19thAnnual Choristers Guild Children’s
Choir Festival General Information

Date: Saturday February 27, 2010
Times: Mandatory Director's Meeting and Chapter Annual Meeting at 1:30 pm.
Junior Choir (grades 3-6) Registration at 8:15 am. Line-up starts at 8:30 am.
Half Day Primary Choir (grades K-2) Registration at 12:15 pm.
Rehearsals start at 12:30 pm.
Optional Full Day Primary Choir (grades K-2) Activity Room available starting at
8:30 am. Rehearsals start at 12:30 pm.
Concert at 3:00 pm.
Location: First United Methodist Church of Winter Park
125 North Interlachen Avenue
Winter Park, FL 32789
Hostess – Jennifer Boyd
Clinician: Madeline Bridges Madeline Bridges serves as Associate Dean for Academic Studies for the School of Music at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she teaches Music Education and oversees the academic preparation of over 500 music majors. Dr. Bridges is also co-diresctor of the Nashville Children's Choir Program, which includes four choirs with a total enrollment of over 180 choristers. She is Past President of the Choristers Guild National Board of Directors. Madeline has thirty years experience as a director of children's and youth choirs. She has taught music and music education in classrooms from kindergarten through graduate level. Dr. Bridges is currently the director of children's choirs at Second Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennesee
Music - Primary Choir:
grades K - 2		 "Mary, Make A Manger Bed" by Sandra Ford
"Clap Happy Psalm" by Joe Ridenour
Both of these selections come from "Glad Songs We Bring" Choristers Guild CGA719
Music - Junior Choir:
grades 3 - 6		 "The House of the Lord (Parable of the Wise and Foolish Man)" by Ann Ker,
     Choristers Guild CGA 324, Two parts with optional flute
"Pie Jesu" by Mary Lynn Lightfoot, Heritage Choral Series 15/1227H two parts
"A Song of Angels" by John Horman, Hope Publishing Co. Three parts
Music - Combined Choirs: "With The Help Of The Spirit Of The Lord" by Jayne Southwick Cool,
      CGA 508, Unison / Two parts
  All music must be memorized
Fees: Directors (includes lunch) $5.00 per person
3-6 grade Juniors (includes lunch and snack) $12.00 per person
K-2 grade Half Day Primaries (includes snack) $7.00 per person
K-2 grade Full Day Primaries (includes lunch and snack) $12.00 per person
Chaperones, Aides and other Adults needing lunch $5.00 per person
Registration fee
Registration fee waived if mailed by February 6, 2010		 $25.00 per church
 
Registration deadline is February 20, 2010
Please return registration information and fees to Brenda Hornickle, Festival Registrar, 742 Sagewood Drive, Lakeland, Florida 33813, Make check payable to: Choristers Guild, Central Florida Chapter.
 
Sharon Hall Memorial Scholarship Fund: Sharon Hall was a Children's Choir Director at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, a charter member of the Central Florida Chapter of Choristers Guild. After her death in 1996, the Central Florida Chapter of Choristers Guild established the Sharon Hall Scholarship Fund to honor Mrs. Hall's commitment to, enthusiam for and love of children and music. The scholarship fund will cover festival registration fees for choristers and/or directors in financial need. To request scholarship funds or for more information, please contact chapter president Bonnie Litteral (407-877-3525).
Interest Groups - Juniors: Puppets
Sign Language
Orff		 Recorder
Sacred Dance
Drama		 Handbells
Handchimes		          

Festival Information Updates:

If you plan to attend the festival please be sure Bonnie Litteral has your current e-mail address. Click here. to send this information. Also include a valid e-mail address on the Registration Form if you would like confirmation of your registration. You will receive schedules, name tags, and class assignments when you arrive on February 27, 2010.

Permission Form:

A permission form must be filled out for each chorister and turned into the festival registrar before name tags and schedules will be given out on the morning of the festival. This is to ensure safety of the children in case there is an emergency and the director cannot be immediately located. A form can be found by clicking the Permission Form Button on the bottom of this page. We also ask that each church have an emergency person at home(someone that can be called and who will contact the rest of the parents in case of an emergency).

Travel Directions to First United Methodist Church of Winter Park

Please do not use GPS, Google, or Mapquest but rather follow the directions below. Note: Allow extra time because parking may be tight.

125 N Interlachen Ave.
Winter Park, Florida 32789

From Tampa and Southwest Coast Areas: Take I-4 E toward Downtown Orlando to Exit 87 (Fairbanks Ave/ SR 426). Turn right onto Fairbanks Ave/ SR 426 toward Winter Park. Turn left onto S. Park Ave. Turn right onto Morse Blvd. Turn left onto Interlachen Ave. Parking lot is across from church.

From North: Travel on the Florida Turnpike South to SR 408 (toll road) to I-4 E toward Daytona Beach. Take Exit 87 (Fairbanks Ave/ SR 426). Turn right onto Fairbanks Ave/ SR 426 toward Winter Park. Turn left onto S. Park Ave. Turn right onto Morse Blvd. Turn left onto Interlachen Ave. Parking lot is across from church.

From Northeast: Travel I-95 South to I-4 W toward Orlando. Take Exit 87 toward Winter Park. Turn right onto Fairbanks Ave/ SR 426 toward Winter Park. Turn left onto S. Park Ave. Turn right onto Morse Blvd. Turn left onto Interlachen Ave. Parking lot is across from church.

From East and Southeast: Travel on the Florida Turnpike North toward Orlando to I-4 E toward Downtown Orlando. Take Exit 87 (Fairbanks Ave/ SR 426). Turn right onto Fairbanks Ave/ SR 426 toward Winter Park. Turn left onto S. Park Ave. Turn right onto Morse Blvd. Turn left onto Interlachen Ave. Parking lot is across from church.

Parking:

Parking Diagram for festival participants at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park. The numbers between the – marks indicate the number of available parking spaces at that location.

Housing:

A block of rooms is reserved for Friday night, February 26, at the Comfort Suites Downtown Orlando, 2416 North Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32804. (1-877-228-4007). Ask for the Choristers Guild rate. Rooms have two queen size beds or one king size bed. Room rate is $79.99 plus tax. The tax should be able to be avoided if you bring a copy of the church's tax exempt letter and pay with a church check or church credit card. Breakfast is included in the room rate. The Comfort Suites Downtown Orlando is about 10 minutes from the church. Please make your reservation on or before February 12.

Dress for the day and the concert:

—Shorts or slacks
—Tee shirt or polo shirt (a shirt representing your choir or church is great)
—Tennis shoes with socks (please emphasize "safe" shoes for climbing on choral risers)

Primary Schedule:

Please note that the schedule for primary choir singers starts at 12:15 pm. A room with supplies for various activites for primary choristers will be available in the morning; however, each choir must have adults supervising their primaries until the start of the first rehearsal at 12:30. If you want primary choristers to be included in the lunch count please register them as "Full Day Primaries" on the Registration Form Enrollment Summary.


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