The THS Chamber Choir is presently selling Officially Licensed Sports coffee mugs.
To order go to http://www.allamericanfr.com/newshop/
If anyone wants to order a mug online - go to above link, click on "Licensed Items", make selection, during checkout there is a screen asking who to credit, please enter "Lynn Morin" Torrington HS Chamber Choir, Torrington, CT. Thanks for the support!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Chamber Choir to perform at Historic Carnegie Hall!
The Torrington High School Chamber Choir has been selected to perform at the historic Carnegie Hall in New York City March 6-9, 2009.
Help support the THS Chamber Choir at the "Carnegie Hall Benefit Concert" on January 11, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Torrington with a reception following in the Fellowship Hall.
If you would like more information regarding the THS Chamber Choir and their trip to Carnegie Hall contact Lynn Morin - Director of Choirs
Monday, September 22, 2008
BIG-E Videos!
BIG-E Connecticut Day Parade
Wednesday September 17, 2008
Review the videos for the following
1. Feet - In step?, Rolling your feet?
2. Posture - Marching tall?
3. Horn Angles - Up Up Up!
How can we get better?
Wednesday September 17, 2008
Review the videos for the following
1. Feet - In step?, Rolling your feet?
2. Posture - Marching tall?
3. Horn Angles - Up Up Up!
How can we get better?
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Great Job Today - Band Camp
Great Job today everyone at Band Camp.
The freshman, new students, drumline, guard and seniors worked very hard today.
The drumline has the cadence down, Guard is working hard on routines and all the freshman and new students have learned all the basic marching and parade marching.
Thanks everyone for a great start!
S
The freshman, new students, drumline, guard and seniors worked very hard today.
The drumline has the cadence down, Guard is working hard on routines and all the freshman and new students have learned all the basic marching and parade marching.
Thanks everyone for a great start!
S
Thursday, July 24, 2008
City sending students to jazz camp
LITCHFIELD - As a city with a growing niche for the arts, Torrington is sending its own contingent of teens to join kids from the U.S. and abroad for the Litchfield Jazz Camp.
Eight kids from Torrington attended, or will attend, at least one of the weeklong sessions of camp held at the Forman School in Litchfield, PR and Marketing Director Lindsey Turner said. Of the more than 540 kids, less than half hailed from Connecticut while the rest came from around the U.S. and from five other countries, she said.Two Shea brothers, Pat, 14, and Chris, 13, spent a session at the camp playing their instruments, an alto sax for Pat and clarinet for Chris.
"My combos (group) teachers are some of the best I've ever had," Pat said. "We did some really good songs."At camp there was so much to do, and the faculty concerts were amazing, he said. He also liked the jam session."You make music up from your head," Pat said. "Just have fun with it, and just do it."The Torrington High School jazz band is tough to get into, Pat said. Camp will give him a head start, he said.Other than relaxing by a big tree on the Forman campus during free time, combos was Chris' favorite part of the camp because he got to have a lot of fun while playing songs, he said."I learned a lot," Chris said. "(Camp) was very good. I would recommend anyone who is 13 to 18 years old who has a passion for music to go to it."Camp honed his skills for the regular band and jazz band he already plays in, Chris said. He hopes to return to camp next year, he said.The unbelievable faculty of touring and recording artists makes camp so special, Turner said. The faculty runs the camp as a non-competitive program to foster an environment all about learning, she said."I think it is just as wonderful for the teachers," she said.The students have two classes in the morning and two in the afternoon: playing in a group, studying theory, and learning more about their instruments, Turner said. They also have jam sessions and free time, attend faculty concerts, and perform at the camp, around Litchfield and at the jazz festival, she said. Days can last from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Pat said."It is very intensive," Turner said. "Each day they have a lot of playing experience."With support from the state Department of Education, more than $90,000 in scholarships were awarded to students on a need basis, Turner said. Seven of the eight students from Torrington received scholarships, she said.
Eight kids from Torrington attended, or will attend, at least one of the weeklong sessions of camp held at the Forman School in Litchfield, PR and Marketing Director Lindsey Turner said. Of the more than 540 kids, less than half hailed from Connecticut while the rest came from around the U.S. and from five other countries, she said.Two Shea brothers, Pat, 14, and Chris, 13, spent a session at the camp playing their instruments, an alto sax for Pat and clarinet for Chris.
"My combos (group) teachers are some of the best I've ever had," Pat said. "We did some really good songs."At camp there was so much to do, and the faculty concerts were amazing, he said. He also liked the jam session."You make music up from your head," Pat said. "Just have fun with it, and just do it."The Torrington High School jazz band is tough to get into, Pat said. Camp will give him a head start, he said.Other than relaxing by a big tree on the Forman campus during free time, combos was Chris' favorite part of the camp because he got to have a lot of fun while playing songs, he said."I learned a lot," Chris said. "(Camp) was very good. I would recommend anyone who is 13 to 18 years old who has a passion for music to go to it."Camp honed his skills for the regular band and jazz band he already plays in, Chris said. He hopes to return to camp next year, he said.The unbelievable faculty of touring and recording artists makes camp so special, Turner said. The faculty runs the camp as a non-competitive program to foster an environment all about learning, she said."I think it is just as wonderful for the teachers," she said.The students have two classes in the morning and two in the afternoon: playing in a group, studying theory, and learning more about their instruments, Turner said. They also have jam sessions and free time, attend faculty concerts, and perform at the camp, around Litchfield and at the jazz festival, she said. Days can last from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Pat said."It is very intensive," Turner said. "Each day they have a lot of playing experience."With support from the state Department of Education, more than $90,000 in scholarships were awarded to students on a need basis, Turner said. Seven of the eight students from Torrington received scholarships, she said.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
THS Band to represent City of Torrington in Windsor, CT 375th Anniversary Parade
The Torrington High School Marching Band will represent the City of Torrington in the Windsor, CT 375th Anniversary Parade on Saturday September 27, 2008.
Read more about Windsor 375th Anniversary Parade
Town Preparing For Birthday
DAYS OF EVENTS PLANNED FOR 375TH ANNIVERSARY IN SEPTEMBER 2008
Written by Steve Goode, Courant Staff Writer
Reprinted by permission from the Hartford Courant, March 22, 2007
The 375th birthday of Connecticut's oldest town is more than a year away, but organizers already are planning what they hope will be a really big party. Plans for the celebration, scheduled for late September 2008, include a parade, dinner dance, events at the historical society and educational programs. But organizers are looking for ideas and suggestions, as well as volunteers and funding for the bash. "We're not leaving anybody's ideas out yet," said John Pier, chairman of Windsor 375, the event organizing committee. "There are no limitations except the difficulty of raising funds."Windsor was founded on Sept. 26, 1633, and next year's three-day event would be Sept. 26, 27 and 28. Pier, who attended festivities for the 350th anniversary, recalled that then-Gov. William O'Neill attended, as did the Governor's Foot Guard. He said he hopes Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the foot guard attend next year. The committee also plans to reach out to the nearly two dozen "daughter towns"' that spun off from Windsor. The town has offspring as far west as Litchfield, Torrington and Colebrook, and as far east as Tolland and Coventry. Others that trace their roots to Windsor include: Enfield, Suffield, Granby, East Granby, Barkhamsted, Harwinton, Morris, Simsbury, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks, East Windsor, South Windsor, Ellington, Vernon, Bolton and the north side of Manchester. "We want to be as inclusive as possible. This is a celebration of the community,"' Pier said. Enita Jubrey, assistant to the town manager and vice chairwoman of the organizing committee, said she envisioned an Olympic-like parade in which bands from each town carry banners with town names and the year of their founding. Jubrey said she also hoped to snag the University of Connecticut marching band and would love to have a fireworks show."I have big dreams,"' she said. Pier also had a vision of what the event would be about.
Read more about Windsor 375th Anniversary Parade
Town Preparing For Birthday
DAYS OF EVENTS PLANNED FOR 375TH ANNIVERSARY IN SEPTEMBER 2008
Written by Steve Goode, Courant Staff Writer
Reprinted by permission from the Hartford Courant, March 22, 2007
The 375th birthday of Connecticut's oldest town is more than a year away, but organizers already are planning what they hope will be a really big party. Plans for the celebration, scheduled for late September 2008, include a parade, dinner dance, events at the historical society and educational programs. But organizers are looking for ideas and suggestions, as well as volunteers and funding for the bash. "We're not leaving anybody's ideas out yet," said John Pier, chairman of Windsor 375, the event organizing committee. "There are no limitations except the difficulty of raising funds."Windsor was founded on Sept. 26, 1633, and next year's three-day event would be Sept. 26, 27 and 28. Pier, who attended festivities for the 350th anniversary, recalled that then-Gov. William O'Neill attended, as did the Governor's Foot Guard. He said he hopes Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the foot guard attend next year. The committee also plans to reach out to the nearly two dozen "daughter towns"' that spun off from Windsor. The town has offspring as far west as Litchfield, Torrington and Colebrook, and as far east as Tolland and Coventry. Others that trace their roots to Windsor include: Enfield, Suffield, Granby, East Granby, Barkhamsted, Harwinton, Morris, Simsbury, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks, East Windsor, South Windsor, Ellington, Vernon, Bolton and the north side of Manchester. "We want to be as inclusive as possible. This is a celebration of the community,"' Pier said. Enita Jubrey, assistant to the town manager and vice chairwoman of the organizing committee, said she envisioned an Olympic-like parade in which bands from each town carry banners with town names and the year of their founding. Jubrey said she also hoped to snag the University of Connecticut marching band and would love to have a fireworks show."I have big dreams,"' she said. Pier also had a vision of what the event would be about.
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