Eastvalley Chorus

Talent Showcase 2012 Group Picture!

Our Talent Showcase 2012 Group Finale number was Lee Greenwood's Proud to be an American. The kids did a great job. This may have been our best Showcase ever! Congratulations to all the participants!

Last Days for Tickets to Eastvalley Family Braves Day!

 Eastvalley Family Braves Day!

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!

 Sunday, April  15, 2012        Download the "pretty" form here: Download Eastvalley Braves 2012 Ticket Order Form (color)

• Atlanta Braves vs. Milwaukee Brewers ~ 1:35 pm 1^st pitch
• Blocked section of seats just for Eastvalley friends & family (we will all sit in one section this year)
• WOW!!  Discounted tickets only $6.00 each (reg. $12.00) 
• Game opener: Eastvalley Eagle Chorus selected to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner”
• Fill in the form below, make your check payable to Eastvalley, use school payment envelope and drop it in the cafeteria safe at school
• Chorus members do need a ticket to get in just like everyone else
• Remember to arrange your own transportation to Turner Field
• Tickets will be sent home with your child the Tuesday before the game
• Discounted ticket sales end Monday, March 5^th!
• WE WANT EVERYONE TO COME!

What better way to celebrate Spring than to have some fun with friends and family, hear the Award Winning Eastvalley Eagle Chorus and watch some baseball!! Come join us!  It will be lots of fun!!              ♫ Dr. Bernard Anthony.Bernard@CobbK12.Org

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EASTVALLEY FAMILY DAY AT THE BRAVES TICKET ORDER FORM

Complete this form and return before Monday, March 5^th with your check made

payable to Eastvalley in a school payment envelope. No late orders can be accepted.

 Child’s Name ________________________________________________

 Classroom Teacher’s Name ______________________________________

 Number of Tickets ______   x $6 = $____________

Parking Pass       _____   x $10 = $____________

        Total Amount Enclosed $____________

Come See our Musical! Elfis and the Elves Get All Shook Up!

The Eastvalley Eagle Chorus will perform Elfis and the Elves Get All Shook Up! for the school on Dec 22 at 8:10 and 8:45 AM.  Chorus students should wear their costumes to school that morning!

Come See our Musical! Elfis and the Elves Get All Shook Up!

Everyone is invited to the Eastvalley Eagle Chorus' production of Elfis and the Elves Get All Shook Up! The free presentation will be Dec. 1 from 6:30-7 PM on the Eastvalley stage. We want to see you there! 

 

RETURNING MEMBER Eastvalley Eagle Chorus forms

Returning Members, please click below to download and then return these forms:

Download Blanket Permission Field Trip  (this is the field trip travel permission form)

Download CHORUS contact and volunteer form 2011 12 (two more pages)

Dear Chorus Members and Parents,

 Congratulations, and welcome back to the Eastvalley Eagle Chorus! 

 We rehearse every MONDAY, beginning on September 12, from 2:30 until 3:30, except as noted on the calendar. Plan to participate in every rehearsal for the entire time—missing a rehearsal or leaving early will earn a strike. There are no rehearsals on school holidays or when school has been cancelled for inclement weather. EVERY REHEARSAL is required, so make plans now for a prompt 3:30 pickup. Students who are not picked up by 3:40 will go to the AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM (ASP). If you wish to use ASP, please make arrangements with them using the ASP registration forms.

 DISMISSAL: There will be a folder with Chorus members listed by grade level outside of the cafeteria. Everyone must come into the building to sign their child out on this form. If someone else is picking up your child, just like in the regular classroom, we will need a note giving us this information. Chorus students will be dismissed from this sign out list. ASP students will sign in at the ASP desk after Chorus.

 Please download, sign and return the RETURNING MEMBER Eastvalley Eagle Chorus forms from the top of this website. Please turn these in to Dr. Bernard on or before the first rehearsal, MONDAY, September 12. To save paper, all chorus communication this year will be via email/website unless you make arrangements with Dr. Bernard to receive paper copies.

 Our Chorus uniform will be the same as in prior years. Chorus members will wear black pants, blue Chorus shirt tucked in, black shoes and black socks. It is preferred that the pants are black slacks but nice (not faded) black jeans will be allowed. Blue jeans are not allowed. If you need a new one, Chorus shirts are available through the school for $17. If needed, place money for the Chorus shirt in the school’s white deposit envelope and mark it “other: chorus shirt.”

 The Chorus fee this year is $20 to help defray the cost of sheet music, transportation, and other chorus-related expenses (elementary music programs are given a $0.00 budget from Cobb County). Please make the check to Eastvalley, place this fee in one of our school’s white deposit envelopes and check other—CHORUS FEE. Be sure to write CHORUS FEE on the envelope and on the check so it will go to the right account. A few need-based scholarships are available—contact Dr. Bernard for more information.

 Again, congratulations, and we look forward to seeing you at the East Cobber Festival on September 10 at 11:30. Thanks for helping to make this a great year at Eastvalley!

 2011-2012 Chorus Calendar

 September 10    East Cobber Festival 11:30 AM call time (only for returning chorus members and 6^th Grade Eastvalley Eagle Chorus Alumni)

 September 12     First Chorus rehearsal

October 25         District Honor Chorus

Dec 1                   Elfis and the Elves Get All Shook Up!

January 11, 18  Wednesday chorus due to Monday holiday

February 2                 Chorus sings for PTA

February 16-17, 2012  Large Group Choral Performance Evaluation festival

No more chorus rehearsals for the year after the Feb 17 performance.

 Braves Night TBA

 FYI

February 27, 29  Talent Showcase auditions—Music Room 2:30-3:30

March 19, 21      Talent Showcase rehearsals on stage 2:45-4:00

March 23           Talent Showcase 6:30 PM

The Star-Spangled Banner

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Chorus Auditions in August

Dear Parents of 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th Graders,

 The award-winning Eastvalley Eagle Chorus is auditioning for new members this August! The 2011-2012 chorus will rehearse every Monday afternoon from 2:30—3:30 PM. Our musical will be Elfis and the Elves Get All Shook Up!

If your child would like to audition for this acclaimed group, try-outs will be held before and after school on the following dates:

August 29, 30, 31, Sept 1 from 7:10-7:45 AM;

August 29, 31, Sept 1 from 2:30-3:15 PM.

 Returning Eastvalley Eagle Chorus members are not required to re-audition. 

The audition consists of intonation/pitch-matching skills, tonal memory, and singing one verse of the patriotic song “America” demonstrating good tone quality, pitch and breath control. I have included the words to this song, and the music may be found on many websites including:

http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh697.sht

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/mycountry.htm

My country tis of thee,

Sweet land of liberty,

Of thee I sing.

Land where my fathers died!

Land of the Pilgrim's pride!

From every mountain side,

Let freedom ring!

 

Good luck!

Chorus Calendar Dates 2011-12

September 10     East Cobber Festival 11 AM (only for returning chorus members and 6^th Grade Eastvalley Eagle Chorus Alumni)

September 12     First Chorus rehearsal

October 25         District Honor Chorus

Dec 1                Elfis and the Elves Get All Shook Up!

January 11, 18    Wednesday chorus due to Monday holiday

February PTA Meeting  Chorus sings for PTA

February 16-17, 2012  Large Group Choral Performance Evaluation festival

No more chorus rehearsals for the year.

February 27, 29  Talent Showcase auditions—Music Room 2:30-3:30

March 19, 21      Talent Showcase rehearsals on stage 2:45-4:00

March 23   Talent Showcase 6:30 PM

Annie Jr April 28-29!

Download a ticket order form below:

Download Annie Jr ticket order form

 

The Eastvalley Eagle Chorus Proudly Presents

 



Tickets:  Adults $5 ; Students $3

Ticket proceeds go towards Eastvalley Eagle Chorus expenses.

 

April 28 and 29, 2011

 

6:30 pm at Eastvalley Elementary

 

Sing at KSU Basketball Game on Saturday!

The Eastvalley Eagle Chorus will sing the National Anthem at the Kennesaw State University basketball game on Saturday, January 22nd! This is officially "Eastvalley Night at KSU." We want to see everyone there! Chorus members should report to the “Convocation Center” (Gym) at KSU by 7 PM on Saturday. Wear the full uniform—black shoes, socks, pants, and the chorus uniform shirt. We will sing the National Anthem at 7:20 PM.

Kennesaw State University is located in Cobb County, 20 minutes north of Atlanta on I-75 one exit north of Town Center Mall. Take the Chastain Road Exit number 271 and turn left if northbound on I-75. Go to the third light if northbound (second if southbound) and turn right onto Kennesaw State University Drive just beyond the soccer field on your right. Continue straight for about one tenth of a mile and park in the Welcome Center lot. The gym is just past the parking lot towards the right of the parking deck entrance.

Free Holiday Concerts

I've been asked by several families to post information about free holiday concerts. I am playing horn in a few this season. Three are at nearby churches:

Dr. Bernard is playing French Horn in several free concerts around East Cobb this December. The concerts on December 5^th and 8^th are at Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church. You are all invited!

 Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church

4385 Lower Roswell Road

Marietta, GA 30068

 

Carols for Christmas: "The Angels' Message"

Sunday, December 5, 4:00pm and 6:30pm

Come join us as we experience the events of that Bethlehem night from a fresh perspective. The angel Gabriel will lead us through the story, beginning with ancient prophecy and ending with the stories of those who heard, believed and obeyed the angels' commands to "rise up and follow!" Over 200 singers - adults, children and youth - actors, instrumentalists, handbells, and, as always, some very special surprises will bring the story to life. There's no better way to kick off the Christmas season!

 

"Christmastime" Handbell and Orchestra Concert

Wednesday, December 8 at 6:30pm

Welcome the season by enjoying your favorite Christmas carols. Presented by the Adult Handbell Choirs, High School Handbell Choir and Mt. Bethel Orchestra playing both secular and sacred Christmas music.

There’s no better way to kick off your holiday season! Click the links for details:

  http://mtbethel.org/carols-for-christmas-the-angels-message/

 AND

a smaller but no less meaningful cantata:

Sunday, December 12, 2010,  7:00 PM

East Cobb United Methodist Church
2325 Roswell Rd
Marietta, GA 30062 

Butter Braids Pickup November 15!

Dear Parents,

Please remind your child to bring the Elfis and Annie scripts on Monday. Yet again last week a few students earned a strike for not having their Elfis and/or Annie script during chorus. Please let us know if your child has lost the script so we can replace it.

Also, thank you for taking the time to help your child with learning lines/pronunciation--the Annie scripts are written on a middle school level, so many of the words are unfamiliar to our kids. Elfis cast, please practice your lines in a mirror so you can be VERY expressive and loud enough to hear from the back row of the cafeteria!

Important Dates:

November 15: Butter Braids Delivered (frozen)! Bring a cooler for pickup. (5th graders may pick up upon returning from Driftwood).

December 2: 6:30-7:15 Elfis and the Sleighriders! Chorus Holiday Musical!