Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Kosi R'vaya

  I just sent this to emails before I remembered to put it on the  blog

http://www.anahermusic.com/01%20kosi%20r'vaya.mp3

updates from rehearsal 8/19

Upcoming singing:
8/25 - Jazz Alleluia (1050 blue hymnal)
9/1 - Heart of the Mother
9/15 - We're a Family and We're a Tree - solos have already been assigned for the verses - all sing together on chorus each time

We might postpone the Soirée - 10/5, or 11/2, or possibly after the holidays - Elaine will poll everyone. It definitely will not be 9/28 b/c of a home FB game.

See you!

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Our Calendar - so far. Long post-- lots to read

I've been working on our calendar.  This is not complete-- just what I have so far.  


She Sings Rehearsal  Welcome Back  August  19  2013      6 more  till soiree
  1. Calypso Alleluia  NOTE  we have just this one rehearsal for this
  2. Start planning for Soiree
  3. Who will  be here for it?
  4. Review at least 1  song from WSSR
  5. Start Family Tree.  if tim


Sun August 25    
Performance Calypso Alleluia  as part of the Water  Service

August 26 She Sings Rehearsal  5 till soiree
We’re a Family and We’re a Tree    solo on verses,  all on chorus

Sept 2 She Sings Rehearsal    4 till soiree
We’re a Family and We’re a Tree
  
Sept 9 She Sings Rehearsal  3 till soiree
We’re a Family and We’re a Tree 
 
Sept 15
Performance  Family Tree

Sept 16  She Sings Rehearsal    2 till soiree

Sun Sept 22
All Sing  Rehearsal:  All God’s Children Got a Place in the Choir

Sept 23    She Sings Rehearsal last rehearsal before soiree

Sept  28        SOIREE

Sun Sept 29
All Sing  Rehearsal:  All God’s Children Got a Place in the Choir



  
Sun Oct 6      ALL SING PERFORMANCE
All God’s Children Got a Place in the Choir


Oct  27    Not confirmed  Pagan Holidays  Day of the Dead  ---Wanting Memories?

December 20  WSSR Dress Rehearsal
December 21  WSSR



April  27   Earth Day   This Pretty Planet    Chapin

FAQ:  to be decided......

Will we meet as usual the weeks we have all sing?
 YES  WE NEED THE REHEARSAL TIME


What are we singing for  our Soiree?

Who is coming:

 Dillman  Heidi  Rob, Marguerite Bob, and Holley.

Family Tree Sept 15 2013

I just sent everyone Family  Tree.  I can't figure out how to post it here.

Try this link     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZLb2aN4A44&feature=em-share_video_user

This is for  Sept 15 which is a intergen.  service  The words are very " wordy"  so
 I'm thinking the verses will be solos and all on chorus,  even congregation.   There are hand gestures too!    I sent them to Theresa to see if  she wants to teach the kids.  

 Please consider if you'd like to do a verse and claim one.     I just ordered the songbook so we'll have it  by our next rehearsal. 



Family Tree 
by John Forster & Tom Chapin
© 1988 Limousine Music Co. & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

Before the days of Jello
Lived a prehistoric fellow,
Who loved a maid and courted her
Beneath the banyan tree.
And they had lots of children.
And their children all had children.
And they kept on having children
Until one of them had me!
We're a family and we're a tree.
Our roots go deep down in history
From my great-great-granddaddy reaching up to me,
We're a green and growing family tree.
My grandpa came from Russia;
My grandma came from Prussia;
They met in Nova Scotia,
Had my dad in Tennessee.
Then they moved to Yokohama
Where Daddy met my Mama.
Her dad's from Alabama and her mom's part Cherokee.
We're a family and we're a tree.
Our roots go deep down in history
From my great-great-granddaddy reaching up to me,
We're a green and growing family tree.
Well one fine day I may go
To Tierra Del Fuego.
Perhaps I'll meet my wife there
And we'll move to Timbuktu.
And our kid will be bilingual,
And though she may stay single,
She could, of course, comingle with the
King of Kathmandu.
'Cause we're a family and we're a tree.
Our roots go deep down in history
From my great-great-granddaddy reaching up to me,
We're a green and growing family tree.
The folks in Madagascar
Aren't the same as in Alaskar;
They got different foods, different moods
And different colored skin.
You may have a different name,
But underneath we're much the same;
You're probably my cousin and the whole world is our kin.
We're a family and we're a tree.
Our roots go deep down in history
From my great-great-grandmother reaching up to me,
We're a green and growing family tree.
We're a green and growing family.
 

Music for Meditation

The UUMN  morning email includes a review of a meditation service they did at their conference last week.  This one especially spoke to me-- it's calming but not depressing---   see if this link works:http://www.anahermusic.com/01%20kosi%20r'vaya.mp3

The words they are saying  Kosi R'vaya", often translated as "My cup runneth over.  I was thinking of doing this after the kids collect the cans-- always a frenetic time---- after they leave-- as a way of bringing us back to a calm space. 


Here's the score!!!:

http://www.rabbishefagold.com/Kosi%20R'vaya.pdf

I'll see if Susan  Watson can print  some for us!!!