WSSR Schedule

This is the schedule I've put together for our volunteers.  They are: Ken, Heidi, Holly, Gail and Catherine.
The formatting is a bit messed up  but you can see the gist of it.  The highlighted days are the days we have everyone at the rehearsal   ( except I don't have data from Catherine yet) and so we are doing all of the 5 songs on these days.  On the days where only a subset of volunteers is present, we are doing the two most challenging songs and one other.   It might be that I  more rehearsals scheduled for the volunteers than needed, but we can always cancel .  It's much harder to add in.  

Subject to change:

Sept 30  stay till 6: 15 We’ve Got the Power Round and Round This Little Light of Mine  Oct 7 stay till 6: 15 We’ve Got the Power Round and Round Imani Oct 14   no rehearsal for anyone Oct 21 Stay till 7:00 We’ve Got the Power Round and Round This Little Light of Mine Imani Carry it Home Oct 28 Stay till 6:15 We’ve Got the Power Round and Round This Little Light of Mine

Nov4 stay till 6: 15 We’ve Got the Power Round and Round Imani Nov 11 stay till 6: 15 We’ve Got the Power Round and Round Carry it Home Nov 18 stay till 6: 15 We’ve Got the Power Round and Round This Little Light of Mine Nov 25  No Rehearsal for  anyone

Dec 2 Stay till 7:00 We’ve Got the Power Round and Round This Little Light of Mine Imani Carry it Home (Dec 9    if needed:  stay till 6: 15) We’ve Got the Power Round and Round Carry it Home Dec 16  Stay till 7 We’ve Got the Power Round and Round This Little Light of Mine Imani Carry it Home December 21  DRESS REHEARSAL Play to be here at 6 and stay till done—hopefully  8:  30 December 22  PERFORMANCE Be here are  6:00 for  7 pm  Performance

Update re WSSR  Invite  :  This coming Monday  Sept 23 is the day that the congregation is invited to  come sing WSSR with us.  I've posted it,  published it, etc.  I will make calls to  people who have mentioned an interest to remind them.  However,    I will still be in Michigan next Sunday and can't talk with  folks on Sunday.   I  need you to talk it up also.  

I wish I  had taken time to talk about this last night-- but o well.  I'm realizing that I'm feeling  a bit " stingy"  with what songs to give up to  others because I loved last year so much.   I am working hard to give up the past and live in the present. This is, as S Clay said, a new era.   I need to firmly come down on the side of Share the Music!   Maybe some of you are feeling this too so I wanted to put  it on the table for discussion. 

 I"m finalizing what songs to " offer".    It will depend in part on who comes.  Please comment: 

      1.   Round  and Round:  some say not, but  how else would they get      in??     I envision them processing in and sitting on edges of rows where they can easily join us but return to their seats again.

        2.  We are a Circle

     3.     Wings  MAYBE   It's not too hard but need to sound etherial    ( or is this my hate to give it up voice talking?)

    4.     This Little Light   

     5.     Imani

    6.     We’ve got the Power 

     7.     Carry it Home

Here is a copy of the invitation.  I've written to the following people and  pasted this in the email:  Linda Law, Gail Brownlee,  Ken Marsh  Marty Bynum, Heidi Campbell.  If you can think of anyone else,  please  write to them.   I"m going to write to Scott Templeton this morning. 

You've been interested in the Winter Solstice Singing Ritual-- so I wanted to be sure you are aware of this opportunity to be involved in  it without having to give over your life to it!

 

Winter Solstice Singing Ritual    2013

 

If you attended last year’s Solstice event you know how magical and healing it was.  We are doing it again and want to include more people in the choir, women and men, youth and adults.

Come share the wonderful spirit and community.

How will this work:

·      Come to one rehearsal on Mon September 23 at  5: 30   in the sanctuary and sing along with She Sings.  If you decide you want to participate in one or more of the songs, we will give you a score and a cd that you can practice with.

 

·      We will rehearse these songs for several Sundays in a row at noon

 

·      Attend dress rehearsal on Fri.   night Dec 20

 

·       Attend the Winter Solstice night Sat. Dec 21.

 

What you do NOT have to do:

·      Sing anything you don’t want to

·      Sing really hard music

·      Be able to read music or have a GREAT voice

·      Sing a solo

 

Call Elaine Fredendall  650 6824  or talk with anyone in She Sings if you have any questions.    

 

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!

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!!!