[Choir] Want to sing?

[Ed Hutchinson]

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.

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.

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.

Ed

On 7/16/23 19:12, Donia Prince via Choir wrote:
> Hello dear friends,
>
> 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.
> But the ruin that is currently Montpelier is heartbreaking.
> And it makes me want to get together and create something beautiful 
> and harmonious amid the mud and wreckage.
>
> What I propose is to get together and learn and sing this 
> beautiful piece, Requiem, 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-BkziZpLKQ> by Eliza Gilkyson.   It 
> was written following the Asian tsunami and has since been sung in 
> response to other water-related disasters.
> 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.
>
> I'm thinking of *this* 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!
>
> with love,
> Donia
>
>
>
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