Winter Choral Concerts - February 24

IMPORTANT UPDATE…PLEASE READ!

 

Dear Gregory Chorus Families,

We have some news and updates to share regarding next week’s chorus concerts on Thursday, February 24. Due to some revised district guidelines, we are now able to adjust our concerts to accommodate additional students and audience members. As such, here is our new schedule for the evening:

6:00pm performance (note NEW time) – 6^th Grade Chorus, Men’s Ensemble, Mixed Vocal Ensemble, and Concert Choir.

7:30pm performance – 7^th Grade Chorus, Men’s Ensemble, Mixed Vocal Ensemble, Concert Choir, and 8^th Grade Chorus.

Report times and locations for each group are as follows:

Men’s Ensemble – 5:00pm, Commons (enter through Door #1)

Concert Choir – 5:10pm, Commons (enter through Door #1)

6^th Grade Chorus – 5:30pm, Commons (enter through Door #1)

 

7^th Grade Chorus – 6:45pm, Chorus Room (enter through Door #4)

8^th Grade Chorus – 7:00pm, Commons (enter through Door #1)

 

Students should be in place in their assigned report location and ready to sing no later than their assigned time, so that our warmup session can proceed quickly and efficiently with all students present (coats should be dropped off in the chorus room). Your efforts in making this happen are greatly appreciated!

All choral performances will be taking place in the Gregory Commons. Audience members should enter through Door #1 starting 10 minutes prior to the start of each concert. NEW: our audience is no longer limited to two people per student. Feel free to sit in any open audience seating and space yourself according to your personal comfort level.

For the students in our extracurricular ensembles only (Men’s Ensemble, Mixed Vocal Ensemble, and Concert Choir):

·      Please make sure to eat dinner prior to your report time, as it will be a longer evening for you performing in both concerts.

·      6^th grade extracurricular ensemble singers, feel free to bring a snack as well as a task to work on between the two concerts; you will be hanging out in the chorus room during that time.

·      We will no longer be doing recording sessions next week, but will still meet during our scheduled day and time to rehearse. However, there is no longer a need to bring your concert clothing to school on those days!

Required performance attire for all singers is:

·      Gray Gregory Music T-shirt

·      Black dress pants or leggings (no jeans, sweatpants, ripped clothing, or athletic attire, please)

·      Black dress shoes

·      If wearing socks, black only (no colors)

·      No extraneous clothing items permitted (bandanas, scarves, hats)

·      NEW: per updated district guidance for all classes and school events, we have moved to mask recommended

We are excited to have all of our singers performing live and in person for this round of concerts, and are looking forward to seeing you there that evening!