From: boulder chorale
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:55 PM
To: boulder chorale
Subject: Announcements Sept. 20

Dear Chorale Members,

Here are the announcements for this week. You can email any questions or comments to me. Thank you very much, -Erin

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From Karen Haimes, Concert Dress Committee Chair:
For All Chorale Women:
ALTERATIONS--

Each person is responsible for making and/or paying for her own alterations.

Acceptable and expected alterations include: hemming the skirt or pants so that they are 2 inches from the floor with shoes on and hemming sleeves to attain a comfortable wrist-length.

Any other alterations should be made so as to not interrupt the uniform appearance of the group as viewed from the audience. Alterations that result in changing the original lines of the clothing-such as a different neckline, obvious darts, additional seams, changing skirt and pant widths or creating visible bulges-will stand out.

Please keep in mind that our primary goal in establishing consistent concert apparel is to not draw attention away from the sounds we’re creating. In keeping with this goal, the concert dress committee reserves the right to prohibit any aberrant alterations. It is advisable, then, to contact the concert dress chair prior to having alterations completed which may result in the types of changes listed above.

Thanks for your cooperation in this!

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From JoAn Segal, President:

Tuesday is our fund-raising kick-off and "dessert decadence" event. Don't forget to bring items for sale on E-Bay and a dessert: Sopranos - cake; Altos - fruit; Tenors - cookies, Basses - beverages.

Schedule: truck arrives at 5:30;
Women's Chorale: 6 - 6:50
Chamber Chorale: 6:30 - 8
Boulder Chorale: 7 - 8
Dessert Decadence: 8 - 8:45
Boulder Chorale: 8:45 - 9:30

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Tryn Rose Smith (soprano 1) will be releasing a CD of spiritual music in November. There will be a sign-up sheet in the narthex with more information for those interested in being the first to know about its release.

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If you are a Boulder Chorale member and are employed by USBank/USBancorp please e-mail Ruth Arnold (rarnold@mhbc.org) with your name ASAP to include in a grant proposal to US Bank, due by September 30. This helps improve our application by showing their employees' involvement in our organization and in no way will require anything more of you.

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Volunteer needed! We need a volunteer to help coordinate ticket sales for the Bernstein concert. If you are interested, please e-mail JoAn at jsegalvv@earthlink.net and she'll enlighten you about position duties. Much of the work is done by our wonderful administrator Erin, and we have one helper already, so it is not an onerous task.

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!!Perfume alert!! Please remember that a few of our members are very sensitive to perfume - kindly refrain from using it on Tuesday nights!

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EBAY COLLECTION EVENING:

We're collecting items for Ebay Tuesday night from 5:30 to 9:00. Thanks to all of you for bringing in donations. It's a very simple process. When you arrive, there will be Ebay tables and boxes set up in the lobby. For each item you donate, please complete a YELLOW form. This will provide item information for the fellows at Ebay as they sell it. The completed YELLOW form should taped to your item and will stay with your item. The item and form can then be deposited in the Ebay boxes on the tables. You can also complete a WHITE form which is your deductible donation receipt for your taxes. Thanks again!!

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For those who don't have access to a piano and would like an alternative to rehearse at home, Hammond Music Service makes song learning CDs. They cost $17/per CD. Hammond is in the process of converting their library from tape to CD, so for those who are performing "The Lark", that CD will be available by early October. To order, call 800-628-0855, or go to their website at www.songlearning.com.

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From the Concert Manager:

What: sale of the Verdi Requiem (2 CD set) from the May performance at Sacred Heart of Jesus, Boulder
When: last time this month, Tuesday, 20 Sept. at THE
BREAK and FOLLOWING the practice.
Where: the Marketplace
Price: $15.00---a real bargain
Please, bring the correct amount or a check!
See you there---and thanks.

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PHOTO TIME! MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

We will be having a group photo of the full Chorale done on Saturday morning, October 8th at Chautauqua Park. All members are asked to attend, wearing their concert dress for the photo - this includes the new concert dress for our women and full tuxedos for the men. An exact time will be announced when the photographer has determined when the best light is available. Members should meet by the Ranger Station parking lot, just off of Baseline to the right as you drive into Chautauqua.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES!

The Boulder Chorale board of directors is seeking qualified designers from members and friends of the Chorale, to enter a logo design competition. The selected logo design will be released for use in January 2006 in celebration of the Chorale's 40th Anniversary season.

A cash award will be given to the winning designer. The selected logo will be used for all general promotional materials.

Please see or contact Sue Hintz-Siegrist (303-543-9871) if you intend to participate in the competition. All participants will recieve design information packets the first week of October. Initial logo designs will be due the first week of November. Upon presentation of final designs, the selected design award will be given the first week of December.

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King Soopers grocery scrip will be sold in the Marketplace.

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Josephine Bynder will be selling the Entertainment Books in the Marketplace.

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Missing shoes? There are still two pairs of women's dress shoes living in the office and hoping to go home! Please stop by to see if they are yours. Thank you.