UIL High School Choir Concert and Sight Singing Contest
April 9, 2013 Alief Taylor High School
April 10-11, 2013 Westbury Baptist Church
Host: Susan Chiboroski
Dear Directors,
I hope you are having a great spring semester and this finds you ready for UIL Concert and Sight Reading. The contest will take place April 9th at Alief Taylor High School, and April 10th and 11th at Westbury Baptist Church. If you have questions, please feel free to call me at 281.988.3829 (office) or 281.923.8192 (cell). You can also reach me by email at .
Good luck, and I’ll see you at contest!
Susan Chiboroski
April 9th at Alief Taylor HS
7555 Howell Sugar Land Road
Houston TX 77083
· Buses should enter at the marquee (at the traffic light) on Howell Sugar Land Road. Follow the drive around to the right. Just past the tennis courts (on your left), turn left and follow the drive all the way to the sidewalk. Students will enter the building at the Theatre Entrance. We will have student monitors to escort you from that point. Buses should park in the parking lot closest to the tennis courts.
· Room Assignments will include:
§ Contest Office – Green Room #1659 (end of hall near back theatre entrance)
§ Holding Room – Choir Room #1602
§ Warm-Up – Band Hall #1614 (no risers, but there will be three rows of chairs to seat up to 60 students)
§ Concert – Theatre #1670 (will have 9 sections of 3-row risers, acoustical shells, 1 Grand Piano, chairs/stands back stage available for auxiliary instruments)
§ Sight Reading – Orchestra Room #1633 (will have 9 sections of 3-row risers)
April 10th and 11th at Westbury Baptist Church
10425 Hillcroft St
Houston TX 77096
· We will have student monitors escort you through the process from the moment your group exits your buses.
· Room Assignments will include:
Contest Office – TBD
Holding Room – TBD
Warm Up – TBD (no risers, but there will be 4 rows of chairs and enough to seat up to 75 students)
Concert – Sanctuary Loft (built-in risers)
Sight Reading – Choir Room (built-in risers)
Information For All Three Days….
· Don’t forget:
§ Scores (numbered) for Judges
§ UIL Form 1 (unless you have one on file with Mr. Fassino)
· Etiquette
§ Your Students will be moving through the contest site very close to other groups performing on stage and in the sight reading room. Please speak to your students in advance about the importance of etiquette during your visit. We want to ensure that all groups have equal opportunity to demonstrate their abilities with minimum distractions. Please forward the following guidelines to your organization:
§ At Alief Taylor, Students in the Holding Area need to keep the noise level to a minimum, as the wall between the Choir Room and Band Hall (Warm Up) is not as sound-proof as we’d like.
§ Absolutely no food or drinks in any of the rehearsal or holding areas. Food and drinks should be consumed in the tiled hallway only.
§ Adult chaperones should watch your students as you are checking in and picking up your ratings from the contest office.
§ There may be NO recording devices or cameras in the Sight Reading Room. Please let your staff and parents know they may NOT have a cell phone out during the sight reading process.
· Schedule
Mr. Fassino is in charge of all scheduling. Please do not contact me with regards to schedule. These requests must go through Mr. Fassino.
· Group Introduction/Announcement
Each director will announce/introduce his/her own group. You may, if preferred, provide your own announcer. An announcer will not be provided.