TPSMEA MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR CHOIR SCHEDULE
TPSMEA CHILDREN’S HONOR CHOIR SCHEDULE
November 13 & 14, 2009
Travis Academy of Fine Arts (TAFA)
located at Travis Avenue Baptist Church
800 West Berry Street
Fort Worth, TX 76110
All rehearsals and the concert will be held on the Travis campus
MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR CHOIR
Friday, November 13
12 noon - 12:45 -- Check-in (Welcome Center)
12:45 – 1:00 Mass Meeting (Sanctuary)
1:00 ---3:30 Sectionals (various rooms)
3:30 Break
3:45 –5:30 Combined Rehearsal (Choir Room)
Saturday, November 14
8:00-8:30 am -- Singers arrive & check in
8:30 -- Rehearse (Sanctuary)
9:45 -- Break
10:00 – Rehearse (Sanctuary)
11:15 -- LUNCH!
12:30 pm – Rehearse (Choir Room)
1:45 -- Walk-through in Sanctuary
2:00 Change clothes (Assigned rooms downstairs below Sanctuary)
2:30 Assemble with clinician for concert warm-up (Choir Room)
3:00 -- CONCERT
Students must be present for both the Friday night sectional rehearsal and the clinic on Saturday in order to receive his/her honor patch. Attendance will be taken both Friday and Saturday!
CHILDREN’S HONOR CHOIR
Friday, November 13
12 noon – 12:45 – Check-in (Welcome Center)
12:45 – 1:00 Mass Meeting (Sanctuary)
1:00 --- Sectionals
2:15 --- Break
2:30 --- Sectionals continue
3:50 --- Break
4:00 – Combined Rehearsal (with clinician?)
end no later than 5:30 pm
Saturday, November 14
8:00-8:30 am -- Singers arrive
8:30 -- Rehearse (CMC rooms)
9:30 -- Break
9:45 – Rehearse (CMC rooms)
11:30 -- LUNCH!
12:30 pm – Rehearse (Sanctuary)
1:45 -- Change clothes
2:30 – Assemble with clinician for concert warm-up
3:00 -- CONCERT
Students must be present for both the Friday night sectional rehearsal and the clinic on Saturday in order to receive his/her honor ribbon. Attendance will be taken both Friday and Saturday!
Parking/Entrance
TAFA is located at Travis Avenue Baptist Church, 800 W. Berry St., Fort Worth 76110.
Park in the north parking lot in front of the building entrance labeled “Welcome Center.” Check-in will take place in the Welcome Center, and all students, directors & parents will meet in the Sanctuary. You will be sent as a group to your sectional rehearsal location.
No-Show’s
Please contact us ASAP if you have any students registered for either choir that will NOT be attending. Alternates will be contacted (MSHC) to replace those who cannot attend.
What to Bring:
Casual dress for rehearsals. Dress in layers; rooms tend to be cool.
Music
Black folder
2 pencils
$$ for food (Saturday lunch)
Bottled water is allowed in every room EXCEPT the Sanctuary. This applies to all students AND adults.
Clinic/Concert Student Rules:
Please stay in designated rehearsal areas and do not roam the building
Avoid visiting during the rehearsals.
Maintain good posture.
Always use your pencil to mark corrections and musical notes from the clinician.
Bottled water is permitted in all rehearsal areas EXCEPT the Sanctuary. NO EXCEPTIONS!!
Concert Attire:
Children’s: “White on top, Black on bottom”
MS Guys: Back Dress Pants, Dress shirt, dress shoes, black socks, (A dress coat & tie are highly recommended.)
MS Girls: Dark colored semi-formal dress or black dress pants. (Winter wedding attire.) Dark dress shoes, dark hose.
Designated dressing rooms will be available at the church for changing clothes before the concert. Students may place their items in dressing rooms on Saturday AM. Please retain valuables with your person, as we will not secure these rooms.
Special Info for Directors:
- Annual Directors’ meeting will take place on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 9 am. Light breakfast snacks will be available. Please plan to attend and participate. This is when YOU have a say in how our events are run next year! This is when we dish out all the “scoop” about what’s on the horizon for TPSMEA Elementary and Middle School events in the future. Ribbons and patches for students will be handed out to directors during this meeting. Please send your agenda items/questions/topics to Susie Fergus for this meeting.
- Directors MUST attend or have a representative/proxy during the clinic/concert weekend. Make sure your students are chaperoned adequately (i.e., bring enough parents with you) so that you can attend the Directors’ meeting.
- Students need to know all their concert repertoire VERY WELL….. almost memorized. We should not be correcting pitches in sectional rehearsals on Friday! PLEASE evaluate each student individually before arriving Friday. This will make the Clinicians’ jobs much more gratifying and our students’ experiences more enjoyable.
Hotels: (all are about 10-15 minutes from TAFA)
Courtyard by Marriott: 3150 Riverfront Dr, Fort Worth, TX - (817) 335-1300 (between TCU & Botanic Gardens)
Fairfield Inn: 1505 S University Drive, Fort Worth, TX - (817) 335-2000 (near I-30, between TCU & Botanic Gardens)
Days Inn: 1551 S University Dr, Fort Worth, TX - (817) 336-9823 (same area as Fairfield Inn)
Holiday Inn Express: 4609 Trail Lake Dr, Fort Worth, TX - (877) 863-4780 (southwest FW, off I-20)
Holiday Inn South: 100 E. Alta Mesa Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76134, (817) 293-3088
Residence Inn, 1701 South University Drive Fort Worth, TX 76107,(817) 870-1011
Questions/Concerns/Ideas:
Sarah Shannon (MSHC) sarah.shannon@travis.org or 817-925-1529
Ondrea Schenck (MSHC) – Ondrea.schenck@travis.org
Susie Fergus (CHC and Directors’ Meeting agenda items) – susie.fergus@travis.org or 817-846-6233 |
