[Choir] rehearsal times on Sunday, and other info

[Steve Finner]

Four copies of The Christmas Caroling Songbook are in my car.  Has both.
On 12/8/2017 11:12 AM, Eliza Thomas via Choir wrote:
> Hi Dick,
>
> Thanks for this information.
>
> And here is a call out for Hark the Herald Angels Sing and Good King 
> Wenceslas!  Anyone have a book of carols I could use?
>
> thanks!
>
> Eliza
>> On Dec 8, 2017, at 9:24 AM, Richard Riley <rcrileymusic at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:rcrileymusic at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Lynnette, Arthur, and Nora,
>>
>> I'm looking forward to seeing you all, and your singers, at the 
>> Community Carol Sing on Sunday.
>>
>> Here are what I think are the last little bits of information for you 
>> (and what I need *from you*) regarding Sunday.
>>
>> 1) Please ask your choir members to put their coats on the racks 
>> downstairs in the Vestry. This will create more seating space in the 
>> Sanctuary. Valuables should not be left downstairs, however.
>>
>> 2) If any of your choir members are bringing cookies, have them leave 
>> the cookies in the Vestry before they rehearse in the Sanctuary.
>>
>> 3) When to come on Sunday? This is a question relating to rehearsal 
>> time for organists and choirs. I plan to open the church by 5:30. I'm 
>> thinking that the best rehearsal sequence will be that those who are 
>> playing the organ come by 5:40 to have a few moments to sit down and 
>> (re)aquaint yourself with the instrument. Then I'm thinking there 
>> should be 10 minutes or so available to each choir to rehearse. The 
>> UCM choir will not need to rehearse, so I suggest that the Methodist 
>> choir plan to rehearse at 5:50, the Episcopal choir at 6:00, and the 
>> Bethany choir (and quintet) at 6:10.
>>
>> 4) *Please send me the size of your choir* that will be participating 
>> so that I can figure out how to assign seating in the pews.
>>
>> 5) When we sing hymns during services at UCM the choir comes to the 
>> front of the sanctuary and sings facing the congregation. I encourage 
>> those in your choir who will sitting close to the front of the church 
>> to do that if they wish. For sure, that will involve a lot of up and 
>> down since there are seven carols plus the Hallelujah Chorus, but it 
>> creates a nice participatory vibe. At the end of the program those 
>> who are in the front for the Hallelujah Chorus can stay there while 
>> Rev. Joan delivers the Benediction. We'll then sing the Dona Nobis 
>> Pacem round (which I will lead, having been up for the Hallelujah 
>> Chorus. (Lynnette please give us an F to start, rather than the G 
>> that will be in the program. That's a friendlier key for all!)
>>
>> IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ELIZA: Hark the Herald  Angels Sing and Good King 
>> Wenceslas ARE NOT in the Unitarian hymnal, so make sure you bring 
>> your own music for those.
>
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