ENTERING/EXITING THE CHOIR ROOM
What are the first two things you do when you enter the choir room?
Put belongings away and grab your choir binder. (spit out gum if you have it)
Name one approved time you may use the restroom.
Before school / passing periods / lunch / after school / appropriate choir time
What must you get before knocking if you are tardy?
A tardy pass.
Is talking allowed while the director is teaching? And why?
No. (Director will determine if the why is an appropriate answer)
Show the difference between lip-syncing and full singing participation.
👉 Answer: Visible singing, breath, posture vs. fake mouth movement.
Where do you go immediately after grabbing your binder?
Straight to your assigned seat.
Name one time restroom use is NOT allowed in choir.
First 10 minutes / last 10 minutes / sight-reading or theory / performance quizzes
How should you enter the choir room if you are tardy?
Silently.
What food or drinks are allowed in choir?
Water only.
You hear another section singing incorrectly. What should you do?
👉 Answer: Focus on yourself or your section and stay supportive.
Show (DEMONSTRATE) the class how you enter the room correctly from the door to your seat.
Must include: silent entry, belongings away, binder grabbed, straight to seat, eyes on board.
Demonstrate how you ask to go to the restroom without speaking.
Hold up the pass and wait for acknowledgment (no verbal asking).
Demonstrate how to enter the room correctly when you are tardy.
👉 Must include: silent entry, grab binder quickly, go straight to seat.
Demonstrate what “full participation” looks like during rehearsal.
👉 Answer: Eyes up, voices off, still body, standing when asked, singing, focus, positive attitude.
What happens if choir expectations are repeatedly not followed?
👉 Answer: phone call home, send to Miller, ISS/Suspension, loss of choir events such as concerts and/or parties, alternative assignment, grade reduction
The bell rings and you are already standing with your backpack on. What do you do next — in order?
Put binder away correctly, grab belongings, line up by the exit door, wait to be dismissed.
What does it mean to be a team player in choir?
👉 Answer: Support others, follow expectations, stay positive, follow rules/procedures, be quiet when others are talking
What are TWO things you should NOT do when entering tardy?
👉 Answer: Talk, stop to chat, draw attention, cause disruptions.
Explain what our chromebook procedures are in choir, must give at least 3 correct answers.
Wait until Director allows you to get a chromebook, must get assigned chromebook number, must charge it when returning it and put in its assigned spot, do not run with it, do not drink/eat around it
Demonstrate one choir procedure you think is most important and explain why.
👉 Answer: Student choice + justification.
Demonstrate the correct dismissal procedure and explain why we wait to be dismissed instead of leaving at the bell.
Put binder in assigned slot → grab belongings → line up by the exit door → wait to be dismissed.
Give at least 2 reasons why gum is not allowed in the choir room, even when we might not be singing that day.
Director will justify.
Show the correct tardy entrance and explain how tardiness affects the rest of the class.
👉 Answer: Correct entrance + disruption/time loss explanation.
Demonstrate how you would reset your body when the director needs your attention immediately.
👉 Answer: Stop movement, eyes up, posture ready, silent.
Explain our concert absence policy for an excused and unexcused absence. Must go in detail for both options.
Director will justify both answers.