CONGRATULATIONS JUNIOR CHOIR!

What an amazing night on Saturday! Congratulations to you all on a wonderful performance. I had many audience members commenting on your realistic Cricket dance. You were really focused and sang with impeccable diction in all three songs! For some of you, it was your first time singing with each other and also in the space. Well done!

Thank you to Ottley for her amazing playing and for her debut as the accompanist of the Junior choir! Great work!

Thank you to Celeste for helping out with lining up, helping students on and backstage.

We will be starting new repertoire in January. First rehearsal back in Monday January 15th.

Have a well earned break! Happy Holidays!

Alison

IMPORTANT CONCERT INFORMATION FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

Friday December 1st - Dress Rehearsal for all choirs - arrival at 4:45 pm

1. Dress Rehearsal: this is an integral part of the Concert process and is mandatory for all.

2. No Dress Rehearsal = no Concert!

3. Please arrive no later than 4:45.

4. The Dress rehearsal is with all participants - Prep, Junior, Main, CYLS choirs, Toronto Consort and narrator. We will start exactly at 5 pm, so arrive at 4:45 and get settled.

5. 5-6pm for Prep and Junior 5-7pm for Main and CYLS

6. We will be in Jeanne Lamon Hall - where we rehearsed yesterday.

7. REMINDER: There is no talking allowed during the rehearsal. The choir will be seated in the audience. We will practice walking on and off. It is important to practice being a chorister and just as importantly, being an audience member.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 2nd - A Medieval Bestiary Concert - arrival 5:30 pm

1. Concert Dress: VIVA t-shirt, dressy black bottoms, and dress shoes

2. Concert call: 5:30 pm

3. Arrive in Concert Dress!

4. Concert starts at 6:30 pm

5. Singers should arrive fed, having visited the washroom, in their VIVA Concert Dress (VIVA t-shirts and dressy black bottoms for youth, black/dark shoes)

6. Sign in/meeting place for Junior Choir is the Chapel - where we rehearse.

Choristers, I am looking forward to sharing all of your hard work and your beautiful voices with your families! Parents, please contact me if you have any further questions. It's going to be an awesome concert!

November 13th rehearsal

1. What a great sounding BIG choir today! The Junior Choir, members of the CYLS choir and the Preps all had a chance to rehearse "Gryffin" from A Medieval Bestiary. It was a great first group rehearsal. Juniors, please review the Alto line. We will all sing this next week.

2. Theory - we did not have time to do theory today so please make sure that your page(s) are completed by next week.

3. Our concert is fast approaching - in 20 days!

4. Next week, we will review our two pieces with the music and then by memory. It is memorized. Please review the text!

5. Great work, Juniors!