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NEW NEWS:
| ! | IT'S AUDITION TIME!
Please remember that auditions are required every year, even for current choir members, so that we may evaluate your current vocal range and abilities. Beginning this year there will be a $20 fee due at the time of your audition, but the deposit to reserve your place for the fall has been reduced by $20. If you have friends with vocal talent who might enjoy the Girls Choir, please also encourage them to audition. |
RECENT NEWS:
 | Facebook group: One of the Grace Moore members recently started a Chattanooga Girls Choir group on Facebook.com, and so far over 50 girls have joined, both alums and current singers. Those of you with a Facebook account may want to check it out and join in the discussions! |
| 2007 Summer Tour: The tour choir traveled to beautiful Ireland this summer. For more information, go to the 2007 Summer Tour page. |
| Annual Newsletter: The Girls Choir will be sending out a brief newsletter once or twice a year to choir alums and other friends in the community. If you are an alum or know of someone who would like to be kept informed of the choir's activities, please call the choir office and leave the name and address. If you are a volunteer and would like to assist with this letter, please contact the choir office. |
| Photography volunteer needed: We are in need of one or more parent volunteers to take photos (preferably digital) of the choirs at performances for use on the choir web site and in the semiannual newsletter. Please contact the choir office if you might be able to help out. |
PAST NEWS ITEMS:
| >> | Successful Summer Camp: In June 2006, the Chattanooga Girls Choir held a special summer music camp at St. Andrew's Center that was attended by approximately 20 girls who live in the Highland Park area. The program was led by David Kammerdiener (the talented accompanist for our Bella Voce choir), with assistance from CGC Artistic Director LuAnn Holden. Also providing a helping hand were several members of the CGC 2006 Tour Choir who volunteered their afternoons for a week to work with the campers. To see the complete article about the camp from the Chattanooga Times-Free Press, click on the small image here:
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| >> | Spring Concert: The Spring Concert on May 12, 2006 at First Baptist was one of the best yet, thanks to the efforts of our parent volunteers and our hard-working directors and singers. A special thanks to the Boys Choir for their wonderful contribution to our program. And of course, the Mother's Day weekend concert was extra special because of our brave and talented singing moms!
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| >> | New choir office: The Girls Choir office relocated in May 2006 after spending more than ten years downtown in the the Maclellan Building. After much searching, we found good space and friendly neighbors in the St. Andrew's Center at 1918 Union Avenue in Highland Park, right next to Tennessee Temple University. Please note that the doors into St.Andrew's are usually locked, but the choir office staff will come open the door if you give them a call at 629-6188. Please stop by and visit!
Photos and maps of our new office home (click to see larger photos):
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| >> | The attendance policy is in your handbook and is also listed at the bottom of this page. Please note that there is no need to write excuses when a choir member is absent from rehearsal, since the policy states that up to four rehearsal absences are permitted, regardless of whether or not the absences are "excused". Five or more absences during one semester will mean the member will be subject to exclusion from upcoming performances. Any performance absences do still require a written excuse. |
| >> | A CD of the Chattanooga Girls Choir was released in Spring 2000, and it's wonderful! Songs come from concerts during 1997-2000 and include such favorites as "Edelweiss","This Christmastide", "Festival Sanctus", "Shenandoah", "Hello Girls", and more. It's only $12 and may be ordered at rehearsals. Proceeds benefit the Chattanooga Girls Choir. |
| >> | We desperately need original fund-raising ideas for the choir. We would like to buy our own risers, help pay for our new uniforms, and cut the cost of touring for our over-burdened families. If you have suggestions, please contact the choir office. |
| >> | Delores Beery-Norwood, director of the Cantilena Choir, gives private voice lessons, and Penny Tullock, the wonderful accompanist for the Concert Choir, gives private voice and piano lessons. Please call the Music Department of the First Baptist Church at 265-2257 for details. |
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
There have been problems in the past with girls trickling into or leaving rehearsal at various times, costing those members valuable practice time and disrupting the concentration of the rest of the choir. Therefore, for the good of the whole choir, a strict attendance policy was implemented in 1997.
The rules are:
* Five or more rehearsal absences in one semester means the singer is subject to exclusion from upcoming performances.
* Three "incompletes" (arriving late to rehearsal or leaving early from rehearsal) equals one absence.
Remind your choir member that she must check in with a rehearsal chaperone when she arrives - the chaperones cannot be expected to remember later whether or not she was there. A singer will be counted tardy (an "incomplete" rehearsal) if she is not in her seat and ready to sing at the assigned starting time. In addition, if a singer leaves rehearsal early (usually permitted only if a parent's note is shown or if the parent comes and gets the singer), this will be recorded as an early departure and will count in her total of "incomplete" rehearsals.
If you anticipate a persistent problem with arriving on time or leaving early , please discuss this with the chaperones and/or the choir director so that a satisfactory arrangement can be made.
Please note that a singer is expected to participate in ALL performances unless specifically told by the director that a performance is optional. If a singer cannot perform, she must notify the director or the office in advance if at all possible and bring a written note explaining her absence to the next rehearsal.
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