ACTIVITY FEE: Due  December 12

Pay this fee at YOUR SCHOOL’S OFFICE

The fee is $50 for each choir member. 

Checks should be made payable to Jamestown Public School

BUSSING:

Busses will take students from rehearsal to their schools at 8:15 am.   Students from St. John’s Academy will also ride the bus.

Except for home school students, all students will be expected to ride the bus for the year.  Not using the bus occasionally is acceptable.   IF you will not be riding the bus on a given day, please inform Mrs. Meidinger by note or e-mail.

It is the responsibility of choir members to be on their very best behavior on the bus when returning to their school from choir rehearsals.   Self Control is a must from everyone as there are no chaperones on the bus for the students.

EXPECTATIONS:

• Wait inside MS doors until your bus arrives.  Wait to be dismissed by choir director before leaving the MS.                
• Sit in your assigned area of the bus (by school)
• Stay seated on bus until you arrive at your school.
• Keep hands and feet to yourself.   Do not touch others or their property.
• Inside voices only while on the bus.
• Electronics may be used on the bus.  Ear buds or head phones must be worn while using electronic device.

JAMESTOWN CHILDREN’S CHOIR 2017-18

REHEARSAL and CONCERT SCHEDULE

The following is the schedule for both the Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs for the 2017-18 school year.

September 8           BOYS’ Choir – first rehearsal      7:30 a.m.  Room 136   Jamestown Middle School

September 11          GIRSL’ Choir – first rehearsal     7:30 a.m.     Room 136   Jamestown Middle School

January 5 – BOYS’ Choir Rehearsals resume

January 8 – GIRLS’ Choir rehearsals resume

February 23   PICTURE DAY – Boys’ Choir   7:30 am  Middle School during rehearsal time

February 26   PICTURE DAY – Girls’ Choir   7:30 am. Middle School during rehearsal time

PICTURE DAY NOTES:  Uniforms must be worn for pictures.  Arrive in full uniform.  Make arrangements to change when you return to your school.

April 11      Boys Choir Only     7:00 – 9:00 p.m.     Rehearse with Choralaires    Denault Auditorium 

April 25     NO REHEARSAL for Boys’ or Girls’ Choirs

April 26     Boys’ Choir rehearsal

April 30     Girls’ Choir rehearsal                     

May 2       Last Choir rehearsal for both Boys’ & Girls’ Choirs  - DO NOT wear uniforms to rehearsal

Concert Expectations

Performances

Attendance at rehearsal is very important.  Attendance at a performance is expected!

Choir members are required to attend performances.  Please make arrangements to attend all scheduled performances.  You are a valuable part of the team.  No-one sits on the bench in a concert.  You are all starters on this team.

Cell Phones or other electronic devices should not be at performances.   Students may have cell phones in the warm-up room, but may not have them on their person before or during the performance.

All members are expected to be present at performances.  In order to maintain our high level of performance, attendance is required for all performances.   If you are going to be absent or late to a performance, please inform Mrs. Meidinger BEFORE the performance.

Remember that Jamestown Children's Choir members are guests at the High School and to the Music Department at the high school. Please walk in the high school, and follow all school expectations while in the high school building.

Make the necessary arrangements to be at ALL performances

UNIFORMS are to be worn for all concerts, with the exception of Market Place for Kids

Added Performances

As other dates for concerts come in, choir members will be informed of them. We do take requests to perform.   

If the request comes within a reasonable time ahead of the performance date, we will try to honor that date.

Uniforms:

• Uniforms will be worn at all choir performances except for Market Place for Kids.
• Choir uniforms are to be worn at Jamestown Children’s Choir performances only.
• Do not wear choir shirt for any other purpose.

Our new choir uniform will be the Jamestown Children’s Choir shirt, black dress pants and black shoes.

Choir Shirts

You will order your choir shirt.   An order form will be available for you to order the shirt. Completed order form and payment is due no later than October 1. If you have paid for your shirt, you will receive the shirt during rehearsal before our first concert on December 12. The shirt you purchase will be yours to keep. You will not return the shirt at the end of the year. 

The cost of the shirt is $17.00.  Checks should be made payable to Jamestown Public Schools Boys Choir, or Jamestown Public Schools Girls’ Choir.   

Girls

• Black dress pants (No jeans, leggings or sweat pants)  No shiny fabrics please!
  • Pants that go to the toe.   No short pants.
• Black closed toe shoes / No Boots
  • Shoes must be solid black.  No white or any other color side-walls.
  • Shoes may have a bow, buckle or decoration. Some sparkle is OK but not all sparkle
  • Shoes must have a back strap on them
  • NO flip flops, clogs or open back shoes

• Natural, Nude or Tan nylons or tights – no white tights or socks
• Jewelry:   Small post earrings only. No hoop or dangling earrings.
• Hair:      It’s alright to style your hair before a concert. Please remember we are going for a uniform look, not an individual fashion statement.No big bows or head bands.  

Boys

• Black dress pants - No jeans or sweat pants
• Black dress shoes – No sneakers of any kind
• Black socks only

Choir Leadership Application

Information Sheet and Handbook Contract

Jamestown Children's Choir Shirt Order

Volunteer Form

INCLEMENT WEATHER:

Bad Weather Days

Parents and students will know whether or not there will be choir on snow days per the decision of the school superintendent.   Announcements concerning the status of school will be sent to parents through the school’s messaging system.  There will not be a separate announcement regarding cancellation of choir.  Here is our policy regarding choir rehearsals on the mornings we have bad weather:

SCHOOL CANCELLATION:

If school is cancelled on a day choir is scheduled there will be NO CHOIR.                                                         

DELAY of the School Day:

If the school day is delayed in the morning due to bad weather, there will be NO CHOIR.

PERFORMANCE on day of bad weather:

Watch for announcements from the school about our performance plan.