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Welcome to the MCHS Choir Newsletter. The place where you will find all the latest and important information on the what the “Best Choir in the Land” is doing. It’s hard to believe that it’s a start of an exciting new year. There will be many performances for the choirs, the 20th Annual Madrigal Dinner and a trip to Toronto, Canada! Let’s make it a fantastic year!

September 2016

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Hello MCHS Choir parents! The school year has started off to a quick start in the Choral Department at MCHS! A great many events are about to happen in the next few weeks so here are some things you should know:

1) Varsity Madrigals recently sang a fantastic rendition of our National Anthem and 2 other songs at our MCHS Open House on Aug. 25th and the Anthem for Senior Night on Fri. Aug. 26th! They did a great job!

2) The All-Choir Blast-off will be held on Fri. Sept. 9th in the MCHS Cafetorium from 6:00-9:00pm. Our theme this year is “Choir…Back to the 80’s! Students (and parents!) should wear their favorite “80’s look” outfit, and prizes will be given out to best dressed and the winning team. All the students and families are to bring food to the potluck, the students will be singing for the first time this year for their families, and then interact with other choir members through games and competitions. This has become a great tradition for MCHS Choirs, so don’t miss it! Hope to see you there!

3) Our choral groups will be singing the National Anthem at home football games in the next few weeks. Here is the National Anthem schedule below:

Fri. Sept. 16 All Men 6:00 Warm-ups/Run-thru 7pm Sing Anthem Fri. Sept. 30 Concert Choir 6:00 Warm-ups/Run-thru 7:00 Sing Anthem Fri. Oct. 14 JV Madrigals 6:00 Warm-ups/Run-thru 7pm Sing Anthem

Fri. Oct. 21 All Women 6:00 Warm-ups/Run 7:00 Sing National Anthem 4) Voice lessons will begin on September 6th. If you have not returned your students form

and wish for your student a spot, there are some spots still available during the day or after school. Please return those forms to me ASAP to secure a spot for your child.

5) Students in Concert Choir, Women’s Chorale, Varsity Madrigals and Essence will have the opportunity to travel to TORONTO from April 19-23, 2017 on our Spring Choir Tour. Choir Tour is one of the best highlights in your student’s high school experience and our goal is to have everyone in those groups travel with us! There will be a MANDATORY TOUR MEETING right before the CHOIR BOOSTER Meeting Tues. September 20th at 6:30pm in the Choir Room for parents and students of these groups who did not attend the meeting in August. The meeting will include the itinerary, cost, commitment letter, medical forms, & chaperone information. For your student to be able to travel, one parent and their student must attend. A $100 deposit for the trip would be due that evening as well (or students can take that amount out of their student account if they prefer). Anyone wanting to chaperone the trip should fill out the attached survey and return by the Sept. 20th Booster meeting. Thank you for making arrangements to be there! We are so excited to have this opportunity to travel!

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6) Homecoming Parade is coming Friday Sept. 30th at 4pm and students are invited to ride on our Choir “wagon” and are to dress up as their favorite movie star. Should be fun!

7) The annual Fall Choral Concert is Thurs. Oct. 6th at 7pm in the Performing Arts Center at the high school. Our curricular choirs, Concert Choir, Women’s Chorale, Treble Choir and Mixed Choir have begun their work on new music, as well as our after school choirs, JV Madrigals and Varsity Madrigals who are preparing for this upcoming concert. Our three feeder junior highs will join us as we perform together for the sixteenth straight year and combine together in song at the end of the concert on our Grand Finale. Choir families get to help be a part of the evening by contributing to our Fall Concert Bake sale by bringing one of your favorite treats to sell at the end of the concert (see bake sales below). It will also be our Women’s Chorale member’s responsibility to help clean up the Performing Arts Center after the concert. Hope to see you at our first concert of the year!

8) A mini-madrigal parent meeting will be held on Tues. Sept. 20th after the Choir Booster Meeting (7pm) at 8pm in the Career Center. We will discuss cost, menu, costumes, pictures, our anniversary plans for our alumni, and filling our reservation chair position. It should last about 15 minutes. See you then!

9) The MCHS Talent Show is back!! It’s being held on Thurs. Sept. 29th at 6:30pm in the Performing Arts Center at Central Campus. Cost is $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for students to attend. For those wanting to perform, auditions will be held on Mon. Sept. 19 and Thurs. Sept. 22nd from 3:05pm until 6:00pm in the Choir Room at Central Campus. Sign-ups to audition are at the Choir Room (Central) and Main Office (South) and should be signed up by Fri. Sept. 16th. Students auditioning need to pick-up an application from the South Main Office or in the Choir Room and applications are due back to one of those places with parent and student signatures by Fri. Sept. 16th. Thanks!

10) IMEA Sr. Chorus Auditions-Tues. Oct. 11th- Auditions will be held at Carl Sandburg H.S. this year. Cost is $8 to audition and if needed, students can take money out of their account. IMEA music for Sr. Chorus is available for Soph, Jr. and Sr. choir students and there are practice links on a website to practice along with. Students will also have scheduled practice times during the day during choir, their lunch hour or after school to ready students for the audition. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to sing with the best in state! 11) On Monday, September 12, many of our Choir students will be involved in the Mad Rush Hour fundraiser. Students participating will be meeting at the Choir Room right after school from 3:15-4:15 and are asked to bring in their list of about 30 names of people to contact. We will be selling sports tumblers, magazine gift cards, and the ultimate gift card to buy items online. Students will text and call friends and family as a team and top sellers and the top team will win prizes. 12) Our Choir Car Wash is being held on Sat. Sept. 17th from 9AM-3PM at the Minooka ACE Hardware and the Minooka Community High School Central Campus parking lot.

Sign-ups are going on right now and we are still looking for a few parents to assist in chaperoning students for the event. There will also be a Bake Sale at each site, so if you can help supervise at one of those sites or donate some baked items, please e-mail Brenda Cichon at beans70@sbcglobal.net by Saturday, Sept. 10th. Please have your student bring towels for drying and other car washing “items” to their site that day for the Car Wash. It

is a great time together as the student get to

Thank you for your contributions & volunteering for the needs of the MCHS Choirs!I appreciate you allowing me to work with your great students this year! We are off to a great start!

Graciously,Mr. BenwareDirector of MCHS Choirs

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MCHS ALL-CHOIR “BLAST-OFF”! “CHOIR…BACK TO THE 80’S!”

Friday, SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 6:00-9:00P.M.

MCHS Central Cafetorium

Seniors-dessert Juniors-salads

Sophomore-Side Dish Freshmen-main dish, entrée

Please join the mchs choir boosters and families for a potluck dinner showcasing all that our

mchs choirs have to offer.

Be ready for food, fun and performances by all our mchs choirs!

Parents: please drop your dish off to the back tables of the cafetorium and be sure to bring your own plates, silverware, and beverages for your

family members.

***Mandatory event for all choir members*** Students should dress up in their favorite 80’s outfits!

Parents can dress up as well!!

Hi everyone.

The beginning of the school year marks the start of choir fundraising. As parents, we all want to support our kids in doing what they love. Please consider what you'd be willing and able to volunteer for, to either help or chair, a fundraiser. There will be a sign up table at Blast Off. As Boosters, we all volunteer our time, and help is both appreciated and needed.

We are in need of 4-8 choir representatives (1-2 per choir) to help coordinate their one concert. Chairs for events are also needed. Upcoming events include:Sept 17- car wash and bake sale (2 chairs)Sept 29- talent show and bake sale (2 chairs)Sept 30- homecoming football game (1 chair)Oct 6- concert bake sale (1 chair).Please note that the car wash on Sept 17 is before our next meeting!

Reminder about pop & water donations- students in concert choir are asked to please donate one case of pop. All other choirs are asked to donate one case of water. These will be sold throughout the year for our choir program, and can be dropped off at either Blast Off or our first concert.

We also need people that are willing to help with alterations of choir attire!

Thank you in advance for your support! Please feel free to call or email me with any questions.

Brenda CichonVice President, MCHS Choir Boostersbeans70@sbcglobal.net815-690-8928

Message from the Vice President

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MCHS CHOIRSCAR WASH

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH 9AM TO 3PM

MINOOKA: ACE HARDWARE 855 SOUTH RIDGE ROAD

MINOOKA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL 301 S. WABENA AVE.

DONATIONS ACCEPTED!! HUNGRY? NEED A DESSERT? STOP BY THE BAKE SALE

FOR COOKIES, BROWNIES AND MORE!

SPRING 2017 TORONTO CHOIR TOUR CALENDAR AND UPDATED PAYMENT SCHEDULE-APRIL 19-23, 2017

TOUR CALENDAR AND NOTABLE DATES

Tues. Aug. 16- Mandatory 2017 Tour Informational Meeting 8pm 1. Purpose, tentative itinerary, payment schedule, commitment letter,

and fundraising discussed Tues. Sept. 20- Tour commitment letter, medical forms & $100 deposit due to Mr. Benware- Make checks out to MCHS Choir Boosters Tues. Sept. 20 - 2nd Mandatory Tour Meeting/Chaperone Survey due back Tues. Oct. 18-Tour updates/Chaperone fingerprinting due 7pm Fri. Oct. 28-1st Payment due-$75 Tues. Nov. 15- First Chaperone meeting-8:15pm Choir Room Tues. Dec. 13- 2nd payment due* # of particpants must be exact this day Tues. Jan. 17- Last day to cancel with full refund Tues. Jan. 17- Tour Informational meeting/updates(Booster meeting) 7pm Tues. Jan. 17- Second Chaperone meeting-8:15pm Choir Room Wed. Feb. 1- Rooming list/# of participants must be exact this day Wed. Mar. 1- 100% of balance due* Tues. Mar. 21- Final Mandatory Tour meeting (after Booster meeting) 8pm

Choir Room Tues. Mar. 21- Final chaperone meeting 6pm Choir Room Wed. Apr. 19- Choir Tour 2017 departs for Toronto after school! Sun. Apr. 23-Choir returns from tour!

TENTATIVE PAYMENT/COMMITMENT SCHEDULE

Payment 1 Tues. Sept. 20, 2016 $100 deposit due (for hotel)

Payment 2 Fri. Oct. 28, 2016 $75 deposit due (for bus and venues)

Payment 3 Tues. Dec. 13, 2016 $325 payment due Payment 4 Wed. Mar. 1, 2017 100% of balance due* Money to bring: Spending money-Any money taken out of student account for spending money-TBD by Choir Boosters.

• Amount will fluctuate above or below initial presented cost depending on various factors. Adjusted costs will be presented in a timely fashion.

CHAPERONE INFORMATIONAL FORM

1. Please describe your reason why you wish to chaperone the 2017 Choir Tour for MCHS Concert Choir, Women’s Chorale, Varsity Madrigals, and Essence:

2. Please list your experience as a chaperone for other school events:

3. Please state what role you have had in choir boosters and what fundraisers you have participated in the past for choir while your student has been in choir:

4. If your son or daughter had to describe you as a parent and as a chaperone, how would they best describe you and your character; what would you say are your best qualities?

5. If selected as a chaperone, what special qualities do you have that could contribute to the trip (i.e. travel coordinator, Broadway show bookings, air travel experience, medical caregiver, costume repair, etc.)?

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this informational form and being willing to chaperone Tour 2017. Please return form by Tues. Sept. 20th to Mr. Benware for evaluation. Chaperones will be selected during the next few weeks and contacted by Fri. Oct. 28. The first chaperone meeting will be on Tues. Nov. 15 at 6:00pm in the Choir Room. Chaperones not able to make

the meetings will be replaced by another chaperone selected as a backup and the money is nonrefundable.

Minooka Community High School

Choir Boosters presents our 17th Annual

CRAFT FAIR & RAFFLE

Saturday, November 5, 2016 9 am -- 3 pm

$2 Admission (Children under 12 are free)

x Over 125 Crafters and Vendors! x More than 40 spectacular raffle packages!

x Relax & enjoy lunch in our café, featuring local restaurants & homemade bake sale items.

MCHS South Campus -- Gyms & Cafeteria 26655 W. Eames (Rt. 6), Channahon

For more information or to apply as an exhibitor: Please send an email, including business name & description to

mchs.choirfair@comcast.net.

($5 Donation to MCHS Choir Program)

Basket Raffles for Choir Craft Show

Hello to all our choir families! Every year we have a craft show in the fall as a fundraising event for the choir. This year’s choir craft show will be on Saturday, November 5th at South Campus from 9am-3pm. As part of the craft show we have wonderful baskets that we raffle off at the end of the day. We have a reputation for having fabulous baskets that people look forward to and they help to make the craft show our biggest fundraiser of the year!

We need the help of every choir family to make our basket raffle a huge success! We are asking that every choir student put together a theme for a basket valued at $30.

How will this work? • Pick a theme for your basket and sign-up. Your student will earn $30 into their

student account for turning in a theme for a basket. You can do more than one basket per student if you want but the $30 will only be credited one time. You can choose to give a $30 cash donation instead of doing a theme donation. Funds will be used to help with baskets. See the list of ideas below or you may use your own original idea. Be creative while you shop (hopefully taking advantage of sales) for items that fit your theme. You need to sign up prior to putting your theme together so that we can avoid too many duplicates. Notify Lana Pursell of your theme choice and student name. She will reply back to verify if your choice is available. Wait for your reply back before you shop. To sign up

o E-mail Lana at lanapursell@sbcglobal.net OR o Text Lana at 815-370-1237

• Place the items in a bag that is clearly labeled with your student’s name and theme.

Do not wrap your items into a basket. We may have other items to add or more than one family contributing to the same themed basket.

• Turn your bag in to Lana at choir blast off on September 9th, the booster meeting on Sept. 20th, OR drop it off at Vanessa Holloway’s house 25852 Cobblestone Lane, Channahon. Call 815-791-2419 to make drop off arrangements). If you choose to make a cash donation it can be given to Lana or

Vanessa or placed in the black box in the choir room (Make checks out to choir boosters and be sure to label check or envelope with cash with student name and for basket raffles)

Some Basket Theme Ideas -dog basket, cat basket, wine theme, movie night, game night either for older or younger kids, margarita basket, romance theme, chocolate theme, baking theme, ice cream theme, BBQ time basket, tailgating or other sports team theme, MCHS spirit basket, bath and body basket, popcorn theme, Italian or Mexican food theme, scrapbooking or card making basket, jewelry making or jewelry basket, cake pop basket, car care theme, make-up basket, mani/pedi or spa basket theme, golf theme, gender neutral baby basket, Barbie basket, Hot Wheels basket, Disney theme, Crayola theme, or kids craft theme basket, breakfast themed basket, coffee or tea theme, puzzle basket, tools or garage theme, music theme, chili, soup, crockpot theme, gardening theme, bird feeder basket, gift wrapping basket (various wrapping paper, tissue paper, bags, cards), yoga/exercise basket, Christmas theme basket, adult or little girl hair care, tub time fun, knitting theme, appetizer theme, cookbook theme, little girl dress up theme, Christmas theme.

• All basket items are due no later than October 1st. This deadline is firm in order to have time to prepare the baskets!

How else can you help? 1. We need volunteers to help make up baskets. If you are interested let Lana or Vanessa know (see contact information above). They will email you a list of dates and times that baskets will be put together. Then you sign up to help whenever you would like during those times. You will earn $5 into your student account for each basket you put together.

2. We are looking for additional donations of items needed to help make up baskets. We need lots of large baskets, lots and lots of ribbon (curling ribbon, all widths of decorative ribbon, wired or not, solids and prints), silk greenery and flowers, and basket shred. Perhaps you have some new and unused items that maybe don’t fit your theme but you would like to donate anyway? They might fit in with a different theme. Things like candles, bath and body products, small boxes of sealed candy always work well as filler for baskets. These items can be given to Lana or Vanessa at any time and will be much appreciated.

3. Solicitation help- We need people to solicit area businesses for donations.

You can earn money into your student account by helping with solicitation. Vanessa Holloway is in charge of solicitation. Please contact her at 815-791-2419 or at Vanessa1972@me.com if you can help. She can give you further information. You will be able to pick which businesses and how many you are willing to contact. If you own your own business and would like to make a business donation, contact Vanessa. Please do not contact businesses without talking to Vanessa first. We want to make sure we are not soliciting a business more than once and that you have our solicitation letter to give the business. This is not a hard job and is a very important one! If everyone could just ask a business or two that you would normally be going to anyway our solicitation efforts would easily be a success. We realize that everyone is very busy, but if all families help it will go a long way in making our basket raffle a success. If for some reason you can’t help out with a basket let us know. We understand that some families are experiencing financial hardships. There are definitely plenty of volunteering opportunities available instead.

Senior Moments

Age: 17

Senior in which MCHS Choir: Concert Choir

Hobbies: Listening to music, reading, playing with my dogs

Activities involved in: Marching Band, Band, Varsity Madrigals, Essence

All time favorite song: ?

Why did you join choir: I love to sing!

Future goals: To be a music teacher

Greatest memory of choir: All of the Blast-off and Concert and Tour memories

Favorite quote: “We all have things that people cannot see. They weigh us down like anchors and drown us out at sea.”

What will you miss most about choir when you graduate: All the people you meet and the memories you make.

Name one thing you hope the choir will continue to do: Just have fun together!

Your thoughts on going on tour to Toronto this year: Very excited!!!

I leave to Everyone : Friendship! Keep at it no matter what....don’t give up. Make all the friends you can and always try your best in everything you do. I love you!!

CorbynHolman

Age: 17

Senior in which MCHS Choir: Mixed Choir

Hobbies: Singing, dancing, drawing, writing

Activities involved in: Choir

All time favorite song: To hard to choose.....

Why did you join choir: I love singing!

Future goals: Go to college

Greatest memory of choir: Freshman year. Any moment Ben and Jordan were together.

Favorite quote: “Be yourself. Unless you’re Christian Jackson; then be Christian Jackson.”

What will you miss most about choir when you graduate: The fun concert every 2 years.

Name one thing you hope the choir will continue to do: Just have fun!

Your thoughts on going on tour to Toronto this year: I am not able to go this year...

I leave to the choir : 1) My first ever Choir folder-Number 15 2) The bathroom pass I made 3) Music theory sheets I made 4) Being weird!

Lucy Zableckis

MCHS Choir BoostersMeeting Minutes — August 16, 2016

Nadine Baxter, Booster President, called the meeting to order at 7:15 pm. She welcomed attendees to this first Booster meeting of the 2016-17 school year.

Secretary’s Report: Attendees were asked to review the meeting minutes from the May 17, 2016 meeting. Only change is Friday for Blast-off, rather than Saturday as listed under “New Business.” Motion to accept was made by JoAnn Maruszak and seconded by Vanessa Holloway.

Treasurer’s Report: Attendees were then directed to review the Treasurer’s report dated August 16. Motion to approve was made by Lisa McGowan. Bret Reedy seconded. Motion carried.

Director’s Report:Mr. Benware welcomed all to our first booster meeting of the year, and Introduced the Board. (Nadine Baxter, President; Brenda Cichon, Vice-President; Molly Babyak, Treasurer; Johana Richart, Secretary.)Representative(s) from the Concert Choir officers will attend each booster meeting. This meeting was attended by Concert Choir President Ben Dow and Treasurer Corbyn Holman.

First choir officer meeting took place yesterday. Ben reported that plans are underway for the upcoming Blast-Off. The students will sing and have a pot-luck. The theme of the evening is the 80s! This is a fun event for younger students to get to know the older students. All will perform for parents, dress up in fun outfits, and play theme-related games. Parents are invited to attend, and to dress up and get to know each other.

Choir fittings will start Friday during class and anyone wishing to help with this task should talk with Brenda Cichon after the meeting.

Auditions for the a capella guys’ and girls’ groups will take place soon.

Friday next week is also Senior Night at the first home football game. This includes choir, band, and sports groups. Pictures start around 4:30-5. Varsity Madrigals sing at this game.

Choir students are singing for Open house Thursday, August 25, at South Campus. Parents are still encouraged to meet their student’s teachers at Central Campus.

Expect a handbook to be sent home with your student. This outlines grading scale, expectations, calendar of events, group and event descriptions, and a signature page which needs to be returned to RB by the end of August.

CHOIR BOOSTER BOARD MEMBERS

Nadine Baxter- PresidentBrenda Cichon- Vice-President

Molly Babyak-TreasurerJohana Richart, Secretary

Meeting 3rd Tuesday of the month7 p.m. Career Center @ MCHS Central

Mr. Benware introduced Ms. Hillary Holden, new activity director for MCHS this year.

Old Business:The Booster Board is proposing something new for this school year: Choir parent representatives.We need 1-2 parents to volunteer for each of the four choirs: Concert, Chorale, Mixed and Treble. Each choir is in charge of one concert during the school year to provide volunteers for various tasks: Water sales, doors, backstage supervision, and picking up garbage from the auditorium. The choir parent reps for that concert doesn’t do all of the work; rather, they recruit other parents from their student’s choir to help during the concert. In other words, they have fun, while supporting their student’s interests!

Concert Choir will be in charge of Fall Concert. It’s the largest concert because the junior high choirs come to perform, as well. Anyone interested in being a Choir Parent Representative should speak with a Board member right away!

Our first all-choir event of each year is Choir Blast-off! This is a great social event, which will be held Friday, September 9, 2016, 6-9 pm at the Central Campus Cafetorium. The theme this year is the 80’s!

Drinks are provided and everyone enjoys a pot-luck dinner as outlined below:Seniors-Dessert Juniors-SaladSophomores-Side dish Freshmen-Main dish

Choir Car Wash: This year’s fall car wash will be Saturday, September 17, 2016 from 9a-3p at ACE Hardware on Ridge. There will also be a bake sale. Please sign up!

Talent Show: Auditions for Talent Show will be held 9/19-22 with results posted on Friday. This is a great event during Homecoming Week, and set for Thursday, 9/29 at 6:30 in the PAC. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students. There will be a bake sale and water sale. There is a mandatory dress rehearsal on Monday, 9/26.

Homecoming parade is held at 4 pm, and students are done around 5. Theme is “Hollywood”.

Homecoming Game: Friday,9/30, is the homecoming football game. Because it’s a tour year, Choir Boosters and students have the opportunity work at the game by selling programs, split the pot tickets, and stadium cleanup to earn money in their student accounts. Volunteers are needed for everything!

Fall Concert: with the Junior Highs is held Thursday, October 6 in the PAC from 7-8:30.This is a huge opportunity to sell a lot for the bake sale! Concert Choir will be assigned to this event to help with ushering, programs, back stage, etc.

17th Annual Craft Fair: Choir Booster’s LARGEST FUNDRAISER: Saturday, November 5 at South Campus. Plan now to be involved!

Raffle Baskets: Vanessa Holloway is in charge of the solicitation of donations for the raffle baskets, and Vanessa and Lana Pursell are in charge of the raffle baskets themselves. Vanessa outlined what’s involved with this effort. This includes solicitation of local businesses for donations. If you’re interested in soliciting local businesses, speak with Vanessa first so you can receive the solicitation letter, and so that we avoid having several different people approaching the same business. We have a donation letter available for donors.

There are at least 50 themed baskets each year. These are truly works of art. Boosters asks that every choir family donate items for a themed basket which totals at least $30. Or, families can donate the $30 cash or check. The beautiful thing is that $30 goes directly into the student’s account! Baskets items are due October 1, allowing ample time for the assembly team to put them together.

Lana Pursell distributed paperwork for the basket raffle. There is a correction to the sheet that was distributed. Lana’s number is 815-370-1237.

Molly Babyak and Brenda Cichon are co-chairing the Craft Fair. Molly invited attendees to direct potential vendors to MCHS.ChoirFair@comcast.net and she’ll send vendor information.

Lauri Rhoades is in charge of volunteer coordinating. She encouraged everyone to be on the lookout for signup opportunities at Blast-off.

NEW BUSINESS:Director’s Fund: Nadine Baxter reported that an annual tradition of the Booster organization is to provide Mr. Benware funds to help with discretionary spending throughout the year which would include expenses like pizza parties, contest prizes, and other student-related items. Nadine asked for a motion to approve $700 for the Director’s Account for the 2016-17 school year. Motion to approve was made by Lana Pursell and Jane Worden. There was no opposition. Motion carries.

Water/Soda Donations: This year’s requested donations for soda and water are as follows:Concert choir: One case of pop (a case of a minimum of 24, 8-ounce cans)All other choirs (Mixed, Women’s and Treble: a case of a minimum of 24, 16.9-ounce bottles) Due Date: Blast-off on Friday, September 9 or Fall Concert at the latest. Please do not bring them directly to the choir room.

Nadine read a thank you note from Hannah Babyak. She attended a musical theater camp at North Central College during the summer, and the Boosters supported her in this effort.

Mr. Benware shared that being part of the choral program develops in the students a love of singing. Please, parents, consider what you can do to help

Lauri Rhoades motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:03, and Ruth Garcia seconded the motion. No other items were discussed, so the motion carried.

Next meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 20 at 7 pm. in the Career Center

Respectfully submitted,Johana Richart, Secretary

CHORAL CALENDAR 2016 -2017 (updated 8/25/16) Sat. Aug. 13 Choir Activities Picture-All Choirs 9:30 AM Baseball Field-Central Campus Mon. Aug. 15 Concert Choir Officer/Section Leader Meeting 1:15-2:45pm Choir Room Tues. Aug. 16 First day of JV Madrigals 1:20-3:30pm Choir Room-Central Campus Tues. Aug. 16 First day of Varsity Madrigals 1:20-3:30pm Choir Room-Central Campus Tues. Aug. 16 New Choir Parent Meeting 6:00pm Choir Room Tues. Aug. 16 Madrigal Parent Meeting 6:30pm Choir Room Tues. Aug. 16 Choir Booster Meeting 7pm Career Center-Central Camp. Thurs. Aug. 25 Fall Open House-Varsity Madrigals Sing 6:30-8:00pm Fri. Aug. 26 National Anthem- Senior Night-Varsity Madrigals sing 7:00pm Football Field Fri. Sept. 9 All-Choir Blast-off!* Cafetorium 6:00-9:00pm Fri. Sept. 16 National Anthem-All Men Sing 7:00pm Football Field Sat. Sept. 17 Choir Car Wash 9am-3pm Minooka Mon, Th. Sept. 19, 22 MCHS Talent Show Auditions 3:15-6:00pm Choir Room Tues. Sept. 20 Choir Booster/Madrigal Parent Meeting 7:00pm Career Center-Central Campus Thurs. Sept. 29 MCHS Talent Show# 6:30pm PAC Central Campus Fri. Sept. 30 Homecoming Parade 4pm/National Anthem-Concert Choir sings 7pm Football Field Thurs. Oct. 6 Fall Choral Concert w/ Junior Highs*-7:00-8:30pm PAC F,W,TH Oct. 7, 12-13 Madrigal Dinner Masque Auditions 3:10-4:30pm Tues. Oct. 11 IMEA Dist. 1 Auditions-Carl Sandburg HS 4-9pm Fri. Oct. 14 National Anthem-JV Madrigals Sing 7:00pm Football Field Oct. 17-Oct. 31 Popcorn/Cookie Dough Sale Tues. Oct. 18 Choir Booster Meeting/Madrigal Parent Meeting 7pm Career Center Fri. Oct. 21 National Anthem-All Women Sing 7:00pm Football Field Sat. Nov. 5 Choir Booster Holiday Craft Fair-South Campus Gym/Café 9am-3pm Fri. Nov. 11 ISU Madrigal Festival# 8am-3pm Illinois State University Sat. Nov. 12 IMEA Dist. 1 Jr./Sr. Jazz Festival-Thornridge HS All Day Tues. Nov. 15 Choir Booster Meeting/Madrigal Parent Meeting 7pm Choir Room Thurs. Nov. 17 Southwest Prairie Conf. Choral Festival+-Plainfield South HS 8am-12pm Sat. Nov. 19 IMEA Dist. 1 Music Festival- Elmhurst College All Day Tues. Nov. 29 Madrigal Parent Meeting-7pm Choir Room Tues. Dec. 6 Winter Choral Concert*-7:00-8:30pm PAC Fri. Dec. 9 Madrigal Dinner Dress Rehearsal* 3:15-5:45pm St./Sn. Dec. 10, 11 20th Annual Madrigal Dinners#* 6:30pm/1:00pm Central Cafetorium T-F Dec. 13-16 Musical Auditions (Audition Mtng. Mon. 11/21-Rehearsals start on 1/9 6:15pm) Tues. Jan. 17 Choir Booster Meeting 7pm Career Center Wed.-St. Jan. 25-28 IMEC All-State Conference Peoria, IL Thurs. Feb. 2 IL-ACDA Women’s Choral Festival College of DuPage All Day Thurs. Feb. 16 Mid-Winter Choral Concert*-7:00-8:30pm PAC Sat. Feb. 18 Millikin Vocal Jazz Festival# All Day Millikin University Tues. Feb. 21 Choir Booster Meeting 7pm Career Center Sat. Mar. 4 Solo and Ensemble Contest @ Minooka Community High School All Day Sat. Mar. 4 Sr. Citizen Prom Performance-Cafetorium 6:30pm Essence/Jazz Transit# Wed.-Sat Mar. 15-18 Spring Musical 7:00pm (Wed. 11:30am) PAC Tues. Mar. 21 Choir Booster Meeting 7pm Career Center Tues. Mar. 21 Mandatory Choir Tour Meeting 8pm Career Center Fri. April 7 A Night of Entertainment# 6:30-8:30pm Central Cafetorium Tues. Apr. 18 Choir Booster Meeting 7pm Career Center Wed.-Sun. Apr. 19-23 Spring Choir Tour Toronto, Canada Sun. April 30 Honors Recital-PAC 1:30pm Tues. May 9 Spring Choir Awards/Concert* 6:00pm/7:15pm PAC M-W. May 15-17 Madrigal/Vocal Jazz Auditions 3-5pm Choir Room Tues. May 16 Choir Booster Meeting 7:00pm Career Center Fri. May 26 Graduation-Concert Choir Sings+ 7:00pm Stadium * Required for all choral students +Required for Concert Choir #Required for Mads/Jazz

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