8th grade parents

JAZZ FESTIVAL - TONITE!!!

Students need to be at CR by 5:15 for pizza dinner

Leave at 6:30 for Forest Hills Fine Arts Center by bus

Return to CR by 9:45 - 10pm 

Choir shirt and jeans

PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF CHOIR STUDENTS

THIS IS BIG!!!!!

FREE ADMISSION TO THE OPERA THIS WEDNESDAY, 

OCTOBER 29 @ DEVOS HALL 7:30 PM

MEET IN LOBBY AT 7PM TO GET THE FREE TIX

An opportunity has come up that I am hoping will work for any and all of my choir students!!  We have been offered free tix to the rehearsal of the Opera, Carmen, at Devos Hall THIS Wednesday, October 29.

The show starts at 7:30 PM but we would meet in the lobby at 7PM to get our tix!! Carmen is a 3 hour Opera but it does have an intermission so if that is too late for your singer, you could easily leave at intermission. 

The main problem is I don’t have time to get busing so you would need to drop off your child at Devos and pick them up or better yet, join them for free and watch the show!!

If you would like to go, please email me or call so I can let them know how many tix we will need!  You are welcome to bring your whole family including younger siblings as I am sure there will be many that will be UNABLE to attend. 

If you are going to join, maybe you could help drive some of your child’s friends that maybe cannot attend because of ride issues!!

Thanks for your time and I hope you can take advantage of this wonderful opportunity as most kids will never be able to see an Opera (especially for free) and this one is sure to be a great performance!!

PS. One of our very own choir students is actually in the Opera – Tia Hawks!!!

PPS. Your child may also use this as their LIVE performance which is due before Christmas Break!!

Tami Hjelm

thjelm@nvps.net

361-3430 EXT. 2233

ATTENTION CHOIR STUDENTS

AND PARENTS:

LIVE Performance Critique and Concert Critique

All choir students will have papers due through out the year.   

The two main assignments worth 75 points each semester are the 
LIVE Performance Papers.

LIVE PERFORMANCE CRITIQUE

1^st semester due:   FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2014

2^nd semester due:  FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015

            You will need to see one LIVE musical performance per semester and write a paper on it.  The paper will consist of your constructive comments on what you thought of the performance.  The performance needs to be attended on your own time.  Every month I will list the musical performances going on in the district with time, cost, place, etc...  It is your job to write the information down and make it to one of these concerts.  If you want to see a performance on your own, you may do this as well.  Be sure to check with me before you go to be sure it is a LIVE musical performance.   

Some shows that are not LIVE musical performance would be:

            1.  A play (no music)

            2.  A show on ice. (the music is taped not LIVE)

            3.  A live television show (you are not seeing it LIVE)

            Lastly, when your report is finished, you will need to attach your ticket stub, program, and have a parent signature saying that you did indeed attend this concert.

NOTE:  YOU WILL NEED TO TURN IN THE REPORT WITHIN 1 MONTH OF SEEING THE PERFORMANCE OR IT WILL NOT COUNT!!!

CONCERT CRITIQUE 

Due 1 week after every concert that we perform!!

            A concert critique will be done after every performance that we have as a choir.  You will comment on how we performed in the concert.  What are some things that we did well?  What are some things that we need to work on?  What are some things that you specifically did or did not do well.  How will you do better at your next concert?  If by chance you were unable to attend the concert, you will still need to write a report on the performance after watching and listening to the video.  This paper will be due 1 week after the concert unless specified otherwise.

CRITERIA FOR BOTH PAPERS

1. One FULL page typed – PLEASE USE SPELL AND GRAMMAR CHECK!!

2.  Normal margins, normal heading, double spaced

3.  Size 12 font (UNDERLINE SONG TITLES)

4.  Opening paragraph, body, closing paragraph (REALLY IMPORTANT!!!)

5.  Use of musical terminology (at least 3 terms) such as:  use of dynamics, tone, intonation, blending within sections and overall group, annunciation, diction, open vowels, lifting of soft palette, diaphragmatic breathing, etc...

ATTENTION 8TH GRADE 

CHOIR PARENTS!!!

I need chaperones 

for our upcoming Jazz Festival 

on

Monday, October 27 

At 5:00pm at Crossroads for our pizza party

and/or

at 6:30 pm for the bus ride 

to Forest Hills Fine Arts Center

and/or

To stay at the concert and enjoy along with us!!

I will even pay for your tix if you chaperone!!

Please contact me via email ASAP

IF YOU CAN HELP OUT!! 

Students will wear 

choir shirt and jeans

if they have NOT paid for shirt and/or pizza party

send that in ASAP!!  

Thanks a bunch!!

ATTENTION CHOIR PARENTS

The Northview Board of Education has approved the placement of a “Renewal of the 18 Mills of Non-Homestead Millage” on the November 4, 2014 ballot. There is no tax rate increase. The tax applies only to commercial and industrial property and second homes, not primary residences.

Voters would be renewing the tax, which expires in 2015, for 12 years, 2016 to 2027. The renewal would generate approximately $3 million for the district in 2016 for general operations for classrooms.

Please vote on Tuesday, November 4.