OCEANSIDE

We arrived,
















we ate,







we sang,

















We had a great time.

Thank you, Oceanside!
And thank you Jean for taking most of these pictures.

WASHINGTON SQUARE AND ZOO LIGHTS HO!

The Vocal Ensemble is once again singing at Washington Square and the Zoo Lights.

On Thursday, December 10th, we'll be singing in the Nordstrom area of Washington Square @ 4 PM (ish) and we'll be singing in the Entry Plaza of the Portland Zoo @ 7 PM. If you're in the area, come by and listen. We'd love to see you there.

SAVE YOUR BOX TOPS

We've recently started collecting Box Tops for Education.

They look like this:

Just cut them out and send them to:

T.H.S. Choir, 2605 12th Street, Tillamook, OR. 97141

OR

Just bring them to school.

Thank you!

LIGHT UP A LIFE

The Vocal Ensemble sang for the annual hospice Light Up A Life ceremony at the Creamery. Can you find our resident ice cream scooper?

We love you, Beau. I'm so glad you joined us!!

CHOIR ALUMNI PICS

So this is what 3 of our Choir Alumni are up to:

Sean sings in the group "15 Miles West" at WOU.
(BTW...I sang my senior recital in 1978 on that same stage...weird)

Laura and Steph stayed LATE after a concert to get a picture
with Glen Hansard

OK Choir Alum...what are the rest of you doing with your music?
Send me a picture. We want to know.

WHAT A BAZAAR DAY!

The Vocal Ensemble hosted a Holiday Bazaar & Cinnamon Roll Pick-Up Day on
Saturday, November 21 in the THS Cafeteria.

The goal: To raise money to sing at Disney World April 12, 2010.

We had quite a wonderful time.


Starting @ 6 AM moms began baking the cinnamon rolls for pickup while vendors began setting up their tables.






























In the hall outside the cafeteria Bob created an awesome arrow out of lights (of which I didn't get a picture of...did any body else?)


At 9 AM more singers and moms arrived to help with the day's festivities.



Here are some pictures of a few vendors.











































We had some VE alumni visit: Laura, Steph, Melissa, Bonnie & Tim. That was a nice surprise!








Thank you to the moms that helped: Janet, Jo, Tammy, Jean, Charlotte, Becky, Teresa & Jacque. It was a success due to your efforts.

This was our first Holiday Bazaar, but I don't think it was our last. There was a good all-round feeling during the day and we really did have a nice turnout of people that came to shop. I even got some Christmas shopping done!


Until next year.

THESPIANS & THE CHOIR DEPARTMENT

Congratulations to our choir members that were involved in
this year's Fall Play, Out of Sight...Out of Murder:

And Lydia...blue is definitely your color.

HOLIDAY BAZAAR COMING SOON

Coming Soon to a Cafeteria near you . . .

Saturday ~ November 21st
9 AM - 3 PM

Don't miss this great opportunity to get some
holiday shopping done and help support the
Vocal Ensemble at the same time!

PEP BAND PICS

At our last THS football game of the year (11-06-09)
I had my camera along and took some Pep Band pictures.

Hi to you players in the back.

Beau and Eileen are Hap Hap Happy . . .

Mr. Coughlin FINALLY turned around.


Everyone loves our Pep Band!

JH MIXED CHOIR FIELD TRIP

The Junior High Mixed Choir sang at Five Rivers Retirement Community on Friday, October 30th. Of course, I had forgotten it was "Dress in your Halloween Costume Day" at school so the residents received not only a concert, but a Costume Style Show.

It's always a treat (not a trick* :-) ) to sing for the residents at Five Rivers.

ALL-STATE CHOIR RESULTS

CONGRATULATIONS TO . . .

MIDDLE SCHOOL ALL-STATE HONOR CHOIR 2010
Alexis Hilby ~ Soprano
Erika McNeilly-Huntley ~ Soprano
Shenina Padberg ~ Soprano


HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STATE CHOIR 2010
Jacinda Thomas ~ Alto 2
Loren Decker ~ Bass 2

To see the results for yourself, go to
http://www.oregonmusic.org/

All of the All-State groups are listed on this page

TILLAMOOK COMMUNITY CHOIR TO SING

Next Monday night (11/9) the Monday Musical Club of Tillamook is meeting at St. John's Church @ 7 PM. The Tillamook Community Choir will be singing.

Caitlin Richards sings in this choir. Come out and support this fine group of Tillamook musicians.

BARBARA BLAIR WORKSHOP

Thanks to the Monday Musical Club of Tillamook, the Vocal Ensemble and Jazz Band were treated to a workshop with Barbara Blair and Jazz Trio.


We heard some cool jazz from some very talented jazz musicians.


We know more about what a bridge is and what it means to "vamp".



Also, they performed one song in three different styles: Latin, Swing and Ballad.


Keep singing.

SCAPPOOSE CHOIR EXCHANGE

Mrs. Routh, the choir director from Scappoose HS said her choir was coming to Tillamook for a retreat. She asked, "Do you want to do a choir exchange?" I said, "For sure".

This is how it all turned out

The Mixed Choir had their After Concert party so these 3 lovely ladies prepared water bottles and Tillamook (of course) cheese samples with a welcome note for each Scappoose singer.



Our Concert Choir organized ourselves on the risers just as Scappoose arrived.


We sang and then they sang for us.


The bell rang, and the Vocal Ensemble took a turn at "exchanging" songs.



We took a group picture (thank you to Shannon, Mrs. Routh's student teacher this year) and then gathered in the choir room.





SHS sang a parting song and then we said our goodbyes.






What a great afternoon of singing. Thank you for coming, SHS!!

MUSIC ON THE MENU #1 '09 - '10

What a busy week this has been!

Our Fall Concert on Monday. . . anybody have some pictures I can post??

Music on the Menu on Wednesday . . . pictures below.

And a Scappoose Choir Exchange on Friday . . . pictures above.

I'm ready for a Saturday to try and catch up on "homework" (not the school variety) and schoolwork (definitely the school variety).

Here are the October 21st Music On The Menu pictures:

Jacinda, this year's Tri-M President, looks on as we heard some wonderful THS talent:


Singing . . .











Guitar playing,



Guitar, singing and drums

and . . .

a drum solo.



Good times!!!