[Choir] Want to sing?

[Kathleen Poole]

Yes, Mikaela, my home is high and safe on a hill, and still the feeling of
overwhelm, like I can't get my feet back under me. You are a tender soul
and I honor that. The song Donia chose sings of "drowning in a sea of
tears," so I think crying would be just fine! Comfort for you and good
health for your dog.

On Mon, Jul 17, 2023, 1:00 PM Mikaela Engert via Choir <
choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> I'd love to see everyone and sing. I'm admittedly having a super hard time
> with everything though. It is so overwhelming and the impacts just so
> severe. While we didn't have a ton of water in our place, our basement is a
> finished space and we had to rip up the carpet and drywall and will have to
> repair it all. We're looking at months of having to live with it as it
> currently is because resources for contractors, etc., are tied up
> elsewhere. We're not in a dire situation, but it is still exhausting and
> disturbing. On top of it all, I almost lost my dog last week, too. She got
> really ill and wasn't doing well at all. Luckily, she's turned a corner,
> save for getting her full appetite back. So, it's been stressful and even
> as I type this, I'm emotional. So, I may come and I don't know really if
> I'll even be able to sing! Probably silently cry the whole time.
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> *Mikaela Engert*
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> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:42 PM Mary Alice Bisbee via Choir <
> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
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>> Keep me in the loop, also!  I need to get out of my apartment and be with
>> people!
>> MaryAlice
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>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 10:43 AM Lani Seifert via Choir <
>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
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>>> 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
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>>> 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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