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Your Bayside Choral Program Spring Semester in a Snap.

Schedule!
-January 18- Parents meeting for New
York Trip
-February 12- Chorale Nursing Home
Performances
February 20- Spaghetti Feed for New
York Trip
-February 28- Singers Elementary
School Performances
-March 10- Spring Fling Concert
March 15- Registration information
DUE for New York!!
-April 29- Grand Concert! (All choirs!)
- May 20- Last day of school!
May 23-30- BAYSIDE CHOIRS
TAKE NEW YORK CITY!!!

Mark your Calendars!!!

Congratulations to our AllState Musicians!!

This spring, 4 of our very own Bayside Blazers were selected to be
apart of the Kansas All-State Choir. Jeremy Rens (Tenor), Michelle
Orff (Soprano 1) , Raleigh Dax (Alto), Briar Jones (Bass) will
Participate in the choir, and give a final performance at the
conclusion of the 2015 Kansas Music Educators Association in
Wichita, KS on February 28. This is the first time all 4 musicians
have participated in the ensemble, and we look forward to even
MORE Bayside Blazers being selected for this honor in future years!!

Save the Date!

Parents Meeting:
January 18
We will be having
a parents meeting
in the gym for the
NYC trip.

Spaghetti Feed

Spring Concert

February 20
All students
attending the NYC
trip are expected to
participate.

March 10
Spring Fling
Concert- ALL
choirs will perform!

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New York City, Here we Come!!!

The Bayside Choirs were fortunate enough to
be selected to participate in the 2015 National I
(Heart) NYC (Non-Yodeling-Children)
Convention! This convention features premiere
high school musicians from around the country,
and after a lengthy selection process- we were
one of the top schools chosen! I realize this is a
nerve wracking thing for most parents to hearbut never fear! We are going through every
process to make sure your students are kept as
safely as possible while on our trip. In the
upcoming month we will have our first parents
meeting to discuss details, and possible
fundraising events. Because we were selected

so late, we have a lot of catching up to do when

it comes to fundraising- but I have confidence
that our awesome Choir Booster parents will
find a way to make sure our students get to have
this awesome experience!!! If either student or
parent has any questions- First attend the
meeting on January 18th, and then feel free to
email me with any concerns. We are currently
seeking chaperones for this trip, and parents
willing to spear head the fund raising process.
If you are interested in helping with either of
these things, please let Ms. Bannister know,
ASAP!

Spring T-Shirt Sales!

Check out this fun merchandise that is available for
purchase by all Bayside choral members and families!
Price:
S,M,L,XL- $13
XXL, XXXL-$14
Colors available:
Red, Blue, Green,
Purple, Orange,
Yellow.

Order forms are available in Ms.

Bannisters office. Please fill out one
order form PER t-shirt! Final day to
order a t-shirt is January 30th!

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SPRING 2015

Fun things we did this fall!

1st Place at Show Choir Competition!
The Bayside Bellas and Fellas competed in the
Annual Kansas can Sing show choir competition, and
took first place! This is the Bellas and Fellas 3rd year
in a row placing at this statewide competition! If you
are interested in audition for the 2015-16 Bellas and
fellas pick up an application in Ms. Bannisters

Star Spangled Banner!

The 8th grade-Sophomore Treble choir was selected to
sing the national Anthem at a Sporting KC game in
August. The choir spent the day at Worlds of Fun
before performing for over 15,000 people!!!

These Dudes can dance!!

The men of the Bayside Choral program,
choreographed and performed a 90s mash up (created
by our very own senior men!) during the throwback
Bayside varsity football game this fall! We are hoping
to make this an annual tradition, so if you are
interested in performing please contact Ms. Bannister!

Celebrity Sightings!!
LeAnn Church, most recently seen accepting an award
at the Tony Awards, but also performing in numerous
Broadway and off Broadway productions of Next to
Normal visited Bayside this fall and did a clinic with all
of our choirs!!