Choir Sign-Up Letter 2013-2014

September 3, 2013

Dear 4^th and 5^th Graders and Parents,

Choir has always been near and dear to my heart. There are not many better ways to spend your time than in making music with others who love

it as much as you do, and singing is especially wonderful because it is your own personal voice making the music. What a great feeling! We will learn more about our voices and learn songs to perform for our own concerts, assemblies and the community. We will have an evening performance on November 21^st, a daytime fieldtrip to the capitol on December 17^th, and an evening performance in May. We also usually perform at the Keizer Iris Festival on the third Saturday of May.

We meet in the music room on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8:00 to 9:00. Choir will start on Wednesday, September 18^th. Wait quietly outside the front doors of the school for Ms. Albertson to let you in. Please arrive as close to 8:00 as possible as there is no supervision of students before 8:00. (A parent volunteer is needed to monitor the front porch area from 7:45 a.m. -8:00 a.m.)

We need a few volunteer “choir parents”, besides the porch monitor. This is such an important job which entails the supervision of the younger siblings who come to choir with their older brothers and sisters. The only way that some students can be in choir is if their younger sibling is able to come along. Please email, call, or send a note if you are willing and able to do this on a regular basis. Usually we have multiple volunteers who set up a “job-sharing” schedule. One of the volunteers usually acts as the scheduling “point person”. Please contact me if you can help us out!

We will also need some parents to help out at our choir party in June, and to chaperone on the State Capitol fieldtrip in December. I will ask for these volunteers as the need arises.

There is no cost to join choir although I will ask that you purchase a Gubser Choir T-shirt in October. (It is the same design every year, so if you have one from the last two years you may use that one.) It will cost about $10.  I will send out order forms in early October. Please do not send any money yet. I do have some shirts to loan out if you are unable to purchase one.

Students who are in orchestra or band may also be in choir. Ask me for details on how to do this.

Please sign and return the bottom portion of this letter to me, Ms. Albertson, by Monday, September 16^th. I look forward to a sensational time of singing!!!

A copy of this letter will be up on my Gubser Music Blog http://gubsermusic.blogspot.com/  or you can get there by going to Gubser’s Website and clicking on teacher pages. Check out my blog for pictures of Gubser music programs and events.

Sincerely,

Holly Albertson

Gubser Vocal Music Teacher

albertson_holly@salkeiz.k12.or.us

I accept the responsibility of being a good choir member.

1. I will attend rehearsals regularly.
2. I will obey the choir rules of behavior.
3. I will participate in all performances except in the case of illness or family emergency.

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Evening phone number_______________________________ (in case we need to cancel choir the next morning)

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