[Choir] Want to sing?

[Lani Seifert]

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.
Lani

On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 7:13 PM Donia Prince via Choir <
choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> 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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