[Choir] thank you for the past, thank you for the future!

[MJ's Mail]

Such a joyful , musical time.  We will be continuing our family time by going to Portland, Maine on Sunday morning early with daughter Kristina and partner , Denise, joining  son, Mark and his significant other Erin.


See you all in January,

Mary Jane

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> On Dec 26, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Richard Riley via Choir <choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> It was wonderful to have so many of you singing and playing on Christmas Eve! The service was full of life, full of music from different time periods and musical traditions, and full of the warmth - both physical and metaphysical - of a more than full church.
> 
> I hope that Christmas Day was also a pleasure for you all; it certainly was here at the Riley house with daughter Lissa, son-in-law Brian, and grandson Silas.
> 
> This year's Christmas season is a church oriented one because just three days after the big musical celebration of Christmas Eve there's another service that will be made all the better by your participation. Sunday (blink, blink) is tomorrow and we will lead the congregation in the three rounds in the teal colored hymnal that we've been rehearsing:
> 
> 1011 Return Again
> 
> 1059 May Your Life Be as a Song
> 
> 1036 Calypso Alleluia
> 
> The service tomorrow won't be like any that you've ever attended at our church. There will be three speakers from the congregation - Tina Ruth, Irina Markova, and Anne Ferguson - who will speak about personal experiences, three rounds that you will lead and all who are there will participate in, and (about) three short readings that Sally Armstrong and Bill Payne will read. I think the service will be fresh and memorable. I hope to see as many of you there as possible.
> 
> We will meet in the Sanctuary tomorrow morning at 9:30 to sing through the rounds once or twice in preparation for leading the congregation.
> 
> Looking further into the UCM Choir crystal ball I see...
> 
> No rehearsal on Thursday, Dec. 31 (New Year's Eve).
> 
> No UCM Choir on Sunday, Jan. 3, which is the "To Say Their Names" service conducted by Hospice. Some of you have volunteered to sing with the Hospice singers but Bob Riggen has requested that you only do so if you are able to participate in two rehearsals.
> 
> Our next Choir rehearsal will be on Thursday, Jan. 7. We will sing in church on Sunday, Jan. 10. We will immediately be learning music that we will sing at the 150th anniversary celebration later in January. 
> 
> With great appreciation for all that you bring to UCM, especially your voices,
> Dick
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