Well, this Sunday will be a momentous one. First, we are making the final transition to pure music-making (thank you for your hard work last Sunday and the time you've spent in between to get your music really solid) and the deposits for Festival 500 are due.
As Heather and Tenille told you last week, we have been asked to offer a performance at F500 on a far larger scale than I had ever imagined!! We will be paired with LadyCove Women's Choir to give a concert in the Arts & Culture Centre on the last night of the Festival. The A&C centre seats 1100 and we will be the only performance that night. This is a BIG deal!!! Only three singers have spoken to me about the extenuating circumstances which will prevent them from being part of this amazing tour so I am thrilled that we will have a choir of at least 23. I know this is a big commitment for you but we will bond together and make this a once-in-a-lifetime experience!
So, here are some specific details about Sunday:
1.) Alto 2 sectional from 1:30 to 2:20; full choir from 2:30 to 5:30
2.) Your F500 cheque of $175 is to be made out to Camerata Xara OR Halifax Camerata Singers. Remember that, as long as we meet our fund raising goals (i.e. we all chip in with time and effort!), you will only have $325 more to pay after this. I am already working on multiple grant applications to try to raise 1/3 of the total cost of our tour and your fund raisers will raise the other 1/3.
3.) As our last rehearsal before Thanksgiving (which you have off) this marks our shift to the "home stretch" of preparation for "Voices Remembered". After Thanksgiving, we only have 3 more rehearsals until the concert.
4.) This is the last change to bring in money for season's subscriptions - this is really important so make sure to get to your people!!
5.) We will be having a longer break that is combined with a meeting to discuss our fund raising strategies for the year.
This is Xara's 3rd season and I truly believe that this group of people have the potential to craft performances that are stronger than any we have presented to date. You are such talented, passionate singers! What's important now is our work ethic and attention to detail as potential can easily go to waste without these things. The first concert of the year is the hardest in some ways because we have to figure out how to be a choir at the same time as preparing our music. Please don't underestimate how little time is left before our concert!! In fact, we will be singing the first half of the program at our NSMEA engagement on Friday, October 22 which is a mere TWO rehearsals away!
I'm really looking forward to this week's rehearsal and can't wait to see how far you've come over the last couple of weeks. On a personal level, the last week has been a tremendously difficult one (work things) so I'm really looking forward to being immersed in your wonderful music and to seeing some of our musical goals begin to achieve reality.
See you soon!
Christina
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