Monday, January 29 4:00-5:15 Rehearsal First Congregational UCC Monday, January 29 5:15-6:00 ALL FAMILY MEETING First Congregational UCC

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1 Ambassador/Concert Choir January - February 2018 Newsletter *Rehearsal Location: Please note all Ambassador/Concert Choir rehearsals are held at Appleton West High School (610 N. Badger Ave., Appleton; enter through Door 7, upper level, Choir Room) unless otherwise noted. **Tuition Payments: The credit card information on file will be automatically charged on or around the 1 st of each month. Check payments should be mailed into or dropped off at the Appleton Boychoir office before the 1 st of each month. January Monday, January 1 Monthly/Semester Tuition Payments Due! Monday, January 1 NO REHEARSAL NEW YEAR Monday, January 8 4:00-5:30 Rehearsal Appleton West High School Monday, January 8 5:15-6:00 ALL FAMILY MEETING POSTPONED to Jan 29! Monday, January 15 4:00-5:30 Rehearsal Appleton West High School Monday, January 22 NO REHEARSAL Monday, January 29 4:00-5:15 Rehearsal First Congregational UCC Monday, January 29 5:15-6:00 ALL FAMILY MEETING First Congregational UCC February Thursday, February 1 Monthly Tuition Payments Due! Monday, February 5 4:00-5:30 Rehearsal Appleton West High School Thursday, February 8 IMAGINE The Peace Concert Dress Rehearsal 5:30-8:30 pm Lawrence Memorial Chapel Saturday, February 10 IMAGINE The Peace Concert Dress: 12:00-3:30 pm Concert 4:00 pm Lawrence Memorial Chapel Monday, February 12 4:00-5:30 Rehearsal Appleton West High School Monday, February 19 NO REHEARSAL Monday, February 26 4:00-5:30 Rehearsal Appleton West High School *There is NO rehearsal on Monday January 22 or Monday February 19. WELCOME Welcome to the NEW Boychoir Families!!! And the RETURNING Boychoir Families!! We are happy to have you all!! Here are our Uniforms requirements. We will be loaning you some items, and ask that you purchase some. All boys need to have a pair of Khaki Pants. We are asking that you order these from Lands End for consistency. Here is the information on the pants: Boys Iron Knee Blend Plain Front Chino Please use the link below or you can go to search item# , select the nonschool uniform option. Please choose the Khaki (tan) option.

2 The Ambassador and Concert Choir boys also need a Long Sleeve plain white button down dress shirt. All boys need black dress shoes, tall black socks, and black belt. We will provide the other items needed to complete their uniform look. (Ambassador/Concert Choir Boys will get a Navy Blazer and plaid tie; and Repertoire Choir Boys will get a Navy Boychoir Long Sleeve Polo Shirt) The Choir Members need to have their uniform complete before the February 10 Concert. Lessons and Carols DVDs A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols was professionally video-recorded by Champion Video Service and a DVD is available for purchase. The order form is attached again for your reference. This video is much more in depth than what was aired on TV on Christmas. There is still time to get one. Please just let us know! Winter Family Meeting RESCHEDULED to Monday, January 29! We have rescheduled our annual winter family meeting from January 8 to January 29 at First Congregational UCC at 5:15pm. JANUARY 8 REHEARSAL WILL BE AT APPLETON WEST. JANUARY 29 REHEARSAL WILL BE AT FIRST CONGO. We will kick off the Fruit, Cheese and Sausage sale at choir on Monday, January 15. Changes to the Master Calendar! TWO Additions for Second Semester. Children s Choir Festival Concert with Henry Leck on Friday, March 2; 6pm; Appleton West High School Auditorium The Appleton Boychoir is collaborating to bring Henry Leck, an internationally recognized choral director, to our area for some workshops and to conduct a festival choir of kids from around the Fox Valley. Henry Leck is the Founder and Conductor Laureate of the Indianapolis Children s Choir, which he served as Artistic Director for 30 years. Under his leadership, the organization grew to and continues to be one of the largest and most respected children s choir programs in the world. The touring choirs of the Indianapolis Children s Choir have performed regularly for national educational conferences. Additionally, the ICC tours internationally every year and has sung throughout the world. Mr. Leck recently arranged and conducted the national anthem for Kelly Clarkson and the Indianapolis Children s Choir at the Super Bowl XLVI. The Ambassador/Concert Choir will collaborate on this Festival Concert at Appleton West High School on Friday, March 2, at 6pm. Call time for the boys is 5:30pm in the Choir Room (enter Door 7.) This public concert will be ticketed through Appleton West, and will last about an hour. A ticket order form is attached to this newsletter. Community Men Sing Concert on Thursday, March 22, 7pm; Lawrence Memorial Chapel The Lawrence Academy Young Men s Chorus has invited the Ambassador/Concert Choir and MacDowell Male Chorus to sing a concert with them on Thursday, March 22 at 7pm in the Memorial Chapel. Call time for the boys will be 6pm. This event will be open to the public and will be ticketed through the Lawrence Box Office two weeks before the event. General Seating Tickets are $12 adults & $8 senior/students. The Academy Young Men s Chorus was founded last year by Appleton Boychoir founder James Heiks. Now in their second year, this chorus is comprised of area high school students, many of them - Appleton Boychoir graduates. We encourage our graduates to join the Young Men s Chorus when their voices change and continue the tradition of singing in the community.

3 IMAGINE The Peace Concert Tickets are ON SALE NOW!!! (Please share this performance in school & church bulletins!) The Appleton Boychoir has traveled the world as ambassadors of goodwill through music. The Boys bring their message of friendship to the Chapel. Imagine dancers, narrators, and music with a powerful message will make this spring concert a significant event softening hearts one great song at a time. Don t miss this colorful and dynamic musical event IMAGINE! TICKET INFORMATION Tickets for IMAGINE The Peace Concert are reserved seating: $20 premium and $15 preferred. Tickets can be ordered by MAILING in the Appleton Boychoir season brochure s ticket order form with payment to the Appleton Boychoir, Fox Cities Building for the Arts, 111 West College Avenue, 4 th Floor, Appleton, WI, 54911; by CALLING the Appleton Boychoir office at ABCI (2224); ONLINE - click here to order tickets online; or IN PERSON forty-five minutes prior to each performance. Tickets for A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols can also be purchased during the Thursday dress rehearsal in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel lobby. RESERVED SEATING LOCATIONS/DESCRIPTIONS Premium: Premium seats ($20) are available in the most center sections of the Main Floor and Balcony at Lawrence Memorial Chapel. These are considered the best seats in the Chapel! Preferred: Preferred seats ($15) are the remaining seats of the Main Floor and Balcony at Lawrence Memorial Chapel. Still great seats! Please help us to fill the Chapel by telling all of your friends and family!! We do suggest that you get tickets ahead- to help alleviate the backlog at the door on concert day. IMAGINE The Peace Concert Dress rehearsal - Thursday, February 8, 5:30-8:30 pm All choir members will need to be at the Lawrence Memorial Chapel at 5:30 pm. Please drop them off at the Shattuck Hall of Music, east entrance (building #13 on the Lawrence University campus map), on Washington Street, to enter into the back of Lawrence Memorial Chapel click here for a Lawrence University map link. The Ambassador/ Concert and Chamber Choirs will rehearse until 8:30 pm; the Repertoire Choristers until 6:30 pm only. Please pick up your son at the same entrance. Boys can bring bottled water, but no food or snacks. Boys do not wear concert attire for this rehearsal. Performance Saturday, February 10, 4 pm Concert - 12:00 pm call time for the boys Boys will need to wear their concert attire (see next page). All choir members will need to be dropped off at the Shattuck Hall of Music, the back of the Chapel where they were dropped off and picked up for dress rehearsal at 12:00 pm. You will only drop off your son at this entrance and pick them up immediately following the 4pm performance. To attend the performance, you & your family will enter the Lawrence Memorial Chapel through the main, front Chapel doors on College Avenue. Performance Attire A concert uniform is required for all performances unless otherwise specified by the Executive Director. The COMPLETE uniform must be neat and clean. Any boy not properly dressed will not be allowed to sing. Each boy s hair should be clean and neatly combed and off the face. Don t forget a smile!

4 Repertoire Choir: NAVY Appleton Boychoir shirt (provided), Khaki dress pants, black belt, black socks & black shoes Ambassador/Concert/Chamber Choir: NAVY Boychoir blazer & tie (provided), WHITE dress shirt, Khaki dress pants, black belt, TALL black socks & black shoes, and any stars/medallions Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities Please call or Mrs. Armstrong if you are available to help. We also have office or home projects quite often; if you are available to help with these- or to find out more about what is available, please call the office. JANUARY: o Hang up Concert Posters throughout Downtown Appleton, area schools, churches, family work locations o Please also add our concert information to your school newsletters, social media, etc.. where possible. We will be sending out the poster image shortly for the upcoming concert. FEBRUARY: o Ushers For IMAGINE The Peace Concert - Saturday, February 10 3:10-4:00pm o Ticketing and Will Call - Saturday, February 10 3:00-4:00pm o Fruit Sale Pick-Up Monday, February 12. Unloading and staging fruit, etc. items. 10am-1pm o Fruit Sale Pick-Up Monday, February 12 Help loading orders into cars o 3:00-5:00 o 4:30-6:30 COLORADO or Bust! We do have a few more families that have asked for Colorado Tour information. IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO SIGN UP!!! We would love to have more travelers!! We need to have all signed up by the end of January!!! If you need a special payment plan, please contact us to arrange. For those already registered for Colorado 2 nd payments are due 1/5/18. Please send to the Boychoir office. Checks payable to KI Concerts. 3 rd payments will be due on 2/5/18. If you need any information on this tour opportunity in June of please contact the Boychoir office, and we will be happy to get you what you need. FRUIT, CHEESE, and SAUSAGE FUNDRAISER SALE DATES: Monday, January 15 Monday, January 29 FRUIT, CHEESE AND SAUSAGE ARRIVAL: The fruit will arrive in Appleton on Monday, February 12 and will be unloaded at the Appvion warehouse, 115 North Kensington Drive, located just down the street from WHBY between College Ave. and Newberry St.

5 ORDER PICKUP AND DELIVERY: Fruit may be picked up beginning on Monday, February 12 from 3:30 pm until 6:00 pm. ALL FRUIT MUST BE PICKED UP BY 6:00 PM ON MONDAY! Your brochures/tally sheets will be at the warehouse; however, you may wish to keep a separate record for your own peace of mind. PROCEDURES FOR SELLING: Each boy selling will receive one brochure that includes a tally sheet on the back. Extra brochures will be available at rehearsals. The tally sheets should be completed in their entirety. The brochure/tally sheets will need to be turned in with all money on the designated choir rehearsal date. They will be returned to you when you pick up your fruit for delivery. MONEY: All orders must be pre-paid. The Appleton Boychoir must pay for the fruit, cheese and sausage before it is sent to us. All checks should be made payable to the "Appleton Boychoir." Remember, no order will be tallied unless the payment accompanies it. If you wish to pay for your customers orders and collect from them when their items are delivered, that is your prerogative. Please write a check for ALL cash your son collects. If there will be more than one sales sheet, please only turn in a master copy. This will make tallying much simpler. SALES GOAL- WONDERLAND CAMP CREDIT (August 19-21, 2018) or TOUR / ACCOUNT CREDIT: Each boy registered to participate in the Appleton Boychoir s fundraisers as a part of their tuition payment plan MUST sell the equivalent of ten (10) boxes of fruit, cheese or sausage. As an incentive for the boys to sell more boxes, the Boychoir helps each boy earn his way to Summer Boychoir Camp or on Tours. Each boy will receive a credit for any box sold over the minimum of ten; the credit will be applied directly to the cost of the camp fee or tour fee. *If someone chooses to make a donation to a boy in lieu of purchasing a box of fruit, cheese or sausage, it needs to be over $7.50 to be counted as a box of fruit sold (i.e. $7.50 would be considered 1 box of fruit, $15 would be considered 2 boxes of fruit, etc). VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! TALLYING ORDERS AND COUNTING MONEY: Monday, January 29, 4-5:15pm, First Congregational UCC Volunteers will be needed to count money and record orders during rehearsals on Monday, January 29 at First Congregational UCC. We will place the final order with the fruit sale company on Friday, February 2, by 12:00 pm. ORDER PICK-UP AND DELIVERY: Monday, February 12, 3:30 pm-6:00 pm, Appvion Warehouse, 115 N. Kensington Dr., Appleton I will need a couple of volunteers to help earlier in the day (somewhere between 10-1) to unload and stage the fruit in the warehouse bay. Volunteers will be needed on this Monday to load orders into cars, etc. Volunteers will work in two shifts, 3-5pm or 4:30-6:30pm. Please contact the Appleton Boychoir office if interested. If you have access to a hand truck or loading cart, please bring it over to the warehouse on Monday or contact the Appleton Boychoir office to arrange for it to be picked up and returned.

6 REMEMBER: All orders MUST be picked up on Monday February 12. YOU are responsible for delivering all orders you have sold. Theory Book Assignments While singing is our main focus each week at rehearsals, music education is a critical part of our program. The Concert Choir boys should be working on the Theory Workbook pages each week. There are only two pages assigned between rehearsals. I know that some boys have been working with their school music teachers to complete these pages, if they need some help. We are also happy to help the boys if there are questions. Everyone should be completed through lesson 20 by the start of the January semester. Please let us know if you have questions. Auditions Do you know of boys who like to sing? Maybe friends or family? You (the Boychoir families) are our best reference!! We would love to include those you know in our program. We are scheduling auditions for new members to start this semester. If you know of someone who might be interested, please let us know or have them contact the office at Appleton Boychoir Office & Communications The Appleton Boychoir office is located on the 4th floor of the Fox Cities Building for the Arts (above the Trout Museum of Art). Enter in the back of the building off Houdini Plaza, and take the elevator directly to the 4th floor. Our offices are located on the north/college Avenue side of the building. (Please note: the elevators only run without a key card between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:00 pm. We do recommend contacting us to ensure we are in the offices.) Communications: Handbook, Master Calendar, Season Events & Rosters (on website & ed) Choirs Newsletters (Aug/Sept, Oct, Nov/Dec, Jan/Feb, Mar/April) Family Meetings (September and January) Rehearsals feel free to bring questions to rehearsals Choir Parents, the Executive Director and/or the Business Administrator will be at most rehearsals Office s: Hilary Armstrong, Executive Director - info@appletonboychoir.com Tammy Kasten, Business Administrator - tammy@appletonboychoir.com Website: Shutterfly: Facebook: Our mailing address: Appleton Boychoir Fox Cities Building for the Arts 111 W. College Ave., 4 th Floor Appleton, WI, Our office phone: (920)

7 Mail form and payment ASAP to: A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols DVD Order Form Appleton Boychoir 111 West College Avenue, 4 th Floor Appleton, WI Name: Boy s Name/Choir: Address: City, State, Zip: Phone: $25.00 each High Definition (BLU-RAY) each Total Enclosed = $ = $ = $ Cash Check# MC or Visa # exp. cvv Name on Card Signature Address (if different from above) *These DVDs will be distributed at choir rehearsals mid-january. If purchased by someone other than a choir member, it will be mailed to you mid-january.

8 Ticket Order Form Fox Cities Children s Choir Festival Friday, March 2, 2018 Appleton West High school 6:00 p.m. Concert Singer s Name Group Adult $10.00 Number Amount Student/Senior $5.00 Number Total Enclosed: Amount $ (make checks payable to: Appleton West Music Parents) Bring this form along with payment to your regular choir rehearsal. (Tickets will be available at the door 45 minutes ahead of the performance)