Take Note: Full Moons and MoonPies!

This is our first year selling MoonPies as a fundraiser and they are flying off the pallet! Our Kick-Off with our fundraising rep, Ms. Sara Holder, was Tuesday, September 17! Students went home with a brightly colored permission slip containing the details of our sale. We are selling FRESH baked MoonPies...they were baked this past weekend just for our sale, delivered on Monday, and we began selling them on Tuesday! 
-All checks are made payable to Dade County Chorus. 
-Moonpie Sale is from Sept 17-Sept 27/30.  
-Parent permission is required to participate because essentially we are giving you $36 worth of product to sell.  Students are required to sell the box and return $36 OR return the box with the product in the condition in which it was given.
From the form: "YES! Send home a box of moonpies to our family! You have my permission for a box of MoonPies to be brought home by my student. I agree to return $36 to the school by the last day of the sale for the 1st box plus any additional boxes requested." 

On a fun note...our foreign exchange student at DCHS had never tasted a MoonPie before! ;) She got to try her first one at our kickoff! Her words... "It's DELICIOUS!"


​TAKE NOTE of the information for your class below:  


DMS CHORUS STUDENTS, SAVE THE DATE...SEPT 20th! 
Our video collaboration with the DMS Media Arts Program to celebrate World Peace Day will be released on all our social media platforms on Friday, Sept 20th! Our students participated in both audio and video recording sessions in preparation for this release.  We are so grateful to Mr. Wil Martin, Mr. Ben Robertson, and the Media Arts classes for their collaboration with us! 

6th Grade Chorus: 
A round of applause for all our sixth graders who auditioned for Sixth Grade Statewide Honor Chorus. I was SO proud of each of them!  Congratulations to our four finalists!

7th Grade Chorus: 
Choir Ninjas! Several students are well on their way to completing their Yellow and Orange belts.  Please be sure to remind your student they can use Google Classroom/Flipgrid at home to submit pass-offs. 

7th Grade is the first grade level in which a student can audition for All-State Chorus. All Dade County Chorus students have access to a PerfectMyMusic account with practice tracks and sight-reading tutorials to prepare for their audition.  If your student is interested, please be sure to remind them to practice using their PerfectMyMusic account. 

I am so proud of all our 7th Grade students who auditioned for District Honor Chorus!! 7th Grade made it particularly hard to narrow it down to only four students! :) Congratulations to our DHC singers! Be sure to return your forms as soon as possible this week! 

8th Grade Chorus: 
8th Grade students can audition also for All-State Chorus. All Dade County Chorus students have access to a PerfectMyMusic account with practice tracks and sight-reading tutorials to prepare for their audition.  If your student is interested, please be sure to remind them to practice using their PerfectMyMusic account. 

I am so proud of all our 8th Grade students who auditioned for District Honor Chorus!! We had SO many more auditions this year than last year! :) I'm so excited   Congratulations to our DHC singers! Be sure to return your forms as soon as possible this week! 

HS Treble Chorus & Mixed Chorus: 
DCHS students are also eligible to audition for All-State Chorus. All Dade County Chorus students have access to a PerfectMyMusic account with practice tracks and sight-reading tutorials to prepare for their audition.  If your student is interested, please be sure to remind them to practice using their PerfectMyMusic account. 

GMEA District Honor Chorus information should have been returned this week.  If your student has not returned their form or fee, please get that turned in as soon as possible! 

We submitted our video application on Wednesday, 9/11, and received our acceptance to perform for the Universal Studios STARS program on Thursday, 9/12.  Our school board approved the details of the trip on Monday, 9/16! :) Mixed and Treble Chorus students are eligible to perform on this trip.  We will also be happy to take parents/guardians as chaperones.  The trip dates are Dec 19-22.  We will be traveling by charter bus and staying in the Universal Studios Cabana Bay Resort and Hotel.  Cost and other itinerary details will be sent home by the end of this week! I am so excited for our students to be able to show their talents on a national stage! :) Thank you for your support of Dade County Chorus! 

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