Join us tonight at 6pm for Broadway 2021! Set up a chair and your cooler on South's front lawn to watch our first LIVE concert in more than 15 months! Our choirs have been rehearsing for the Broadway show and can't wait to perform for you.  Don't miss watching our graduating seniors perform their final solos as high schoolers!

Check out some pictures from our rehearsals below.

Just because our choirs aren't able to sing together in person these days, it doesn't mean we can't enjoy their wonderful music as an ensemble.  Thank you to the choirs, Mr. Pratt and especially Richard Wolf for putting the time in recording and editing this video so we can all experience the music we all are missing!

We hope you enjoy Grosse Pointe South Choir's latest video featuring the 2020-2021 Combined Choirs performing Swingin with the Saints.

Visit our YouTube Channel for more videos from this amazing group of talented singers!

Our new Grosse Pointe South Spirit Wear Store is now LIVE! Check out the amazing variety of options we have this year. Whether you are shopping for your choir student or maybe a little something for yourself, we have many great items to choose from!

Each May, our choir seniors are featured in our "Broadway!" show, a bittersweet farewell performance with senior solos and special senior group numbers. It's a tribute to their hard work over the years and a heartwarming farewell to the senior class.

This year, we had to say farewell to our seniors in a different way. The staff worked tirelessly to put this together. We hope you enjoy the beautiful voices of our South Choir Seniors and their quotes.

Good luck to our Senior Class of 2020! We know you will ROCK wherever you ROLL! 🎼🎤💃🏽🕺🏻🥳🔥💫

This year we have to celebrate our seniors a little differently. Normally at this time of year, the graduating seniors would be recognized during many special ways including Honors Night, year-end banquets for their extracurricular activities and, of course, the big Graduation Ceremony.  For Seniors who participate in the Choir Program there is another special opportunity to showcase their talents during our Broadway! show. Many students have been looking forward to this show for years and the Boosters and Directors always enjoy seeing the seniors be recognized for their hard work and dedication to the program. 

While it pales in comparison to seeing our graduating seniors perform live in front of their families, friends, directors and peers, we wanted to do something to recognize each of their accomplishments during the last four years at Grosse Pointe South.  Enjoy the Senior Spotlight below and congratulations again to our Senior Class of 2020!

Dear Choir Parents and Students,
We hope you are all healthy and safe, and trying to find some fun in our “new normal”.  For all of you first responders, medical personnel and essential workers, THANK YOU for all you are doing!
Here are a few choir notes for this week:
CHOIR PLACEMENT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR--   South administration is requiring that Mr. Pratt turn in next year’s student choir placement by 3/30.  Since auditions are not possible, he has sent the following note of his intention for placement criteria. Please note the Dance Captain application deadline below.
 
To Students and Parents,
Choir Placement for 2020-2021 for current students:  Due to the extraordinary issues facing students and teachers online with an eye to the stress families are experiencing with the changes in the last ten days, choir placements for next year will be done using the criteria below, as not to add undue stress in the current learning atmosphere.  I will use my best judgment in placement of students and I hope this will alleviate concerns and stress given our current situation.

• There will be no demotion of current Pointe Singers or Tower Belles
• Current Tower Belles will be considered first for next year's Pointe Singers women positions.
• Current South Singers will be placed in either Pointe Singers or Tower Belles.
• Current Sounds of South will be placed in South Singers or Tower Belles
• I will seek feedback for incoming 8th grade students from current music teachers.
• Student dance captain applications will be available on schoology in our current assignment folders under each course.  Any student interested in being a dance captain, please fill out and submit to me.  Those will be due by March 28th.

My philosophy with choir placements has been and will continue to be to allow every student to be successful and grow in the choir they are placed.  That does not change even though this year's process will look considerably different due to current circumstances.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Mr. Pratt

Dear Choir Parents,
We wish you and your family a safe and healthy time away from school.  A few choir notices and reminders:
CHARITY GAMING CANCELLED--  We have cancelled our participation with the charity gaming event at the end of the month.  The event is currently still scheduled but for the health of our members cancelling seems prudent.  We hope to make up the funds with a summer gaming event.  Thank you to all of you who signed up to help.
CHICAGO COMPETITION CANCELLED— By email dated 3/13, Chris Pratt canceled our participation in the Chicago competition at the end of the month.  Please remember to cancel your hotel room if you have already booked.
AN OPTIMISTIC NOTE— Many of our students are feeling disappointment at missing some of their important activities this spring.  We wanted to share a comforting statement from Chris Pratt at a meeting Friday when he told the cast and crew of the musical that he (and Meaghan Dunham, and Andy Haines and PJ Veltri) are aware that “this is senior year for many students” and they are going to do their best to ensure our students have the opportunity to enjoy their fun events this year if possible.  Patience and flexibility are key!
Thank you for supporting your student’s Choir program.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
With Warmest Regards,
 
Laura Sanom-Fleming and
Katherine Brandon
2019-20 Choir Booster Presidents

Dear Choir Parents,
Congratulations to the South Singers, Tower Belles and Pointe Singers on a successful weekend of show choir competition at the Bishop Luers invitational!  Our students once again represented themselves, their program, their school and their community incredibly well and with great sportsmanship.  Thank you Chris, Andy and Richard for leading our students to these new successes!
Believe it or not there are no new choir announcements this week.  So this is a great time to ask you to check your calendar and consider volunteering for our next Charity Gaming event (and final for this school year) on Thursday March 26th - Sunday March 29th.  These are day shifts at One Eyed Jacks.  It is an opportunity for us to make approximately $5,000 for our choir students;  but we cannot do it if we do not have all shifts filled.  Please consider volunteering for a shift. Click here to volunteer:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084faca7238-volunteer3 .  (Please Note this is the same weekend as our Chicago competition, so we especially need parents to volunteer who are not attending the competition!  Thank you.)
Also, we hope to send an email in the next couple of days with a block of hotel rooms for the Chicago choir competition.  Stay tuned.
Thank you for supporting your student’s Choir program.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
 
With Warmest Regards,
Laura Sanom-Fleming and
Katherine Brandon
2019-20 Choir Booster Presidents

Dear Choir Parents,
Thank you to all those who answered the call to help sew this weekend.  All costumes are bedazzled and ready for the Winter Spectacular and competitions.
Here are a few Choir items you may want to know this week:
WINTER SPECTACULAR THIS WEDNESDAY--  Tickets for the Winter Spectacular Concert this Wednesday 3/4 are still available.  Click here to reserve your seats http://www.gpsouthchoir.org/winter-spectacular-performance-2020/
COMPETITION REHEARSALS WITH ANDY THIS WEEK—  Rehearsals for the Winter Spectacular concert and Bishop Luers competition will be in the MPR this week as follows:   Monday 3/2 Pointe Singers 3:15-6:30pm, Tower Belles 5-8:15pm;  Tuesday 3/3 Pointe Singers and Tower Belles dress rehearsal 3:15-7:15pm.
WINTER SPECTACULAR REHEARSAL/SOUND CHECKS—  Wednesday 3/4 in the PAC Sounds of South 4-4:30, South Singers 4:30-5, Tower Belles 5-5:30, Pointe Singers 5:30-6.  Show starts at 7:00pm.
BISHOP LUERS TRUCK DRIVERS NEEDED—  We still need drivers for the 24’ and 16’ trucks to move our competition sets this weekend. If we do not have drivers we will not be able to compete.  No experience needed and drivers will be compensated.  If you are available to help please contact Chris Pratt asap.
Reminder--VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED PLEASE--  Our next Charity Gaming event (and final for this school year) will be Thursday March 26th - Sunday March 29th.  Again they are day shifts at One Eyed Jacks.  Please consider volunteering for a shift. Click here to volunteer:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084faca7238-volunteer3 .  (Please Note this is the same weekend as our Chicago competition, so we especially need parents to volunteer who are not attending the competition!  Thank you.)
Thank you for supporting your student’s Choir program.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
 
With Warmest Regards,
Laura Sanom-Fleming and
Katherine Brandon
2019-20 Choir Booster Presidents