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NJSMA Region I Choral Festivals

AS OF 11/13/08, THERE IS STILL ROOM AT SOME OF THE FESTIVALS.  PLEASE CONTACT VIRAJ LAL, FESTIVAL COORDINATOR, AT vlal@newarka.edu AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S FESTIVALS.

HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL FESTIVAL:
All Senior High School choral ensembles are invited to participate in the 2008 Region I Choral Festival. This is an adjudication festival, not a competition, which provides an opportunity for performances to be critiqued by guest music educators. There will be a Junior High School festival in May for any Junior High Schools or Middle Schools who would like to participate in a festival.

Region I is sponsoring three festival days in four different locations. You may choose the day and festival site which is most convenient for you, BUT act quickly because reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Even if your application is received by the deadline of November 3, 2008 there is no guarantee that there will be room for your group as seating is limited in each school.

The performance time for each group is 15 minutes.

You may bring more than one group to a festival but each group must pay a separate participation fee. Schools are limited to no more than two performing groups.

Each participating school should arrive by 9:00A.M. and remain for the entire festival so that each group will have an audience for their performance. No group will be scheduled after 12:00P.M. in order to facilitate school buses needing to return to their school for afternoon runs.

Lunch facilities are usually not provided by the host school. Please check with the choral director of the host school for information about lunch.

Please make your choice of festival site from the following dates and locations listed below:

Tuesday December 2, 2008 Randolph HS
Host: Debbie Mello dmello@rtnj.org

Wednesday December 3, 2008 River Dell HS
Host: Lisa Smith Lisa.Smith@riverdell.org

Wednesday December 3, 2008 Chatham HS
Host: Barbara Klemp bklemp@chatham-nj.org

Thursday, December 4, 2008 Northern Highlands HS
Host: Thomas Paster pastert@northernhighlands.org

The fee is $100.00 per group. Be sure to fill out a separate form for each performing group. Make checks payable to NJSMA.

The deadline for applications is Monday, November 3, 2008.

We look forward to seeing you at the Choral Festival.

Click here for the NJSMA Region I Choral Festival Application Form

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL FESTIVAL:

Click here for the NJSMA Region I Junior High Choral Festival Application Form