<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>That piece (Cantique de Jean Racine) is one of my all time favorites!</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br>I miss singing with you all, but Liam is at a tricky age. I am unable to keep him as quiet as necessary for our rehearsals. I hope to be back to choir in the future. It will make things easier when there are two adults at home. :)</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I should still be able to come to church with Liam on some Sundays to listen and sing along with the hymns. So I'll see you all soon enough.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Darcy</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jan 25, 2016, at 5:35 PM, Betty Davis via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div> make-you-weep beautiful! <br>
And "hearty forthrightness" is exactly right for the sound of the good old hymn. </div>
<div>Thank you so much, as always,</div>
<div>Betty</div>
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From: Richard Riley via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>><br>
To: Choir UCM <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>><br>
Sent: Mon, Jan 25, 2016 2:45 pm<br>
Subject: [Choir] I could go on and on...<br>
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<div dir="ltr">... about your singing yesterday, but I'll keep it short.
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<div>I LOVED the care with which you pronounced the French in "<span class="aolmail_" id="aolmail_:t3.1">Cantique</span> <span class="aolmail_" id="aolmail_:t3.2">de</span> Jean Racine," especially in the soft sections! The basses, who often started these soft sections, set a very high standard that all the other parts met.</div>
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<div>In wonderful contrast, the hearty forthrightness of "I Love to Tell the Story" resonated with a number of people in the congregation. It's always interesting to find that though people in our church identify themselves now as Unitarians, they often come from other denominations, and the music they knew in the other denominations continues to resonate with them now as they attend UCM.</div>
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