<div dir="auto">Let’s take it one step at a time. Donia would be the obvious choice but her hands (and hours) are full right now. </div><div dir="auto">Maybe if there is a huge response to kids singing with us one time, the powers-that-be would consider supporting a junior choir (as it was called when I was in it!)</div><div dir="auto">Lani</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 12:13 AM Stephen Finner 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="auto">Not me. I don't know the first thing about working with children and making a children's choir. That's what many people go to school to learn.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Stephen L. Finner, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Ph.D+27+Highland+Avenue+Barre,+Vermont+05641?entry=gmail&source=g">Ph.D</a><br><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Ph.D+27+Highland+Avenue+Barre,+Vermont+05641?entry=gmail&source=g">27 Highland Avenue</a><br><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Ph.D+27+Highland+Avenue+Barre,+Vermont+05641?entry=gmail&source=g">Barre, Vermont 05641</a><br><br>802-598-4317 (cell)<br>802-461-2528 (home-wifi)<br><br>Music Director, UU Congregation of Washington Vermont (a summer congregation)</div></div><div dir="auto"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br><br>Minister of Music Emeritus, St. Johnsbury VT UU Congregation<br>(he, him, his)<br><br>"May you know the joy of living sometimes comes with pain lived through "<br>Steve Finner 2008<br>"Nothing stays the same after we find the God within" Sr. Joan Chittister O.S.B.<br>And just in case you were wondering, "Faith without works is dead.". James 2:26</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 15, 2022, 11:05 PM Mary Alice Bisbee <<a href="mailto:maryalicebisbee@gmail.com" target="_blank">maryalicebisbee@gmail.com</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">Yes, maybe Stephen could take that on! Or Verdis?<div>Mary Alice</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 9:44 AM Frances Krushenick via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<br></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">I think it would be great to have children singing with us for Give Us Hope.<div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 1:19 AM Stephen Finner via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<br></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="auto">Many uu congregations have a children's choir. The director is usually a different person than the director of music.<div dir="auto">To establish a program requires a significant amount of parental involvement.<br><br><div dir="auto">Stephen L. Finner, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Ph.D+27+Highland+Avenue+Barre,+Vermont+05641?entry=gmail&source=g">Ph.D</a><br><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Ph.D+27+Highland+Avenue+Barre,+Vermont+05641?entry=gmail&source=g">27 Highland Avenue</a><br><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Ph.D+27+Highland+Avenue+Barre,+Vermont+05641?entry=gmail&source=g">Barre, Vermont 05641</a><br><br>802-598-4317 (cell)<br>802-461-2528 (home-wifi)<br><br>Minister of Music Emeritus, St. Johnsbury VT UU Congregation<br>(he, him, his)<br><br>"May you know the joy of living sometimes comes with pain lived through "<br>Steve Finner 2008<br>"Nothing stays the same after we find the God within" Sr. Joan Chittister O.S.B.<br>And just in case you were wondering, "Faith without works is dead.". James 2:26</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 14, 2022, 10:00 PM Maryann Ludlow via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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That sounds wonderful! I remember reading the info about the song, which is somewhere there in the music, I think on top of where it starts, and I got the impression that it was supposed to actually be sung by children. Maybe I’m wrong about only children and
young people singing it, but definitely they should be there!
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<div>Apropos the subject of kids singing:</div>
<div>Donia and I ran into Beth (whose last name I forget; Merrill, maybe?) and her young daughter, whose name I’m drawing a blank on right now (can you tell I’m not good with names? Don’t ever be offended if I don’t know yours! ☺️), over the summer before Donia
started the job, and Beth was talking about how important she thought it was to get kids involved in singing. This sounds like a great start!</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Great idea, Lindsay!
<div>I bet the Warner/Beaudry kids would love to participate.</div>
<div>I'll keep thinking</div>
<div>Cheers, </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi everybody, I talked with Donia after rehearsal two weeks ago about "Give Us Hope." I suggested that it would be great if we had some kids singing along with us as it expressly says on page 6 "We are the future, help us believe." She loved
the idea. Also talked with Liz Benjamin and she'll give me a list of children she thinks might be interested. Also, Verdis definitely is on board to have children singing that song with us. Liz suggested children come to one rehearsal (probably on a saturday)
, learn the chorus along with the clapping and then we record at that rehearsal. Two rehearsals is asking too much. What do you think? And, if you have thoughts and possible suggestions on kids who might be interested, please let me know along with contact
information on the children. Not sure which sunday this piece is scheduled for, but, it's not on the February schedule.
<div>Thanks for reading and look forward to your comments and suggestions! Lindsay </div>
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