Calendar & Events

 IMPORTANT DATES 2025-2026

September 9:  Star Spangled Banner, Volleyball game, 6:00pm, Competition Gym (Freshman Chorus, Show Choir, Choraliers, & Mixed Chorus).  Students should meet at 5:40pm

September 12:  Choir's Back to School Picnic, 4:30pm, Lawn

September 17:  Deadline to notify Dr. Vermillion about intent to audition for ILMEA (you must be in the system by 4:59pm)

September 30:  Star Spangled Banner, Volleyball game, 6:00pm, Competition Gym (Acappella & 8th Grade).  Students should meet at 5:00pm.

October 1:  ILMEA Audition Deadline (virtual auditions must be submitted by 4:59pm)

October 2: "Hello Day" at SWES, 7:20am (Choraliers)

October 8:  Optional Field Trip to The Lion King (Chicago)

October 11:  Music Booster's Mattress Fundraiser

October 21:  Fall Chorus Concert, 7:00pm, PAC (ALL Choirs to perform)

October 24:  Choraliers' Red Ribbon Tour (they will perform in the Apple Barn at Edward's Apple Orchard at 11:30am:  this performance is FREE and open to the public)

TBD:  Choir's SCARY MOVIE NIGHT and Costume Contest, 6:00pm, Chorus Room

November 8:  BNHS Music Booster's "Turkey Trot" 5K, Prairie Fields (1111 Fairgrounds Road), 10am

November 15:   ILMEA District Festival, DeKalb High School

November 17-20:  Frozen Auditions.  Click here for more information.

November 22:  Poplar Grove Tree Lighting (Acappella), 5:30-6:00pm, Poplar Grove Village Hall (200 Hill Street, Poplar Grove)

December 5:  IOU First Grade Christmas Party (Choraliers), Community Building, 12pm (NOTE:  This event is by invitation only and is otherwise closed to the public)

December 5:  Trustwell Living at CherryVale Place (Choraliers), 2:15pm (NOTE: This is a private performance for the residents and their guests; it is otherwise closed to the public)

December 6:  Acappella at BCCD Holiday Walk, 5-8pm

December 7:  Choraliers at the Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum, 1:45pm

December 9:  Choraliers record Sounds of the Holidays at the Coronado Performing Arts Center, 1:00pm.  NOTE:  This session is closed to the public.

December 9:  "Winter” Choral Concert, 7:00PM, PAC (ALL Choirs to perform)

December 11:  Acappella to perform for Senior Connections, 1pm (NOTE:  This performance is by invitation only and is otherwise closed to the public)

December 12:  Deadline to apply for IHSA Solo/Ensemble

December 12: Acappella at Anderson Japanese Gardens Illuminated, 5:15pm

December 13:  Funderberg House Christmas Party (Acappella), 6:30-7pm (NOTE:  This is a ticketed event; please contact the Boone County Museum of History for more information.)

December 15:  Board of Education Performance, Central Office (Acappella), 6pm

December (various):  Winter Chorus Tour

January 28-31:  ILMEA All-State Conference, Peoria

February 12:  Music Boosters' Chef's Night Out:  Buffalo Wild Wings

February 19:  Pops Concert, 7:00pm, BNHS Cafeteria; this is a THURSDAY  (ALL Choirs to perform)

February 20:  Tri-M Induction Ceremony, 6:00pm, BNHS Cafeteria

February 26-28:  Cross-Town Musical.  District 100 Performing Arts presents Disney's Frozen.

March 7:  IHSA Solo/Ensemble Contest, TBD (optional event)

March 17:  Music Boosters' Chef's Night Out:  Portillo's (please show the flyer)

April 17-18:  IHSA Organization Contest, TBD (ALL Choirs to perform)

May 5:  Choral Concert & Awards, 7:00PM, PAC (ALL Choirs to perform)

May 17:  Graduation, BMO Center, 2pm (Acappella)