[Choir] Want to sing?

[Mary Alice Bisbee]

Keep me in the loop, also!  I need to get out of my apartment and be with
people!
MaryAlice

On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 10:43 AM Lani Seifert via Choir <
choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> 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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