Thursday, January 16, 2020

The "All About That Bass Festival" formerly the "​MEN ONLY ALOUD is open to all young men in grades 6-8,  who would benefit from an experience singing with other young men of the same age from the same area. Anyone interested in attending, please email Mrs. Busovsky to get your paperwork. The Music Boosters will cover the registration fees for any boys wishing to participate. Any boy that chooses not to attend the Festival after the registration has been submitted would be subject to reimbursement of the registration fee. Please read the tentative schedule for the Festival at the bottom of the page. Deadline to register with Mrs. Busovsky is Friday, November 22nd. Please print out the paperwork (Click the Link Below), have your parents fill it out and sign it and return it to Mrs. Busovsky. 

Registration Form

2020 All About That Bass Festival 

We are excited to invite Dr. Bryan E. Nichols as our guest clinician for 2020!  Dr. Nichols is a teacher and conductor at The Pennsylvania State University, where he leads the University Choir, and teaches conducting and choral methods.  He is a life member of the American Choral Directors Association and has served in leadership positions in NAfME and ACDA.  He served on the Future Directions Committee for the Kentucky Music Educators Association was the Region 4 Choral Chair.  He served ACDA as the Ohio middle level R&R chair; he was the high school R&S Chair for the state of Kentucky, where his choirs performed for the Kentucky Music Educators Association and toured all regions of the country.  Ensembles under his direction have commissioned five works and have given joint performances with ensembles from the Indianapolis Children’s Chorus and the Minnesota Boychoir.

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Our tentative schedule is:
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6th 
8:30 Bus Departs from Caravel Academy
9:15 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 12:00 – In Session
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch (B.Y.O. Lunch)
1:00 - 5:15 – In Session
5: 15 – 6:00 – Dinner (Pat’s Pizza)
6:00 – 6:30 – Dress & Line Up for Performance
6:30 – Performance​
Concert Performance - 6:30pm
Please join us in Loudis Hall at the Amy E. Du Pont Music Building for the concluding performance of the festival!  
​NO RETURN BUS TO CARAVEL.  PARENTS MUST PICK CHILDREN UP FROM THE CONCERT! 

Caravel Young Men in Grades 6-8 participating in the "All About That Bass Festival:

2019 Festival singing "Shady Grove"

The 2018 Men Only Aloud Festival singing ​Shosholoza: