Don't forget that Spaghetti Supper tickets must be purchased by THIS FRIDAY (tickets are more expensive at the door and there are only 150 total available at the door). You can print off the order form here.
We also are in need of volunteers that night to help run our lines and serve food - please click here to sign up. Volunteer time slots will not conflict with hearing your student perform! Don't forget there are also early time slots right after school to help prep some of the items as well. If NCHS orchestra slots are full, please consider helping out our junior high feeders as they often struggle to find volunteers.
REMINDER: Our next NOPA (NCHS Orchestra Parents Association) meeting will be this Tuesday Nov. 6th in the orchestra room (room 50). The doors labeled "J" around the back of the building will be open. As it is the orchestra's responsibility to run the entire Spaghetti Supper this year, we would love to see parents turn out to help our president Melinda Breach in the final preparations for the event. Please consider joining us!
Spaghetti Supper tickets are now on sale, and must be purchased by Friday (tickets are more expensive at the door and there are only 150 total available at the door). Please print off the order form (or have your student bring an order form home from school) and send your money to school before this Friday, Nov. 2. This is the Unit 5 Music Parents Association's biggest fundraiser of the year, and money comes right back to the individual band, orchestra, and choir programs. As always, there is never any charge to hear your student perform, just to eat. However ALL individuals wishing to get dinner that night (including students) must have purchased a ticket.
We also are in need of volunteers that night to help run our lines and serve food - please click here to sign up. Volunteer time slots will not conflict with hearing your student perform!
Another big thank you to everyone who had a part in making Hauntcert 2018 great! Everyone's time, donations, refreshments, etc added so much to our evening - with many young and impressionable audience members, you never know who might have been influenced to become a part of our ensemble in a few years. Thanks again for all of your help!!!
All orchestras are invited to participate in NCHS Orchestra spirit days this upcoming week!
Monday - pajama day
Tuesday - tie dye day
Wednesday - superhero day
Thursday - orchestra T-shirt or Hauntcert T-shirt day
Monday (rehearsal with percussion)
Time: 3:30-6:00 pm
Notes: Please bring music stands and cellos (non-bus riders); students should be picked up promptly at 6 (Sinfonia might be done a little early depending upon how rehearsal goes)
Tuesday (dress rehearsal with percussion, tech, vocalist, and emcee)
Time: 6:00-9:00 pm
Notes: cellos needed, but no stands needed (in "the business" we refer to the dress rehearsal as the rehearsal before the concert, students should NOT wear their uniform to this rehearsal :-)
Thursday (24th annual Hauntcert)
Time: 7:00 pm
Call Time for Students: 6:00 pm
Dress: Uniform (tux and dresses - please refer to syllabus)
Misc: cellos needed, no stands needed, this concert is standing room only so parents wanting a good seat might be advised to arrive no later than 6:40ish
Miscellaneous
-We still have a few spots open on the volunteer list and on the refreshment list if you would be able to assist us
-Refreshments can be brought to the refreshment table in the atrium the night of the concert
-Thanks to all who have donated their time, donations, refreshments, etc to help make our show go! And a special thanks to all of our parents who have attended our NOPA meetings this quarter - we couldn't do this without you!
-This is our busiest week of the year, don't forget to plan ahead, communicate with teachers, and stay on top of your studies!
The Hauntcert refreshment donation list is now available as we will be feeding an army of 800+ people after the event. You can click here to sign up to donate refreshments. Please remember that all refreshments must be store bought and in their original packaging.
**We are still looking for any available decorations that would fit our "flight" theme, but are also specifically seeking out a large stuffed lion (to go along with our tin man and scarecrow) and strands of Christmas tree lights (plain white ones) to help us create our runway.**
Would you be willing to help us wrangle our junior high ushers? It's a super important volunteer position that can make or break our donation collections at the end of the show and we don't have anyone signed up for the position yet. Please consider helping us and click here to sign up.
Don't forget about our next combined Hauntcert rehearsal (involving Chamber, Intermezzo, and Sinfonia orchestras) this Thursday. Students are excused from class 4th-8th hours and should bring a sack lunch that day and a snack to share (chips, dessert, etc.). Cellists who get a ride/drive to school should plan on bringing instruments to minimize the transportation of cellos on the bus. All students should bring their folding music stand. Please remind your student to plan ahead for this day, check with their teachers, etc. so that they stay on top of all work for their other classes.
A reminder that our next NOPA meeting will be on Monday, October 15th at 7pm in the orchestra room (rm 50). Doors J around the back of the building will be open. NOPA is for all of our NCHS orchestra parents and we would love to see you there. We will finish up Hauntcert planning and continue to work on Spaghetti supper which is only two weeks after Hauntcert. Please consider joining us!
Volunteers Still (Desperately) Needed
We are still short a number of volunteers to help make this year's Hauntcert "fly" (yes, pun intended). Please consider volunteering as we still have some critical positions left to fill. You can click here for the Hauntcert Volunteer Sign-Up Genius list.
Decorations
Please send anything we might be able to borrow to help us decorate for the show to school as soon as possible with your student. Our theme is flight and can include everything from outer space, Star Wars & Star Trek, airport/airplane, and the Wizard of Oz (or other ideas if you have them!). Make sure that your name is on it somewhere so that we can get it returned to you.
Next Rehearsal - Thursday, Oct. 18
Our next combined Hauntcert rehearsal (involving Chamber, Intermezzo, and Sinfonia orchestras) will be during the school day this Thursday. Students are excused from class 4th-8th hours. Students should bring a sack lunch that day and a snack to share (chips, dessert, etc.). Cellists who get a ride/drive to school should plan on bringing instruments to minimize the transportation of cellos on the bus. All students should bring their folding music stand. Please remind your student to plan ahead for this day, check with their teachers, etc. so that they stay on top of all work for their other classes.
Hauntcert Refreshments
The Sign Up Genius list for refreshments will be posted this week. We will be feeding an army of over 800 people that night and will need lots of punch and cookies.
Another reminder that students will be having tests this week (some students were absent on Friday and didn't get the reminder in class). Concert and Sinfonia will be tested on Wednesday when they return and Chamber and Intermezzo will be tested on Thursday. Information has been posted on Google Classroom.
Our next combined rehearsal will be this Wednesday, October 10th from 3:30-6:00 pm. This rehearsal involves Chamber (4th hour), Intermezzo (6th hour), and Sinfonia (5th hour) orchestras. All students should bring a folding music stand, and we need as many cellists as possible to bring their instruments. If your student typically drives or gets a ride to school, we ask that you have them bring their cello in order to keep as many cellos off the bus as possible :-) Please make sure that students are picked up PROMPTLY at 6:00 pm.
Our next NOPA meeting will be on Monday, October 15th at 7pm in the orchestra room (rm 50). Doors J around the back of the building will be open. We would love to see a huge number of parents attend as we work to finalize Hauntcert plans and continue our preparations for running the upcoming Spaghetti Supper.
We are still in need of a number of volunteers to help fill up the Hauntcert volunteer list - please consider donating some of your time to help us with this huge production and click here for the Signup Genius list. There are some very important jobs still left that are needed to "make the show go".
We are in need of borrowed decoration items as soon as possible. Our theme this year is "flight" and so we are looking to create different areas around the auditorium associated with that theme. Some ideas for those areas include airport/runway, outer space, Wizard of Oz, and movie items from Star Wars, Star Trek, and Up. Please make sure that any items you would like returned have your name on them somewhere. If there is anything really large or that you don't want at school for that long, just take a picture and send it to school. We would like all items in by the end of the week so that we can continue planning at our NOPA meeting on the 15th. Any costuming items would also be welcome, especially safety vests and those airport flashlight wands for our ushers.
All uniforms have now officially gone out - please verify that your student has brought it home and that the men have all pieces (pants, shirt, jacket, bow tie). The Hauntcert is rapidly approaching, so please make sure that you have seen the uniform on your student and have taken the necessary steps to get it hemmed if needed. Refer to the sheet that your student brought home with the uniform or to the same uniform page found in the orchestra syllabus regarding the hemming. Dresses should be hemmed floor length (like a pair of dress pants). Don't forget to measure for the hem with the shoes that will be worn with the dress!
