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April 29, 2024

From Morna

Thank you to everyone who sang at Cedar Springs PARC on Friday. We were warmly received.  Gail, who was not feeling well that day, is now at home, stable, and in good care.

Fields of Gold is, of course, this Sunday evening, May 5.  I am very much looking forward to performing this beautiful music for our friends, families, and extended audience.  Let’s share our joy of singing together. Please continue to promote the concert in all the ways that you do.  You can share this link: https://enchor.ca/concert/fall-2023-concert-2-2-2-3/

Remember it’s a 7:00 start, with a choir call time of 6:10 sharp on the risers.  All details are in the calendar.

Friday morning, we have our Dress Rehearsal in the sanctuary from 10am – 12:30pm.  Note the late release time.  I will make sure you are not standing the whole time.

Now I would like to ask you to put your music in concert order today and dedicate 30 minutes or more every day between now and Friday to sing through everything.  The better you know it, the more you can watch and listen, and the more impactful our performance will be.  Note that I have added Try to Remember as a singalong. Click HERE for the score.  Here is the final program order.  

  1. Now is the Month of Maying
  2. Nature Boy
  3. Tabula Rasa
  4. Lullaby to an Ancient River
  5. Singalong: Try to Remember (NEW in this program)
  6. Fields of Gold
  7. Fix You

brief intermission (choir members sit in chairs on the side – to give us a break from standing)

  1. Fogarty’s Cove
  2. Singalong: Moon River
  3. Moonset
  4. Rise Up My Love
  5. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
  6. The Tree of Peace
  7. Terre-Neuve

Morna

An Interesting Link from Margaret Barry

The neuroscience of singing: How choirs help our brains and bodies recover from burnout – ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-28/how-singing-in-choirs-can-help-brains-recover-from-burnout/103710820

HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS YET?

Hi folks,

To date we have only sold 184 raffle tickets of the 800 tickets we hope to sell!! 

The final deadline for sales is midnight on May 5th, the day of our concert.

It would be great if everybody could send out another reminder to your friends, family, neighbours (anyone you know who lives in BC!!) and ask them to support our wonderful choir through buying a raffle ticket (or two).

A reminder of the amazing prizes:

  1. 3 nights at the Wickaninnish Inn near Tofino
  2. $500 tasting menu at the Cactus Club
  3. 2 subscriptions to the 2024-2025 Vancouver  Bach Choir season

Here is the link for buying tickets.  enchor.rafflenexus.com