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All-County Titles and Resources

10/26/2016

The All-County audition will consist of two rounds 1) a written musicianship exam 2) a vocal audition.

A minimum score must be met to proceed onto the vocal audition.

Rehearsal Tracks for the All-County selections may be found below (click on the title). Excerpts for the vocal audition will be released at a later time.

Ritmo - Dan Davison

Alma Redemptoris Mater - Palestrina

I'm Gonna Sing - Moses Hogan

Battle Hymn of the Republic arr. P. Wilhousky

Hymn to The Fallen - John Williams

Rehearsal tracks for Hymn to the Fallen will be released at a later date.

Pace High Choir News: 10/25/2016

10/25/2016

Disney

Disney has accepted our request for a workshop on Saturday, May 13th @ 9:00a
This puts our trip on May 12-14.
We’re still missing interest surveys from a handful of students.
- If you were interested and Candlelight and are NO LONGER interested in going to Disney.
- I cannot calculate accurate costs until I know which students are attending.
- If you are a student who is interested in attending this workshop I MUST HAVE YOUR SURVEY BEFORE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28TH.

Pumpkin Party

The choir is having a Pumpkin Party on Saturday, October 29th from 2:00p to 4:30p in the RM 508 (the choir room).
This is not a mandatory event.
Students are welcome to wear school appropriate costumes.
There will be games, snacks, and a movie.
Students may bring a carved pumpkin to represent choir at the National Art Honors Society Pumpkin Contest OR bring a pumpkin and carving kit. NO KNIVES OR SHARP TOOLS WILL BE PERMITTED.
If you are interested in supervising PLEASE let me know.

All-County

The Santa Rosa Honor Choirs will perform at Immanuel Baptist Church on Tuesday, November 1st at 7:00p.
Admission is free and all students are encouraged to attend to enjoy live choral music and support their peers in their performance!
All-County Performers:
- Next Monday, October 31st is rehearsal at Navarre HS from 4:30p to 7:30p
- All-Day rehearsal at Immanuel Baptist Church begins at 8:30a and you will stay until the end of the concert.

Spectating Opportunities
UWF Singers

Monday, November 14th at 7:30p @ UWF Music Hall.
Admission is free.
No buses will travel to this event but students are welcome to attend.

Choral Society Messiah

December 3rd at 7:00p @ the Saenger Theatre.
$15 for students interested in attending.
- Ticket price $10 and Travel $5.
- Waiting on word back for price of adult tickets.
We need chaperones!

Pensacola Children’s Chorus – Christmas on the Coast

December 9th and 10th at 7:30p and December 11th at 2:30p
Ticket information is available at http://pensacolachildrenschorus.com/events/
No buses will travel to this event but students are encouraged to attend to support their peers!

AIDA presented by the Pensacola Opera

Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 at 7:00p
This is a HUGE opportunity for our students that is generously provided by the Pensacola Opera. Opera tickets are often expensive (up to $115 per ticket) and can sell out. The privilege of attending a live opera performance in Pensacola should not be taken lightly.
Attendees for this trip will need to confirm before Winter Break because school is a madhouse when we come back in January.
Cost of trip is $10 for students.
- $5 Travel and $5 per student ticket.
- $8 Chaperone ticket cost will be covered by choir.
MUST have at least one chaperone per 10 students.
Dress Attire: students must dress up for this event; i.e. dresses, slacks, button-up shirts, etc.
This will be a late night with a 10:30p to 11:00p arrival back at school. The opera will last at least three hours.

Update: 10/10/2016

10/10/2016

Good Afternoon!

UWF FIELD TRIP – Monday, October 10th

This is a reminder of tonight’s trip to optional trip to UWF for their concert. Permission slips were submitted last week.

There is an optional trip to watch University of West Florida’s choir perform on Monday, October 10th.
The trip cost is $5 for transportation. Students should bring their own money for dinner.
Students interested in going will need to sign up ahead of time.
If you are interested in chaperoning PLEASE contact Mr. Waters.
Itinerary:
- 5:00p - Depart Pace HS
- 5:30p - Arrive at University Town Plaza
- 6:30p - Depart University Town Plaza
- 7:00p - Arrive at University of West Florida
- 7:30p - Concert
- 9:30p - Depart University of West Florida
- 10:00p - Arrive at Pace High School
- *There is a strong possibility we will be able to arrive earlier. Students will contact their parents as we leave UWF.

SWEATERMANS

REMINDER: Tomorrow, October 11th, our Neff representative will be with us to size students who wish to order a Letterman Sweater and collect their payment.
We had a handful of students turn in their lettering applications. Any students who did not have a chance to will have another chance in the Spring.

DISNEY

A handout with Disney information was distributed in class. Please review this with your student.

CHOCOLATE

We still have some students with chocolate checked out. Finish strong!

2016 CHOIR SHIRT

Choir shirts have been distributed.
The choir shirt is paid for with the student lab fee. If you have not yet paid the lab fee or sold chocolate to cover the $30 please send this in as soon as possible.

UNIFORMS

We have finished uniform measurements and sent in the order.
Students have been submitting full (Men-$130 / Ladies-$140) and partial (Men-$65 / Ladies-$70) payments on their uniforms. If you have a student who is new to Pace High Choir or replacing an old uniform please submit payment as soon as possible.

ALL-COUNTY

We had a record amount of students pass the vocal audition of the All-County audition, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We look forward to our first rehearsal at Navarre High School on Monday, October 24th.

ALL-STATE

The final round of auditions will be held tomorrow at Navarre HS for students who have been selected via the first two rounds.

All-County Titles and Resources﻿