<div dir="auto">Let's have a little imagination here. Not a bouncing ball, but a bouncing chalice of course 🤣<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Stephen L. Finner, Ph.D<br>27 Highland Avenue<br>Barre, Vermont 05641<br><br>802-598-4317 (cell)<br>802-461-2528 (home-wifi)<br><br>Music Director, UU Congregation of Washington Vermont (a summer congregation)<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, May 10, 2022, 9:37 PM Maryann Ludlow 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">
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I agree with you, Lani! For me, the lyrics are as important as the music. I also seem to learn words much better when they are set to music (I have pretty good recall of the lyrics to many songs that I have crossed paths with, which is certainly not the case
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<div>I think that projecting the words as we sing them is a great idea! (how about a bouncing ball? Just kidding!)</div>
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<div dir="auto">One other thought on the lyrics issue. Perhaps they could be projected as other things are throughout the service? This would save paper.</div>
<div dir="auto">I’m happy to work on this.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I’d like to start a conversation about “lyrics”.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I think an important part of choral singing is the lyrics. The music is important too, of course. What is the point of singing anything other than “la la tra la” if the lyrics cannot be understood by the listener?</div>
<div dir="auto">I just listened to Gift to Sing and could not understand a word. No closed captioning offered either (that I noticed). And the singers were NOT masked, as we are.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I’d like to offer the suggestion that we print out the lyrics to whatever we are singing and offer it to the congregation. The order of service seems to have a little extra room, or it could be a separate sheet.</div>
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<div dir="auto">This also relates to my complaint about singing Muusica in Estonian, or what ever it is. Who understands it? Probably nobody in the congregation or the choir! Why not sing it on bah,bah bah or la, la, la?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thanks for reading my rant. Please respond with any thoughts on this subject. Otherwise, lets give up real words, and go with nonsense syllables. No one will notice the difference!</div>
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<div dir="auto">BTW, I am happy to take on the chore of writing out the lyrics, and of course would welcome any help on that.</div>
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<div>Thanks everyone for your beautiful singing and presence last Sunday!</div>
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<div>We will be having a rehearsal this Saturday. We have moved it to 9-11am in order to accommodate those who plan to attend the big action at the statehouse regarding reproductive rights which begins at 11.</div>
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<div>At rehearsal Thursday I will be collecting any contributions any of you wish to make to offer our volunteer tech crew a gift from the choir. Cash, or checks made out to me. We are thinking probably some sort of dining gift certificates, but if anyone
has other ideas let Lani know.</div>
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<div>As usual we could use some of you to sign up to support hymn singing at church this Sunday. Not sure yet what the hymns will be. here is the sign-up link: <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frsvp.church%2Fr%2FH7RtmXNs&data=05%7C01%7C%7C9b3dcc422a93413045d008da3295e4b2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637877916624959427%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YoWb1LWIA7t2LdFBB99yObCUGSzVahE77wev04O8mQA%3D&reserved=0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,111,186);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Jost;font-size:24px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://rsvp.church/r/H7RtmXNs</a></div>
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<div>If anyone wants to try out singing Gift to Sing with the whole recording, here it is: <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNBPHXJEtU7A%26t%3D1s&data=05%7C01%7C%7C9b3dcc422a93413045d008da3295e4b2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637877916624959427%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=pTYCBX8o1EVkjX27KOu01FS606T2DR%2FEIZZiGiyxPL8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBPHXJEtU7A&t=1s</a></div>
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<div>Finally, as written on the schedule handed out earlier, we will be having a rehearsal on Saturday, June 4th from 10-11, in lieu of the Thursday rehearsal. (We might have an optional Thursday one as well if people are interested. ). Following that rehearsal
we'll have a potluck end-of-year gathering outside at the benches.</div>
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<div>See you Thursday! We will work on Grace and Mercy, Gift to Sing, and a little on Place in the Choir.</div>
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