Nineteen actual days we have until The Amazing Grace Race, but only four regular practices and three special practices. That's only seven practices including the Dress Rehearsal. I have only three questions:
1) Have you learned your lines cold?
2) Have your paid ten dollars and told Miss Lin what size t-shirt you need?
3) Are you praying about our performance? The main thing is for it to be what God wants it to be.
Those that have lines or solos need to meet at 5PM this Sunday afternoon for practice!
Put your best effort into it and God will do the rest.
Check out the latest animal video and top ten list!!!!
Spring Music Sneak Peek:
Some of the music is from Steven Curtis Chapman, Mandisa, Carlos Santana, and Mary Chapin Carpenter, to name a few. More later!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Jesus In the Audience
Tomorrow, Sunday Sept. 25 @ 5PM is practice for SOLOS in the Adult Choir Room. If you don't have a solo, you do not have to come. But please bring your books, even if you are so freaking good that you don't need yours.
If you are reading this, Choir Peep, and you haven't practiced today, do it now or schedule your own time to practice later and MAKE YOURSELF DO IT. Do not bug your parents. They have more stuff to do than you can imagine - stuff like bills, insurance, grocery buying, repairs, cars, not to mention full-time, part-time, or volunteer jobs. If you do this without being told, it will impress everyone. However, that is not the reason for doing it. You do it because you know Jesus will be in the audience and He will be loving every minute of it.
Parents, the shirts are only going to be 10.00 a person. The church is picking up the rest of the price. Cool, huh? See us Wednesday at practice so you can find out to whom you should make them out.
Weekly teaser for Share the Warmth: Besides doing "Zat You" and "Break the Bank" with same solos as last year, kids that don't have solos will be assisting me in my Christmas version of "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys.
Weekly teaser for Spring Musical: It's a mystery with the same kids, the Robots, and President Buymore. Someone is vandalizing their schools in strange ways, but the adults have no clues. The kids want to know who is doing it and why, but they don't know how to begin. Buymore helps them learn real investigation techniques and reminds them that the vandal will never suspect kids of detective work, so they are perfect for the job. Stay tuned for more on the story next week!
If you are reading this, Choir Peep, and you haven't practiced today, do it now or schedule your own time to practice later and MAKE YOURSELF DO IT. Do not bug your parents. They have more stuff to do than you can imagine - stuff like bills, insurance, grocery buying, repairs, cars, not to mention full-time, part-time, or volunteer jobs. If you do this without being told, it will impress everyone. However, that is not the reason for doing it. You do it because you know Jesus will be in the audience and He will be loving every minute of it.
Parents, the shirts are only going to be 10.00 a person. The church is picking up the rest of the price. Cool, huh? See us Wednesday at practice so you can find out to whom you should make them out.
Weekly teaser for Share the Warmth: Besides doing "Zat You" and "Break the Bank" with same solos as last year, kids that don't have solos will be assisting me in my Christmas version of "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys.
Weekly teaser for Spring Musical: It's a mystery with the same kids, the Robots, and President Buymore. Someone is vandalizing their schools in strange ways, but the adults have no clues. The kids want to know who is doing it and why, but they don't know how to begin. Buymore helps them learn real investigation techniques and reminds them that the vandal will never suspect kids of detective work, so they are perfect for the job. Stay tuned for more on the story next week!
Monday, September 19, 2011
Memorization Mania!
We had a very productive practice Sunday afternoon with speaking parts. Thanks to the actors and actresses; you did very well. Now, start putting those books down! It's time for
Memorization Mania!
Practice Updates:
Soloists and Speaking Parts: Please practice every day. Think of learning your lines and songs as part of your homework. You can do this IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. YOU are in charge of this; not your parents or your teachers. Remember how Miss Karla said to break it up into small parts. Do a little each day of the week and it is not hard anymore. This is also how you study for a big test, so this technique will help you later in school!
Parents, please bring a check or cash for 12.00 made out to Beth Waltman for your child’s t-shirt for our October musical. Please write your child’s t-shirt size on the check. Holly Hartzell, you have already taken care of MB, so you can ignore this. The shirts will be a shade of blue with our main scripture (Hebrews12:1-2) on the front like a marathon runner’s bib. The back will have “Amazing Great Race.”
Don’t forget to check out the video of the baby aardvark and the Fresh Top Ten list!
I am writing thisblog after work still at the office, so if I forgot something, please call or e-mail. (394-1699; lharaway@charter.net)
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Four Weeks Until Showtime!
We had a very productive practice Sunday afternoon with speaking parts. Thanks to the actors and actresses; you did very well. Now, start putting those books down!
Practice Updates:
Soloists and Speaking Parts: Please practice every day. Think of it as part of your homework. You can do this IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. YOU are in charge of this; not your parents or your teachers. Remember how Miss Karla said to break it up into small parts. Do a little each day of the week and it is not hard anymore. This is also how you study for a big test, so this technique will help you later in school!
Parents, please bring a check or cash for 12.00 made out to Beth Waltman for your child’s t-shirt for our October musical. Please write your child’s t-shirt size on the check. Holly Hartzell, you have already taken care of MB, so you can ignore this. The shirts will be a shade of blue with our main scripture (Hebrews12:1-2) on the front like a marathon runner’s bib. The back will have “Amazing Great Race.”
Don’t forget to check out the video of the baby aardvark and the Fresh Top Ten list!
After the performance on Oct 19, we will resume Wednesday rehearsals with no Sunday rehearsals. Yay! We will be preparing for our part in Share the Warmth, an annual FLUM Christmas tradition with the choir and volunteer performers. The date for Share the Warmth has not been set, but it is usually a Sunday evening in early December. More on that next Wednesday.
For Share the Warmth, we will be doing “Shopping” and “Zat You?” from last year with the same solos. The rest of the choir will be singing their awesome backup and hand motions as usual. Those who do not have solos will also be working on a short comedy performance piece. Ever heard of “Flash Mobs?” It will be something like that, only very legal. We will give more specific details at choir rehearsal October 26! One hint will appear on the blog every week until that day, so read the FLUM Kids’ Choir Blog every week starting next week!
Miss Karla and Miss Lin will see the SPEAKING PARTS ONLY this Sunday, September 18th at 5PM in the Adult Choir Room!
Check out the Top Ten Alien Planets that are Most Like Star Wars Planets and of course the weekly Funny Animal Video!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Speaking Parts Practice Sunday
In case you haven't read the e-mail I sent Thursday, or the sticker on your kid's shirt fell off before he/she got in the car Wednesday Night, Sunday Practice at 5PM is for speaking parts only. If your child has no speaking part, they do not need to come. We will NOT be working on songs or solos. We HAVE to concentrate on the story since we have maybe one or two kids who know their lines.
We got a great start with the hand motions on the first song. The kids did SO well, as a matter of fact, that they did better than I did, and I made them up! I realize the motions are extremely simple, but as you know, we have to keep it simple because we never have all our kids there every week.
We need to order t-shirts, which will be around 15.00. Beth Waltman will let us know the final amount - she is designing them professionally (donating her services) and knows a prof. screenprinter. Please e-mail me with your child's size. Child S, M, L, or Adult S, M, L. You can pay when we find out how much they will be. The kids will be wearing their shirts and jeans. Simple! Yay!
Thank you so much for bringing your kids in the building and signing them in. I realize this is a pain if your have to take another child somewhere else, but we all know things can happen between the door of the church and the door of the choir room, especially if they are walking alone. And simply getting them to church is such a huge deal anyway since most of you are dizzy busy that we wish we could fawn over all you parents as soon as you start signing them in. We love you and we appreciate you. You all have incredible kids. We may bark at them sometimes for acting goofy when they should be singing, but it's only because we know what's in them and want to bring it out. God speaks to us every week through your kids. Really.
Now, don't miss the squirrel Mission Impossible video. Also, if you plan to go to a fair this fall, arm yourself with the knowledge of the sneaky ways fair games can take your money on "Top Ten Fairground Cons." See the links on the left.
We will see some of you Sunday, Sept 11 @ 5 and the rest on Wednesday, Sept. 14 @ 5:30!
We got a great start with the hand motions on the first song. The kids did SO well, as a matter of fact, that they did better than I did, and I made them up! I realize the motions are extremely simple, but as you know, we have to keep it simple because we never have all our kids there every week.
We need to order t-shirts, which will be around 15.00. Beth Waltman will let us know the final amount - she is designing them professionally (donating her services) and knows a prof. screenprinter. Please e-mail me with your child's size. Child S, M, L, or Adult S, M, L. You can pay when we find out how much they will be. The kids will be wearing their shirts and jeans. Simple! Yay!
Thank you so much for bringing your kids in the building and signing them in. I realize this is a pain if your have to take another child somewhere else, but we all know things can happen between the door of the church and the door of the choir room, especially if they are walking alone. And simply getting them to church is such a huge deal anyway since most of you are dizzy busy that we wish we could fawn over all you parents as soon as you start signing them in. We love you and we appreciate you. You all have incredible kids. We may bark at them sometimes for acting goofy when they should be singing, but it's only because we know what's in them and want to bring it out. God speaks to us every week through your kids. Really.
Now, don't miss the squirrel Mission Impossible video. Also, if you plan to go to a fair this fall, arm yourself with the knowledge of the sneaky ways fair games can take your money on "Top Ten Fairground Cons." See the links on the left.
We will see some of you Sunday, Sept 11 @ 5 and the rest on Wednesday, Sept. 14 @ 5:30!
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Party in da House!!!
Thanks so much for the birthday party last Wednesday night! I (Miss Lin) turned 52 and Miss Karla, Miss Diane and the kids got me a silly card and the birthday cake to top all birthday cakes! Miss Susan took pictures and will share them later! Sorry for those of you that missed it!
We are almost finished giving out the singing parts, but you have to be at practice to get a part! We read through most of the songs and began to re-memorize them.
We also talked about the importance of singing at home. This homework is not just to "get you into the habit." If you don't sing the songs at home 10-15 minutes a day, they won't sink in. Then when you get in front of an audience YOUR MIND WILL GO BLANK. We don't have the leisure of lots of time that we had last year.
Yes, your family may make fun. Get over it and tell them you are honing your craft. This is what professional singers and actors do. It's not being selfish and stuck-up. God gave you a gift and you want to use it to its best. Besides, it's only 10 minutes. You can give up one game of Angry Birds or Mario Cart, can't you? Or whatever the latest game is. I don't know. My kids aren't kids.
Anyway...
I've also pretty much got the choreography down for the first song. We'll be working on that beginning Sunday, Sept 11 at 5:00PM. It will be a great, positive way to end a somber day of remembrance for the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Kids need to end their day with something positive. I encourage you to bring them on our first Sunday practice.
Check the sidebars for more fun facts about dead composers and the weekly funny animal video! About the Grandparents' Day gifts, the thing I like best is the homemade crafts. But if I were a grandparent, you could do that or give me another one of those awesome cakes.
See you all Wednesday at 5:30!
We are almost finished giving out the singing parts, but you have to be at practice to get a part! We read through most of the songs and began to re-memorize them.
We also talked about the importance of singing at home. This homework is not just to "get you into the habit." If you don't sing the songs at home 10-15 minutes a day, they won't sink in. Then when you get in front of an audience YOUR MIND WILL GO BLANK. We don't have the leisure of lots of time that we had last year.
Another trick is to use your book we gave you (Yes, everyone got one. Some got one this spring and another this fall.). While you are listening and singing, read along in the book. This will give your brain visual as well as auditory cues. It also helps to sing in front of a mirror.
Here's a photo of a girl singing in front of a mirror. PS: You don't need a mic.
Yes, your family may make fun. Get over it and tell them you are honing your craft. This is what professional singers and actors do. It's not being selfish and stuck-up. God gave you a gift and you want to use it to its best. Besides, it's only 10 minutes. You can give up one game of Angry Birds or Mario Cart, can't you? Or whatever the latest game is. I don't know. My kids aren't kids.
Anyway...
I've also pretty much got the choreography down for the first song. We'll be working on that beginning Sunday, Sept 11 at 5:00PM. It will be a great, positive way to end a somber day of remembrance for the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Kids need to end their day with something positive. I encourage you to bring them on our first Sunday practice.
Check the sidebars for more fun facts about dead composers and the weekly funny animal video! About the Grandparents' Day gifts, the thing I like best is the homemade crafts. But if I were a grandparent, you could do that or give me another one of those awesome cakes.
See you all Wednesday at 5:30!
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