AHS CHORAL DEPARTMENT

Beth Casey, Supervisor of Choral Music
    849-8206 x2402
 
John Richardson, Assistant Director-AHS
      849-8206 x2403
 
Chris Sparkman - AIS Choirs
Kenton Deitch - AMS Choirs
 
TAKS - Through the Arts
Knowledge becomes SUCCESS!!
 from the cedfa.org website
 
 
 
AHS CHOIR BANQUET - MAY 7, Monday, 6pm
AHS SPRING CONCERT - MAY 8 - DATE CHANGE!!!!!!! 7pm.
 
Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre
April 27-28 - 1st Bapt. Church
Tickets are available from any 
AHS Show Choir member!  Or call 
849.8205 x2403 for more info.
 
 
BOOSTER OFFICER ELECTIONS...
April 23 @ 6pm in the AHS Choir room.  EVERYONE is 
welcome to attend!
 
 
Summer Choir Camp SCHOLARSHIP Applications
are now available at the AHS Choir room or at AIS.
 
 
 
The tradition continues...
CONGRATS to the Choirs of AHS.  JV Mixed Choir 
got a rating of EXCELLENT at UIL Concert and Sightreading
Contest - held at the Clarion.  Non-Varsity Women, 
Varsity Women and the Varsity Mixed Choir (Chorale)
all received superior ratings on both the concert
and sightreading portions of the contest - maintaining
a 13th year consecutive sweepstakes rating!  If you 
would like to see part of our Pre-UIL Concert, you may
go to youtube.com - search for Angleton and see where
a student posted parts of our performances.    
 
 
 
CONGRATS to Cody Holder on a job well-done in Miami
at the NATIONAL ACDA (American Choral Directors Association)
Convention and Concert!  Cody performed in SIX languages, 
with students from 48 states AND Japan, premiering 
2 brand new pieces of music written especially for 
the ACDA Multicultural Choir!  Keep up the great work, Cody!
 
 
 
AHS Choir Women head to BAYLOR University on Thursday, March 1st 
for a combined concert w/ the Baylor Womens Choir.  Itineraries
for the trip were handed out on Monday.
 
UIL SOLO & ENSEMBLE contest on SATURDAY was SUPER!
34 AHS students will advance on to the state level of 
UIL competition at the University of Texas in late May!
GREAT job, parents, on a fabulous concession stand!!
Thanks to Joe and Lena Ramirez for heading up this project! 
  
Singing Valentines delivered!  Great job.
 
UIL Solo & Ensemble contest CONCERTS:
Students performing a Class II or III solo or ANY ensemble will perform
on MONDAY, Feb. 12 @ 6:00p in the AHS Lecture Hall - admission is 
free and all are welcome.
SENIOR students performing a Class I solo will perform at the Clarion 
http://clarion.brazosport.edu/   (on the campus of B'port college) in conjunction 
w/ the Lamar University Choir singing their TMEA performance.  Our portion begins 
at 6:45pm with Lamar University beginning at 7:30p on Tuesday, Feb. 13.  
This concert is FREE and all are welcome.
All 9-10-11th graders performing a Class I solo will perform on 
Feb. 22 @ 6:00pm in the AHS Lecture Hall.  These concerts are 
a portion of their 6weeks grade and preparation for competition.
 
MEN OF ANGLETON CONCERT and Ice Cream 
Social - Thursday, Jan. 25 7pm.  AHS 
Auditorium!  Admission is free.  The 
barbershop quartet "Benchmark" will make
a guest appearance as well as some AHS
faculty men!  
GREAT concert, Men! Thanks to 
Benchmark and the Lake Jackson 
Gulf Coasters for sharing 
all of their talents with us. 

 
HAPPY NEW YEAR and WELCOME BACK!
Our Spring semester is beginning early with a Show Choir
Retreat on Tuesday, Jan. 2.  Show Choir students are to 
report to the AHS Choir Room at 1pm for team-building activities
and will end the evening at 8:30p after an interesting Murder
Mystery Game!  Members will receive their scripts and some
musical selections for the upcoming Murder Mystery Dinner
Theatre!  
 
The Spring semester also highlights our most competitive
portion of the school year.  EVERY student will need to be 
eligible in order to compete in any UIL event! We will begin with 
UIL Solo & Ensemble contest on Feb. 24 hosted here at AHS, 
move on to UIL Concert and Sightreading contest on March 28-29 and 
then conclude our competitions with the UIL Texas State Solo & Ensemble 
competition in late May.  Of course, we will have numerous concerts during
the Spring beginning with our MEN OF ANGLETON concert in January.
ALL MEN(fathers, grandfathers, coaches, teachers, uncles, youth ministers,etc)
who love to sing are invited to our one rehearsal on Jan. 18 in
preparation for our upcoming concert.  More info will follow
about that.
 
The Women of Angleton HS have been invited to sing at Baylor University
on March 1.  We will have more information about that concert opportunity
as we receive it.  
 
Continue to check here for updates.  We put new things on here each week!
Thank you for sharing your children with us and THEIR gift of music!
 
 
GREAT Christmas concert!
MANY thanks to all who participated in 
the Christmas tree auction and the pre-concert
silent auction. Here's a breakdown from our 
Booster club president about the auction proceeds:
Freshman tree - purchased by the Durflingers for $250.00
Sophomore tree - purchased by the Sheltons and Bradleys for $250.00
Junior tree - purchased by Minnie Serbantez of Minnie's Day Care for $400.00
Jeff Gonzales matched the Junior tree purchase and gave a donation of $400.00
Senior tree - purchased by Susie Vasek for $1,100.00
Glider swing was purchased by Kenton Dietch for $150.00

All of the above money goes to the scholarship fund - $2,250.00!

I think that we made between $350-$400 on the silent auction. 
That money goes into the choir general fund. 
Thanks, too, to all who bought items!  We give scholarships to
graduating seniors as well as current AHS students who attend 
summer university choir camps.
 
AHS Show Choir has been very busy....
The AHS Show Choir has sung at the renaming ceremony for one of
the prisons, Crime Victims Christmas tree lighting, holiday
parties and much more.  Thank you, Show Choir, for your 
great representation of the AHS Choirs!
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS to junior CODY HOLDER on being 
chosen as a member of the NATIONAL ACDA (American 
Choral Directors Association) Multicultural Honor Choir.
He was selected through a taped audition process which
included 800 other singers.  There are 100 members in 
the Honor Choir.  Cody will perform in Miami, Florida
in March, 2007 (pending AISD School Board approval).
 
 
UH Invitational Concert was truly GREAT! The
Moores Opera House is a fabulous place to sing
and a great place to be able to hear the
singers.  Way to go AHS Chorale!!
 
VETERANS DAY concert @ Wildcat Stadium!!  Concert-1pm
All choir students (who are NOT participating in Region
Choir) will be participating in the City-Wide Veterans
Day tribute.  The concert will include patriotic selections
from Home of Brave, America, the Star Spangled Banner and
American Tears presented by Northside Elementary.
Students from AMS, AIS, and AHS will present musical tributes
to our local veterans.
 
 
Congratulations to the AHS Chorale on their upcoming
performance at the University of Houston Invitational 
Concert.  Chorale was selected to perform along with 
Montgomery HS, Kingwood HS and Spring HS.  The concert
will take place on Monday, Nov. 6th - 7:00pm at the Moores 
School of Music Opera House. If you are an interested parent 
and would like to attend, please contact Beth Casey to 
make arrangements.  We will have a parent bus going 
at 5:30pm from AHS for those that would like to attend.  AHS
students will be leaving at 3:30p from school. 
 
 
FALL CONCERT - OCTOBER 30 @ 7pm 
GREAT JOB! Thanks to Mr. Smith, AHS principal, for presenting
letter jackets to the Choir Seniors! Thanks to the AHS Art 
Club for providing a beautiful exhibit before the concert!
 
CONGRATULATIONS to the following AHS Choir students 
who won a chair in the Region 17 All-Region Choir!
They are:
Jennifer Wobser - advances on to Pre-Area & Mixed Choir
Samantha Crist - advances on to Pre-Area & Mixed Choir
Mark Bermea - advances on to Pre-Area & Mixed Choir
Cody Holder - advances on to Pre-Area & Mixed Choir
Tyler Titgen - advances on to Pre-Area & Mixed Choir
Karl Burnet - advances on to Pre-Area & Mixed Choir
Candice Fisher - Womens Choir
Cristina Barrerra - Womens Choir
Amanda Haviland - Womens Choir
Kim Bloomberg - Womens Choir
Robyn Hammond - Womens Choir
LaToya Randall - Womens Choir
Karen Duong - Womens Choir
Patricia Orlik - Womens Choir
Shelby Bradley - Honor Mixed Choir
Evett Palmer - Honor Mixed Choir
Christina Ramirez - Honor Mixed Choir
Melissa Manzano - Honor Mixed Choir
Michael Crouch - Honor Mixed Choir
Tony Ramirez - Honor Mixed Choir
Allen Presley - Honor Mixed Choir
Zach Hornberger - Honor Mixed Choir
 
All of these students will participate in the All-Region
clinic and concert on November 10-11 at the LaMarque 
Performing Arts Center.  
The next round of auditions will be Nov. 27 at Clear Lake HS. 
 
 
 
GREAT results from our District Choir audition this past weekend.  
We have 30 AHS students who will advance on to the Region 
level of competition in October.  
They are:
Karen Duong
Shelby Bradley
Mark Bermea
Nathan Figueroa
Jennifer Wobser
Evette Palmer
Cristina Barrera
Lori Shoemaker
Sarin Melchor
Cassie Sorg
Shorty Orlik
Robyn Hammond
Kim Bloomberg
Candice Fisher
Samantha Crist
Amanda Haviland
LaToya Randall
Ryan Hilton
Warren Woods
Cody Holder
Joshua Douglas
Michael Olivares
Tyler Titgen
Michael Crouch
Karl Burnett
Ray Eby
Tony Ramirez
Nick Ramirez
 
 
Our next concert is the COWBOY CONCERT and BBQ on Monday, Sept. 25!  
Dinner begins at 6pm - tickets are $8.00. 
Singin' begins at 7pm and is free.  Our own Coach Bo Counts will be 
included on the program as well as some AHS alumni.  Come and enjoy some great 
country music and some delicious BBQ!