MerrillvilleChoir.com blogs

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...

Tue, 02 Nov 2004 15:35:38 -0600

I know I know... I'm overdue for an update. I've been working on putting together the online version of the fall concert, but it's still not ready. I think I'll try and get some Seussical photos set up over in the gallery pretty soon here too.

In the meantime, we're now featuring a vastly-improved search here on the site. Results should be much more accurate and searches which previously may have returned few or no results now return many. Try it out!

I'm working on getting some funds to hire help to run this crazy thing. It's really difficult to run a web site of this size by oneself. (especially when you're a lazy college student like me!)

Potluck Thank You

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:35:38 -0500

To everyone that participated in our annual potluck dinner at Pierce this year, many thanks for making this activity one of the successful efforts of our choir boosters. Mr. Festa and his booster members are to be congratulated on a fine job along with the student performers who shared with us their many talents.

Mr. EEEEEEEEE

Rehearsal Schedule for 9/27 and 10/4

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 13:05:57 -0500

In preparation for our October concert, Velveteens will practice dancing from 6-7 PM and singing with Mr. E from 7-8 PM; choir camp dances from 7 - 7:30 PM and Choralteens from 7:30 - 8:00 PM; Vocalteens will do their regular rehearsal from 6 - 9 PM. Please plan your arrival and departure to minimize hanging out at school with nothing to do.

at last... a new concert online

Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:45:48 -0500

Tonight, I finished putting Saturday's "Welcome to Choir" Potluck online... I have photos + audio for everything but the barbershop quartet. If anyone has a photo of the barbershop quartet performing, please let me know. I'd be happy to give you a photo credit in exchange for letting me place your photo online.

Unfortunately, the audio from this concert did not turn out as well as I might have hoped. The sound system at Pierce is so terrible... noise reduction can only do so much to get rid of buzz + noise. Hopefully, we'll have this fixed up before next year's potluck.

I'm hoping to have a quick turn-around time like this for putting future concerts online. I guess we'll find out if I can keep this promise after the fall concert.

Booster Participation/Information Sheet

Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:12:11 -0500

At the end of last week, a Booster flyer was sent home with the students listing all the Booster activities for the year. There was a tear off portion at the bottom of the page which paraticipating parents could fill out and return to school. If you did not get the sheet, please email me at remig@mvsc.k12.in.us and I will email you the form which you can then return if you are so inclined.

Parent Email Address

Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:07:13 -0500

In an effort to narrow the gap of communication between the choral program and parents, Mrs. Reinhart and myself are attempting to send pertinent choir information to the parents over email. A sheet was sent home with the students requesting the email address and should be returned as soon as possible. If you did not get the information sheet, please call 650-5307, ext. 7012 and just leave a message containing your email address. All messages received will be placed on a bi-weekly notification list and you will receive the appropriate mailing.

Branson Trip Deposit

Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:02:40 -0500

October 8th is the deadline for your trip deposit for Branson. Branson is a performance opportunity on two different theatre stages and hopefully we will spread a terrific image of Merrillville High School. The trip really is a wonderful opportunity for everyone.

Mid-week updates: choir chalkboard, calendar

Thu, 09 Sep 2004 01:14:41 -0500

Just a quick note about two more new things that we added this week...

We recently added the "choir chalkboard" which is basically a log (or "blog," if you'd prefer) for Mr. Emig very similar to this one I'm using. The goal here is to replace the old page we had set up, which was very seldom updated. We'll see if he actually updates this one... feel free to bug him about it.

There seems to be a great deal of confusion over when events are happening this year. As usual, there have been several thousand changes to the calendar since the parenting calendar and student calendars were printed. Therefore, I've posted a calendar here on the web page. For now, it's just a table listing the dates and events... eventually, I hope to turn it into an actual interactive event calendar. We had one of these on the old site, but I'd like to set one up here such that folks other than me can maintain it. (Whether they actually will or not remains to be seen. )

Anyway, that's all for today. More later this week... maybe.

Contest Concert 2004 Update

Mon, 06 Sep 2004 23:39:40 -0500

Today I finished putting the audio online from part 1. I still need to capture photos for both the 1st and 2nd part before the concerts are officially "finished."

Tomorrow, I've got a lot to do, so I don't expect to have any time for the web page... and Wednesday looks busy as well. Look for the next update on Thursday or Friday, most likely. In the meantime, enjoy the audio... that's what it's all about, after all.

Contest Concerts from 2004

Mon, 06 Sep 2004 01:21:13 -0500

For a while, I'm going to concentrate my choir efforts on putting concerts online. I've been sorely neglecting this job for the past few years... I spent a bit of time and put together a table of the present status of all concerts. As you can see, there is much work to be done. Today I made some progress on both part 1 and 2 of the 2004 Contest concert. Music from part 2 is now online, although captions and photos are still missing. I hope to finish the music from part 1 tomorrow. (and hopefully at least get started on the photos from both parts)

It took from roughly noon till midnight (minus a 2-hour break for dinner) to finish and set up the music from part 2. That's 10 hours, for those keeping track at home. I think I'm beginning to remember why I was so lazy about getting this done in the first place. *grumble*

Anyway... stay tuned... hopefully more progress soon.

Major Update: Drupal

Sat, 04 Sep 2004 22:35:27 -0500

Uhmmmmmm... What's going on here? What happened to my web site? (obligatory Homestar quote)

The primary choir web site has recently undergone a significant behind-the-scenes update. We've switched from the old version of phpwebsite we've been running since early 2003 to a new (not even released yet) version of Drupal. As I've been putting a bit of effort into improving Drupal lately, it was only a matter of time before I finally took the plunge and made the changeover. ...read more...

MerrillvilleChoir.com Development Log

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:13:10 -0600

You are currently viewing Tom's MerrillvilleChoir.com development blog. As I have been making a lot of changes to the site lately, I decided it might be beneficial to everyone if I posted about the changes as I made them. If you're looking for my personal blog, it's on a separate site entirely.

Look at Tom's ToDo list for MerrillvilleChoir.com (includes the status of putting concerts online)

MerrillvilleChoir.com ToDo List

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 01:31:42 -0500