[Choir] 2 service feedback after Thursday rehearsal

Mary Alice Bisbee maryalicebisbee at gmail.com
Tue Jan 30 12:35:18 CST 2018


My concerns are different.  I do plan to be there tonight, but find 8:30AM
for rehearsal much too early for me.  Also, it is very difficult to have to
sit through everything twice.  Perhaps if we sang different songs and there
was a different service it would be more tolerable.
MaryAlice

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 11:04 AM, Steve Finner via Choir <
choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> My problem with that it means we are in the building from 830 to 11:30 (I
> left after the anthem last week because I had a conference to go to). I
> will be blunt.  I don't have three hours of energy and time to do that.
> There are lots of other musical options for the service we don't sing.
>
> ( And last week it meant not being able to sing "Go Lifted Up" for a
> second time, which is one of my favorites.  My little choir in St.
> Johnsbury loved it and we used it as a response and did harmony from the
> treble clef of the score--but I digress as old men do).
>
>  On 1/30/2018 10:54 AM, Vamarie via Choir wrote:
>
> I'm afraid I'll be off in Wisconsin babysitting our granddaughter for the
> whole month of February.
>
> So I am chiming in here: I believe I'm in the minority, but I would really
> like it if the choir sang at both services. We wouldn't have to stay for
> the whole service the second time around (that is how some other UU
> churches handle it, the choir leaves after the anthem at the second
> service). It seems to me, we put so much work into learning a piece, why
> not sing it twice?
>
> Ginny
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donia Prince via Choir <choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org>
> <choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org>
> To: Choir UCM <choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org>
> <choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org>
> Sent: Tue, Jan 30, 2018 8:51 am
> Subject: [Choir] 2 service feedback after Thursday rehearsal
>
> Hello!
>
> This is a reminder that we'll have a brief gathering after Thursday's
> rehearsal to hear the choir's comments/feedback regarding the 2 service
> experiment.  Some of you might have filled out the survey at church
> already.  This session is specifically to gather your feedback *as
> members of the choir. *     It shouldn't take long--won't be a
> discussion, just the opportunity to register each person's comments.
>
> Mary Jean will facilitate and Sarah will record and compile the comments
> for use at later church discussions about the 2 services.
>
> Thanks!
> Donia
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Mary Alice Bisbee
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