Carson Performing Arts (drama and choir students) will be attending the "Governor's Mansion Birthday Bash" on Sept. 12 from 2-5 p.m. celebrating the 100th year of the mansion.
Performing groups will consist of the Carson High School Chamber Singers, Drama Club officers, Carson Blue Mimes, face painters and clowns.
The CHS Capitol Stars, Carson's show choir, is in rehearsal for the October Halloween show, "Oh Horrors, It's Murder!" an interactive musical comedy, murder mystery set in an Egyptian museum.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 and 10 and 2 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Community Center.
Cost is $5 for CHS SBC holders and children. It's $7 for senior citizens and students. General admission is $8.
There also will be a CHS Homecoming Week Event production at 7 p.m. Oct. 14 where the admission cost is only $3 and a can of food for the Carson food bank for students.
The Carson High School Concert Choir is participating in a 9/11 commemorative concert series with the Toccata Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. It will be performing Faure's Requiem on Sept. 11 at Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Reno.
For more information, visit www.toccatatahoe.com.
•••
Todd Ackerman, math teacher at CHS, is taking a group of students, teachers and interested community members on a tour of Ireland, England and France in the summer of 2010.
There still is time to sign up. Please contact him at 775-315-7681 if you are interested in attending.
•••
Congratulations to the JV and freshmen volleyball teams.
Both teams won the championship at their season opening tournaments last weekend. The JV team beat Truckee High School to claim the championship, while the freshmen team beat Galena in their championship match.
Congratulations girls! Excellent way to kick off the season! Go Senators!
• Susan Benefield teaches choir at Carson High and is a member of Senator Pride.