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September 25^th, October 9^th - Choir will be held at South Lakewood Baptist, 6108 East 20^th Street (west of Sheridan, top of the hill, behind Office Depot)

Starting this week, I will be sending home words to songs that the children will be learning for our Christmas concert. Please go over these words with your child. I try to make sure that they learn the meaning of unfamiliar words; if you could reinforce this, I would appreciate it. In approximately two weeks I will send home a practice CD with the music. If you could have the children listen and begin to sing along with the CD at least once a day, they will learn the songs much more quickly. Also, most of the children will have at least one line of dialogue to memorize. This will be sent home in the next few weeks. The date for the program has not been set yet as I am still seeking a venue; but I am leaning toward the last week of choir this semester, which would be December 11^th, 12^th, or 13^th. Any suggestions for venues will be welcomed. Also, are any of you gifted and/or interested in helping with costumes?

I am looking forward to seeing you at the parent look-in. Come see what your child has been learning so far this year. I want to thank you for your cooperation with having a Prep. One and Two Choir this year. It is much more manageable and the education is far more age appropriate.

Choir Rosters:
Please observe the request on the choir rosters--PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS LIST OUTSIDE CHOIR FAMILIES. We want to respect the privacy of families.

Community E-mail Info.:
From time to time information which may be of interest to--but is not vital to--THC families may be e-mailed. The subject will start with the words “COMMUNITY NEWS”. You may ignore these if you are not interested.

The Concert Choir will be the “opening act” for the Christian rock band, The Listening, on the evening of Saturday, December 6, 2008. Everyone is invited to attend. Stay tuned for more details.

I was so pleased with everyone who came out to audition for Ensemble! We are going to have a great year!

The following are the people who will be in THC Ensemble this year:

Kia Dickeson

Autumn Harper

Katie Herbert

Alec Hill

Natasha Olson

Andrew Steadley-Alternate, in training

Calvin Thompson

Faith Tollefson

Julia Tollefson

Bethany Yeakey-Also our accompanist!

Congratulations!

Rochelle Collingsworth

Parent Look-in Thursday, October 2^nd
All parents are invited to join their student(s) in the choir room to see how the directors put it all together. Because we want to foster the optimum teaching environment for your children, we ask that you respectfully observe the following during the look-in:

1. Please make other arrangements for children under age 5 during the look-in time.
2. Please limit talking during the teaching time.
3. Rather than just sitting and observing the class, you are most welcome to join us and participate!

We will be selling God’s Creation calendars and notecards again this fall. Stay tuned for more information.

I will have a collection box set up in the Breakaway room each week from 2:00-3:30 and hopefully in an

easy-to-spot place at the alternate rehearsal location. (It is NOT for Betty Crocker coupons.)

I need someone to be willing to put out a collection box for the 1:00 choir each week as well

This is easy money for the choir. In the last two years, we have received almost $250 with what is often thrown away as trash!

Ask friends and family to help you too. You might even consider putting a collection box at your church or job.