet Stotts
Alaska Children's Choir
200 West 34th Ave. #715
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
jstotts@pobox.alaska.net
746-3164
Choir Manager: Glennis Ireland --
glenroy@gci.net; 694-3407