21^stAnnual Choristers Guild Children’s
2012 Choir Festival

General Information:

Date:	Saturday April 28, 2012
Times:	Mandatory Director's Meeting and Chapter Annual Meeting at 10:30 am.
	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:	Oakland Presbyterian Church, Oakland, FL.
Clinician:	Robert Todd is the music teacher at Bayview Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale. He is a graduate of East Carolina University and has taught for 23 years. Mr. Todd holds National Board Certification in Early and Middle Childhood Music. He serves on the FEMEA Executive Board as Chairman of the All State Elementary Chorus. He has presented choral workshops for elementary teachers, conducted all county honor choirs and has served as adjudicator at choral festivals. Locally, he is Treasurer for the Broward Music Educators Association and co-coordinates the Broward County Elementary Music Performance Assessments. Mr. Todd is an active musician outside school as well.

Music:

All music must be memorized

Fees:

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:

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 April 28, 2012.

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 on the Festival Forms 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 Oakland Presbyterian Church:

Take the Florida Turnpike to exit #272.
Turn east on State Road 50, going toward Winter Garden.
At the traffic light, turn left onto Tubb Street.
Turn right at the first stop sign onto Oakland Avenue.
The church is just ahead on the right.
An excellent map can be found at: Oakland Presbyterian Church Map
(and click on "directions" on the bottom tool bar of the window)

Housing:

A block of 20 double rooms has been reserved at the Red Roof Inn at 11241 West Colonial Drive, Ocoee, FL 34761 for Friday night, April 27, 2012. The rate is $54.99 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. Ask for the Choristers Guild rate when making reservations at 407-347-0140. Reservations must be made by April 13. The Red Roof Inn does not offer breakfast, but guests will receive 10% off at Denny's and Perkins which is right next door to the hotel.

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.