12/3/25 Chorus News

Save the DATE: Tuesday, Dec. 9

Required Concert for ALL Chorus members:

CHS Chorus presents: "Songs of the Season"

Tuesday, December 9 @ 7:00pm

ADMISSION IS FREE FOR THIS EVENT

Call time for students will be 5:00pm, and doors will open to the public at 6:30pm.

Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church

Address: 1397 Thompson Bridge Rd, Gainesville, GA 30501

Students must wear their concert attire

Please remember that this is a required concert grade for all students.

Please feel free to share the above graphic on your social media (Hi-res version HERE)

& invite as many friends and family as you'd like.

Concert Attendance & Etiquette

Because we are a performance-based class, it should be understood that EVERY student needs to participate in EVERY concert. We work each semester to develop a unified sound and the absence of even one member can affect that sound in a negative way. In the case of a conflicting schedule on a concert date (such as a soccer game or other activity), the concert should be given the highest priority. The only excused reasons a student may ever miss a concert are:

Death in the immediate family
Serious illness (with a doctor’s note – a parent note is not enough to excuse a student from a concert due to illness)
Inclement Weather (serious enough to cause the event to be rescheduled)
Family Emergency (not having a ride is not considered an emergency)

All other absences will be considered unexcused and a zero concert grade will be awarded to the student (unless the student is allowed a make-up assignment – see section on Missed Performances).

The other part of the concert grade is etiquette.

In order to earn an “A” for the concert, students must:

Arrive to the concert venue at the scheduled time
Arrive wearing proper concert attire
Participate fully and to the best of their ability while their group is performing
Be a good audience while the other groups are performing
Stay for the entire concert

Concert Attire Reminders:

Students must wear concert attire for each required performance. Appropriate concert dress is part of the Concert Attendance Grade. Students are responsible for purchasing their own concert wear by September 15th.

Women :: Concert Attire

Black Melisma Dress
- If you are not able to purchase a concert dress, you may wear a black top (at least short or ¾ length sleeves) & black pants
Black Hose (optional)
Black Dress Flats (no more than a 1” heel)
NO flashy jewelry (small studs are okay)
Hair pulled away from face (½ up, ½ down)

Men :: Concert Attire

Solid, black suit
White button-down dress shirt
Black bow tie
Black Dress Shoes & Black Socks
Contact Mrs. Bassett ASAP if you need assistance in finding a suit, as you cannot perform without one.

Concert Attire Don’ts:

Don’t come to a concert without your pressed concert attire on
Don’t wear strong perfume/cologne
Don’t wear sandals
Don’t wear your hair in a distracting way

Caroling this Friday, Dec. 5

This Friday is our annual community caroling field trip during school. We will have the opportunity to bring joy to our community by visiting all of the elementary & middle schools in our Chestatee cluster, as well as Northeast Georgia Medical Center and The Phoenix Assisted Living Facility. Students will earn community service hours for this trip.
Students can dress in tacky Christmas clothes if they have them, and we'll meet in the chorus room at 8:25am to load buses and carol for our community.
Since our chorus has grown to the point where we can no longer fit into all of the venues where we will be performing, we are splitting into a "full day group" and a "half day group" to allow every student the opportunity to perform for at least 1/2 of the day.

Students are aware of whether they are in the Full Day or Half Day group

PLEASE BE AWARE: Those students who will be caroling for the full day will be away from school during lunch, so they should plan to either bring a lunch from home, or bring $5 to cover their pizza lunch if possible (we’ll order cheese and pepperoni).