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= Finished Draft: = = || = History of Choir =
 * Life is like music, a day like a song, where every song brings different emotions and can make you laugh or cry, when the song is over there's always the next one; Lets hope by the end of your playlist you've experienced it all. **
 * || The CTMS choir consists of four choirs: Concert Choir, Treble Choral, A Capella Womens Choir, and A Capella Mens Choir. Concert Choir is our 6th grade choir and the other three choirs are made up of 7th and 8th graders.The Choir is directed by Daniel Oberlender, and it's piano accompianist is Mrs. Tate. The choir sings a wide variety of music throughout the year ranging from classical and folk music, to hits of Micheal Jackson and the Beatles, etc. Many local celebrations request CTMS choir to perform live because of its reputation for a good show. In 2009 CTMS choir performed at the grand opening of the Great Wolf Lodge with Nickelodean's Drake Bell. The Choir is also famous for their yearly performance at Celebrate Colleyville, a Christmas festival. CTMS Choir began in 1996, before that it was Grapevine Junior High School. The choir competes in several district and region competitions throughout the year and holds a choir concert in the CTMS SAC for every song set they go through throughout the year. Our choir has produced famous alumini such as Norah Jones, Demi Lovato, Lindsey Black who is now featured on Disney Channels "As the Bell Rings", Nichola Kouzes, a popular local Grapevine singer who now performs at the Grapevine Opry and Johnny High’s Country Music Revue, Sarah Diviney, a local performer and recorded Nashville artist, Carly Waddell, an Off-Broadway performer, Michael Bird, a featured dancer in a production with the Dallas Symphony, and Alissa Koonce Taylor, a finalist for the Dallas Opera, who is also a current voice teacher at CTMS. The average choir enrollment at CTMS is around 120 singers. The 6th grade concert choir competes every year at the Sandy Lake Fun-fest, the other 7th and 8th grade choirs compete in Festival sponsered by Hurricane Harbor and Six Flags, these are the trips most looked forward to by the students. CTMS has dominated at the UIL choir competition every year since it began in 1992. Many CTMS choir students represent the All-District, and All-Region choirs. Some of our talented students even make it into the State Honor Choir to represent CTMS. Mr. Daniel Oberlender has been the CTMS Choir Director for 15 years. **Recorded Choir Awards!! [[image:http://rlv.zcache.com/gold_medal_sticker-p217963734767590657836x_325.jpg width="79" height="80"]]** A Capella Womens=ACW A Capella Mens=ACM Treble Choral=TC Concert Choir=CC 2009 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Division and Outstanding Class C Choir Award-CC 2009 UIL Superior-ACW 2008 UIL Superior-TC 2008 UIL SueriSandy Lake Fun Festor-ACW 2003 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st divsion-CC 2006 High Note Festivals Superior-TC 2006 High Note Festivals Superior-ACW 1991 Sandy lake Fun Fest 1st Division and Out Standing Class C Choir Award-CC Music Fest Orlando 3rd Place-CC 1992 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Division-CC 2004 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Division-CC 1997 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Division-CC 2002 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Divsion-CC 1997 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 3rd Division-CC 1998 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 2nd Divsion-CC 2007 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Division-CC 1999 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 2nd Division-CC 1992 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Division-CC 2010 Sandy lake Fun Fest 1st Division-CC 2010 Hurricane Harbor Choral Classic Superior and Best in Class-ACW 2010 Hurricane Harbor Choral Classic Superior-TC 2010 UIL Superior- ACW 2010 UIL Superior-TC [[image:http://top-people.starmedia.com/tmp/swotti/cacheBM9YYWGGAM9UZXM=UGVVCGXLLVBLB3BSZQ==/imgNorah%20Jones4.jpg width="199" height="176"]] [[image:http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m374/tiffany_peace/demi%20lovato/Demi_Lovato.png width="173" height="171"]] Norah Jones Demi Lovato || =

CTMS CHOIR: **The ctms choir consists of four choirs: Concert Choir, Treble Choral, A'Capella Womens Choir, and A'Capella Mens Choir. The Choir is directed by Daniel Oberlender. The choir competes in several district and region competitions throughout the year and holds a choir concert in the CTMS SAC for every song set they go through throughout the year. CTMS Choir accompanist is Mrs. Tate. The choir competes in song set competitions and they also compete in solfedge competitions. Many local celebrations request CTMS choir to perform live because of its reputation for a good show. CTMS Choir began in 1996, before that it was Grapevine Junior High School. Our choir has produced famous alumini such as Norah Jones, Demi Lovato, Lindsey Black, Jenna Dewan, and many students have proceeded to be on Broadway and coach students in vocals. One of CTMS's own vocal teachers, Ms. Taylor, came out of this choir. In 2009 CTMS choir performed at the grand opening of the Great Wolf Lodge with Nickelodean's Drake Bell. The Choir is also famous for their yearly performance at Celebrate Colleyville, a Christmas festival. The choir sings a wide variety of music throughout the year ranging from classical and folk music, to hits of Micheal Jackson and the Beatles, etc. The 6th grade concert choir competes every year at the Sandy Lake Fun-fest, the other 7th and 8th grade choirs compete in Festival sponsered by Hurricane Harbor and Six Flags, these are the trips most looked forward to by the students. CTMS has dominated at the UIL choir competition every year since it began in 1992. Many CTMS choir students represent the All-District, and All-Region choirs. Some of our talented students even make it into the State Honor Choir to represent CTMS.**

A Capella Womens=ACW A Capella Mens=ACM Treble Choral=TC Concert Choir=CC

Recorded Awards: 2009 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Division and Outstanding Class C Choir Award-CC 2009 UIL Superior-ACW 2008 UIL Superior-TC 2008 UIL SueriSandy Lake Fun Festor-ACW 2003 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st divsion-CC 2006 High Note Festivals Superior-TC 2006 High Note Festivals Superior-ACW 1991 Sandy lake Fun Fest 1st Division and Out Standing Class C Choir Award-CC Music Fest Orlando 3rd Place-CC 1992 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Division-CC 2004 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Division-CC 1997 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Division-CC 2002 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Divsion-CC 1997 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 3rd Division-CC 1998 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 2nd Divsion-CC 2007 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Division-CC 1999 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 2nd Division-CC 1992 Sandy Lake Fun Fest 1st Division-CC 2010 Sandy lake Fun Fest 1st Division-CC 2010 Hurricane Harbor Choral Classic Superior and Best in Class-ACW 2010 Hurricane Harbor Choral Classic Superior-TC 2010 UIL Superior- ACW 2010 UIL Superior-TC

Top 2 Choices -Cheese Weasel Day -awkward turtle
 * Wikipedia Project:CTMS CHOIR!

CHEESE WEASEL DAY!! 1. What I know- it is an invented holiday set to be celebrated on April 3rd. 2. My research questions- who invented Cheese Weasel Day? Who celebrates Cheese Weasel day? What is the cause for the celebration of Cheese Weasel Day? 3. I will use the internet for research on Cheese Weasel day, I will also ask around to see if anyone in the area knows what it is. I will do this during class and outside of school. I will use my Mac at home and the CTMS library computers. I will use my research questions to get a gerneral idea and go deeper. 4. key wrods for searching- Cheese weasel, april 3rd, tech holiday, cheese weasel day.

AWKWARD TURTLE!! 1. What I know- it is a hand gesture used my the majority of teens in America and other english speaking countries to diffuse awkward situations by creating a laugh. There are many webites and businesses and groups named after the awkward turtle. 2. My research questions- Where did the awkward turtle originate? What does the awkward turle mean? Where is the awkward turtle used? 3. I will use websites, search engines, and data bases for awkward turtle researchI will do this d**** uring class or outside of class if needed. In the CTMS libraryoron any other computer for online resources. I’ll use my research questions to figure out what to look for and what to take notes on. 4. awkward turtle

CTMS Choir!! 1. What I know- The ctms choir consists of four choirs: Concert Choir, Treble Choral, A'Capella Womens Choir, and A'Capella Mens Choir. The Choir is directed by Daniel Oberlender. The choir competes in several district and region competitions throughout the year and holds a choir concert in the CTMS SAC for every song set they go through throughout the year. CTMS Choir accompanist is Mrs. Tate. The choir competes in a song set competeition and they also compete in solfedge competetitions. Many local celebrations request CTMS choir to perform live because of its reputation for a good show. 2. My Research Questions- What are past awards CTMS choir has received? What is a list of festivals and competitions that CTMS Choirs have performed in? Who is involved in the support of the CTMS Choirs. How long had Mr. O been directing CTMS choirs? Who are CTMS Choirs famous Alumini? 3.I will use internet research and books and talk to Mr. O for my CTMS choir research. 4. CTMS choir

Great. Now it's time to find answers to these inquiries and cite your sources. Unfortunately, Mr. O is pretty busy right now, but maybe he can point you to other sources in the meantime. --Mrs. Brem

Did you get any info on your research trip? Need to see some progress here. I'll talk to Mr. O. --Mrs. Brem **

nice job. i do need to see some sources cited. - cato