Dates for your Diary

• Current student auditions – Week of December 3
• Christmas Carols, December 7 – all string ensembles
• K-2 Presentation Day December 10 – Concert Strings only
• Instrument return – December 10
• Instrument pick-up (continuing students only) – December 11
• Yrs 3-6 Presentation Day – December 11 – Senior Strings and Orchestra only

 Christmas Carols, Friday December 7 – Take note of the early morning start!

Morning Set-up:

7am Friday morning – all strings captains to meet at music room

7:15am – all strings students arrive for carols rehearsal, help set up chairs and stands in McMillan Playground

Pre-carols:

5:30pm All strings students arrive, set up chairs and stands for 6pm performance.            Wear casual clothes.

Families, bring a picnic rug, food and your best singing voices.

Let the whole of Artarmon hear the Christmas singing and music of our students.

Instrument return Monday December 10/Pick up Tuesday December 11

Return all instruments for cleaning and service before school on December 10 (or after the K-2 Presentation Day for those who are performing).

Pick up on Tuesday December 11 (before school for those performing in the Yr 3-6 Presentation Day).

If you are leaving school before this time, please let us know so we can arrange alternative times.

Auditions for continuing students – exact times will be emailed

ReTurning Senior Strings – Monday December 3

New OC students and non-string program players – Monday December 3

Year 4 students in Concert Strings – Monday December 3

Current Concert Strings – Tuesday December 4

Current Training Strings – Tuesday December 4

New OC students and non-string program players – Wednesday December 5

Current Junior Strings – Thursday December 6

If you have re-enrolled your child, you do not need to do anything further to arrange the ensemble audition. Exact times will be sent out next week.

Committee Positions

Training Strings Coordinator – Lan Zhong

Junior Strings Coordinator – Karen P’ng

Concert Strings Coordinator – Ada Pan

Senior Strings Coordinator – Iris Zhang

Orchestra Coordinator – Atsuko Porman

Instruments Coordinator – Joanne Wang

Secretary and Events Coordinator – Arzoo Patel

Strings Treasurer – Rose Huang

Opera House Coordinator – Adrienne Byrne

Emma Nicholas, Strings Convenor – strings@artarmonpandc.org.au