Yearbook Pictures and Performing Assembly

Two more events until we can all take a break for the holidays.

All the choirs will be taking their yearbook pictures in performance dress on Thursday, December 16th.  The schedule will be as follows:
8:05--Concert Choir
8:10--Men's Choir
8:15--Women's Choir
8:20--Madrigals
8:30--A Cappella

Friday, we will be performing the "Hallelujah Chorus,"  "Breath of Heaven," and "Little Saint Nick."  If you are not involved in any of those numbers, then talk to your 2nd period teacher to make sure you're coming to the assembly.  "Hallelujah Chorus" and "Breath of Heaven" will be in performance dress--Men's Choir you know what you're wearing for "Little Saint Nick."

Finally--Congratulations on a great performance tonight.  I hope you had fun and I hope you are all proud of what you've accomplished.  Keep up the great work!

Temple Square Performances

TO: A Cappella, Madrigals, Men’s & Women’s Choirs

RE: Temple Square Performances

On Tuesday, November 30, we will be going to Temple Square to do 4 performances.  They are as follows:

            12:00 PM         Church Office Building

            1:00 PM           Joseph Smith Memorial Building

            5:30 PM           Assembly Hall

            7:00 PM           North Visitors’ Center

Students will meet in the choir room during 1^st period on November 30^th where we will rehearse our program—especially those group numbers.  You will be excused for the entire day.  TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, YOU MUST BE ACADEMICALLY ELIGIBLE.  Students should come to school in performance dress.  For those in Madrigals, you should wear your A Cappella uniform.  After 1^st period, students will load the buses to go to Temple Square.  We will meet at the Church Office Building for our performance at noon.

Students will have free time during the time between the JSMB performance at the Assembly Hall performance to either go out to lunch/dinner (at your own cost)or eat food you bring from home.  As on tour, students must travel together in groups of 4 or more.  You may take TRAX to Gateway, or walk to nearby restaurants.  Students must stay in the downtown area.

Although you will be in performance dress, please make sure you bring things to keep you warm when you are outside—coats, hats, gloves, etc.  Ladies, you may want to wear leggings or long underwear under your skirt.  You will also want to wear warm shoes or boots and then change into your performance shoes at the venues.

Students will return to Westlake approximately between 8:45 PM-9:00 PM.  Please make sure you have rides waiting for you, so our chaperones don’t have to wait for you to be picked up.  You probably will not be able to get into the school upon your return.

If you have any questions, please email at mhatch@alpine.k12.ut.us

This will be a great opportunity for us to share our music and add to the holiday festivities.

Thank you.

Maureen Hatch

Choral Director

Westlake High School

Concert Choir Festival--November 18

Dear Concert Choir Parents:

On Thursday November 18^th, the Concert Choir will be participating in the advance choir middle school festival at Timberline Middle School.  Students will need to be in performance dress. For women they will wear their concert dress, nylons, and black closed-toed dress shoes.  Men will wear black dress pants, black socks, black dress shoes, a white button-up dress shirt, and their Westlake tie.

Since we will be gone during lunch-time, we will be having a pizza party with the Vista Heights Concert Choir upon our return to the school.  If the students would like to eat pizza, they will need to pay $2.00 to the financial office by next Wednesday, November 17.  Students are welcome to bring their own lunch if they don’t want to eat pizza.

If any of you would be willing to either ride the bus, or help with the set-up and supervision of the pizza party, will you please email me by Friday, November 12?

Thank you.

Maureen Hatch

Choral Director

Westlake High School

mhatch@alpine.k12.ut.us

Wrapping Paper Fundraiser/Vinyl Stickers

The wrapping paper fundraiser will begin tomorrow and run through November 5.  Order sheets must be turned in on that Friday, November 5.  You will earn 45% of what you sell.  Your profit may be applied to your uniform and/or your tour costs.  If there is any money that you earn over what you need for your outfit, then that money will go into the general choral fund.

We will continue to sell the vinyl stickers.  Please pick up an individual and customized order form if you want to participate in this fundraiser.

Work hard.  These are the last fundraisers we will have this year to help you earn money for your uniform and/or tour costs.

Men's and Women's Honor Choir

To any interested 10-12 Grade Choral Student:

If you are interested in participating in Men's and Women's Honor Choir, please email me by November 1.  Honor Choir will take place January 14-15, 2011.  Participation cost in $50.00.  There will be two are rehearsals prior to Honor Choir week-end.  The final performance will take place at Abravenal Hall.  It's a wonderful opportunity for those who would like to participate.

Success Is . . .

A feeling of accomplishment when you know you have worked hard and have performed well.

Westlake Choir Students:
I am so proud of you!!  Thank you for your hard work this past quarter.  I hope you had fun tonight and started to get hooked on the joy that comes from performing well.  I think that tonight's concert was an unqualified success.  We had a great crowd, you sang well, and best of all--I could tell that most of you were really enjoying yourself as you communicated through our music.  Of course there are things that we hope to improve on for our future performances.  And we will keep getting better and better as you keep that discipline of working hard during rehearsals and constantly striving towards excellence.

Thanks again for tonight!  Here's to holiday music tomorrow!

Much Love-
Miss Hatch

Fundraiser Concert --October 11

Our first concert is designed to help students pay for their uniform and/or tour costs.  It is the only choral concert in the school year that has an admission fee which is $5.00/person.  Each person attending the concert is required to have a ticket.  Since the sole reason to charge admission to this concert is to help students raise money, a family pass is not offered.  Concerts are excellent family night activities where families can watch and support their students performing, but are most suitable for children 5 years and older.

If a student has paid their uniform fee, then he/she is entitled to complimentary tickets.  However, if a student's total uniform fee was $10 this year for the T-shirt only (because he/she is a returning student that has previously paid for their ensembles' uniform) then he/she will only receive 2 complimentary tickets.  If the paid uniform fee is more than the $10 T-shirt fee, then that student may receive complimentary tickets for immediate family members only.  Students must pick up these comp tickets by the end of the school day, October 11.  

Tickets may be purchased the night of the concert and credited towards individual student accounts.  Students, make sure when your family or friends buy their tickets, they tell the ticket sellers your name so you will get credit for that $5.00 ticket sale.  If no specific name is given, then the money will go in the general choral account.


Encourage people to come to our concert.  We've put in alot of work and we want our school and the community to recognize how well you're doing!!  5 more days to go!!!