Chorus Trip 2009!!!
When : April 29th - May 3rd
Destination : Virginia Beach, VA
Surfside Oceanfront Hotel
Tentative Itinerary
Leave HF-L Wednesday Night at 9ish
Thursday - American Breakfast at Hotel - Rehearsals at hotel and play on beach - Dinner at the Mall
Friday - American Breakfast - Competition, Play on Beach - Dinner at the Mall
Saturday - American Breakfast at Hotel - Check out of hotel - Busch Gardens - Awards Ceremony in the evening - Leave for home at 9:30pm when the park closes
Sunday - Arrive home at 7:30am
We will have a chaperone ratio of 10:1 with Mr. Weider as our administrator extraordinare.
As a result of fuel trends and bus sizes the cost will be $440 per person unless our numbers change significantly. This cost includes 3 buses, 3 drivers, 2 hotel nights, 3 full breakfasts, festival fees and awards, Busch Gardens Admission and lunch at the park.
Fundraising!!!
We used Haines Enterprises Value Fundraising.
Total Retail dollars = 13,520.50, Profit 5,408.20
Top sellers were Brad, Jen, Abbey and JOEL!!!
Products will be delivered to HF-L on Wednesday November 19th. Students must make arrangements to get their orders and deliver them on that date or find freezer space for their stuff.
Stay tuned here for more info about our trip!!!
Voice Class Schedule
Quarter 2
Perrin Manzer Allen
We welcomed a fantastic guest in Comprehensive Musicianship class. Mr. Allen spoke to the class about his experiences in music and musical theater in America and abroad.
Thank you Sue Palomaki for setting this up for us.
"Perrin Manzer Allen was the Musical Director for Mamma Mia! in Germany and then the Musical Casting Director for the European productions - casting shows in
Germany, England, Russia, etc. He is now the Musical Casting Director
for Spring Awakening in Europe. They will begin holding auditions soon.
He has written and produced two musicals, one which won the Best New
Musical Award in London (similar to the Tony awards). He was Jean ValJean
in Les Miserable and also appeared as Javert." - Sue Palomaki
Dress Rehearsal Schedule - permission form
Wednesday August 27th 1-4
Thank you for your help JB, AY, LM, TM, CC, JT !!!!!!!!!!
You guys got a lot done for me and I appreciate it.
This Year's Fall Drama is The Curious Savage. It is being performed on Thursday Oct 30, Fri Oct 31 and Saturday November 1st.
The Spring Musical is Wonderful Town. Auditions are in November, rehearsals start on January 5th and the show goes up on March 19th.
DARIEN LAKE MUSIC FESTIVAL '08
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
The Treble Choir earned a rating of Outstanding with Distinction and a 2nd Place trophy.
The Mixed Chorus earned a rating of Outstanding with Distinction and a 1st Place trophy.
The Select Choir earned a rating of Outstanding with Distinction and a 1st Place trophy.
Jill Tobin won the only Outstanding Accompanist award given to a pianist.
HF-L also took home a Vocal Grand Champions Award.
Thank you to the chaperones : Nancy Pool, Kathy Morehouse, Sue Palomaki, Pat Freeman, Patrice Tate, Middy Zemans and Jeff Sommers.
HF-L Chorus Christmas Caroling Event @ Eastview Mall
Tuesday December 11th, 2007 6:00pm
It was a great success. 25 dedicated singers (or should I say shoppers) came to the mall and sang their hearts out. The 12 days of Christmas will never be the same!
Congratulations...
to the 4 students who sang in the Area All-State Senior High Chorus on November 16th and 17th at Attica High School.
John Alati, Rachael Deir, Pauline Jarvie, Madelein Smith
VOICE CLASSES
I am thrilled to announce that through a re-allocation of resources in the music program we have secured time to add the much needed and desired voice classes at the High School Level!!!
Every student in the Mixed, Treble and Select Choir will have a 20-30 minute voice class each week on a rotation schedule. The rotation will ensure that no student will miss a specific class more than once every 4-6 weeks. In addition there will be before school, after school and lunch time lesson make-up slots offered every week so that a student can arrange not to miss a crucial class period in any subject. My goal is to be as flexible and accommodating as possible to offer individualized vocal skill development without negatively impacting students' academics in any way.
CONGRATULATIONS...
to everyone involved in the Virginia Beach '07 trip!!
Thank you to the students and chaperones who helped this trip be safe and fun.
VB '07 results
Treble Choir - EXCELLENT rating, 1st place in our division, 1st place of all competing Treble Choirs
Mixed Choir -
SUPERIOR rating, 2nd in our division, Outstanding Accompanist -Jill Tobin
Select Choir - SUPERIOR rating, 1st in our division, Outstanding Soloist - Alissa Coates
It Was A Great Trip!! Thank you!
Junior High All-County
Kira Webster, Becky Leavy and Mady Alfieri represented HF-L in the JH All-County Womens' Chorus at the Eastman Theater on Friday and Saturday March 16th and 17th.
SOLOFEST
The following students represented HF-L wonderfully at Solo-fest on January13th at Gates-Chili High school. Thank you for your efforts and preparation Alissa Coates, Sam Boulay, Sam Zoppa, Rachel Deir, Pauline Jarvie, Abby Farchione, Becky Leavy and Madeline Alfieri.
CONCERTS
Congratulations to members of the Treble Choir, Mixed Chorus and Select Choir.
The December concerts went very well thanks to your efforts and professionalism.
Between December 2nd and December 20th vocal groups performed in 3 major evening concerts, the Eastern Star Christmas Party @ the Norton Grille, the Pittsford Cooperative Nursery School @ Mario's, The Honeoye Falls Cooperative Playgroup @ the 1st Presbyterian Church of HF, and the Oak Hill Country Club. It was an exhausting 3 weeks.
ALISSA COATES
Represented HF-L Vocal Music at the New York State School Music Association Winter Conference in the All-State Chorus. This is a huge honor for a supremely talented student. The conference was in Rochester, December 1-3. Congratulations!
JOE COMILO
represented HF-L in the Junior High Area All-State Chorus at Waterloo High School on Friday and Saturday November 3rd and 4th. Congratulations Joe!
SELECT CHOIR
The Select Choir assisted in the Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony on October 7th, 2006, in the HS Cafe. Great job Select.... The inductees were very pleased!
CONGRATULATIONS:
Golden Voice Award 2006
Anne Kruk, Stephanie Fisher
National Choral Award 2006
Mike Radi
'50s day at the Manor School
13 members of the Select Choir
went to assist in the celebration by singing some classic
50s hits. Check out these
photos.
CONGRATULATIONS
Alissa Coates, Nick DeMarco, Stephanie Fisher,
Katie Halligan, Pauline Jarvie, Anne Kruk, Kara Maillie,
Michael Radi and Thanapat "Film" Yartcharoen have
been accepted into the All-County Choruses for Monroe County.
The 7-9 Chorus will rehearse at Hilton HS on Friday, March
17th and perform on the 18th. The 10-12 Chorus will rehearse
on Friday, March 10th at West Irondequoit HS and perform
on Saturday, March 11th at The Eastman Theater of The Eastman
School of Music.
Stephanie Fisher, Anne Kruk and Michael Radi were accepted into the 2005 Zone
2 Area All-State Festival that was held at Fairport High School on Friday November
18th and Saturday November 19th.
Anne Kruk and Michael Radi were chosen
to represent HF-L in the 2005 All-State Chorus during the
New York State School Music Association Winter Conference
in Rochester on December 1st-4th. Alissa Coates was selected
as an alternate. This is a huge honor for our students and
our school.
COMPOSER VISIT
Composer Zachary Wadsworth premiered a new composition, A
Sabbath Morning at Sea, on Sunday, March 5th at The Eastman
School of Music. On Tuesday, March 7th Mr. Wadsworth and Dr.
William Weinert came to HF-L to work with Select Choir on
that same piece. Select will perform A Sabbath Morning at
Sea in their spring concert on May 17th. We thank The Commission
Project for making possible this wonderful opportunity to
work on a contemporary piece with the composer.
EXIT 8
The vocal a cappella group from Geneseo, Exit 8, sang for
and with us at school on 5/4/05. Their tight vocal harmonies
and contemporary song selections left students eager to sing
in such a group. They performed an open concert in the
High School Auditorium on Friday 5/6/05. HF-L Select
Choir members were invited on stage to perform a song with
Exit 8 and then Select performed the song again at their own
spring concert.
VIRGINIA BEACH '05
The HF-L Choruses competed extremely well in Virginia
Beach. Thank you to the students and chaperones for
helping make the trip so much fun.
The trophies are on display across the hall from the HS chorus
room. Please come check them out.
Treble Choir - 2nd Place - Excellent Rating
Mixed Chorus - 1st Place - Superior Rating
Select Choir - 1st Place - Superior Rating
Mixed Sopranos - Outstanding Section
Denis Rudisch - Outstanding Soloist
Nick Demarco - Outstanding Soloist
Alissa Coates - Outstanding Soloist
Matt Battle - Outstanding Accompanist
Nate Ingraham - Outstanding Accompanist
Carly Plain - Outstanding Accompanist
Carly Plain - Outstanding Musician
HF-L Choruses - Grand Champion Choral Award
HF-L Choruses - Sweepstake Award 2005
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