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This bass plans to be there. H
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On March 13, 2020 at 7:44 PM Mhairi Paget via Choir <choir@ .org> wrote:
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I hope to be there. Mhairi
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<br> From: Richard Riley via Choir <choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org>
<br> To: Choir UCM <choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org>
<br> Cc: Eliza Thomas <eliza.thomas2138@gmail.com>; Rev. Joan Javier-Duval <ucm.revjoan@gmail.com>
<br> Sent: Fri, Mar 13, 2020 3:16 pm
<br> Subject: [Choir] Sunday
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Good afternoon, all!
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Thank you for your time and energy last night! Music is a balm in many ways, and I felt it last night.
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You may already have read Joan's special email to all, but if not, please know that there will be just one service, at 10:00 am, on Sunday - NOT two services at 9 and 11. UCM is adopting recommendations from the Unitarian Universalist Association that all
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">church gatherings of more than 25 people be immediately suspended</strong>, so on Sunday there will be no congregation. But there <u>will</u> be a kind of worship service that'll be transmitted (somehow!), and imagine this: there is "room" for the choir!</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The service is still being created, so I can't be very specific about what your role would be, or exactly what will be in the service, but for sure we could sing Donia's piece "Rising," and perhaps a hymn or two. It would likely be just Joan, Eliza, possibly one or two other helpers for recording purposes, you all, and me!</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please let me know if you are willing to attend and sing. To recap: you would come at 9:15 to rehearse. The service would begin at 10:00, and probably NOT last as long as an hour. <u>There will not be other people coming to the service.</u></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Please "reply all"</u> so that we can assess whether the choir will have a role in this Sunday's service. What happens AFTER this Sunday is not known at this time.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, I guess unfortunately I <strong>do</strong> know something of what's not going to happen after this Sunday: we will <strong>not</strong> be able to hold Music Sunday on April 5.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are uniquely tough times. Let's stay together as best we can.</span>
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