Members’ Weekly
Rehearsals are held from mid-September to mid-June at grace Lutheran church, 321 South Madison Street (Corner of Monroe Ave & Moravian St), Green Bay, Wisconsin (view Map)
Boy choir Regular rehearsal Times*
Marquette and Voyageur Choirs - Mondays 6:30 - 7:30PM Nicolet Choir - Mondays 6:00 - 7:30PM Joliet Choir - Sundays 6:00 - 7:30PM (*exceptions will be noted in the weekly E-mail/Take-home newsletter)Girl choir Regular Rehearsal Times*
Preludio Choir - Tuesdays 5:30 - 6:30PM Arietta Choir - Tuesdays 5:45 - 6:45PM Licenza Choir - Tuesdays 6:45 - 8:00PM Cantabile Choir - Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:30PM Con Brio Choir - Sundays 6:15 - 7:45PM (*exceptions will be noted in the weekly E-mail/Take-home newsletter)
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Rehearsal Changes and Updates
(definitive exceptions and changes are noted in the weekly E-mail/Take-home newsletter)
January 23-24: All Boy Choir Winter Camp - YMCA Camp U-Nah-Li-Ya
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Performance Updates
Each and every voice is a necessary, integral, and important part of a performance. The Green Bay Boy Choir and Green Bay Girl Choir perform and participate in events that are life-time opportunities for you, your choir, and our community. As such, performances are considered mandatory. However, an absence will be honored for church or school performances when the absence is pre-arranged by notifying your boy choir or girl choir director.
Preludio, Arietta, and Licenza Girl Choirs ArtiGras Saturday, February 6, 2010 Arrive 11:00am; performance 11:30am – 12:30pm; pick up at 12:30pm ShopKo Hall. Khaki pants, pink choir t-shirt, white sneakers, white socks.ALL Boy Choirs Saturday, March 6, 2010 Approximate time of arrival is 7:45pm, to be confirmed Lambeau Atrium, Club level (enter via Oneida Street Gate) Full Concert attire (gray slacks, white long sleeve dress shirt, tie (striped for N/J; solid red for V/M), navy blazer (N/J) or vest (V/M); black socks, black tie shoes, black belt. *Now would be a good time to try on your uniform to make sure it still fits. If a uniform item does not fit, please notify the office asap.
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Week of January 17 Announcements
ALL BOY CHOIR WINTER CAMP Winter camp is January 23 & 24, 2010. Arrive at Grace Lutheran Church at 8:00am on Saturday, January 23. Eat breakfast at home. The bus will depart at 8:30. We will return home approximately 3:00pm on Sunday, January 24. A packing list/bus boarding pass was mailed home after Christmas. If you need another copy, please ask. All chaperones who have signed up should consider themselves confirmed unless otherwise notified. PRELUDIO & ARIETTA TOUR Details for the Preludio and Arietta tour to Milwaukee are in the hanging folders. The tour is Friday, March 12 – Saturday, March 13. We ask that the tour commitment form be returned whether or not you are participating no later than February 2. TUITION Statements were mailed home after Christmas. All first semester tuition should be paid. If you are paying tuition by semester, your second semester tuition payment is currently due ($125 for Voyageur/Marquette; $175 for Nicolet, Joliet). If you are paying monthly, your January tuition payment is currently due ($31.25 for Voyageur/Marquette; $43.75 for Nicolet & Joliet). Thank you for your prompt payment. AUDIO RECORDING OF CONCERTS The deadline to order audio recordings of the December concert has been extended to January 25. Each recording is $18.00. Order forms are available in the office or may be e-mailed upon request. ORNAMENTS There are a limited number of Training Hearts ornaments available for a minimum donation of $5.00 per ornament. Proceeds benefit the scholarship fund. Please let us know if you would like one set aside for you. PROGRAMS If you would like copies to send to those who advertised on your behalf, they are available, while supplies last, in the office.
To assure safe traffic flow through the parking lot, when bringing your singer to rehearsal, please remember to enter via Madison Street and exit via Monroe Street. You may drop off at the choir door (south side of church). To assure safe and efficient traffic flow when picking up, please park in the church parking lot, and feel free to come inside through the south door. Choir members will be asked to wait inside until they are picked up. Please do not wait or park in the driveway.
UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER (please check weekly for updates)
Boy Choirs Joliet Sunday, 1/17 Second semester rehearsals begin N & V/M Monday, 1/18 Second semester rehearsals begin Nicolet/Joliet touring Monday, 1/18 Third tour payment of $500 due. All Boy Choirs Sat 1/23 – Sun, 1/24 Winter Camp Nicolet/Joliet touring Monday, 2/15 Fourth tour payment of $500 due All Choirs Sunday, 2/21 Group and Individual Photos All Choirs Saturday, 3/6 performance for Heart Ball Nicolet/Joliet touring Monday, 3/22 Fifth tour payment of $250 due Joliet Sunday, 4/4 NO rehearsal (Easter) Nicolet/Joliet touring Monday, 4/5 Final tour payment due Voyageur/Marquette Sat, 4/17 – Sun, 4/18 tentative tour dates All Choirs Sunday, 4/18 Fundraising performance (Art Song) All Choirs Saturday, 5/1 Host visiting choir Nicolet Saturday, 5/1 Concert with visiting choir All Choirs Sunday, 5/23 30th Anniversary Concert All Choirs Monday, 5/24 Awards Ceremony Nicolet/Joliet Thu 6/10 – Thu 6/17 Vermont/Canada tour All Choirs Mon 8/2 – Fri 8/6 Vocal Training Camp Girl Choirs Con Brio Sunday, 1/17 Second semester rehearsals begin P, A, L, C Tuesday, 1/19 Second semester rehearsals begin L, C & CB touring members Tuesday, 1/26 Second tour payment of $150 due Preludio, Arietta Tuesday, 2/2 Tour commitment form due P, A & L Saturday, 2/6 Performance at Arti Gras, 11:00 – 12:30 Preludio, Arietta Tuesday, 2/23 Final tour payment due All Choirs Sunday, 2/28 Group and Individual photos P, A, L Tuesday, 3/2 Demonstration Concert at Kress Library, 6:30 L, C & CB touring members Tuesday, 3/2 Third tour payment of $150 due Preludio & Arietta Fri, 3/12 – Sat, 3/13 Tour All Choirs Sunday, 4/4 NO rehearsals (Easter) All Choirs Tuesday, 4/13 & 20 Concert rehearsals, time TBA All Choirs Sunday, 4/18 Fundraising Performance (Art Song) All Choirs Saturday, 4/24 Spring Concert rehearsal, Walter Theatre All Choirs Sunday, 4/25 Spring Concert, Walter Theatre, SNC L, C & CB touring members Tuesday, 4/27 Final Tour Payment due All Choirs Saturday, 5/1 host visiting choir Arietta & Licenza Saturday, 5/1 joint concert with visiting choir All Choirs Tuesday, 5/4 Awards Ceremony L, C & CB touring members Sat, 6/12 – Tue, 6/15 Michigan tour All Choirs Mon, 8/2 – Fri, 8/6 D.I.V.A. Camp
Fundraising Opportunities
Each family has a $350 mandatory annual fundraising commitment. This can be paid or earned throughout the season. We offer three fundraising opportunites during the Fall as follows:
- Concert Program Ad Sales - You earn 80% of ad revenue toward your annual fundraising commitment. Out of fairness to other families and respect for the advertisers, you must check with the choir office before approaching a business to ensure no one else has already approached them.
Uniform / Concert Attire
Preludio and Arietta choir members need to provide their own skin-tone nylons to complete their concert dress attire.
Licenza, Cantabile, and Con Brio choir members need to provide their own black nylons to complete their concert dress attire.
All Girl Choir singers are issued choir-owned gowns. All girl choir singers purchase shoes through the choir. Once shoes have been issued, you will be billed, if applicable. No charge if a used pair is exchanged for another used pair; $10 if issued a used pair for the first time; $30 if issued a new pair.
All Boy Choir singers need to provide the following personal clothing items to complete their concert attire: white, long-sleeved dress shirt (no button-down collar); black socks; black dress shoes; black belt. All boys will be issued choir-owned gray dress pants, navy blazer (Nicolet & Joliet) or vest (Voyageur & Marquette), tie, and medallions (5+ yrs) or lapel pins (1-4 yrs). "In our nine years with the choirs, I've had the best luck finding the appropriate, boys sized, white dress shirts at JC Penney." -parent
To maintain a professional appearance, additional choir-owned clothing may be issued prior to a tour or performance. These items may include choir logo'd polo shirts, t-shirts, khaki shorts, or khaki pants. Of course, families will also be asked to provide personal cloting for normal or recreational use on a tour. Families usually need to purchase additional attire for a tour or performance which can include black and khaki dress pants, dress shirts, dress blouses, white athletic/gym shoes, white socks, or khaki shorts. Full packing lists and clothing expectations are distributed to singers fairly in advance of a tour or performance.