Category Archives: High School

A Spooktacular Thank you

November 6, 2016 Bob De Rose Leave a comment

The costumes are hung, the pumpkins are beginning to weep, the belly is full of candy, and its almost time to eat spaghetti. The Spooktacular and Fall Concerts were concerts were two successful nights with great sounding performances, fun costumes, and yummy Domino’s Pizza dinners.

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Thank you and congratulations to the students and directors for the two nights of fall entertainment. Thank you to all our parents, friends, family, and orchestra supporters with the fundraising activities so far this fall for the High School Chamber Orchestra to go to the National Orchestra Festival. Thank you to all the parents & students that volunteered on the concerts nights to make this all happen. Thank you to Alexis Liddle for organizing all the volunteers. Thank you to Kim Wells for bring the pizza dinner idea and coordination with Domino’s.

Money raised so far:

Chili’s give back = $273.16

Domino’s All You Can Eat Dinners (both Middle School and High School) = $1088

50/50 raffle at Spooktacular Concert = $73 (winner donated his winning back to the group)

Student Sponsorship Letters = $345

Current and future fundraisers:

Meat Block Ham and Gift Card Sale – now through November 14, delivery on December 8

Savory Foods Cookie Dough and Popcorn Sale – now through November 14, delivery on December 8

Spaghetti Dinner at the Cherokee Restaurant – Wednesday, November 9, 6 – 8 PM. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 10. Tickets are available from Chamber Orchestra students or by calling Mrs. DeRose at 231-332-8327.

Be the Director Raffle – New this year! One lucky ticket holder will win a chance to conduct the Symphonic Orchestra performing Leroy Anderson’s Sleighride. During the Holiday Concert.

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Concerts, High School, Middle School

2nd Annual Spooktackular

October 14, 2016 Bob De Rose Leave a comment

The MSOPA and Domino’s Pizza have teamed up to provide an All You Can Eat Pizza Dinner as a fundraiser to send the High School Chamber Orchestra to The National Orchestra Festival.

Tickets are $6.50 each (4 years and under are free) Pop, Juice Boxes, Water Bottles, Cookies and Brownies will also be sold for $1 each. Reservations requested but not required.

Make your reservation for the Spooktacular Concert Night (10/27) Here At This Link

Concerts, High School

National Orchestra Festival

October 14, 2016 Bob De Rose Leave a comment

2016-2017 Chamber Orchestra. Courtesy of Hume Photography

We are proud to announce the Mona Shores Chamber Orchestra has been selected to play at the National Orchestra Festival in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 2-4, 2017. The festival is one of the many events that takes place during the American String Teachers Association’s National Conference. Fewer than thirty school orchestras from the entire country have been selected to participate this year. Our orchestra is very excited to receive this invitation to perform on a national stage!

This is an incredible opportunity for our orchestra. After the Chamber Orchestra performs, they will receive feedback from the adjudicators and work directly with one of the clinicians in a hour long workshop. Chamber Orchestra members will also have the opportunity to attend the educational sessions associated with the National Conference.

While the orchestra is hard at work practicing, the Mona Shores Orchestra Parents Association (MSOPA) is also working to raise money to make this trip possible. The total cost of the trip including travel, food, lodging and festival participation is nearly $800 per student. The MSOPA has already committed to cover around 25% of the cost, and is actively pursuing other funding sources and fundraising opportunities.

Fundraising efforts began last week at the Norton Shores Chili’s on Henry Street with a Give Back Event. Thank you to Chili’s for partnering with us. Domino’s Pizza is helping us with the next two fundraising events. The MSOPA is hosting All You Can Eat Pizza Dinners before the Middle School Fall Concert on Wednesday, October 26, and the High School Spooktacular Concert on October 27. Tickets are $6.50 each (4 years and under are free). Pop, Juice Boxes, Water Bottles, Cookies and Brownies will also be sold for $1 each. Reservations are requested but not required.

Make a reservation for the Middle School Concert (10/26) Here.

Make a reservation for the Spooktacular Concert (10/27) Here.

The MSOPA is actively seeking grants, donations, and new fundraising opportunities. Details are coming soon about a Spaghetti Dinner hosted by the Cherokee Restaurant. If you or your business would like to make a donation or sponsor a student for the National Orchestra Festival, direct donations can be sent to:

Mona Shores High School attn. MSOPA
1121 Seminole Road
Norton Shores, MI 49441.

Thank you for your continued support!

High School, Middle School

Orchestra News Updates

October 3, 2016 Bob De Rose Leave a comment

Mrs. DeRose, Mr. Mosley, & the MSOPA are working on may things. So many more details and annocuments to follow this week I think you will all like!!!!

Chili’s Give Back Event – The Orchestra Parents Association is hard at work raising funds for the National Orchestra Festival trip. Their first event is a Give Back Event at Chili’s on Henry Street on Wednesday, October 5. Bring the attached voucher with you on Wednesday and Chili’s will give 15% of your check to the orchestra program.

National Orchestra Festival Payment Due – Please submit the first of three $100 payments by Friday, October 7. Next payment dates are November 11 and December 9.

Annual Great American Opportunities Magazine Sale – This annual sale begins on Friday.

High School

Chili’s Give Back

September 29, 2016 Bob De Rose Leave a comment

The High School Chamber Orchestra has been selected to perform at the National Orchestra Festival taking place this coming March in Pittsburgh, PA. This is an incredible honor and an amazing educational opportunity for our students. Please help us with a special congrats to Mrs. De Rose and the high school students who earned this special honor!

With such a big event, comes large expenses to make this happen. The Orchestra Parents Association (MSOPA) is hard at work to raise the funds necessary for this trip. The MSOPA has some really fun, amazing, great fundraisers in the work and we will be announcing them all with more details on the trip very soon.

One of the MSOPA first fundraising efforts is a Chili’s Give Back Event Wednesday, October 5. Simply go to the newly remodeled Chili’s on Henry Street and eat an amazing meal at Chili’s that day. You have to bring a voucher with you and one for each guest in your party, and Chili’s will give 15% of your check to the orchestra program.

Here is a PDF link to the voucher: chilis-give-back-event-voucher-mona-shores-orchestra-october-5-2016

Thank you for your support and look forward to seeing everyone at Chili’s on Wed.

Fiddle Fest, Fiddlers, High School, Michigan Irish Music Fest, Uncategorized

Fiddlers at the Michigan Irish Music Fest 2016

September 20, 2016 Bob De Rose Leave a comment

2016 Mona Shores Fiddlers

The Mona Shores Fiddlers performed their sixth show of the 2016 Summer-Fall Tour this past Sunday, September 18, 2016 at The Michigan Irish Music Fest. It was a picture perfect sunny day with just amazing weather, weekend filled withsome truly talented entertainers and the sounds of great Irish Music.

The Michigan Irish Music Fest really out did themselves with one of the best MIMF ever!! So before going any further on behalf of all The Fiddlers, we would like to Thank the MIMF for once again including the Fiddlers to the Fest. Its an incredible honor to be able to perform along side these gifted musicians, to be able to play for our community, and to be included such an amazing festival. Thank you, thank you, thank you can not be said enough to be apart of MIMF.

The Fiddlers performed a 60 minute set of some of their classic Irish arrangements as well as some new arrangements to a rather large crowd at the Galway Stage. The crowd was made up friends, family, members from other groups performing at MIMF and the MIMF community at large getting comments on Social Media as “Awesome”, “Amazing”,”Talented” and “the Mona Shores Kids Rock!!!!”

The MIMF is one the BIG highlights of the Fiddlers Summer-Tour but they have still have a couple of dates coming up. The Summer-Fall Tour will wrap up on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at The Mona Shores 15th Annual Fiddle Fest with the Mona Shores Middle Fiddles, Mona Shores Fiddlers, and very special guest CrossBow!!! Details, ticket information, to follow, so watch for our posters, the web page, and our social pages.

Thank you again to the Michigan Irish Music Fest and look forward to seeing everyone at our 15th Annual Fiddle Fest!

Here are a few tunes from MIMF2016:

High School, Middle School, Welcome

Welcome Back

September 9, 2016 Bob De Rose Leave a comment

On behalf of Mrs. DeRose, Mr. Mosley, and the Mona Shores Orchestra Parents Association (MSOPA), Welcome Back!!! The new school year is upon us and under way with some exciting events already planned and being planned for 2016-2017.

First off, the 2016-2017 events have already begun. The Fiddlers have been rehearsing all summer and had a three day Fiddle Camp. They started their Summer/Fall Concerts tour this summer at the Sparta Celtic Fest, Roosevelt Park Day, and the Annual Muskegon Irish Association Dinner. The Fiddlers next concert is Sunday, Sept. 18th, 10 AM at the Michigan Irish Music Fest.

Thursday, October 27th, will be the 2nd Annual Spooktacular Concert. The orchestras fall concerts tackle Halloween and get a little Spooky Fun. This years concert will include the Ross Park and Churchill Elementary Traveling Choirs.

Saturday, November 15th, at 7 PM is the 15th Annual Fiddle Fest featuring the Fiddlers and the Middle Fiddles with very special guest CrossBow. CrossBow is a high energy group out of GVSU that has been tearing up the celtic festivals.

We will have more details on these events and other events as we get closer to the date. A complete calendar of events is on our event page and details of an event can typically be found on our Facebook Page.

As most of you already know, we are also very happy to announce that Mr. Mosley is the Full Time Middle School’s 6th, 7th, & 8th Grade Orchestra Director. Mrs. DeRose will continue as the High School Director and assist with the 6th Grade at the middle school.

Its looking like an exciting year ahead of us. Check back here, our Facebook Page or Twitter Page for the latest news and events. We will be adding some features to the webpage that I think some of you will really like.

Have a great 2016-2017 School Year!!

Fiddlers, High School

2016 Roosevelt Park Day

August 30, 2016 Bob De Rose Leave a comment

It was a soggy Saturday this past August 27, 2016 but the rain did clear for the parade and the festival. The Fiddlers managed to march in the Roosevelt Park Day parade and perform an amazing set after the parade in the entertainment tent.

This was the third performance of the Fiddlers 2016 Summer/Fall Tour. The Fiddlers have one more performance this week for the Mona Shores faculty at the district wide 2016-2017 School Year Kick Off Meeting. Then its less than three weeks till the Fiddlers take to the Galway Stage at 10 AM on Sunday Funday of the Michigan Irish Music Fest.

For more pics and see replays of Live Video Feeds of the Roosevelt Park Day performance, visit our Facebook page.

Many Thanks to the City of Roosevelt Park for inviting the Fiddlers to perform at the festivities. Its a great honor to be able to play for so many of friends and family in our community.

Fiddlers, High School

2016 Sparta Celtic Fest

August 18, 2016 Bob De Rose Leave a comment

After a couple of years of invites the Fiddlers finally were able to accept an invitation to perform at the Sparta Celtic Fest last weekend in Sparta, MI. This has not been a easy task to accomplish when you are saying congrats to the outgoing seniors, welcoming the new freshmen, enjoying summer vacations, camps, family weddings, college visits, student jobs, summer fun, etc. The Fiddlers continued to rehearse this summer arranging old material, adding new songs, adding instruments, and attending Fiddle Camp.

The long summer work is paying off as the summer & fall performances tour begins. The Fiddlers have up coming performances at the Roosevelt Park Day, Mona Shores District Meeting, The Muskegon Irish American Dinner, The Michigan Music Irish Music Fest, and Fiddle Fest with special guest Crossbow. Check the schedule our events on Facebook for the latest information.

The Fiddlers sounded great and had a good time at the Sparta Celtic Fest, they are happy they were invited back again at the end of the performance. If you have not been to the Sparta Celtic Fest you are missing out.

More photos are on our Flickr page and a Live Stream of one of the songs is on our Facebook page. See everyone at the parade and on stage for Roosevelt Park Day.

Fiddlers, High School

2016 Fiddle Camp

August 7, 2016 Bob De Rose Leave a comment

Here are a few pictures of the Fiddlers participating last weekend in a weekend long Fiddle Camp in Mears, MI. They were preparing and working on new material for their 2016 Summer Tour while still finding time for fun on the Sand Dunes, swimming, team building activities, campfires, etc. More pictures can be found on our Flickr page.

Check out the Fiddlers on tour this Summer Tour:

Sparta Celtic Festival: Saturday, August 13, 2016, 11:00 AM, Kent Equipment Main Stage

Rosevelt Park Day: Saturday, August 27, 2016. Parade 10 AM and a performance in the entertainment tent on Broadway at 12:30 PM

Michigan Music Irish Festival: Sunday, September 18, 2016, 10 AM Galway Stage.

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Mona Shores Orchestra Parent Association