<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Lindsay Wade <lindsaywade.vt@gmail.com><br><b>Date:</b> December 25, 2021 at 10:34:02 AM EST<br><b>To:</b> Lani Seifert <lani.seifert@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Donia Prince <ucm.music21@gmail.com>, choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Re: [Choir] Fwd: Service last night</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Wow!! That is quite a compliment coming from Paula. She doesn’t exaggerate so she absolutely enjoyed our singing last evening. <div>Also, My son, Collin, said Oh,Holy Night was beautiful. He loved that version, Verdis and our choir soloists, the whole performance. He knows through me the path of our choir the past 1 1/2 years and he was quite emotional hearing us all singing together again.<div>Merry Christmas, Lindsay<br><div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 25, 2021, at 10:24 AM, Lani Seifert via Choir <choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Hi Donia,</div><div dir="auto">I am so happy that you sent us the video. I agree with Paula too. This gave me goose bumps and I felt a little choked up to hear our wonderful choir, under your excellent direction sing so well. It was fun to be a “back-up singer” to Verdis whose voice is sublime. A fabulous Lyric Baritone, as he describes himself. Wow! Can we top that? That was a real show-stopper!</div><div dir="auto">Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice and Happy New Year.</div><div dir="auto">Lani</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 10:09 AM Donia Prince via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello lovely singers,<div><br></div><div>I wanted to pass on this note from Paula Gills. I couldn't agree more! I realized in my distraction at the end of the service last night that I never wished you all a happy holiday. So, wishing you a safe (ugh, freezing rain), warm and joyous holiday! See you on Jan 6th!</div><div><br></div><div>Video link of O Holy Night attached (with Cecile's name spelled right;)</div><div><br></div><div>Donia<div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:396px;height:18px;max-height:18px;background-color:rgb(245,245,245);padding:5px;font-family:arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);line-height:1"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19rdtklg_6rzTkRPNUnWLkyWSpxtNXUtG/view?usp=drive_web" style="display:inline-block;max-width:366px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration-line:none;padding:1px 0px;border:none" aria-label="O Holy Night final.mp4" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align:bottom;border:none" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_generic_list.png" data-unique-identifier=""> <span dir="ltr" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-decoration:none">O Holy Night final.mp4</span></a><img style="opacity:0.55;float:right;display:none" data-unique-identifier=""></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Paula A.Gills</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:paulagills@tds.net" target="_blank">paulagills@tds.net</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 8:05 AM<br>Subject: Service last night<br>To: Donia Prince <<a href="mailto:ucm.music21@gmail.com" target="_blank">ucm.music21@gmail.com</a>>, ucm ministryintern <<a href="mailto:ucm.ministryintern@gmail.com" target="_blank">ucm.ministryintern@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>Donia and Verdis,<br>
The music last night is lingering with me this morning. First of all, it was so heartening to see you all actually in the church singing! That is a step in the right direction toward our being more whole again. I also want to say that I have, in my over 30 years in our church, seen and heard MANY versions of O, Holy Night. Last night's rendering was the absolute best--the arrangement of the song, Verdis' lead vocal, and the glorious sound of the choir made it a tour de force. Thank you all for that lovely surprise. Made my evening. Paula<br>
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