Welcome to the Creekside Choirs Website!

Creekside Middle School, Zeeland, MI

This site will be a great place to find all information pertaining to performance dates, times and locations.

2016 - 2017 Performances

ZWHS Homecoming - All three choirs singing our National Anthem along with ZHS Varsity Voices - Friday, October 7 (this is an optional performance) - More info to follow
Fall Concert (7th and 8th Grade Choirs only) - Thursday, October 13 - DeWitt Auditorium - 7:30 pm
Christmas Concert (all three choirs) - Monday, December 12 - DeWitt Auditorium (ZEHS) - 7:30 pm
7th-12th Grade Concert - Thursday, March 16 - DeWitt Auditorium - 7:00 pm
Friendship Concert (6th Grade Choir only, with Cityside 6th Grade Choir) - Tuesday, March 174- 7:00 pm
Spring Concert (all three choirs) - Tuesday, May 30 - DeWitt Auditorium (ZEHS) - 7:30 pm

Please remember that all performances (except the Homecoming opportunity) are mandatory.  Additional performances tend to pop up from time to time.  I will inform parents as soon as these opportunities arise.

Fundraiser

The current state of funding for public school education in Michigan remains poor, despite the revitalized upswing in the economy the state is enjoying.  We are still funded at basically the 2006 level.  Because of this, we must conduct a fundraiser each year to raise funds to purchase music, equipment and supplies to make the Creekside Choir program great.  



Opt out of fundraiser option...

A typical fundraiser operates somewhere in the ballpark of a 50/50 split between us and the fundraising company.  If we sell a pizza for $18, the choirs will see a profit of around $9 (sometimes, less).  

We encourage all choir members to participate in the fundraiser.  It can be fun and there are always prizes involved for achieving certain levels in sales (sometimes even $$$).

However, I realize that some families are more interested making a donation than to have their child participate in the fundraiser.  This is both fine and completely understandable.  I'll leave the dollar amount up to you.  Please understand that opting out of the fundraiser will also opt your child out of any prize earning potential offered by the fundraising company, including potential pizza parties or after school celebrations.

Outfits

For performances, all choir members will wear black dress pants, black dress shoes and black socks.  


We will be ordering Creeskide Choir shirts (soon for 7th and 8th grades, later for 6th grade) with unique designs and colors for each group.  


Parents are responsible for providing the pants, shoes and socks.  Cost for the choir shirt is $12 (make checks payable to Creekside Middle School).

We've been getting some attention!
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It's been a very exciting summer, to say the least!  The 20th Annual Creekside Choir Spring Concert caught the attention of many, including local TV station, FOX 17.  In addition, Mr. C. was a featured blogger for the Facebook group, Popular & Commercial Voice Teacher Network.  Here's the blog post:  http://www.commercialvoiceresources.com/blog/2016/7/10/creating-a-middle-school-choir-rock-concert-with-jeff-costello

Mr. C. was also the featured interview for the August Newsletter for Somatic Voicework(TM), a worldwide association of more than 1000 teachers of singing.  You can check out that interview here:  http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=7c9cb8ad5387f6acbbf4b84f6&id=c08ae0ec20

I hope most of you saw the coverage we received from FOX 17 news.  If not, here's a link to the spot:  http://fox17online.com/2016/06/13/zeeland-middle-schoolers-rocks-audience-with-rock-of-ages-show/