Friday, November 1, 2013

Holiday Schedule Out

Here 'tis!
Royal Blues Holiday Schedule 2013*
Date
Event
Location
Address
Call Time
Downbeat
Dress
Bus
End Time
28-Nov
Turkey Bowl!
Grant Bowl
Grant
9:00 AM
Optional
Warm
N/A
N/A
4-Dec
Columbia River Edgewater Luncheon
Edgewater Golf Course
2220 NE Marine Dr.
10:30 AM
11:30 PM
Yes
Yes
12:30 PM
5-Dec
Town Club Holiday Luncheon
Town Club
2115 SW Salmon St.
10:15 AM
11:15 AM
Yes
Yes
12:30 PM
7-Dec
Raptor Party
50's Car Hop Bar
4444 SE 15th ave
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
Yes
Yes
1:30 PM
7-Dec
LDS X-mas Party
LDS Church
3722 NE Going St
7:00 PM
7:15 PM
Yes
Carpool
8:00 PM
9-Dec
Pacific Power Luncheon
Double Tree Hotel
1000 NE Multnomah St
11:45 AM
12:30 PM
Yes
MAX
1:30 PM
10-Dec
Hollywood Senior Luncheon
Hollywood Senior Center
1820 NE 40th Ave
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
Yes
Walk
12:45 PM
12-Dec
The Grotto
The Grotto
 8840 NE Skidmore St
6:30 PM
8:00 PM
Yes
Yes
9:30 PM
13-Dec
WinterSong! Dress Rehearsal
St. Mary's Cathedral
1716 NW Davis St
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
No
No
8:30 PM/TBD
14-Dec
Pacific Senior Holiday Luncheon
Calaroga Terrace
1400 NE 2nd Ave
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
Yes
MAX/Carpool
3:30 PM
14-Dec
WinterSong!
St. Mary's Cathedral
1716 NW Davis St
6:00 PM
7:30 PM
Yes
No/Carpool
9:00 PM
15-Dec
Waverly Children's Holiday Party
Waverly Country Club
1100 SE Waverly Dr
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Yes
Yes
To Wintersong
15-Dec
WinterSong!
St. Mary's Cathedral
1716 NW Davis St
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Yes
Yes
3:30 PM
17-Dec
Grantasia! In school field trip
Grant
Grant
All Day
All Day
No
No
3:05 PM
18-Dec
MODA Health Holiday Party
MODA Health HQ
601 SW 2nd ave
9:30 AM
10:10 AM
Yes
Yes
11:15 AM
18-Dec
Grantasia! Dress Rehearsal
Grant
Grant
2:30 PM
2:45 PM
No
No
6:00 PM
19-Dec
Grantasia!
Grant
Grant
5:30 PM
7:00 PM
Yes
No
9:00 PM
20-Dec
Grantasia! Assembly
Grant
Grant
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
Yes
No
10:15 AM
20-Dec
Lyons Club Leoncheon
MAC
1849 SW Salmon St
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
Yes
Yes
1:30 PM
20-Dec
Royal Blues X-Mas Party
Mitch's House
3715 NE Klickitat St
TBD
TBD
No
No
TBD
        *All dates/times are current as of 11/22/13 and subject to change. Please watch for updates!
For the most current Royal Blues Schedule information, please visit www.grantroyalblues.blogspot.com
John Eisemann: 503-916-5160 EX 75732 (school,) 503-367-3778 (cell), jeisemann@pps.net


Tuesday, October 29, 2013

TURKEY BOWL!

The time has come again for the annual Royal Blues Turkey Bowl Football Game, where current Blues members take on any Blues Alums who dare to show up. We'll meet in the (NEW) Grant Bowl near the staircase at 9:00 am. Dress warmly and be ready to play the most epic game of choir football ever.  See you on the 28th!

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Fantastic Fall Concert!

Congratulations to all of the Grant Choirs for their fabulous performance at the Fall Concert last night! I was thoroughly impressed with their focus, enthusiasm and musicianship. Each choir brought their repertoire to the next level in what was an astounding concert. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to the program. I'm very proud of all you've accomplished and I hope you are too. Now, on to GRANTASIA!

Audio and Video from the concert are on the way, check back soon for updates!

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

GHS Music Studio Needs Support!

One of the projects the music department has this year is to create a fully up to date Recording Studio/Sound Lab here at Grant! The administration has been kind enough to give us control of room 231 as our project space. Now it's time to acquire the necessary technology. We are equipped with a Roland Concert MIDI Keyboard, a Chickering 5 foot grand piano (newly donated) and soon with a state of the art iMAC as our computer point. Now we need to raise funds for software, speakers, microphones, an audio interface, instrument cables, etc...

A great place to start is by going to... 


... and contributing today! Donors Choose is a great resource for teachers to "crowd source" their classroom needs. Right now we are also in a period of donation matching so if you decide to give to the project be sure to enter the promo code INSPIRE for the match to be applied. Thank you so much for your continued support of the music department at Grant. Hopefully soon we can begin educating our students in musical arts technology and they can begin producing their own songs, albums, videos, who knows??? Grant High School Record Label anyone??? 

Monday, June 3, 2013

Congratulations New Blues!

After a long and arduous audition process the 2013-14 Royal Blues list is done. There were 19 spots to fill in all, eight men and 11 women. Thank you to everyone who auditioned and congratulations to those of you who were selected. It's going to be a great choir! The first information meeting is Tuesday, June 4th in the choir room at 6:30 pm. Both students and parents should attend.

Royal Blues List 2013-14


Soprano 1
Wendy Smith
Madison Barnett
Maddy Fellows
April Lonchar

Soprano 2
Kiah Stern
Bea Herzberg
Tiffany Buys
Maia Dooney

Alto 1
Sarah Webster
Allison Little
Sara Onitsuka
Elle Newcomer

Alto 2
Caire Leipzig
Abby Williams
Sophia Morrow
Amanda Johnston

Tenor 1
Javon Carter
Paul Smith
Sam Butler
Cameron Hill

Tenor 2
Nate Harold-Golden
Owen Sokoloff
Patrick Pierre
Isaac Donnell

Baritone
Ethan Eisemann
Nick Sullivan
Connor Barron
Robbie Goldie

Bass
Ben Huffine
Mitch Schaumberg
Andrew Pearson
Wyatt Jackson