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Farewell, Frog Choir Friends!

As many of you know, yesterday marked our last official Frog Choir practice of the year, and it’s with a heavy heart that I have to say goodbye to all of my frog choir friends. You’ve been the best team a captain could have ever asked for, and I’m so proud of that trophy that’s now in our rehearsal room. Although the aftermath of the competition was marked by tragedy, never forget everything that you accomplished prior to that.

You’re an amazing team, but unfortunately all good things must come to an end, and I’ll be graduating in just a couple of weeks and saying goodbye to Hogwarts. However, I know that you’ll be in good hands -- and with that, allow me to announce next year’s captains! Everyone pulled their weight this year and did a great job, but two people in particular stepped up and showed their drive to become captains. Therefore, allow me to introduce David Hansen and Emily MacDonald!

David and Emily are both rising sixth years, and I have complete faith that in the next two years they’ll continue to establish Hogwarts as an international singing powerhouse. Best of luck to you guys, and I’ll miss you more than you could know. And who knows? Maybe WADA will let me come back to keep an eye on you next year! Goodbye could be only the beginning.

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Congratulations, everyone!

Greetings, Frog Choir!

We’ve now got our final attendance list for the competition, listed below, and I hope all of you are as excited for our final competition as I am. We’ll be doing three songs in the initial round -- two smaller group numbers, and one larger group number where everyone will be featured. So now, to announce our lucky group members, and our lucky soloists!

7th Years: Tina Cohen-Chang (NPC), Victoria Rowland*, Francine Longbottom

6th Years: Hugo Weasley, Jake Puckerman (NPC), Marley Rose (NPC), Gavin Peakes*, Chloe Carpenter

5th Years: Becca Goldstein, Leo Spinnet*, Kelsey Corner*, Aubrey Flint*, Emma Coote, Gwen Peakes*, Blake Shaw (NPC), Emily MacDonald (NPC), David Hansen (NPC)

4th Years: Melanie Lynn (NPC), Stella Pierce (NPC), Myron Muskovitz (NPC)

And now, our official song selection is as follows:

Disney Love Medley: Becca Goldstein & Leo Spinnet, David Hansen & Emily MacDonald, Chloe Carpenter & Gavin Peakes

Dark Horse / Burn / Timber / Counting Stars: Jake Puckerman, Tina Cohen-Chang, Aubrey Flint, Stella Pierce, Francine Longbottom, Myron Muskovitz, Blake Shaw, Emma Coote

Beatles Mashup: Full Frog Choir

Be prepared for a Hogwarts victory, everyone! I know you’ll be impressed by our performance.

OOC: Characters with * next to their name are playable characters who will be removed from this list if they are taken up and their players no longer want them to be a part of the club.

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Change of plans :(

Greetings, Frog Choir!

As you all know by now, there’s been a change of plans -- and date! -- for our upcoming competition. While I know we’re all sad about not getting to travel and see somewhere new, there are also advantages to this news, too. We here at Hogwarts now have the home stage advantage, and staying here in the castle also means that people who were hesitant to come before can now participate without disrupting their exam studying and end of year schoolwork.

If there’s anyone who hasn’t signed up already for the competition and would like to be a part of our roster, make sure to let me know now! Otherwise, I’ll be posting our official set list before the week is through so we can focus hard on the numbers we’ll be performing in the competition.

Our current line-up is as follows, so stragglers, message me as soon as you can!

7th Years: Tina Cohen-Chang (NPC), Victoria Rowland*, Francine Longbottom

6th Years: Hugo Weasley*, Jake Puckerman (NPC), Marley Rose (NPC), Gavin Peakes*

5th Years: Becca Goldstein, Leo Spinnet*, Kelsey Corner*, Aubrey Flint*, Emma Coote*, Amelia MacMillan*, Gwen Peakes*, Blake Shaw (NPC), Emily MacDonald (NPC), David Hansen (NPC)

4th Years: Melanie Lynn (NPC), Stella Pierce (NPC), Myron Muskovitz (NPC)

And as usual, our lovely radio hosts are still taking song dedications for pieces you’d like us to feature here in the competition, so if you have any last minute dedications before we finalize our set list, now’s your chance!

OOC: Characters with * next to their name are playable characters who will be removed from this list if they are taken up and their players no longer want them to be a part of the club.

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Just two more weeks until we depart!

Hello, hello, everyone!

With our departure for the International Frog Choir Competition slated for Wednesday, May 25th, with the competition taking place on Saturday the 28th, it is my pleasure to give you an update on those who will be attending. If I left you off the list, please let me know so I’m not leaving off any future superstars!

7th Years: Tina Cohen-Chang (NPC), Victoria Rowland*, Francine Longbottom

6th Years: Hugo Weasley*, Jake Puckerman (NPC), Marley Rose (NPC), Gavin Peakes*

5th Years: Becca Goldstein, Leo Spinnet*, Kelsey Corner*, Aubrey Flint*, Emma Coote*, Amelia MacMillan*, Gwen Peakes*, Blake Shaw (NPC), Emily MacDonald (NPC), David Hansen (NPC)

4th Years: Melanie Lynn (NPC), Stella Pierce (NPC), Myron Muskovitz (NPC)

I’ll also be asking our lovely radio hosts to take song dedications for pieces you’d like the Frog Choir to feature while we’re out at Durmstrang representing the school, so please be sure to send in your requests soon!

OOC: Characters with * next to their name are playable characters who will be removed from this list if they are taken up and their players no longer want them to be a part of the club.

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International Competition Update

Hello, hello, everyone!

It’s been a week since we announced the International Competition this year will be held at Durmstrang, and I’m here to give you an update on who will be in attendance thus far, so I can make sure I’m not missing any little singers who want to be a part of our team.

7th Years: Tina Cohen-Chang (NPC), Victoria Rowland*

6th Years: Hugo Weasley, Jake Puckerman (NPC), Marley Rose (NPC), Gavin Peakes*

5th Years: Becca Goldstein, Leo Spinnet*, Kelsey Corner*, Aubrey Flint*, Emma Coote*, Amelia MacMillan*, Gwen Peakes*, Blake Shaw (NPC), Emily MacDonald (NPC), David Hansen (NPC)

4th Years: Melanie Lynn (NPC), Stella Pierce (NPC), Myron Muskovitz (NPC)

OOC: Characters with * next to their name are playable characters who will be removed from this list if they are taken up and their players no longer want them to be a part of the club.

#aghchoir #aghadmin

Hello again, Hogwarts!

I know I haven’t said much in a while, but Frog Choir rehearsals have been going fantastically, and I know we’re all ready for next month’s International Frog Choir competition. Which, by the way, I’m happy to announce will be held at Durmstrang Wizarding Institute, so everybody be sure to get your cold weather clothes back out in time for the competition.

This’ll be taking place the last weekend of May, so if you’re planning on traveling to Durmstrang with the team, please send me a message so I can submit our final roster to Professor Isley. And if you’d like a solo, make sure to include that, too – I want to make sure everyone has a chance to shine (and I’ll be looking for people taking initiative when I’m choosing next year’s captains). Let’s show the rest of the international magical community the kind of talent we have here at Hogwarts.

Your captain,

Tina Cohen-Chang

P.S. @littlelionlynn, if you could remind everyone about this on your radio show, I’d really appreciate it. I know there are a lot of slackers in our club that might not be listening to my out-of-rehearsal announcements.

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In light of recent events,

Blaine and I have decided to dedicate next week’s Frog Choir meeting to Sebastian Smythe. It’s said that music can often be a source of comfort for many people and we especially believe in that. We welcome anyone (from Frog Choir members to even those that aren’t members) to come by and sing a song for Sebastian. And if not, we also invite you to simply sit and listen to other people sing. It’s a very trying time for all of us right now and we want to provide a source of comfort for anybody who needs it. We hope to see you all there.

Your captain, Tina Cohen-Chang

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My favorite song is Frosty the Snowman, because it's all about imagination, but I was also wondering if you're planning on including any Jewish songs in the showcase?

Noted, Becca. And we’re absolutely open to including Jewish songs as well! It wouldn’t be fair to exclude them, after all. Besides, part of my last name is ‘Cohen’, so I couldn’t possibly say no. Take this as permission to suggest Jewish songs as well, guys!

#ask #becclawtheraven

Important announcement!

Happy November, Frog Choir! It’s one of your captains, Tina, here with some news. Due to not having any performances since the year started just yet, Blaine and I have talked and decided to put on a sort of Christmas showcase in December. And, given that its now November, we need to start getting ready immediately. As always, the first step is creating our setlist for said showcase. And, after talking, Blaine and I have decided that that’s where you guys come in! We want you guys to message us your favorite Christmas songs! Once we’ve gotten together a decent list, we’ll hold an official poll and let you guys vote on which ones you’d love us to do this December! The songs that have the highest votes will be the ones that we’ll perform. And, as usual, from there we’ll have auditions for solos and just generally rehearse the songs up until the day we perform.

We hope you guys are excited for our first actual performance for this school year because we definitely are!

Love, your captain, Tina Cohen-Chang

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Hello, all Frog Choir members!

It’s one of your captains, Tina, here and I’d just like to say again how happy Blaine and I are to take over as your new leaders. We still have a lot of things to plan out for the upcoming year, so watch this space for any updates! I’d just like to reiterate how much Blaine and I plan on making this year amazing. Not just for us, being seventh years and graduating way too soon, but for all of us.

Secondly, I’d just like to tell you guys to not be afraid to shoot us your suggestions involving anything and everything. We’ll happily listen to them. We may be the captains and we may make most of the final calls, but we want you guys to have a say as well.

That’s about it. When we have a new update on anything, it will be posted here for all of you to see and take note of. Lastly, we’re very happy with the turnout for the auditions and would also like to extend a warm welcome to our newest members.

Cheers to a great next year of singing and performing, guys!

Love, your captain, Tina Cohen-Chang

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Hello, all! Now for those of whom remember, last year it was announced that myself and Alistair were to be the new Frog Choir Co-Captains. However, his parents have unfortunately decided to pull Alistair out of Hogwarts immediately due to the strange events from last year - thus meaning I was put in the position to then choose a new Frog Choir Co-Captain.

Nonetheless, I know exactly the perfect person for this new position - and I’m thrilled to announce that Miss Tina Cohen Chang will be the new Frog Choir Co-Captain. Congratulations, buttercup! I look forward to working alongside you this year.

Love, Madison McCarthy.

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Taking into account the feedback from my peers on my announcements in the past,

I’d like to take this time to assure the lot of you that I’ll be keeping this Frog Choir PSA as short as I can muster. Firstly, I would like to welcome each and every student to Hogwarts, regardless as to whether it happens to be their first year or their last. Despite the recent flooding and the recent vandalizing of the Slytherin Common Room (in my own opinion, it was lacking artistic perspective when the prank itself was executed), I’m certain that we’re going to start the 2023-2024 school year even more tremendously than the last!

To the point that I was getting at, however, I’d like to urge every member of the student body to turn up at the auditions for the Frog Choir this coming Monday, even if they don’t think of themselves as a fantastic singer - you’ll be guaranteed to be surrounded by a supporting, non-judgmental group of people. The requirements have been listed here, and I hope to see all Frog Choir hopefuls there when we’re ready to hear you sing for us! Returning members needn’t audition, but they are allowed to observe the process.

If you have any questions about the Frog Choir or the Drama Club, don’t hesitate to contact me or Jesse St. James about either on our school email accounts or on any other form of social media that you feel comfortable discussing personal issues and concerns of the clubs over.

Shoot for the stars! Rachel Barbra Berry ★

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When will frog choir auditions be held?

As always, Frog Choir meetings convene on Mondays at 5:00 in the afternoon. Auditions will be held for three hours in the choir room so that every new member has a chance to sing for the supervisor (myself, Rachel Berry) as well as the two captains (Madison McCarthy and Ryder Lynn) to give us a feel as to how you’ll fit in with the Frog Choir, both dynamically and vocally. The auditions will be held the Monday after arriving at Hogwarts, on the 7th of September. The announcement as to who has made it into the club will follow shortly afterward, but the list will definitely be posted before the first official Frog Choir meeting on the 14th of August. I hope that I answered your question adequately! Traditionally, the Frog Choir requests that all hopeful members prepare a bare minimum of a 16-bar piece of their choosing (they can opt as to whether they’d like to do it a capella or with accompaniment - I would personally recommend the latter, but to each their own).

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Frog Choir Members!

In light of the 2022-2023 school year coming to a close, we regretfully make our last announcement for the Frog Choir. For the past four years, we’ve been fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to be the leaders of this amazing organization and have tried to make the best decisions that we can as a group. We’ve led our group through three international frog choir competitions and have placed well in all of them - when we look back at our experiences at Hogwarts years later, this club will be what we’ll remember the with nothing but fond memories.

Congratulating everyone who was showcased at our last event is in order, as well as all of the seventh years who performed a song of their choice (that includes you, James Potter!) to celebrate their final performance with the choir. It was a pleasure to work with each and every one of you over the course of this school year as well as the past four years - we’re incredibly proud of all of you, and are grateful to have gotten to spend time preparing musical numbers and enduring anxiety-ridden auditions for solos.

Without any further ado, we would like to announce the Frog Choir Captains for the upcoming school year! It took weeks to decide as to who would embody the qualities of a leader best for this club, but we’re confident that our selections were definitely the right ones. The new captains for the 2023-2024 school year and onwards are Ryder Lynn and Madison McCarthy!

With that, we’re thrilled to pass the responsibilities of the club onto Madison and Ryder, and we’re positive that they’ll do a tremendous job of it. Thank you for exposing us to true musicianship, teamwork and friendship, and we hope you have a lovely summer!

Shoot for the stars & Always strive for perfection.

Your 2019-2023 Frog Choir Captains,

Jesse St. James & Rachel Berry ★

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★ Results for the June 28, 2023 Showcase ★

★ FEATURED SOLOS ★

Heartless as arranged by The Fray

Marley Rose

Octopus’s Garden by the Beatles

Ryder Lynn

Sing by My Chemical Romance

Sam Evans

★ FEATURED DUETS ★

Elastic Heart by Sia

Roderick Meeks Madison McCarthy

Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen

Roderick Meeks Sam Evans

★ GROUP NUMBERS ★

Stuck Like Glue by Sugarland

Marley Rose Ryder Lynn

Straight Up by Paula Abdul

Marley Rose Madison McCarthy

Africa by Toto

Jane Hayward Artie Abrams

One Day More

Tina Cohen-Chang Roderick Meeks Blaine Anderson

Spice Girls Medley by the Spice Girls

Kitty Wilde Ryder Lynn Unique Adams Tina Cohen-Chang Jane Hayward

Seasons of Love from RENT

Unique Adams Blaine Anderson Dani Harper

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In light of the recent events

I’d like to wholeheartedly thank everyone who has participated in the Frog Choir this year in some way or another - without the teamwork that went into finding our ‘sound’, we wouldn’t have been able to place in the top three in our competition. I’d like to think of this competition as a victory not only because we’ve received a trophy, but also because we truly unified as a team.

I know that both Jesse and myself are incredibly grateful for everyone in this choir - being your captains for the past three years has really been incredible, and I’ve been grateful to keep our team intact and more unified than we ever have been. There isn’t a group of people I love more than all of the friends that I’ve made through the Frog Choir. Again, I would like to thank everyone for your hard work, persistence and dedication to our club and family.

That being said, we have one last bit of official business to conclude the school year! In our annual banquet, it’s been a bit of a tradition to honor the seventh years with performances by the younger students in the choir who might not have had their chance to shine yet. It’s been mentioned twice by myself and by the Frog Choir’s official blog but the time for it’s finally arrived!

The banquet/our final showcase will take place on June 28th and auditions for each solo will commence on Monday the 25th of May - Jesse and myself will be selecting the soloists for each song (and we heavily discourage bribing of any sort) and seeing as this is our last time doing this, we’ve made the decision for every song to be performed over an a capella arrangement of each song - meaning that instead of tracks backing up the soloists, the entire choir (with the exception of the seventh year students) will sing behind them, hence why we’re going to spend a particularly long time on perfecting each song.

Despite the original setlist being posted, we’ve made slight adjustments to it! If you’d like to audition for any of the following 24 solos, please inform the blog of this so that we can know to expect you at the auditions next Monday!

Featured Solo #1: Heartless as arranged by The Fray Featured Solo #2: Octopus’s Garden by the Beatles Featured Solo #3: Sing by My Chemical Romance Featured Duet #1: Elastic Heart by Sia Featured Duet #2: Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen Group Number #1: Stuck Like Glue by Sugarland (two solos) Group Number #2: Straight Up by Paula Abdul (two solos) Group Number #3: Africa by Toto (two solos) Group Number #4: One Day More from Les Misérables (three solos) Group Number #5: Spice Girls Medley by the Spice Girls (five solos) Group Number #6: Seasons of Love from RENT (three solos)

I look forward to hearing all of you audition for the last time!

Shoot for the stars! Rachel Barbra Berry ★

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International Frog Choir Competition Results

The results of the International Frog Choir Competition have been chosen by a Chatzy randomizer. First through third place teams will receive trophies for their efforts, and all teams will be rewarded for their hard work and excellent performances with tonight’s celebratory ball (taking place in character at 8 p.m.). Remember that the Frog Choir Competition began at 1 p.m. and probably lasted approximately 4 hours.

And without further ado, our results:

Koldovstoretz (Russia)

Uagadou School of Magic (Africa)

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (U.K.)

Beauxbatons Academy of Magic (France)

Durmstrang Institute (Scandinavia)

Amazon Academy of Magic (Brazil)

Mahoutokoro (Japan)

Salem Witches Institute (United States)

Congratulations to our winners and to all our competitiors on excellent set lists and performances! If you have any questions about the results of the competition, please message the main. Otherwise, your characters may now acknowledge these results in character, and the rules and Chatzy for the ball will be posted in the next few hours.

-Admin HuffleFow

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