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From Morna
Lots to share today. Thanks for reading thoroughly.
First off, thank you so much for a very confident and well-performed concert yesterday. I know you all felt the absence of one-third of the choir and rose admirably to the occasion. Thanks to all who helped out in ways beyond singing, including Garnet on clarinet (beautiful!), Evelyn on violin, the riser crew, and the Front of House crew. To all who found themselves ill this past week, we hope you have a speedy recovery and will be back with us soon.
In our remaining month of choir this season, we have another 3 rehearsals and 3 performances. Please be a frequent visitor to our Google calendar to make sure you are in the right place at the right time with the right music. Thank you so much to Valerie for her incredibly detailed work behind the scenes for all these performances.
This Friday, May 10, we will welcome our scholarship winner, Man Le, who will take us in a warmup. Then, with pianist Karen Lee Morlang, we will be rehearsing the music for the afternoon conference performance at the Wall Centre and the music for the Elim Village performance on Saturday evening, May 11. We will stop rehearsal 10 minutes early to accommodate those needing to eat and get downtown.
Then about half of us go downtown for the short conference performance in the early afternoon.
Saturday night, May 11 we are in Surrey at Elim Village. Please check the rep list carefully, noting that O Love and O How Glorious, may not be in your folder at the moment. We will have the music for the 2 hymn singalongs on Friday morning.
Thank you all for filling in the survey about our last 2 gigs. Maureen and Hyo, I don’t think we heard from you. If you are able to join the evening of May 11, that would be awesome. We are short of sopranos and tenors. You can email me directly at mornaedmundson@telus.net.
Note that there is no rehearsal on Friday, May 17 but we all do rehearse on May 24. Those doing the VSO Day of Music only will rehearse on Friday, May 31.
Next Season Schedule
As you know, starting in September, our rehearsals are moving to Tuesday mornings from 10am – noon. For those planning vacations next year, here are our three concert dates. We will be holding our dress rehearsals the day before, on Saturday mornings.
CONCERT: Sunday, November 17, 2024 – Fall Concert
Dress Rehearsal: Saturday, November 16 10am – 12:30pm
CONCERT 2: Sunday, December 15, 2024 – An EnChor Christmas
Dress Rehearsal: Saturday, December 14 10am – 12:30pm
CONCERT 3: Sunday, April 27, 2025 – Spring Concert
Dress Rehearsal: Saturday, April 26 10am – 12:30pm
Other important dates:
Tuesday, September 10 – first rehearsal of the year
Tuesday, December 10 – last rehearsal until January
Tuesday, January 7 – first rehearsal of 2025
Tuesday, May 27 – last rehearsal before summer break
I know some of you have had to shift things to accommodate this change to Tuesdays. Your efforts are much appreciated. If you know now that you are not able to sing with us next year, please inform your section leader right away, and they will inform me.
See you Friday morning!
Morna
FROM CATHY BAYLEY
So many thanks to everybody who sang in last night’s concert. We didn’t have as large an audience as usual but they were certainly appreciative. You had many happy compliments from people as they left the church. “Great concert, as usual!” I had the opportunity to sit back and enjoy it from the back of the church and thoroughly enjoyed all the songs. Even though we were missing a few people, the balance was really great. I particularly enjoyed the way everybody got into the spirit of You Make Me Feel So Young. Congratulations!
FROM NANCY AND GARNET
YOU ARE INVITED TO COME OUT TO OUR FIELDS OF GOLD. (Buttercups and dandelions)
Garnet and Nancy invite all choir members (and spouses/partners) to come out to the country for a casual social gathering on FRIDAY, JUNE 7 TH. We are asking that everyone bring their own lunch and we will provide tea/coffee, punch and some sweet bites for dessert.
Of course, we’re hoping that the weather will be warm and lovely so we can all sit outside and those who would like to can swim in the pool. If it isn’t warm, we can sit inside.
Suggested time: 11:00 am to whenever….
Please let us know if you are able to attend. (alderwols@shaw.ca)
Address: 25030 21B Avenue
Langley, BC. V4W 2R5
Home phone: 604-856-5697
Nancy’s cell: 604-308-4254
Garnet’s cell: 604-308-4732