All Choirs

Holt High School’s Beauty and the Beast is currently running at HHS’s Margaret Livensparger Theater.  It is filled with HHS choristers and is an absolute delight to watch!

Directors Seth Burk and Spencer Sullivan have worked their magic. The set is minimalistic in design and enchanting.  Susan Morgan’s tech crew and the cast join together to make sure the show moves seamlessly from scene to scene without the curtain closing, making for a show that moves smoothly and efficiently.  The show runs for a quick 130 minutes.

Showtimes are tonight and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday, December 9th and 10th) at 7PM and Sunday, December 11th at 2pm.  Tickets are $10  and may be purchased at the door.

You don’t want to miss this!  See you there!

The Holt Choirs’ annual Holiday Concert will be held next Tuesday, December 13th at 7pm.  The concert will take place at Holt High School’s Margaret Livensparger Theater.  This is a required performance for all choristers. The concert is free and open to the public.

Student performers should arrive no later than 6:15pm and should meet in the Choir Room. Students should arrive in wardrobe, which may be checked out prior to the concert so that students may change at home, or students may check out wardrobe when they arrive Tuesday evening prior to the concert, and change at school.  Students desiring to change immediately prior to the concert should plan to arrive no later than 5:30pm.

The concert will feature all of Holt High School’s four performing groups and will last about 75 minutes.  The order of performance will be as follows: Belle Chanson; Men of Holt; Cantique; Chorale; Mass Chorus; Mass Chorus and alumni for performance of Handel’s “Hallelujah.”

Plan to attend and bring friends and neighbors.  The concert is sure to be excellent, and will be a wonderful way to usher in the Holidays!

MSVMA District 8 High School Solo and Ensemble Festival 2017 registrations are now open.

Solo and Ensemble Festival is an event held at Parma Western High School near Jackson.  It will be held Friday and Saturday, January 13th and 14th. Students will prepare two pieces of contrasting nature to perform before a judge, and their performance will be critiqued with praise for accomplishment and constructive criticism from which to grow. Participation in this event is voluntary. The cost of participating is $18 for registration and $35 accompanist fee if students need a school-assigned accompanist. The Holt Vocal Music Boosters traditionally offers $18 scholarship to offset accompanist fees, making the total student investment $35.

Students who receive an overall evaluation of “Excellent” or “Superior” will qualify for State Solo and Ensemble which will be held March 24th and 25th at Portage Central High School March 24 and 25, 2017.  State festival requires students to choose one new piece to prepare, and to prepare for a sight reading test. Students who attend District festival and qualify for State are under no obligation to participate in State festival.

Students are encouraged to wear “dressy casual” wardrobe for the event.  Mr. Bishop will assist in coordinating rides when necessary to make sure that each student who desires to participate has the opportunity to do so without transportation issues.

Students may register and pay via this blog site if convenient (see PayPal option right column).

The Holt Choirs are invited to perform at the Holt Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Wednesday, November 30th.

Students should arrive no later than 6:15; the ceremony begins in Holt Memorial Park behind the Holt Public Library and Fire Station at 6:30pm.  The ceremony will conclude no later than 7Ppm. Students will provide their own transportation to and from the event.  Singers should dress casually and warm (although the weather forecast is for mid 50s!)

This is not a required event! However, all students are strongly encouraged to attend.  it is a fun social time that you won’t want to miss!  The event is free to the public.

Dear Parents,

The orders from our recent fundraiser will be delivered on 11/16/2016, so please make sure that your students are prepared to take their orders home on that day. Each student’s order comes in an individually packaged box with handles to make it easy to carry. Some boxes may be heavy though, and some students may have more than one box, so please make sure your student has a way to get their order home. Thank you!

We are in need of fifteen volunteer choristers to serve this event which will be held at Holt High School.  Ushers need report IN WARDROBE by 1:30pm on Sunday, November 13th.  They will have the opportunity to enjoy the spectacular show for free!  They will be finished with their responsibilities at approximately 5:00pm.  Interested students may express interest via responding in comment to this post, or directly to Mr. Bishop at school.  Thanks in advance for all the support!

The Men of Holt continued the tradition of painting their own performance ties for the 2016-2017 performance year.  This has become a bonding activity tradition since Booster alumna Terrie Fielden-Barry designed and created paper ties for MOH to paint.  In recent years we have moved to painting silk clip-on ties.  A big “THANKS” to the Holt Vocal Music Boosters for purchasing the ties and supplies to continue this awesome tradition!

A shipment of World’s Finest Chocolate will arrive at Holt High School Vocal Music Department.  Choristers will be encouraged to check out boxes of chocolate to sell at $1.00 per bar.  There will be 60 bars per box.  Students desiring to earn their Wardrobe Rental Fee will only need to sell one box of chocolate to fulfill their obligation.  It is our hope that all choristers will sell at least one box to support their choir and Holt Vocal Music Boosters.

Students will be asked to deposit $30 on initial check out. Checks written to Holt Vocal Music Boosters will held until the first box proceeds are turned in, at which time the check will be returned.  Students may check out additional boxes without any additional deposit.

Thanks for your support!