Jacquelyn Smiley

Syllabus and Dues Reminder!

This is a friendly reminder that your syllabus is due back signed and your $20 yearly dues per person must be turned in by Friday, August 26th! :)

 

 

Audition Opportunity!

 

ATLANTA YOUNG SINGERS invites  YOUR TALENTED SINGERS to our   2011-2012 AUGUST AUDITIONS Greetings Amazing Singers! I hope that your school year is off to an inspiring and successful start. I want to inform you of a wonderful opportunity for talented young people in the upcoming school year.    ATLANTA YOUNG SINGERS (AYS) is a children's choral program headquartered at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in DeKalb County. We also have Choirs in residence at satellite locations serving the S. DeKalb, N. Atlanta , and South/West Cobb communities. We are recruiting rising 2nd-12th graders for the 2011-2012 Performance Season and would appreciate your help to get the word out to your students.   AYS has recently launched the Young Men's Power Sing Project, a component of our choral program geared specifically to all the talented young men in our Choir.  We are particularly interested in recruiting boys ages 7-18 to participate in our Choir and to take advantage of this special opportunity.     AYS is currently scheduling appointments for individual as well as group auditions throughout the month of August. Please click on this link to print & distribute this RECOMMENDATION FORM to any of your interested and talented singers.     We have scholarship funds available and encourage all who are interested to audition for the Choir, regardless of financial hardship.   ________________________________________________________________________   INTERESTED CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE THEIR FAMILIES CALL 404.873.3365 or EMAIL audition@aysc.org   FOR AN APPOINTMENT.   ________________________________________________________________________   Thanks in advance for your support in our efforts to continue to improve our program and serve more children in your school and community! Casey J. Hobbs Recruitment & Communications Manager   UPCOMING GROUP AUDITIONS:   SEP 1 5:30PM Mable House Arts Center 5239 Floyd Road · Mableton · 30126     SEP 8 5:30PM Porter Sanford III Performing Arts Center 3181 Rainbow Drive · Decatur · 30034   Please contact us for additional information about group auditions near your school! for more information about AYS, visit  www.aysc.org

Welcome to your NEW choral home!

Hi everyone, and congratulations on a great beginning to what is sure to be an exciting year! I would like to remind you that I will be posting here at least once a week with updates on announcements, performances, auditions, fund raisers, and everything else we're involved in! Please make time to check this blog each weekend to make sure you are prepared for the week ahead! I'll also be posting pictures and perhaps even videos of our adventures!

First Week Reminders:

*If you know anyone who wants to be in a choir class but has not received their schedule change please send them me ASAP!

*You had day one/two homework of bringing in your favorite song to be listened to and discussed in class - this is for a GRADE! Please make sure you start out the year with a 100!

*Your syllabus and $20 dues are to be turned in NO LATER THAN Friday, August 26th in class.

*Spivey Hall Honor Choir is the first opportunity coming up - information will be available for you to take home by Friday - if you are interested in participating you will need to to return the form ASAP.

I think that's enough for now; more to come in the next installment!

Love to all my students...

Smiley

ECOPHONES Fundraiser

We are having round three of our electronics recycling! I KNOW you all got new phones and cameras, etc. for Christmas. Bring em in! For every item you donate I will give you 5 points toward your lowest quiz or theory grade! Last semester this made a big difference in some of your theory grades...

 

Items Accepted:

 

Cell Phones

Laptop Computers

Inkjet Cartridges

MP3 Players

Digital Cameras

Digital Video Camera

Handheld Game Systems: PSP, Nintendo DSI, DS Lite, DS Original, Gameboy

GPS Devices: Garmin, Mio, Magellan, TomTom

Radar Detectors: Escort, Beltronics, Cobra

E-Book: Kindle, Sony, Verizon iRex

Graphing Calculators

 

THESE ITEMS MAY BE IN WORKING OR NON-WORKING CONDITION! We get credit either way! Please send in as many as you can - they really do make a difference for our program!

 

VEGAS BOUND!

Two of our students from SCHS will be representing us in competition at the annual Barbershop Society Competition to be held on January 27th and 28th in Las Vegas, Nevada. The students will be performing with our area's group the Savannah Storm, who are the defending champions from last year!

Congratulations and best of luck to these fine fellas: Zachary Smith and Jordan Darensbourg.

ALL-STATE CHORUS

Congratulations to the following three students who have now passed their SECOND statewide audition to become members of the Georgia All-State Chorus to be held in Savannah, GA on February 24-26.

Jordan Darensbourg

Zachary Smith

Forrest Starr

Great work guys!

 

COCA-COLA FUNDRAISER

Fundraiser Reminder: With all the weather monstrosities of the past week, our new schedule for the Coca-Cola fundraiser is as follows:

1. Order are due no later than 8:00 am on Monday, January 24th.

2. Orders will arrive on Tuesday, February 1st and may be picked up after school until 4:30 pm.

 

Busy Bees!

Here are some candid pics from recent SCHS Choir events:

 

 

Getting ready for the Holidays...

Hey guys and gals:

As you all know our annual Holiday Spectacular is approaching quickly! All students in all fine arts classes are involved in this wonderful evening, and it is truly spectacular. Details are as follows:

Dates and Times:

Friday, December 10th: Dress Rehearsal: BandRoom: 4 - 7:30 pm

Saturday, December 11th: First Performance: 7:30 pm: New Gym

Sunday, December 12th: Second Performance: 2:30 pm: New Gym

Attire: Concert Black (Head to Toe, including shoes and socks/stockings) NO PICTURES, EMBLEMS, STRIPES, POLKA DOTS, ETC. We need to be uniform in solid black.

All three dates are mandatory - we must have everyone do their part in order to succeed!

Tickets will go on sale after Thanksgiving Break. More info to come...

SCHS ON TV!

Vote until 7 pm today for the Game of the Week! 11 Alive will come out to our football game Friday and we will be on live television!

http://www.highschoolsports.net/local/Atlanta/article/Game-of-the-Week-1/