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Carroll Choral Department's Service Project for this Thanksgiving season is a canned food drive to benefit GRACE (Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange). The drive will kick off Wednesday, November 1st and run until Thursday, November 16th. We are asking each choir member to bring, at least, 2 canned goods or other non-perishable food items to the choir room. Items will be collected in the basket placed in front of the choir room. Thank you for your giving and caring spirits! 
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What an amazing day for Carroll Choir!?!?!?!? We have 25 students who earned a spot in one of Region 31's Honor Choirs!! This is quite an accomplishment!! We are proud of ALL students who earned a spot in an Honor Choir!!! Students who earned a place in one of the Honor Choirs will perform in the TMEA Region 31 Honor Choir Clinic Concert Saturday, November 11th at Richland High School! We are also proud to announce that TEN students from Carroll Choir advanced to the Pre-Area round of All-State auditions! Pre-Area auditions will be held at Carroll Senior High School Thursday, November 16th. Pre-Area Round Candidates, the audition pieces for the next round are Celebremus (Treble), She Walks in Beauty (Tenor/Bass) Sign of the Judg ment (ALL) and Gloria, Mvts. 5 and 6 (ALL) Please begin working! We will have rehearsal times available beginning next week. We are so proud of each of you! Your hard-work, dedication and tenacity is paying off in a great way! Comment sheets and Honor Choir music will be distributed next week. Have a great rest of the weekend! Thank you, Choir, you are AMAZING!!!!!!! 2017 Region XXXI 9th/10th Grade Honor Choir Auditions Monday, October 23, 2017 Birdville High School 9100 Mid Cities Blvd North Richland Hills, TX 76180 Cuts: Cuts will be released Thursday, October 19th! Cuts will be available on our website and an e-mail will be sent!! WHEN: There will not be a bus to transport students to and from the audition. Parents are responsible for making sure students get to and from the auditions. Please arrive at Birdville HS between 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm . Please do not be late. ATTIRE FOR THE DAY: Sunday best! GUYS: nice shirt (polo/button down) and pants/slacks GIRLS: nice pants, skirt, or dress NO t-shirts, jeans, tennis shoes, shorts, sweatshirts, hats/caps, sloppy dress, etc. CHECKLIST TO BRING: 1. YOUR MUSIC - ORIGINAL scores only!!! (Make sure your measures are numbered!) 2. Pencil & paper clips 3. Snacks/food/drinks/spending money for concessions 4. Cards, homework, games, coloring books, or anything else NON-electronic to keep yourselves occupied while waiting to audition! J ELECTRONICS: Absolutely NO cell phones, iPods, CD players, iPads, instruments, or any other communication devices are allowed in the building at any time during the auditions (this includes pitch pipes, guitars, etc). Violation of this rule may result in disqualification. 9th/10th Grade Honor Choir – If you make the honor choir, please remember that the Clinic is Friday, November 10th from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm. The clinic concert day is Saturday, November 11th from 8:00 am until 3:00 pm. The concert will begin at 4:00 pm. You will be required to learn two additional pieces. . More information after this audition. ALL DAY ---- Be prepared! Be polite! Be cooperative! Be PROUD!!! GooooOOOOOoooooooo Dragon Choirs!!! GOOD LUCK! If you have any questions, please e-mail me! Mr. Doucet 2017 Region XXXI Region Round Auditions Saturday, October 21, 2017 Colleyville Heritage High School 5401 Heritage Avenue Colleyville, TX 76034 WHEN: Please arrive at Colleyville Heritage HS located at 5401 Heritage Avenue, Colleyville, TX 76034 between 9:00 am and 9:30 am. Please do not be late. This audition should end by 1:30 pm. ATTIRE FOR THE DAY: Sunday best! GUYS: nice shirt (polo/button down) and pants/slacks GIRLS: nice pants, skirt, or dress NO t-shirts, jeans, tennis shoes, shorts, sweatshirts, hats/caps, sloppy dress, etc. CHECKLIST TO BRING: 1. YOUR MUSIC - ORIGINAL scores only!!! (Make sure your measures are numbered!) 2. Pencil & paper clips 3. Snacks/food/drinks/spending money for concessions 4. Cards, homework, games, coloring books, or anything else NON-electronic to keep yourselves occupied while waiting to audition! J ELECTRONICS: Absolutely NO cell phones, iPods, CD players, iPads, instruments, or any other communication devices are allowed in the building at any time during the auditions (this includes pitch pipes, guitars, etc). Violation of this rule may result in disqualification. If you MUST bring a cell phone to call for a ride, it should stay in the phone bank during the audition. Please read the document below explaining the audition day. There is NO sight-reading this round. Please remember if you earn a spot in one of the Honor Choir there is a Clinic is Friday, November 10th from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm at Trinity HS in Euless. The clinic concert day is Saturday, November 11th from 8:45 am until 5:00 pm at Richland High. More information after this audition. Transportation will be provided for the Friday rehearsal. If you advance to the Pre-Area Round, the audition is November 16, 2017 at Carroll Senior HS starting at 4:00pm. The audition pieces are Celebremus (Treble), She Walks in Beauty (Tenor/Bass) Sign of the Judg ment (ALL) and Gloria, Mvts. 5 and 6 (ALL) ALL DAY ---- Be prepared! Be polite! Be cooperative! Be PROUD!!! GooooOOOOOoooooooo Dragon Choirs!!! GOOD LUCK! If you have any questions, please e-mail me! Mr. Doucet Greetings!
Again, congratulations on advancing to the Second Round of TMEA All-State Auditions! By now you should be solid on all pitches and rhythms of all round 2 audition pieces!
Region round will be Saturday, October 21st from 9:00 am until 1:30 pm (ish) Colleyville Heritage High School 5401 Heritage Avenue Colleyville, TX 76034 (Since this audition is so short, time requests will not be honored.) Second Round Repertoire La Danza - Rossini (SSAA) O Vos Omnes - Casals (T/B) I am Loved - Harris (SATB) Gloria, Mvt 1 and 3 - Poulenc (SATB) Rehearsal tracks are located here: http://www.dragonchoirs.net/all-state-recordings-and-pdfs.html Mr. Doucet “Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.” --George Whitefield Hello!
Choir Field Day is this Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Liberty Park from 10:00 am until 12:00 pm!!!! Liberty Park at Sheltonwood is located at 500 East Dove Road, Southlake, TX 76092. This is an extremely important bonding and team building event for the Choral Department! There will be food, fun and games for all! (Torchy's Breakfast tacos!!!) We expect to see all students there ready to have fun and learn more about each other during the required event!! If you have any questions, please e-mail us!! Mr. Doucet – [email protected] Mr. Ramos – [email protected] Greetings!
Our Fall Preview Concert is swiftly approaching - Wednesday, October 4th at 7:00 pm in the CSHS Auditorium! Sonrise Productions will record this event for us! This will allow you to sit back, relax and enjoy the concert without having to worry about recording! In order to secure your DVD of the Fall Preview Concert, please visit our website for instructions on how to place your order! http://www.dragonchoirs.net/concert-dvd-order-form.html See you Wednesday!! Mr. Doucet |
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