Each performance event has a dress code. If a student does not come to an event in the proper dress, they will receive half-credit for a performance and/or may not perform as a result. In our Advanced Choir Elective, we have two levels of performance attire: Spirit Attire and Concert Attire

1. Spirit Attire (All Beginning/Advanced Members)

• Tops: 2021-2022 Rio Vista Choir T-Shirt (To be purchased during first school fundraiser)

• Bottoms: Jeans or pants with tennis shoes/sneakers. No shorts, please.

• Previous year’s shirts are not permitted for Spirit Attire

*Choir T-shirts are not to be modified (tied, cut, rolled up, etc.). Central Unified Dress Code is in affect!

Mixed Choir/Beginning Choir Concert Attire

Concert Attire (All Members)

• Hair: combed and neat, tied back–Ponytail or braid if applicable

  • Hair must be away from the face!

• Top: Parents/Students must provide a black button-down dress shirt with long sleeves

• Pants: Parents/Students must provide black dress slacks/chinos

  • I recommend “Flat Front” style as it looks cleaner and less baggy.

• Black Dress Shoes (Absolutely no sneakers or athletic shoes)

  • Dress flats are recommended for our female singers (High-heels are not)

• Black Socks and/or Belt

Concert Singers/Advanced Choir Concert Attire

2A. Girls & She/Her Concert Attire

• Hair: Tied back–Ponytail or braid if applicable

  • Hair must be away from the face!

• Concert Dresses (Provided By Rio Vista Music Department)

  • Must be hemmed: SEWN ONLY

  • Dresses should be floor-length without dragging

• Black hosiery and Black Close-Toed Dress Shoes

  • No more than 2” in height

2B. Boys, He/Him, & They/Them Concert Attire

• Hair: combed and neat, tied back–Ponytail or braid if applicable

  • Hair must be away from the face!

• Top: Parents/Students must provide a black button-down dress shirt with long sleeves

• Pants: Parents/Students must provide black dress slacks/chinos

  • I recommend “Flat Front” style as it looks cleaner and less baggy.

• Black Dress Shoes (Absolutely no sneakers or athletic shoes)

• Black Socks and/or Belt

Advanced CHOIR DRESS CONTRACT (FROM HANDBOOK)

(Girls & She/Her Only)

Your Student will be assigned a brand-new Concert Uniform (Dress). This Will Include:

• One Concert Dress

• One Concert Dress Hanger

• One Blue Uniform Bag (Numbered)

Please Review this contract with your student, signed and returned by Monday, August 23rd, 2021.

• All Uniforms will be stored at Rio Vista Middle School throughout the school year. Uniforms will be checked out before each concert and returned immediately the following school day.

• No uniform will be taken home unless approved in advance by Mr. Sanchez.

• There will be NO EATING ALLOWED while in uniform.

• If a uniform gets soiled before the end of the concert season, it is the student’s responsibility to have the uniform professionally dry-cleaned. If the uniform becomes excessively wrinkled, the student should make arrangements to take the uniform home to be dry-cleaned.

• It is a student’s responsibility to hem the uniform dress to the correct length and make necessary repairs as the concert season progresses. Please see the following hemming instructions.

Dress Hemming Instructions

• You may not cut from the dress… there must be at least a 4” hem.

• Girls need to wear black closed-toe shoes no more than 2” in height.

• Determine the proper dress length with shoes on.

• Dress should be floor-length but should not drag. Garments that are too long will become ripped and frayed and possibly deemed unusable next year.

• ALL HEMS MUST BE SEWN. NO PINS, GLUE, OR TAPE SHOULD BE USED TO SECURE THE HEM. Please find a tailor or seamstress to do the hemming if you do not know anyone who sews.

• Most dry cleaners offer alterations services.

Members must wear black hosiery and black dress shoes and may want to consider wearing black undergarments due to the gown’s neckline. No jewelry should be worn except perhaps small earrings. I do not object to uniform ribbons if all students receive them from a fellow classmate in advance.

All Uniform Dresses will be inspected at the end of the school year. It is the student’s responsibility to replace any items that are lost, permanently stained, ripped, cut, or considered unusable for the school year. Rio Vista Choir will treat this similar to a book fine. The replacement fees are listed below.

The student should report any problem with a uniform as soon as possible to Mr Sanchez.

2021 –2022 Concert Uniform Replacement Fees as of Fall 2019

Students will be charged as follows for any lost/damaged item plus shipping/handling:

Harmonique Concert Dress (Southeastern Performance Apparel): $72.00