Hello Choir Families,

It has been my honor and privilege to teach your children this year.  I hope they enjoyed their time in choir and will choose to continue in the future whether at McAuliffe or the high school.  We made it to the end and I am grateful for all of your support along the way.  Enjoy a wonderful summer and I’ll see some of you at Xcite Camp next week.  

Slide Show

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xQ0TDHwyFniREwdHs6p9gDajIEK1rhMf/view?usp=sharing

We had a really fun year!  Thank you to all of you who gave of your time, talents, and resources to make this year a success.  Enjoy this recap!  

8th grade Families

Great job 8th graders!  Promotion was beautiful and I am so proud of you.  Thank you for your dedication to the McAuliffe Choir Program and for sharing your gifts with us one last time.  I know you will make us very proud at the high school.

You have been invited to participate in Bingo!  This is a fun way to earn money for your child’s high school choir dues and it happens every Tuesday night at the Cypress Bingo Hall.  Anyone over 21 can sign up to work and it goes all Summer.  Go to losalmitoschoir.com to sign up.  It’s under “Bingo” on the drop down menu on the right.   

Kylie’s Summer Shows

Our choreographer Kylie has been cast in two musicals this summer! She is going to be a part of TWO DIFFERENT productions of the musical “Something Rotten!” This musical comedy follows the story of two brothers struggling to outshine the wildly popular William Shakespeare, so they decide to write the world’s very first musical. This show is typically rated PG-13 and has some more mature content, including mature humor and language. Catch her at the Rose Center Theater (Westminster, CA) from June 27th-July 20th, and at the Torrance Theatre Company (Torrance, CA) from August 9th-17th. Links to buy tickets are below!

Rose Center Theater (June 27-July 20) - https://rosetheater.booktix.com/dept/RCT/e/RCTSR25

Torrance Theatre Company (August 9-17) – Ticket link coming soon! 

Mark Your Calendars

I bet you thought we were done!  NOPE!  Here are a few things we have going on this summer. All optional of course.  Check the website for updated info throughout the summer.

June 9-13-XCite Camp at LAHS  register at LAEF4kids.org

July 21-25-XCite Camp at LAHS  register at LAEF4kids.org

Aug 7-WEB days-we need parents and students to sell merch and register our new 6th grade families.  Time TBA

Aug 11-Choir Kick Off 10:00-12:00-students will learn a song to perform at Eagle Kick Off

Eagle Kick Off 4:45

Aug 15-Choir Beach Day-Seal Beach 4-6-Celebrate the first week of school and meet the boosters!

Hello Choir Families,

Choir Olympics went very well this week.  We had challenges in singing, dancing, and costume design and students made commercials for choir!  We all had a blast and the kids were very creative.  We celebrated a great year today with awards, food, and a slide show.  Thank you for your generous donations of food and money for Kylie and Ms. Hills.  This is the largest donation we have ever collected!  Bravo everyone.  Your children are going to need a lot of water and exercise this weekend to offset the massive amounts of sugar they consumed today.  

Next week we will start our final project which will be to design a show choir set.  Students will work in class to design and pitch a set they think we should do next year.  I can’t wait to see what they come up with.  

Costumes

We still have quite a few students in each class who have not returned their costumes.  Some haven’t been taken home from competition and are in the classroom dirty ://  Please turn them in clean ASAP so we can get everything put away for the year.  

Shoes

We have several pair of character shoes left in the cubbies.  If you want them for next year please take them home next week.  Anything left will go into the donation bin for students needing shoes next year.  

8th Grade Families

Dance auditions for high school are next week!  Students who will be participating in choir will attend in person auditions on Tuesday (boys) and Thursday (girls)  We will review the dance in class and they should also be prepared to also sing the Star Spangled Banner and America the Beautiful.  

Eighth grade choir members will be singing for Promotion.  We will review in class and will meet for a Sound Check 30 minutes before students are called to line up.  Please plan accordingly when you are making arrangements for promotion.  

You have been invited to participate in Bingo!  This is a fun way to earn money for your child’s high school choir dues and it happens every Tuesday night at the Cypress Bingo Hall.  Anyone over 21 can sign up to work and it goes all Summer.  Go to losalmitoschoir.com to sign up.  It’s under “Bingo” on the drop down menu on the right.   

Sound Check 

Our June 1st event has a time change.  We will now be meeting at 4:00 for a 4:15 performance.  We will be going to In and Out after the performance for dinner and one last hang.  Our last day of class for Sound Check will be May 30th.  

Mark Your Calendars

Tuesday 5/20-Tenor/Bass High School In-Person Audition @LAHS-8th Graders only

Thursday 5/22-Soprano/Alto High School In-Person Audition @LAHS-8th Graders only

Sunday 6/1-Sound Check Friends of the Library scholarship event 4:00 at 12341 Montecito across from Rossmoor Chateau.  

Wednesday 6/4-promotion

Hello Choir Families,

The kids are almost ready!  Our last concert came up fast but these guys have really risen to the occasion.  They’ve worked hard this week memorizing lyrics, harmonies, and choreography.  The music videos are turned in and we are almost ready for the big show!  

Angels Game Tomorrow!

Students will meet near gate 6 wearing their blue choir t-shirt and pants.  They will need their ticket with them, but all personal items can be left with families.  Once you drop your child, you can go find your seats.  I will be with them until after we sing.  I will walk them through gate 6 once we are done. Most of them are fine to walk with friends to the seats, but you are welcome to meet us at gate 6 entrance if you like.  

Concert on the Green - Get your tickets and pre order your dinner!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ymld9s10YXM9OSTiAlui62hc7tfLoLsEdN07VkLekAU/edit?usp=sharing

Our final concert of the year is just around the corner!  Tuesday night we will be celebrating our extraordinary year with music videos, photo booth, live concert, and awards!  

We will have food trucks and music videos showing in the MPR from 5:30-6:45.  You may bring in your own food if you like, and pre order meals are available for Shelly’s Mexican.  The live concert will start at 7:00 in the Outdoor Amphitheatre.  You will bring your own lawn chairs and blankets for this event.  Students will be wearing their blue choir t-shirts and sitting in the audience so they can cheer on their peers.  8th graders will perform their promotion song and we will give class awards in each choir.

Sign up to Volunteer!

We are still in need of help for the concert.  Big needs are set up and tear-down, but we still need some help with tickets and spirit wear as well.  Everyone will get to sit and watch this one so you won’t miss out by volunteering.  Please sign up today so I don’t have to panic!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094AACAC2AABFAC43-51683956-mcauliffe?useFullSite=true#/

Costume Return 

Costumes were due in class on Monday.  We only have about half of them turned in at this time.  If you dropped them off at Sunset Cleaners they will be returned to the school next week and you do not need to go pick them up.  If you took them somewhere else, please get those back to us on Monday so we can pack them all up for Summer.  

Mark Your Calendars

Saturday 5/3-Angels Game 4:45 Gate 6

Tuesday 5/6-Concert on the Green 5:00-8:30

Wednesday 5/7-Sixth Grade Social-Sound Check only 2:30-4:00

High School dress rehearsal-4:00-6:00 PAC

Wednesday 5/14-Art Faire-Sound Check Only 6:00

Sunday 6/1-Sound Check Friends of the Library scholarship event

Hello Choir Families,

I hope you all had a lovely Spring Break and got some much needed rest.  I know some of you are traveling and many of you were able to stay home and relax.  I was in the stay home and “mostly” relax category.  We are just under 2 weeks until Concert On the Green!  Tickets will be available at McAuliffeChoir.com Sunday at 5:00 and you will also be able to pre-purchase dinner and break-a-legs.  Benefactors will receive an email with their code to order early.

Costume Return - Monday, April 28th

Please clean, label, and return your student’s costume to the choir room by April 28th.  If your outfit needs to be dry cleaned, Sunset Cleaners will deliver it to the school so you do not need to go back to pick it up.  Please make sure they are clean!  If your costume is dirty it will contaminate the entire box once they are packed away.  

Angels Tickets

Angels tickets have arrived and will be passed out the week we return from break. I’ll give you a heads up the day I send them  home so they don’t get lost in a backpack. I’ll include the timeline so you know how to plan for the day.

Concert on the Green

We will be doing our final concert on May 6th at McAuliffe.  We will have food trucks and music videos showing in the MPR from 5:00-6:30.  The live concert will start at 6:45 in the Outdoor Amphitheatre.  You will bring your own lawn chairs and blankets for this event.  Students will be wearing their blue choir t-shirts and sitting in the audience so they can cheer on their peers.  8th graders will perform their promotion song and we will give class awards in each choir.  

Sign up to Volunteer!

Volunteer needs are a little less for this concert, but we still need your help.  We are looking for some creative help with some back drops so if you have skills in that area please check it out and shoot me an email.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094AACAC2AABFAC43-51683956-mcauliffe?useFullSite=true#/

Mark Your Calendars

Saturday 5/3-Angels Game

Tuesday 5/6-Concert on the Green

Wednesday 5/7-Sixth Grade Social-Sound Check only 2:30-4:00

Wednesday 5/14-Art Faire-Sound Check Only 6:00

Sunday 6/1-Sound Check Friends of the Library scholarship event

Hello Choir Families,

Auditions for 6th and 7th graders were due Friday!  All 6th and 7th graders must turn in an audition as part of the class.  We went over all of the details of how to make the video and how to turn it in.  

Costume Return Monday April 28

Please clean, label, and return your student’s costume to the choir room by April 28th.  If your outfit needs to be dry cleaned, Sunset Cleaners will deliver to the school so you do not need to go back to pick it up.  Please make sure they are clean!  If your costume is dirty it will contaminate the entire box once they are packed away.  

Angels Tickets

Angels tickets have been ordered.  They will be sent home with students once they arrive.  I will send notice the day they go home so you can check your child’s back pack.  

Studio Singers Dance Audition

Ladies wanting to audition for Studio Singers will attend the dance audition on Wednesday April 16th from 2:30-4:30.  Kylie will teach a short dance, then the girls will perform it in small groups.  Once they perform they can leave, so some girls will be done by 3:30 and others will be there until 4:30.  

Concert on the Green

We will be doing our final concert on May 6th at McAuliffe.  We will have food trucks and music videos showing in the MPR from 5:00-6:30.  The live concert will start at 6:45 in the Outdoor Amphitheatre.  You will bring your own lawn chairs and blankets for this event.  Students will be wearing their blue choir t-shirts and sitting in the audience so they can cheer on their peers.  8th graders will perform their promotion song and we will give class awards in each choir.  It will be a great way to close out our year so be sure to mark your calendars.

Mark Your Calendars

Friday 4/11-Vocal Auditions due via Google Classroom

Wednesday 4/16-Studio Singer dance auditions 2:15-4:30

Saturday 5/3-Angels Game

Tuesday 5 /6-Concert on the Green

Wednesday 5/14-Art Faire-Sound Check Only 6:00

Sunday 6/1-Sound Check Friends of the Library scholarship event

Hello Choir Families,

It was great seeing so many of you at Open House last night!  We got to show off all of our trophies and our brand new recording studio!  We have 2 important deadlines next week, so mark your calendars.

Angels Ticket Order Due Wednesday 4/9

Tickets are now on sale for this fun event.  Students will be singing the National Anthem on the field at Angels Stadium on May 3.  This is an optional event, and students who participate will have to sell at least three tickets.  This will include a performer ticket for themselves and 2 spectator tickets.  You can sell as many as you want, and the choir will get a kick back from the Angels based on the number of tickets we sell.  Invite your friends and family for a night of baseball.  Students will find their own way to the game and parents will be responsible for them as soon as they are done performing.  Detailed schedule and pricing can be found here 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XhRz9QCjDIzGAmmvSOgWsxd1euccYUQ605OQ4JoNcmE/edit?usp=sharing

Go to McAuliffeChoir.com to purchase tickets.  Payment is online or Venmo only.

Audition Due 4/11 

This is for ALL 6th and 7th graders currently enrolled in choir.  Everyone will turn in an audition via Google Classroom.  The assignment and requirements are posted, and this will be their Vocal Final for choir.  So regardless of their intentions for next year, they must turn in the audition for a grade.  They will sing America the Beautiful, Happy Birthday, 30 seconds of a song of their choice, and sight read the attached exercise.  Ladies wishing to audition for Studio Singers must also attend the dance audition on April 16th after school.  Students who do not turn in their auditions on time will not be considered for advanced choirs.

Large Canvas Paintings

We are still in need on 2 large canvases that we can use for the recording studio.  If you happen to have anything, send it in!  

Concert on the Green

We will be doing our final concert on May 6th at McAuliffe.  We will have food trucks and music videos showing in the MPR from 5:00-6:30.  The live concert will start at 6:45 in the Outdoor Amphitheatre.  You will bring your own lawn chairs and blankets for this event.  Students will be wearing their blue choir t-shirts and sitting in the audience so they can cheer on their peers.  8th graders will perform their promotion song and we will give class awards in each choir.  It will be a great way to close out our year so be sure to mark your calendars.

Mark Your Calendars

Wednesday 4/9 Angels registration due

Friday 4/11-Vocal Auditions due via Google Classroom

Wednesday 4/16-Studio Singer dance auditions 2:15-4:30

Saturday 5/3-Angels Game

Tuesday 5 /6-Concert on the Green

Wednesday 5/14-Art Faire-Sound Check Only 6:00

Sunday 6/1-Sound Check Friends of the Library scholarship event

Hello Choir Families,

This week flew by! Students are hard at work on their music video projects, they got audition information, we studied for our theory tests next week, and started work on our ensemble songs for the May concert.  

Studio Singers Luther Info

This information was sent Thursday in a separate email.  

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wP88ENvEmo7ms7Hfloix_9v7wYVHqDucjhTxg9mnD-o/edit?usp=sharing

Large Canvas Paintings

We are using old/ugly canvas frames to make sound panels in our new Sound Studio.  If you happen to have anything in your garage or see a large piece at a thrift store, please send it in.  We would like to be up and running with the new studio next week.  

Angels Game

Tickets will go on sale this weekend for the Angels game.  This is an optional event open to all choirs.  Students who participate will have to sell at least three tickets.  This will include a performer ticket for themselves and 2 spectator tickets.  You can sell as many as you want.  Students will find their own way to the game and parents will be responsible for them as soon as they are done performing.  Detailed schedule and pricing can be found here 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XhRz9QCjDIzGAmmvSOgWsxd1euccYUQ605OQ4JoNcmE/edit?usp=sharing

Go to McAuliffeChoir.com to purchase tickets.  Payment is online or Venmo only.

Audition information is up!  

Auditions for next year will be held in April for both McAuliffe and Los Al High.  Vocal auditions are online via Google Classroom and dance auditions will be held in person.  All students currently enrolled in choir will submit an audition to either me or the high school as part of their grade for the class.  

Mark Your Calendars

Saturday 3/29-Luther Comp-Studio

Wednesday 4/9 Angels registration due

Friday 4/11-Vocal Auditions due via Google Classroom

Wednesday 4/16-Studio Singer dance auditions 2:15-4:30

Saturday 5/3-Angels Game

Tuesday 5 /6-Concert on the Green

Sunday 6/1-Sound Check Friends of the Library scholarship event

Hello Choir Families,

Xtravaganza!!!!

We had a night of highs and lows.  All of the groups were incredible and performed the best they’ve been all year.  The competition was highly competitive, and scores were very close in every category.  Studio, Soul Men, and Sound Waves all got second place, and Studio and Soul Men took home “Best Music” of which I am incredibly proud.  The results were not entirely what we expected given the outstanding performances we witnessed, but sometimes that’s just how it goes.  We win and lose with grace, and use the judges comments to continue to improve our craft.  Congratulations to Yanet Anteneh, Azayla Usher-Holland, and Silas Willes for winning best performer!  Shout out to all of the boys who came early to support the girls and to the girls who came back at 10:00pm to support the boys!  It was a really fun night of community.  

Projects

For our concert in May, students are going to be making music videos.  They will choose songs and record them vocally in our new studio provided through a LAEF grant.  Sixth Sense and Sound Check have begun work on this project and the other groups will begin work next week.

Large Canvas Paintings

We are using old/ugly canvas frames to make sound panels in our new Sound Studio.  If you happen to have anything in your garage or see a large piece at a thrift store, please send it in.  We would like to be up and running with the new studio next week.  

Close Harmony Festival for Sound Check has been cancelled.  🙁  Those who have signed up will be issued refunds shortly.  

Angels Game

Tickets will go on sale next week for the Angels game.  This is an optional event open to all choirs.  Students who participate will have to sell at least three tickets.  This will include a performer ticket for themselves and 2 spectator tickets.  You can sell as many as you want.  Students will find their own way to the game and parents will be responsible for them as soon as they are done performing.  

Audition Information will be coming soon!  

Auditions for next year will be held in April for both McAuliffe and Los Al High.  Detailed information will be coming soon.  Vocal auditions are online via Google Classroom and dance auditions will be held in person.  Students will be doing class activities in all classes to help them prepare.  

Concert Videos

Red Carpet videos are now on sale at McAuliffeChoir.com.  You can purchase photos there as well. 

  Mark Your Calendars

Saturday 3/29-Luther Comp-Studio

Saturday 5/3-Angels Game-all choirs optional

Tuesday 5 /6-Concert on the Green-all choirs mandatory