<div dir="ltr">Dear Choir,<div><br></div><div>Back in February I sent information about singing in the choir at the UU General Assembly that was to be held in Providence, RI, but as you probably know, that had to be cancelled. It's <u>possible</u> that I sent this NEW information about the VIRTUAL General Assembly at which Joan will be preaching, but I can't find it in my "sent" folder so here it is again.</div><div><br></div><div>Dick<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">This from Joan:<br><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Although General Assembly will be all virtual this year, I just learned that there WILL still be a Choir - a GA Virtual Choir! It will be singing just one piece which will be featured in the Sunday Morning service.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyone who is officially registered for GA can participate in the choir. Registration costs $150. <a href="https://www.uua.org/ga/off-site/registrants" target="_blank">https://www.uua.org/ga/off-site/registrants</a></div><div><br></div><div>Further details will be available soon. I think choir participation will mean individual singers recording themselves singing their part and then all those recordings will be put together for the final piece.</div><div><br></div><div>Please share this invitation with our UCM Choir to register for GA especially if they might be interested in participating in the Virtual Choir.</div><div><br></div><div>With excitement,</div><div>Joan</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Rev. Joan Javier-Duval</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ucm.revjoan@gmail.com" target="_blank">ucm.revjoan@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 6:42 AM<br>Subject: Invitation to General Assembly for Choir Members<br>To: Richard Riley <<a href="mailto:rcrileymusic@gmail.com" target="_blank">rcrileymusic@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Hi Dick,<div><br></div><div>I wanted to extend a special invitation to our UCM Choir to participate in General Assembly this year and to consider joining the General Assembly Choir. More information here: <a href="https://www.uua.org/ga/program/contribute/choir" target="_blank">https://www.uua.org/ga/program/contribute/choir</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>The GA Choir usually sings at two of the services throughout GA including the Sunday Morning service. It would be such a thrill (and also comforting) to have some UCM choir members in the mix!</div><div><br></div><div>The choir is open to lay people, clergy, choir directors...anyone who registers for GA is eligible to be part of the choir!</div><div><br></div><div>Please do pass along this note to the choir. I'd love for some of them to consider attending GA, and if some of them were in the choir as well, that would warm my heart :)</div><div><br></div><div>Joan</div><div><br></div><div>PS - If anyone wants a sense of what it's like to sing with the choir, they can watch pieces of this video of last year's Sunday morning service. The choir is singing right at the start and again at 1:04:50 - two very different pieces of music. <a href="https://www.uua.org/ga/past/2019/worship/sunday" target="_blank">https://www.uua.org/ga/past/2019/worship/sunday</a></div><div><br></div><div>PPS - Any UCM members who register and also serve as an official delegate can have their registration fee paid by the church. The early registration fee for the whole conference until March 15th is $400.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font color="#0b5394"><b>Rev. Joan Javier-Duval</b></font><font color="#000000"> |<b> </b></font></font><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><font color="#0b5394">Minister</font></b></span><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Pronouns: she/her/hers</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Unitarian Church of Montpelier</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ucm.revjoan@gmail.com" target="_blank">ucm.revjoan@gmail.com</a> | <span style="font-size:small">802-223-7861 x1 | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/joaniemj" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/RevJoanUU" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span></font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-size:small"><i><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></i></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#444444"><font size="2" style="font-size:small"><i>"We are each other's harvest; </i></font><i style="font-size:small"><font size="2">we are each other's business; </font><font size="2">we are each other's magnitude and bond."</font><font size="2"> --Gwendolyn Brooks</font></i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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