Hello Parents,

Our Homecoming Dance is this Saturday, October 5th, from 8 – 11 pm in the THS Cafeteria. This is our main fundraiser. We need all hands helping out!

Concert Choir members are expected to support in the execution of the event by participating in several of the following activities:

1. Painting and creation of cafeteria signage and decorations during the week.
2. Decorating and setting up the cafeteria on Saturday morning from 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
3. Helping with Coat Check shifts from 7:30 PM until 11:30 PM.
4. Tearing down, 11:00 PM – until it is done (hopefully no later than 12:30 AM) of decorations and resetting the cafeteria to be operational on Monday Morning.

PARENT CHAPERONES

For those parents who have volunteered, THANK YOU!

Parents show up at 7 PM (updated) and will be assigned locations to work.

Bring Ear Plugs!

1. 2 parents will be collecting AT THE DOOR payment for tickets ($15), checking school ID and writing down names of each student that arrives to purchase a ticket. NO AT THE DOOR tickets are sold to non-THS Students.
2. Parents will be in pairs at the bathrooms, at the exit doors to make sure students do not let other students in, at the snack and water tables.
3. All parents will assist in tear down in order to facilitate getting kids home as soon as possible.

Thank you,

Mr. Hawthorne

The choir website has gone through an extensive renovation and update in preparation for the 2019-2020 Choir Season!

Give it a good read through!

Looking forward to an outstanding year!

Best regards,

Mr. Hawthorne
THS Choir Director

Please join the Remind App for the choir you are enrolled in for next season 2019-2020!

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(this is a way of getting important event and chaperoning information)

UPDATE (December 24th): $160 in Target Gift Cards and $50 in Safeway Gift Cards for each student arrived today for the Choir Students of Paradise High School along with the video clip from the concert!

The generosity of the Tigard community is inspiring. With the addition of tonight’s pass the hat contributions of $2,426.19, the total gift to Paradise on Thursday evening was at $5, 811.46. 

Then came Friday Morning…more contributions…we reached $6,004. Then the mystery envelope landed in my box…

Ten crisp $100 bills for Paradise!!! Anonymous donor!!! Whoever you are, THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Then came Saturday morning…more contributions…

We reached $7,202!!!

THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE GENEROSITY!!!

Best regards,

Mr. Hawthorne

Thank you to the following contributors to the Paradise High School Benefit that Tigard Choirs are sponsoring:

Dianne and Tom Hart
Adam and Kristina Smelley
Mark and Shelley Flannery
Brad and Debbie Avakian
Patricia Anderson
Leann and Richard O’Neill
Brian and Karen McKenney
Margaret and Jeff Kean
Doug and Barbara Burke
Denise Davidson
Kevin Brown
The Matheson Family
Evan Rubio
The Burris/Jackson Family
Shari Balcom
Michael Weizhandler
Robert and Wendy Hawthorne

Total so far: $1,525.00

All but two of the choir members at Paradise and all but a handful of faculty lost their homes in the Campfire in Paradise, California. If you can help as an individual, family or friend of Tigard Choirs, please send:

Target and Safeway Gift cards in the amount of $25 or greater, marked on the card for easy clarification or,

Debit/Visa Cards of $25 or greater or,

Checks of any amount made payable to Tigard Choir to be bundled together and converted into gift cards or,

Cash of $1 or more that can be bundled to purchase gift cards.

Deadline is December 20th at the 7 pm Concert in the Auditorium. We will pass the hat for final contributions to benefit the Paradise High School Choir and Faculty. All contributions will be boxed up and sent on December 21st to Mr. Shawn Howell of Paradise High School for distribution to the families in need.

Let’s raise a ton of money for these needy families!

Mr. Hawthorne

I have been blessed to be in touch with the choir director of Paradise High School. As you are aware from the news, Paradise was destroyed in the Camp Fire. Shawn Howell has a choir of 35. All but two lost their homes in the Camp Fire. Of the 50 faculty members, almost all lost their homes. Shawn fortunately lives outside of Paradise and was spared.

Shawn has suggested that gift cards to Target and Safeway would really help.

There is no postal service to Paradise right now. Would you consider sending gift cards to: Robert Hawthorne c/o Tigard High School, 9000 SW Durham Road, Tigard, OR 97224. Or, bring gift cards or cash to the December 20th Choir Concert at Deb Fennell Auditorium. Consider cards of $25, $50, $75, or $100 or more. Any cash given in any amount will be converted into gift cards.

We will forward all the cards from you and our benefit concert on December 20th to the Paradise High School Choir Director Shawn Howell to distribute to the choir and faculty members in need.

Pass the word to friends, colleagues, businesses, business partners and family.

Let’s raise a massive amount of money! Blessings!

Mr. Hawthorne