MEMO
Date: October 12, 2010
The Fun Committee (from Kathleen)
As you know, the Haunted Hayride event is still a go for this Saturday, October 16th. This is
open to anyone in the Advanced Chorus and the Young Men’s Ensemble.
Place: Schafer Farms in Flemington.
Time: meet there around 7 and then hopefully get tickets for a 7:30 or 8pm ride. The hayride lasts
for 45 minutes and then there is also a haunted maize and “carnival of chaos”.
Cost: $20 and it includes all three events. It should be a great night full of laughter and a ton of
screams!
Please let me know by Tuesday, October 12th if you plan on attending. Some of you told
me at rehearsal on Monday. You can send me a message on Facebook, email me at
dancer2994@gmail.com , or call/text me at 908-723-0709.
For more information on the event or directions, please visit their website:
http://www.schaeferfarms.com/
Checks
If you have a check for tuition, dresses, CD’s, etc., we would ask you to please MAIL them in
the future. This will make things much more efficient.
If Enrico or Debbie is going to be at a rehearsal to collect checks, then they can be brought in (I
will let you know). Otherwise, please mail all financial transactions.
Birthday List
I did have a paper on the table for all choristers to sign their birthday month. Unfortunately,
most did not sign. You will be receiving something, via e-mail, to respond to, so that Enrico can
have the full list for the birthday celebrations. Please be sure to respond!
For September, I have Caitlin Cavanagh, Rachel Rubinstein, Jenna Nerger and Isabel Rogers.
For October, I have Dominique Paredes-Rupp, Eleanor Haglund, Lizzy Finnen, and Rachel
Goldman. We will celebrate September and October together. Others for those months? Please
respond to the survey!
Concert Absences
Thanks very much to all who responded, by the deadline, with their concert conflicts for this
year. I will expect to see everyone else at all events. Thanks!
Upcoming Events
Monday, November 15: Westminster Choir College, Princeton.
Demonstration/Performance for Music Education students. Arrival: 6:30 PM.
Dismissal: 8:00/8:15 PM.
Friday, November 19: Morristown Beard High School. Invited choir for Morris Honors
Choir program. Performance: 7:00 PM.
ASSIGNMENT
IMPORTANT: as you know from yesterday’s rehearsal, I have a CD with the
pronunciation of Hanget Soi and Water Under Snow. Debbie will either be putting it on
our website, or sending it to you as a file. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you work with
the pronunciation of Hanget Soi this week. You already have a pronunciation guide from
me. Mark it anyway you want to help you with the pronunciation. We did about the first
half of the piece yesterday. Please review that, and finish to the end. We will work on
Hanget Soi this Monday, and EVERYONE is expected to come in, having worked with
the audio file. She speaks the text out of rhythm, so please work on the individual words,
then the entire phrase. Once this is comfortable, you can work on speaking the text in
rhythm. This is a piece I would like to consider for at least one of our events in
November. If you would like to start working on Water Under Snow, that’s fine. I will
have your pronunciation guide on Monday.
Pieces for memorization:
Go Where I Send Thee
Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Welcome Yule
Gloria
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Close to memorization:
Ding Dong Merrily on High
Please review:
Christmas Lullaby
Carol of the Bells
The notes for Hanget Soi and Water Under Snow