- Cypress Lake Vocal Department - News http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html Cypress Lake Vocal Department: News Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:08:08 -0800 Welcome Prospective Members http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#137 It was great to see so many prospective students at last night's Panther Showcase.  We hope that you are planning to join the Panther family.  Take a look around the site.  If you have any questions about the auditions or how the vocal department operates, just go to the contact info and Mr. Stroh a message.  If you would like to see a great display of talent in the Vocal Department, come to the Vocal Cabaret this Thursday evening.  Just mention that you are an 8th grade student planning to audition for the Vocal Department and you will be given a free ticket.  We hope to see your there.

]]> http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#137 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 - Cypress Lake Vocal Department - News Cabaret Line-up Announced http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#136 The Vocal Department Cabaret is Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium.  Tickets are $5.00 and all vocal department members are required to be there.


 


Here are the acts that will be performing.  These are not in performance order.  All acts must provide an introduction on a note card.  Introduction should include brief information about the performers and something about the song.  It should be written neatly.


 


Ashlee Wallace - Stay (Sugarland)


Abe Cerra - King and Queen of Our Time


Alissa Roca & Marcello Marsalli - Stay Frederick Stay


Sarah McIntyre - Come Fly With Me


Candice Bradshaw - I'm Not Afraid


Diana Landa - Almost Lover


Cassidy Tinkoff - Stay (Lisa Loeb)


Danielle Huston - Stars and the Moon


Cassi Lee - The Sound of You and I


Emma Coleman -Who Will Save Your Soul


Justine Fitzgerald - Don't Cry Out Loud


Averie Bendana - Don't Know Why


Michaela Slamka - And So It Goes


Amanda Cotto with Max Hoffman - Realize


Brittany Newland - Get Here


Lauren Davis and Shadoe Valentin - The Prayer


Amanda, Haley, Justine & Marie - Party in the USA


Cassie, Brittani and Cassi - You Are My Sunshine


Eden Shelton - Feeling Good


Taylor Nave - Hallelujah


Quenton Thomas - So High

]]> http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#136 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 - Cypress Lake Vocal Department - News Sweet Charity Selected for State! http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#135 Our production of Sweet Charity has been selected to perform at the 2010 Florida State Thespian Conference.  The show will play in Morsani Hall at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center on Friday, April 9th.  Morsani Hall is a 2,610 seat main hall at TBPAC and houses Broadway National Tours, Orchestra, Opera and Ballets.  This is an amazing opportunity for our students to be able to perform in one of the greatest halls in the South.


As a warm-up and fundraiser for this event, we have arranged to perform the show locally at Barbara B Mann Performing Arts Hall in late March.  Dates and ticket info will be posted as soon as it is finalized.


Congratulations to our cast, orchestra and crew for this outstanding achievement!!

]]> http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#135 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 - Cypress Lake Vocal Department - News New TAG Learning Tracks http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#134 New learning tracks for The A Cappella Group are now up in the music section.  Go all the way to the last page to find them.

]]> http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#134 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 - Cypress Lake Vocal Department - News Parent Meeting http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#133 We are holding a vocal dept. parent meeting on this Thursday, October 29th at 7 PM at the Reflection Lakes clubhouse.  This meeting is to get started on the Madrigal Dinner preparations.  We need a lot of help to make this annual event happen.  Please call Carole Davis at 872-7277 for directions and to RSVP.  We hope to see you there.

]]> http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#133 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Cypress Lake Vocal Department - News German Choir to be Guest Artists http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#132 The Cypress Lake Center for the Arts Vocal Department is proud to welcome Young Voices from Egeln, Germany as guest artists for our Fall Choral Concert.  This 25 member choir consists of graduates and students of Egeln High School as a way of continuing to sing after high school.  The now 10 year old choir has won numerous awards throughout Germany and Europe and are very excited to be making their American debut.  They will be in Florida for 9 days and we are fortunate to be able to host them for one of their concerts.  The group will get a chance to meet and interact with our own vocal students during two school days, and then we will sing a combined number to end the concert.


Also featured on the concert will be our choirs from Cypress Lake Center for the Arts.  The Concert Choir, Intermezzo Women's Choir, Cypress Chorale and The A Cappella Group will all perform.  The concert is Thursday, October 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the Cypress Lake High School Auditorium.


For more information on Young Voices, check out their website - http://www.youngvoices.de/index.html

]]> http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#132 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Cypress Lake Vocal Department - News New Website Now Up and Running http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#128 http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#128 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Cypress Lake Vocal Department - News Sweet Charity Cast List Posted http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#130 Thanks to the over 100 students that auditioned for the production this year.  It is always quite a daunting task to pare that number down.  If we were not able to cast you, I hope that you will consider still being a part of the show, by working on the technical side.


 


 


 


And now without further ado..........


 


 


 


Charity - Kacie Phillips


Helene - Allison Scott


Nickie - Natasha Poinciano


Carmen - Brittany Rincon


Rosie - Rachel Freeze


Suzanne - Ashley Forrester


Frenchy - Eden Shelton


Betsy - Brooke Cole


Elaine - Krissy Martin


Ursula - Katy Gibble


Oscar - Jeremy Miller


Vittorio - Mike Nance


Herman - Ian Castro


Daddy - Joey Whitesman


Asst #1 - Tony Sansone


Asst #2 - Lucas Nunn


 


Female Ensemble


Jordan Albright


Sloan Brettholtz


Amanda Cotto


Marissa Daher


Raven Day


Jessie Ditzel


Justine Fitzgerald


Quintaysia Goodley


Ali Hooks


Haley Huston


Hannah Luckow


Christine Magers


Sarah McIntyre


Rachel Moser


Taylor Nave


Brittani Newland


Lindsey Palmquist


Savannah Reid


Olivia Rodriguez


Michaela Slamka


Jayne Telusma


Stephanie Weinberg


Nicole Willis


 


Male Ensemble


Wil Harbison


Willie Filkowski


Dallas Stobb


Eli Baldwin


Eric Callari


Chris Cooper


Philip Gold


Matthew Hengel


Corey Robinson


Daniel Rye

]]> http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#130 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Cypress Lake Vocal Department - News TAG Auditions Results http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#131 The results are in.  After hours of listening to the same auditions over and over and trading names back and forth, I have finally settled on this year's TAG members.  As the upperclassmen know, this is the day of the year I dread the most.  I know how many of you are hoping and praying and it is so hard to cut it down to just a few members.  For all of you who auditioned, thank you and there were some great auditions this year.  I will be happy to provide feedback  on your strenths and weaknesses so you can improve.  I highly recommend that you do this.  I will also play you parts of your audition and go over some things with you.


 


The list is in alphabetical order.


 


Can I have a drum roll please.............


 


Sopranos


Candace Bradshaw


Haley Huston


Cassi Lee


Brittani Newland


Alissa Roca


Michaela Slamka


 


Altos


Alyssa Ambrose


Lauren Davis


Justine Fitzgerald


Taylor Nave


Eden Shelton


Stephanie Weinberg


 


Tenors


Ian Castro


Tony Sansone


Mike Nance


Wil Harbison


 


Basses


Lucas Nunn


Colin Davis


Neal Eagan


 


Percussion


Paul Gavin

]]> http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#131 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Cypress Lake Vocal Department - News T.A.G. Earns Three CARA Nominations http://cypresslakevocal.com/news.html#129 Cypress Lake Center for the Arts very own The A Cappella Group has been recognized for their latest album Long Overdue.  Long Overdue has been nominated in three categories for the 2009 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards.  The awards, which are the a cappella world's version of the Grammys, honor outstanding albums in a variety of categories ranging from professional groups to high school groups.


 


The A Cappella Group's latest album has been nominated in the following categories:


*Best High School Album


*Best High School Song for "Karmastistion"


* Best High School Solo - Katie Campbell for "Hands"


 


The A Cappella Group has been nominated before.  In 2007, T.A.G. - We're It! was nominated for Best High School Album and "Bring Me To Life" was nominated for Best High School Song.  The winners will be announced on April 1, 2009, so we are hoping for more good news.  You can see the entire list of nominees at http://www.casa.org/node/1656"\o"Cara Nominations"


 


Congratulations to all of the members of The A Cappella Group for this outstanding achievement.

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