Fine Arts News and Announcements

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Upcoming Events
April 18-19	Refuge (MS choir) trip to "America Sings" at Stone Mountain, Georgia
May 5	Music Booster Club Meeting, 6:00 pm, Elementary Music Room
May 8	"I've Got the Music in Me" CCS Annual Spring Concert - All CCS Choirs Northside Baptist Church - 54th Street. 7:00 pm
May 18	High School Choir to sing at CCS Graduation

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Music Booster Club Meeting - Monday, May 5

The CCS music booster club will meet on Monday, May 5, at 6:00 pm, in the Elementary Music Room. All members are encouraged to attend this important meeting where we will be discussing final details for the upcoming annual Spring concert.

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"I've Got the Music in Me"
Annual CCS Spring Concert

The CCS Music Department invites everyone to attend its annual CCS Spring concert on Thursday, May 8. This special musical production entitled "I've Got the Music in Me" features all of our choirs (the elementary chorale, the middle school choir and the high school choir), in addition to several other special performances.

This year's concert will be held at Northside Baptist Church (54th street) beginning at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:40 pm, and ticket prices are: $5 for adults and $3 for students and faculty. Music booster club members may attend the concert at no charge.

The students always put on a great show, and this year's performance will be no exception. We hope you will join us for an evening you won't soon forget!

For more information, please email Angie Bacon.

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Photo submitted by Angie Bacon

Refuge Performs at GMEA Music Festival

The middle school choir, Refuge, recently participated in the GMEA music festival at First Baptist Church in Columbus. The group received straight "excellents" for their performance!

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CCS Students Place in State Literary Competition

Congratulations to the following CCS students who placed in the recent State Literary Competition.

1st Place - Girls Trio
Ellen Bacon, Laura Griffin, Phebe Griffin
4th Place - Boys Quartet
Matthew Gilmer, Will Helms, Matt Luke, Mario Rodriguez
5th Pace - Boys Solo
Matthew Gilmer

Earlier region competition results were as follows:
1st Place - Girls Trio
Ellen Bacon, Laura Griffin, Phebe Griffin
2nd Place - Personal Essay
Sarah Morris
4th Place - Boys Quartet
Matthew Gilmer, Will Helms, Matt Luke, Mario Rodriguez 4th Place - Argumentative Essay
Matthew Gilmer

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"Latrevo" Performs at Cinderella's Castle

The high school chorus, Latrevo, recently returned from Orlando, Florida, where they participated in "Singbration"

This choral event included 320 participants from across the U.S. and Brazil. The students practiced many hours prior to their arrival and then many more hours once they got to Orlando. The group paraded down Main Street at Walt Disney World and performed at Cinderella's Castle.

The students also collected items and prepared care packages for families at the local Ronald McDonald Houses. They also enjoyed vocal workshops with the a cappella group, Toxic Audio, on two occasions.

"We are very proud of Latrevo and the wonderful job they did. They represented Calvary Christian School well," said Angie Bacon.

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Photo submitted by Angie Bacon.

Several CCS students were selected to represent Calvary Christian School in the GMEA Honor Chorus held at Hardaway High School in January. The concert featured a 90-voice middle school chorus and a 60 voice high school chorus. The students participated in extensive rehearsals and worked with guest clinician Doyle Register. Congratulations to all of our students.

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Photo Highlights from "Let There Be Music"
CCS Annual Christmas Concert - December 2007


Photos submitted by Courtney Stephens and Devon Parker

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Middle School Choir to Attend "America Sings"

The middle school choir will once again participate in the annual "America Sings" event this year. This year the national event will be held at Stone Mountain, Georgia, April 18-19.

For more information , please email or call Angie Bacon
at 706-327-7564. 

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High School Choir to Sing at Disney

The high school choir, Latrevo, will perform on the steps of Cinderella's castle at Disney World in February. The group will be traveling to Orlando February 21-24, to participate in a special Disney presentation entitled "Singbration" which will feature a mass choir with musicians from all across the country.

While in Orlando the students will also participate in a community service project to benefit the Ronald McDonald House in Orlando.

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CCS Students Sing in GISA Honors Chorus

Congratulations to the members of the high school choir who were selected to participate in the GISA Honors Chorus, on November 4, at the Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Visual Arts Announcements
Posted 10/12/07

For more information about what all of our visual arts classes (preschool, elementary, middle school, and high school) are doing this year, visit the Visual Arts web page.

Back to School Night

We had Back to School Night on September 18, and we
would like to thank all of the parents that came out to see
what we were doing in art class. We discussed our class syllabus, supplies, and went over the art projects that we
had done to-date.

What can you do to help our art classes at CCS?

• Show interest in your students’ artwork and come to events when we will be displaying their work.
  
• We are always in need of magazines to use
  for art projects and old art books to use for example images.
  
• When we have a still life project, we will occasionally need to borrow still life objects  (i.e. old animal bones and skulls, old vases, etc.). If you have any objects similar to those above, that you would allow the art program to borrow or that you would like to donate, please let us know.

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In the Spotlight . . .

Under the direction of our new Choral Director Tommy Newman, the high school and middle school choirs performed together for the CCS Annual Fund Banquet September 27.

The students sang Go Light Your World and Hand in Hand to a crowd of over 600 people, including the Rev. Franklin Graham who was keynote speaker at the event.

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Join the Elementary Chorale This Year . . .

CCS invites elementary students to join the Elementary Chorale. This popular after-school elective is open to
3rd - 5th grade students who enjoy singing and learning more about music.

Rehearsals are held after school Wednesdays afternoons,
2:30-3:30 pm. Additional rehearsals may be scheduled during the year as we prepare for special concerts and events. Chorale students will be dismissed from class at 2:25 pm on chorale days to report to the music room. Please pick up your child in the gravel parking lot across from the middle school at 3:30 pm.

This activity has no fee associated with it. The only cost to parents will be the cost of purchasing the concert attire which includes a monogrammed shirt and basic black trousers for boys and black skirts for girls.

If you have any questions, please call or email chorale director Angie Bacon, 706-315-7565.

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  Piano & Guitar Lessons

Did you know CCS offers private piano, guitar and voice lessons on campus as part of our enrichment programs? Applications are being accepted and classes are being scheduled now for this school year.  If you have not already registered your child(ren) for any of these music lessons and would like to, please contact the following music teachers.

Piano - private lessons
All Grade Levels - Sam Roney, ext. 213
Printable Piano Lessons Info & Contract
Printable Piano Lessons Registration Form

Guitar - private lessons
Call or email Mark Helms, ext. 229

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 Fine Arts News Archives

Older CCS fine arts news has been stored online in Fine Arts News Archives. To view archived information from prior school years, click here.

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