<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I’m in. Like very much learning it together & singing it in public! Lindsay<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 16, 2023, at 9:02 PM, Ed Hutchinson via Choir <choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p>Thanks for the note Donia. Just to let everybody know that we are
high and OK here. Mud filled in the hole where I am trying to
build a bulkhead entrance to the cellar but the stud-wall and foam
filling the opening to the cellar has held the mud back so far.
That and a about 6" of water in the workshop in the barn but
nothing of any value damaged there.</p>
<p>I hope the rest of us are OK - I know Cecile has had a real
problem in her cellar. I appreciate all the comments folks have
made. <br>
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<p>The outpouring of community spirit in both Barre and Montpelier
is heart warming, and those are the places that made the evening
news, but I expect people have been out helping each other in
every village and hamlet flooded. <br>
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<p>Ed<br>
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<div>I've been thinking about you and hoping you all have fared
ok this past week. We didn't have any damage at our place and
our roads are fine, so we are lucky.</div>
<div>But the ruin that is currently Montpelier is heartbreaking.</div>
<div>And it makes me want to get together and create something
beautiful and harmonious amid the mud and wreckage.</div>
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<div>What I propose is to get together and learn and sing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-BkziZpLKQ" moz-do-not-send="true">this beautiful piece, Requiem,</a> by
Eliza Gilkyson. It was written following the Asian tsunami
and has since been sung in response to other water-related
disasters.</div>
<div>I would also ask people from other choirs in town to join
us. There is no definite plan for performing it beyond our
rehearsal, but it might possibly be used at a vespers service
Rev Joan might lead in another week or so, or maybe after all
the debris is picked up in town we could sing it in front of
City Hall, maybe along with one or 2 other songs like Hope
Lingers On. But the main thing is just to get together to
sing. I would plan to send out the piece beforehand as a pdf
as soon as I know this is a go.</div>
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<div>I'm thinking of <b>this</b> Thursday evening from 6-8,
with the small wrinkle of us not having a place to meet!
While the sanctuary is fine the air quality in the church is
iffy. (Maryann and I actually just spent a few hours at the
church this afternoon spraying vinegar on the walls, ceiling
and joists in the basement, where mold is already spreading.)
There are some possibilities I am looking into--Beth Jacob,
Old Meeting House. But I didn't want to wait longer before
getting in touch with you all to see if there are enough
people around and interested to make a go of it. Let me know!</div>
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<div>with love,</div>
<div>Donia</div>
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