May Newsletter
Hello Clements Choir Family!
Here’s pretty much our final newsletter of the year! Wow, it flew!
Jade Blakey | jade.blakey@fortbendisd.com
Justin Shen | justin.shen@fortbendisd.com
Spring Concert Wrap-Up: Thank you to Westside Recording for the amazing recordings that can be found here. Also, Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Silent Auction. We raised $3,165 that will all go directly to the choir students! It was a beautiful concert!
Concert Chorale also had Recording Day with Elkins last week. Those recordings can be found here.
Our UIL Recordings are here.
Ice Cream Social, Friday, May 1st 3-4pm, Courtyard/Choir Room (pending weather)
A Social open for all to celebrate the end of a great formal concert season! Come eat ice cream! RSVP happened in class today!
Banquet | Event May 19th @ TPC Houston/Sweetwater Country Club 6-9PM Tickets due May 7th
This event is open to all choir students and their families. Students may bring a date and up to 3 family members! You’ll enjoy a taco bar dinner, awards ceremony, and the chance to reminisce on all the amazing things that have happened. We’ve also got a DJ and a dancefloor this year! Let’s get together to say farewell to our seniors and send them off into the beginning of their next adventure. (4400 Palm Royale Blvd. Sugar Land, TX 77479)
Tickets are $40 per seat. Booster Club members with seniors, check your email for a complimentary ticket code!
Uniform Return | Due May 12th:
All students will return their formal uniform dry cleaned inside their garment bag. This is a major grade and is due in class May 12th- but may be returned sooner! Please leave inside the plastic dry cleaning bag so we know it is has been dry cleaned! If you have some time, please volunteer during the day on May 12th to help organize uniforms. Please sign up here!
Coffee House Solo Auditions | May 5th-8th in class |
For auditions, students will perform for their class on the day they signed up for. The link to upload their track is found in Schoology. Be sure the cut is 2 minutes, you have staging, you have practiced holding a microphone and bring your “costume” the day of your audition. Uptempo songs are expected! Sign up in class for your date.
All-State Camp Scholarship, due today:
It's time to start thinking about All-State for next year! As you're making your summer plans, please leave room for an All-State camp - these camps offer incredible value and are necessary to ensure success throughout the All-State process. Participants have a leg up on the competition and are far more likely to make the All-State Choir than those that don't go to camp. Being an All-State singer looks great on college apps AND your student gets to do something they love! Our booster club offers scholarships for students taking part in All-State camps - you can read more information about these scholarships here.
Click here for a list of All-State camps this summer (we will update as more information comes out).
Senior Scholarships, due today.
The Booster Club provides at least 2 scholarships to our graduation seniors. The scholarship application is pretty sizable, so get an early start on it!
Coffee House Dress Rehearsal | May 14th | 3:00-6PM @ CHS Commons
Assigned Soloists will come on Thursday for sound check and rehearsal. Students should bring their “costume” to the rehearsal.
Coffee House | Show on May 15th @ 6:30 PM | Tickets $5 available here Donations due May 13th (Required for all)| On May 15th in the CHS Commons, we will present our final performance of the year! Come join us for a fun, laid back evening of pop solos, accompanied by yummy treats! All CHS Choir students get in to the concert free by wearing their choir polo/choir Pop Show Shirt from this year or they are a performer. Here is what everyone is expected to donate:
Period 2 (Con Brio) – Individual packs of Oreos, Chocolate Chip cookies, or Snack Cakes (box of 12 each student; For example, Hostess or Little Debbie brand)
Period 3 (Sonoro) – Individual packs of Oreos, Chocolate Chip cookies, or Snack Cakes (box of 12 each student; For example, Hostess or Little Debbie brand)
Period 4 (A Cappella) – Chips (variety pack), or Snack Cakes (box of 12 each student; for example Hostess or Little Debbie brand)
Period 5 Tenors and Basses (Concert Chorale) – If your last name starts with A-L: Choice of Starburst or Air Heads (small size pack/25 pieces); If your last name starts with M-Z: Choice of M&Ms or your choice (small size pack/25 pieces)
Period 5 Sopranos and Altos (Concert Chorale) –You will be assigned a 12 pk of soda variety to bring
Period 7 (Cantiamo) – Halloween candy variety pack (55 piece or smaller bags)
Seniors, bring your senior boards- we will borrow the easels again and we’ll have sharpies available- folks can add well wishes to the back of your board during the concert! It will also help the commons look a little extra cute with your boards! Optional, but fun!
Schedule for the day:
3:00 PM Move the Soundsystem out to the commons
3:30 PM Sound check & decorating begins
5:30 PM Rising 9th grade parent meeting in the Choir Room
6:00 PM House Open!/Box office open
6:15 PM Rising 9th grade Signing Event in Commons (Thank you for those of you who signed up for the Welcome Committee!)
6:30 PM Concert starts!
7:45 PM Estimated end time! Clean-Up! Volunteering for the spring: Please sign up to help us out with our events this year! Many hands make light work! We will need help at Coffee House serving!
Studio Recitals; Holmes/Busselberg, May 4th; Arthur, May 11th | Choir Room
For students taking voice lessons, your voice teacher is putting on an end of year recital in the choir room! Please look for an email from them for more details.
Chamber Choir 2026 Rehearsal/Parent Meeting | May 21st 4PM- Rehearsal | 5:30PM Parent Meeting
This is a required meeting for all families involved in Chamber 2026. It will feature a short performance and a brief meeting. We expect it to take 30 minutes of your time. Please email Mrs. Blakey if you cannot attend, so we can set up a separate meeting- jade.blakey@fortbendisd.gov
Graduation | June 1st (Seniors who say “yes” and Chamber 2026 members) | 11:00 AM-3:45 PM
Wearing “Concert Black” (Chamber) or graduation attire. Special for Seniors: You’ll ride the bus with choir and meet your parents after graduation! If you REALLY have to drive yourself, chat with Blakey. Non-seniors, we will have a bus to and from the Epicenter. RSVP is here and in the Band. Choir Website: Please visit our website for the calendar, practice tracks, and other pertinent information! | clementschoir.org
Calendars: There is an electronic calendar for all the major choir events for the year, choir leadership, musical, and all-state rehearsals. Please scroll to see all of them!
Donations: There are a few things that we always need in the choir room. Please consider donating one or more of the following items, there are links attached for easy Amazon ordering! (any brand/amount is fine, we’re not picky!):
Thank you! -Mrs. Blakey & Mr. Shen