District Auditions will be on Saturday, September 16th at Oak Ridge High School(27330 Oak Ridge School Rd. Conroe, TX 77385). All students will meet at TMHS in the choir room by 6:30am wearing their TMHS Choir T Shirt. We will provide a bus to Oak Ridge HS, but students may also drive and follow the bus. When students are finished auditioning, they are free to leave and can call parents at the parent monitored phone table. There will also be a bus provided back to TMHS at the conclusion of the audition. Please see information below in regard to Oak Ridge HS and District Auditions:
Students will not find out the cuts or their audition times until Saturday morning.
Students may bring a book, homework, games, etc. while waiting at the audition. Students should bring original copies of the auditioned music (Cum Sancto Spiritu, Only In Sleep, Terre-Neuve or Non Havea), a water bottle, snacks, and a pencil. We will provide paper clips and other music marking supplies.
CONCESSIONS FOR STUDENTS
Support the ORHS Choir by purchasing items from their concession stand! Here's a list of items they will sell:
Cheese and Pepperoni Pizza
Beverages (Bottled Water, Dr. Pepper, Coke, Diet Coke, and Sprite)
Chips and Assorted Snacks
Candy
We will have a station for students to purchase tickets ($1=1 Ticket), then they will use the tickets to purchase food items. If students purchase 10 tickets ($10), they will receive an additional 2 tickets.
PARKING
When you arrive, all vehicles (including buses) should enter the rear parking lot (next to the football stadium) and enter the the building through the red double doors labeled #48 & 49. Buses will drop off next to the building near these doors and park near the baseball field.(we will send an annotated map this week).
ARRIVAL
Upon arrival, students will go to their assigned rooms to register, warm up, and be taken through cuts. Oak Ridge HS will have ample signage directing singers to their appropriate rooms.
Sopranos - Cafeteria
Altos - Auditorium
Tenors - Orchestra Room
Basses - Band Hall
Chaperones wait in either the Cafeteria or Gym (they are right next to one another).
REGISTRATION
Once in their registration room, students in voice parts with multiple zones (sopranos, altos and maybe baritones) should find the posted list to determine the zone in which they will be auditioning. Once they know their zone, they will go to the registration table to sign for their badge.
All students should be prepared to stay in their assigned registration/warm-up areas for a while with their water and music, etc. The first 20 singers will go directly to their audition rooms from here. Students will also need to follow directions regarding line up and appropriate times to go to the restroom.
Registration opens at 7:30 am and closes at 8:30. Students arriving after 8:30 am will not be permitted to audition unless they are a LATE request with their entry. LATE requests must arrive and register by 12:30 pm to ensure they get to audition.
AUDITION PATH
After the first 20 have left the registration room to audition, all remaining singers will be dismissed to the cafeteria/gyms when instructed. Any personal items (books, water bottles, etc) will have to travel with them when they leave their warm-up room. After their audition, students will be directed to the Cafeteria, where they will be allowed to call their parent (FROM THE CELL PHONE TABLE) to pick them up. Students who are waiting until the end of the contest for results will remain in the cafeteria/gyms.
WARM UP
During the "warm up" the students will go through the cuts 2 times per section (e.g., Alto 1 2x, Alto 2 2x). The cuts will not be rehearsed again. Students may vocalize after that point but may not practice the audition music. You can only sing the cut material for your designated section. In other words, a soprano 1 cannot sing through the cuts again with the soprano 2s. This is a violation of the audition process and will be enforced.
LINE UP
In their warm up rooms, students will be lined up in groups of 10. Once the first 10 are sent to the audition rooms, the next 10 will be called to lineup.
NOTE ABOUT RESTROOMS
Students should take care of any personal needs prior to going to registration. If they are in the first group of 30 (or have requested an EARLY time), there won’t be an opportunity to use the restroom until after their audition. If students ask to go to the restroom before 9am, the answer will be NO.
NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES
There are no electronic devices allowed at the audition. This includes smart watches.
There are no musical instruments allowed at the audition.
Chaperones and parents can use electronic devices but may not allow students to use them. Please use a safe distance when operating a device in proximity of students.
Students WILL be allowed to call for parent pick-up at the cell phone table, monitored by the adult at the table.
We will collect all TMHS electronic devices upon arriving at ORHS and they may be collected as the student leaves or at the end of the audition process.
TIMELINE FOR THE MORNING
7:30 - 8:30 Registration
8:15 Cuts are distributed
8:30 Registration Closes
8:30 Warm up begins in designated areas
8:35 Cuts twice with each voice part in room
8:45 ORHS students ready to take auditionees to their rooms.
8:52 SINGERS Line up and depart for rooms
9:00 1st person waiting to walk into the room
9:01 Auditions begin.
