Tomorrow

Dear Choir:

Since tomorrow is "Earth Day" at the church, and members of the
congregation have been invited to come dressed informally if they so
desire, let's not wear robes on this occasion. You can, of course,
dress as informally or formally as you wish, but all you will need is
your music folder, so the music cart will be upstairs.

The weather forecast doesn't sound too promising for the outdoor part of
the day, but we might as well approach it positively. See you at 8:45.

Thanks.

Allan

Many thanks

Dear Choir:

What a week was last week -- and even after the beautiful singing of the
Fauré on Friday night, everybody tossed off Sunday morning's music with
the usual aplomb. Thanks so much for offering your time and your voices
to make these services truly meaningful and rewarding.

I just realized that we have only three Sundays left in our regular
choir schedule before it's time for a summer break. Since May 11th is
designated as Choirs Appreciation Sunday, we need to get that music a
bit better in hand, of course -- not to mention that we haven't yet
practiced an anthem for this coming Sunday.

But we certainly could do with a shortened rehearsal for at least one
Wednesday night, so just plan for an hour's rehearsal tomorrow night --
7:30 - 8:30.

See you then -- and thanks again.*

Sincerely,

Allan


*(N.B. It rhymes!)

Tomorrow -- Easter Sunday

Dear Choir:

What a meaningful and worshipful tenebrae service last night! Thanks so
much for the beautiful music which was so uplifting throughout the
service. Several of the instrumentalists spoke to me afterwards about
the great job which the choir did. It has truly been a rewarding week
already for me -- so much of which has been thanks to your efforts at
rehearsals and at the services -- and I know tomorrow will be equally so.

Sincerely,

Allan

And, just in case anyone has forgotten -- or has been trying to forget:

Easter Sunday, April 20th -- Choir meets at 7:30 a.m. to warm up and
rehearse with instruments
Two
services 8:30 and 11:00, with breakfast served in between
Sing
"Hallelujah Chorus" at end of both services

Schedule for Good Friday service

Dear Choir:

Thanks so much for the uplifting and rewarding rehearsal last night.  I'm looking forward to hearing again all the music for this weekend's services.

Here's a reminder about the Good Friday (tomorrow night) schedule:

    6:15 p.m. -- Meet in the dining room at 6:15 to warm up and to review order of service, last-minute reminders, etc.

    6:30 p.m. -- Sing through the Requiem with the instruments

    7:30 p.m. -- Tenebrae service

It will be a beautiful and meaningful service.  Musically, besides the Fauré and Laura's music from the organ, there will be three instrumental solos during the service:
        Jann (harp); Joan (violin); and Solvay (cello).

I hope there will be a large congregation.  Please urge friends and neighbors to come and take part.

Thanks again for giving so much time and talent to the worship services year 'round.

Sincerely,
                    Allan

Reminder about Wednesday's rehearsal

Dear Choir:

Just a reminder that the plan for tomorrow's (Wednesday) rehearsal is to
meet in the dining room at 7:15 to warm up, then move into the sanctuary
to rehearse with the instruments at 7:30. After rehearsing the Fauré,
we would need to rehearse the music for Sunday morning, which will
probably go overtime until 9:15 p.m..

I hope this will work out for you as we sing this beautiful music.

Thanks for all your skill and devotion.

Allan

Reminder for Palm Sunday

Dear Choir:

Just to be sure there's no confusion, we will meet tomorrow (Palm
Sunday) at our usual time of 8:45.

See you then.

Allan

P.S. Early next week I'll send out reminders about the rehearsal and
service times for Holy Week and Easter. But as a preview, here they are:

Wednesday, April 16th Rehearsal -- Choir meets at 7:15
p.m. in the dining room to warm up, before joining instruments at 7:30
Rehearse until 9:15 p.m.

Good Friday, April 18th -- Choir meets at 6:15 p.m. in
the dining room to warm up
Run-through of Requiem with instruments, starting at 6:30
Tenebrae
service starts at 7:30 p.m. (there was some confusion in the newsletter,
which listed two different times; but 7:30 is the correct one)

Easter Sunday, April 20th -- Choir meets at 7:30 a.m. to
warm up and rehearse with instruments
Two
services 8:30 and 11:00, with breakfast served in between
Sing
"Hallelujah Chorus" at end of both services

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Choir rehearsal information

Dear Choir:

I think we will need to rehearse until 9:15 tonight, and again next
Wednesday night, in order to get over everything we must practice for
Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter. I hope this will work out all
right for you.

Many thanks for your time and talent, and especially for the extra time
you give during the major church occasions, such as Easter and
Christmas. It is much appreciated by me and by the entire congregation.

Allan