Our Madrigal Dinner is quickly approaching - THIS FRIDAY at 6:30PM in the High School Cafeteria B Side!  Thank you so much to all who have already signed up to donate items or time for our fundraising event.  We already have about 40 reservations, so pass the word along that folks can go to www.nhchoiranddrama.net to reserve a seat (and pay at the door) or use a credit card and purchase tickets online.

Here are ways you can help:

1. Lottery/Lotto tickets.  We are hoping to have a lottery tree along with our raffle baskets.  If we could have choir families bring in lottery tickets, they can be turned in to the appropriately labeled drawer in the front of the choir room.  Please put it in an envelope with the name of the choir student or family.
2. Desserts.  On Friday, we will need an assortment of dessert items to serve our guests.  We're asking each choir family to donate a dessert item (store-bought is fine or homemade!).  Pies, brownies, cookies, cupcakes, whatever you'd like.  We will plate everything ahead of time and have them on trays for the servers to take to each table.  Dessert items can be brought in Friday morning (if they don't need to be refrigerated) to the choir room, dropped off right after school, or brought to the cafeteria after 3:00pm.
3. Volunteers & Donations.  There are still several spaces on the SignUp Genius for items to be donated, but specifically for volunteers to work the raffle basket table, help with food preparation (salads, plating food, etc.).  Please click this link to see if there is anything you can donate or any time you can give to help the night be a success.
4. Attend! Even if you can't donate or volunteer, we hope you can attend with your family and friends to support our choir and the students who are performing.  It's a great night to get you in the holiday spirit.

For students participating in the skit, the schedule for this week is as follows:
Tuesday, 12/3 - 2:15-3:00
Skit & song read through (shortened due to added Singers practice)

Wednesday, 12/4 - 2:15-4:00
Skit/song rehearsal

Thursday, 12/5 - 2:15-4:30
Run through in costume of skit/songs

Friday's schedule for everyone:
Volunteers for set-up/decorating may access the cafeteria beginning at 3:00 after the custodians have finished cleaning.  We are in the B side, which is the back of the building (less windows to give more of a castle look)
2:15-3:00 - Run skit one last time, gather items to take to cafeteria
3:00-5:00 - Set up cafeteria and decorate, organize raffle baskets, 50/50, desserts
5:00-5:45 - Run skit with sound system in cafeteria, servers report, help to make salads
5:45-6:30 - Skit participants eat pizza in choir room, get into costume
6:00-6:30 - DOORS OPEN Servers help seat guests
6:30-8:30 - Dinner & program (meal served with skit parts between), raffle winners announced
8:30-9:30 - Clean up, take equipment back to choir room, turn in costumes, gather belongings

Also, on a different matter, Friday is also the deadline for submitting commitment forms and $25 deposits for the Virginia music department performance tour in April 2020. The information packet can be found here.  Please submit the commitment form & payment in an envelope with the student name on the front to the drawer labeled Virginia 2020.

Thanks for helping us as we begin the crazy holiday season.  Email with questions and we'll do our best to answer what we can!

You don't want to miss Cabaret Night on Friday, March 1st at 7 p.m.! With everyone's help, we can make the evening be a great success for our students, family and friends who perform and/or attend!

ALL choir families are asked to donate 2 dozen cookies. Cookies can be brought in to school on the day of the event and left in the choir room or delivered to the cafeteria by 4 p.m.

We have created an online sign-up for volunteer, donation, and other needs for the evening. Please review and help where you can.  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084DACAE22A4FE3-cabaret

If you have questions, please contact the event chairperson Angela Arlia at arliagirlscout@verizon.net.


As always, we appreciate your continued support of our students and the NH Choral Program.


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OTHER CHOIR DEADLINES/EVENTS:

• NYC Payment #4 ($150) Due:  Friday, Feb. 1 - (Did you make your Feb. 1 payment?? Not judging,...I forgot, again, too 😭)
• Cabaret Night:  7 p.m., Friday, March 1
• NYC Final Payment #5 Due:  Friday, March 8 (Final amount will be based on final numbers and any amount the Choral Parents may be able to contribute from the choir-wide fundraising events)
• NYC Trip Parent Meeting: 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 2
• Choir Banquet/Senior Recognition: Wednesday, May 8
• High School Choir Concert: Friday, May 17

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Jody Mawhinney, president
Linda McCann, treasurer
Tina Vojtko, secretary
Shaun Cloonan, director