Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Review of Choir Plans

Hi Everyone,

Here's what we talked about last night:

We are taking a summer break .  I will write a note in The Weekly Connection letting people know  that we are open to requests, as possible .

 Our next rehearsal will be

Monday July 30
 We will review the song we worked on last night:  Love Train / Put a Little Love in Your Heart

Monday August 6 
Same Plan

Monday August 13
I am away.  I  believe we decided not to meet.


Monday August 20
Resume regular rehearsals

SUNDAY  AUGUST 26
Perform  Love Train/ Put a Little Love in Your Heart.


Sara's  Surgery is June 12.  Let me know if you'd like to  be part of the Love / Food Train.  don't worry Sara, we won't inundate you with too much.

Sara:  let me know when Shelby's flight is and we can arrange a ride for her.

Southeast District Choral Fest:  

What it is:  opportunity to sing, learn from and socialize  with other UU choirs
Where:    UU Fellowship Winston - Salem NC  ( about 3.5 hours drive)
When:  Sat Sept 29 and Sunday Sept 30
Fee:  $25 per person  for which I w

I will get more details  about Saturday's start time and we can decide if we need to leave Friday night.

YouTube:

https://youtu.be/IG-tPk6aCxA

What to do:  
1.  let me know  by July 30 so I can RSVP  and get scores for you
      Do you want to request Home Hospitality?

2. I will ask UU admin to download and print as many scores as we need

3.  Learn your part by using the  score and rehearsal track listed below

Here's the whole letter:

Dear UU Musicians,

I'm writing once again with information about the Southeast District UU Choral Fest, hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem, NC, September 29-30. A combined choir of singers from all over the district will prepare youA Mass For Unitarian Universalists (text by the Rev. Frances Dearman).  We will rehearse together throughout the day on Saturday.  In the evening we will have a concert on which individual choirs may perform for each other.  Sunday morning we will perform the Missa Brevis with orchestra(!) at the 10:30 a.m. worship service.

Sheet Music:  The Missa Brevis is free to Unitarian Universalist choirs.  Here is a link to a pdf of the score:

Rehearsal Tracks:  In order to facilitate easier learning for your singers, we have invested in sung rehearsal tracks. Below is a link to my dropbox containing the tracks, arranged by voice type. You can open them in your dropbox OR you can download the tracks directly to your computer without having a dropbox account.  

Registration:
Online registration will open July 1 and close Sept 1. The cost for participation is $25 per person and includes three excellent meals, plus a pick-up breakfast at registration, snacks, and a wine, cheese, & dessert reception following the Saturday night concert.  Recommendations for area lodging will be provided and home hospitality will be made available for those who need it.  Please request home hospitality by August 15. 

If you plan to join us in September, please drop me a message soon - it will inform our planning to know about how many intend to participate. I have already heard from Black Mountain, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Morehead City, Peace Fellowship, Wilmington, and Roanoke, confirming their interest in participating.  If you do not wish to be contacted anymore, please let me know that as well.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Mignon Dobbins
Music Director
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 
4055 Robinhood Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
Mobile:  336.413.2074





1 comment:

  1. THIS IS A TEST. THIS IS ONLY A TEST. :) What about comments? are those getting emailed? I might have time to play with this later...

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