Conductor’s Corner

Please read the following instructions for uniform requirements for next year’s choruses. If you have any questions, please let me know. I will try to answer as quickly as possible.

7th Grade Rotation - There is no uniform requirement. At this time there is no group performances.

8th Grade Chorus

You must wear the required Harding Academy Uniform

Girls

• White, 3/4 sleeve button down shirt
• plaid skirt
• white socks
• Dress code compliant shoes

Guys

• Khaki pants
• White, long sleeve button down Harding shirt
• Harding tie
• Dress code compliant shoes and belt

Freshman Chorus

Everyone (boys and girls) wears the same uniform.

• White, long sleeve tuxedo shirt
• Black bow tie and cummerbund
• Black pants
• Black shoes and socks

You are required to purchase your own shirt and pants. Please hold your shirt purchase at this time. We are looking at perhaps buying the shirts, tie, cummerbunds together in bulk if we can get a better price. There will be more information to come.

A cappella

Girls

• Black choral dress purchased from the school
• Pearl necklace
• Black shoes with a sensible heel (you will be standing for usually at least an hour)

The dresses and necklaces will be purchased by the school. There will be more information about dress fittings to come. The cost of the dress and pearls is $70 ($65 for the dress, $5 for the pearls) and is due at the time of fitting. There may be some used dresses available at the end of the summer from graduated seniors that will be sold at half price.

Guys

• Black tuxedo jacket and pants
• White tuxedo shirt
• Black tie and cummerbund
• Black shoes and socks

There is a $40 rental charge for all tuxedos due at the time of fitting. At this time, we will provide the jackets, pants, ties, and cummerbund. You are required to provide the shirt, socks, and shoes. Senior guys and new members will need to see Mr. Burdette to be measured for their tuxedos. We plan to order the tuxedos for seniors at the beginning of the school year. More information will be coming about what date will be scheduled for measuring.

Please look over the supply lists for the upcoming year. I am including the 7th and 8th grade supply lists for all classes. There is nothing required for those students at this time other than to make sure that they have a pencil in class. Please see a separate listing for uniform requirements for each singing group.

7th Grade supply list

8th Grade supply list

Freshman Chorus and A cappella do not have any supplies needed other than uniform requirements and to make sure that you have a pencil in your chorus folders.

The following students are not exempt from the Freshman Chorus/Bible exam. This is either due to the semester average (lower than A-) or a conduct grade of N or U.  You will be tested over Romans 12.

Tim Adkins
Alex Cagle
Knox Greer
Parker Hanna
Bear Hatfield
Forrest Hughes
Zach Kerley
Jackson Nelms
Garrett Peery
Allen Sisson
Adam Stone
Ricky Tappan
Stephen Thompson
Joe Thornton

Our spring chorus concert will be held this coming Monday night. I apologize for not getting this on the blog sooner. The students have known about the concert date since the beginning of the semester. Hopefully they are not just letting you know. The concert will begin at 7 pm. All chorus students will need to be in their seats in the auditorium no later than 6:30. I will take roll at that time. If there is a legitimate reason they will be tardy, I need to know in advance and not when they show up. We will start promptly at 7 with the 8th grade chorus, followed by the 9th grade chorus and finish the evening with A cappella. All students are required to stay for the entire concert so they can support the other performing groups.

8th grade chorus will wear the required Harding Academy uniform:

Guy: White long sleeved Harding button down shirt with the tie, khaki pants, regulation shoes.

Girls: Plaid skirt, white button down blouse, white knee socks, regulation shoes.

9th grade chorus

All will wear black pants, white tuxedo shirt, bow time and cummerbund. Must have black shoes.

A cappella

Girls: Chorus dresses, black shoes, pearls

Guys: Full tuxedo with black shoes.

All of the groups have been working hard to prepare for the event. I hope that you will come out and support all the of the choruses on Monday.

Please open the attachment for information regarding All State.

all-state-info

Auditions for the 2009-10 A cappella will begin tomorrow, April 8th. Any eligible student may audition as long as they sign up for an audition time in the Dean of Students office. All auditioning students must also pick up a audition form to complete as well. At the time of the audition, all students must bring their audition form with them. No student will be considered for the group unless they complete the vocal audition.

Current A cappella students who will be returning will need to fill out an audition form but will not have to complete an audition. This is mainly so I will know what our needs will be next years. I will check current A cappella students vocal range in case I need to move a voice or two around in order to have well balanced sections.

I have already begun selecting music for next year and will post a potential repetoire list when I post the results of the auditions.

Here is the schedule of performances for the rest of the semester.

March 25th - Southwind

April 2nd - St. Louis Christian School (Chicago trip members)

April 3rd - Cardinal Dr. Church of Christ (Chicago trip members)

April 8th - Chapel performance - Spiritual Emphasis week

April 8th - Park Ave (rescheduled due to earlier cancellation from snow)

April 22nd - Sycamore View

April 29th - Germantown

May 4th - Spring Concert @ Harding Academy

May 6th - Great Oaks

May 17th - Baccalaureate @ Harding Academy

We may add a performance or two during the school day if we can make it to some of the other Harding locations.

For the fourth quarter, we will be memorize the entire 12th chapter of Romans. Each week will be adding two or three verses. If you need a list of the verses for each week, download a copy of the verses.

March 20th - Romans 12:1-2

March 27th - Romans 12:3-4

April 9th - Romans 12:5-7

April 17th - Romans 12:8-9

April 24th - Romans 12:10-12

May 1st - Romans 12:13-15

May 8th - Romans 12:16-18

May 15th - Romans 12:19-21

Exam - Entire Chapter of Romans

fourth quarter memory verses

Please note this information about the Park Ave Performance for tomorrow night.

If Memphis City Schools cancels school tomorrow, we will not sing at Park Ave.

The church cancels their evening service if MCS cancels school for weather.

If Harding Academy cancels school tomorrow, we will not sing at Park Ave.

If the Academy is closed for weather issues, no afternoon or evening activities will be held.

If the weather misses Memphis and both MCS and Harding are open tomorrow, we will sing at Park Ave.

If you have any questions, let me know.

This week we will be working more on new music to be added to our church performances. Please remember that we will be singing at Bartlett Woods this Wednesday night. All members should be at the church by 6:30. We will be working on sectionals a couple of days so that we can try to sing “Didn’t my Lord” at the performance.