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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>So sorry, Mikaela, that you have suffered these setbacks – and for all of the others also affected. Those of us who love the church are as affected as anyone, so singing the Requiem seems very fitting. Thank you, Donia, for thinking of this. BB<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Choir <choir-bounces@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mikaela Engert via Choir<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 17, 2023 12:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> Mary Alice Bisbee <maryalicebisbee@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> UCM Choir <choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org>; Donia Prince <ucm.music21@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Choir] Want to sing?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>I'd love to see everyone and sing. I'm admittedly having a super hard time with everything though. It is so overwhelming and the impacts just so severe. While we didn't have a ton of water in our place, our basement is a finished space and we had to rip up the carpet and drywall and will have to repair it all. We're looking at months of having to live with it as it currently is because resources for contractors, etc., are tied up elsewhere. We're not in a dire situation, but it is still exhausting and disturbing. On top of it all, I almost lost my dog last week, too. She got really ill and wasn't doing well at all. Luckily, she's turned a corner, save for getting her full appetite back. So, it's been stressful and even as I type this, I'm emotional. So, I may come and I don't know really if I'll even be able to sing! Probably silently cry the whole time. <br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>Mikaela Engert</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#888888'>Call/Text: +1.603.748.4325<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#888888'>Instagram: @black.barn.ceramics & @eatwell.lovelife<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#888888'>Web: <a href="http://www.blackbarnceramics.co">www.blackbarnceramics.co</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif;color:#660000'><br> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:42 PM Mary Alice Bisbee via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Keep me in the loop, also! I need to get out of my apartment and be with people!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>MaryAlice<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 10:43 AM Lani Seifert via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" target="_blank">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I hope to join in too, although that is only if our town road is driveable by then. It has not been so for about a week now and progress is quite slow due to lack of dump trucks and lack of gravel. We few are not as important as we might wish! No complaints though as our own house and driveway are unscathed. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Lani<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 7:13 PM Donia Prince via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" target="_blank">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello dear friends,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But the ruin that is currently Montpelier is heartbreaking.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>And it makes me want to get together and create something beautiful and harmonious amid the mud and wreckage.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>What I propose is to get together and learn and sing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-BkziZpLKQ" target="_blank">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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>with love,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Donia<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>Unitarian Church of Montpelier<br>Choir email list<br>unsubscribe at <a href="http://www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" target="_blank">www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>Unitarian Church of Montpelier<br>Choir email list<br>unsubscribe at <a href="http://www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" target="_blank">www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>Unitarian Church of Montpelier<br>Choir email list<br>unsubscribe at <a href="http://www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" target="_blank">www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>