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Door 11 adjacent to the east parking lot will be open by 5:00. Please do your best to arrive by 5:30 and be on stage at 6:00 for rehearsal. Doors to the auditorium will open at 7:00.

Please remember to bring your black folder and that concert dress is black with a splash of holiday color.

I was very pleased with your rehearsal on Monday and am looking forward to a wonderful performance!!! Thank you for your time and talents this symposium!!!

Hope everyone is having a good week! A little fun with Garfield to soothe any pre-concert nerves. See you all on Friday!

Hello Boys and Girls

Just another reminder to RSVP for our upcoming Semiquincentennial Celebration symposium. I’ll need to order the music around 12/20 so if you could get your names in ASAP I’d appreciate it greatly. Thank you!!!

I’m still in need of someone to introduce Joy to the World. Please comment below if you will help us out. Thanks.

Joy to the World

Please comment below if you’re interested. Thanks

Nutcracker Jingles

• General rule for the song: when you have the melody, bring it out

• Strong, final consonants, especially the letter T, throughout

• Be ready for the tempo to increase on page 6

• In March of the Toy Soldiers, be aware that the melody passes back and forth from soprano and alto to tenor and bass.

• For dance of the sugarplum fairy, the dynamic level is Metso piano

Please review the following for each song.

Gaudete!

• Percussionists set an even and steady tempo in the first two measures

• Bass baritone come in with great confidence

• All entrances need to be confident and precise

• Measure seven forte and together

I forgot to review the conversation I had with our accompanist, Jessi, last spring before scheduling this concert. She wanted the concert scheduled for 7 o'clock so she could attend another event that evening. As you know, I scheduled the concert for 7:30 PM. It is too late to make any changes now, and I feel terrible for making the mistake. I'm asking those of you who can bake or prepare her some Christmas treats to possibly do so and bring them to either Monday's rehearsal or the Christmas concert for her. If you think of anything else you might want to gift her, feel free to do so. Thanks in advance for your help. 😶

If you don't have a choir folder and intend to buy a nice one, mymusicfolders.com has a range of options (https://www.mymusicfolders.com/product-category/choral-folders/) It looks like you can get a pretty nice folder for $20-$35.