<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Yes - let’s try it - we attended a small group hosted by Sanctuary Boston last night via zoom - and it worked very well.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bettie</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 24, 2020, at 12:07 PM, Lani Seifert via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" class="">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Choir,<div class="">I just signed up for Zoom, following the directions on the video Dick linked us too.</div><div class="">The sign-up and setup is easy. However, if you don't have a webcam on your computer already, you may be hard pressed to find one as they seem to be out of stock in several places.</div><div class="">Luckily, most tablets and smart phones have them installed.</div><div class="">Could we try it out?</div><div class="">Maybe Dick could schedule a meeting (not to sing) so we could see if we can get started? I'm hoping Guy Bunce will provide some followup instructions too.</div><div class="">Hope everyone is maintaining their distance and their health.</div><div class="">Lani</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 11:17 AM Richard Riley via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" class="">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Good morning! I hope you all are well.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We're not in a service at UCM right now, but I'm thinking of you and am investigating a couple of ways that we might be convey music to those at UCM.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I asked and received permission from the extraordinary English vocal group VOCES8 to use their YouTube recordings for services at UCM. Here's their performance of <span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:12px" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhXA4BqdDJA" target="_blank" class="">Jake Runestad's "Let My Love Be Heard"</a> which I will recommend to Joan be included in an upcoming Sunday service.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:12px" class=""> They don't sound quite like you, but they're pretty good (!) - and I think it would be good to play "Let My Love Be Heard" for any number of important reasons.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:12px" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:12px" class="">The other choir experience that I'm working on is figuring out how we might be able to actually sing together on Zoom. </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:12px" class="">Zoom is</span><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class=""> </span>"the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars." Audio conferencing - what they really mean is singing in the choir! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STXzs5qnPwg" target="_blank" class="">Setting Up: Zoom Virtual Choir</a> is an <span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:12px" class=""> 11'15" video on YouTube that shows how we might be able to make music together.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:12px" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:12px" class="">More to come!</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:12px" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:12px" class="">Be well,</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:12px" class="">Dick</span></div>
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