Friday, August 18, 2006

Dear Choir,

Please remember to hand up your (1) Consonance concert consent form (2) Edusave form/$12.00 cash (if you do not have Edusave) by Monday morning latest. Come find me in the staffroom during the lower Sec recess or before the morning assembly. No edusave form, no free show... I need the time to allow the forms to process so its ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY for you to hand them in by Monday. The outing to the Consonance concert is a choir event, accompanied by teachers and with transport provided. All choir members are required to attend this, and the school is making it possible for you to attend for free.

Will the people who have left their choir costume in the music room please bring them home and get them washed and ironed? The costumes need to be maintained and are expensive - we will be very cross if they get damaged due to neglect. In case you haven't realized, the music room is not just the choir's room. I take my music and drama classes into the room, and we also have other CCA groups that use the room in addition to us - if things get lost or damaged when we are not around, tracing the culprit is almost impossible.

And another friendly reminder that while the choral exam is over and our stress levels have all decreased after months of slogging at 3 pieces, it is still compulsory to attend choir practices. This means that if you don't turn up without any reason, it is considered an act of truancy and is punishable with detention and what other things DM can do to you. Things like projects, tuition, part-time jobs and other programmes that clash with choir must be run by me before I decide whether you need to be there or at choir. CCA hours are part of your school hours - its NOT optional.

We have 35 members officially, but at every given practice, I get and average of 65% attendance. That's not good. Please do something about it. 'Nuff said.