Season Start Up + New Dates and Info!

I hope the "new year" is going well for everyone so far! September is always exciting and always busy!

Since our retreat is only a week away, it's time to get the blog posts up and rolling again for the year. Here are some important details about the next few weeks:

Scheduling
First of all, it's imperative that you take a close look at this list of dates and sync it with your personal calendar. Being a member of Xara means being on top of scheduling!

If you looked at the dates and synced them previously, they have been updated today! So, you'll all need to check/re-check it and note some new additions/changes (wreath day on Nov 25), firm dates for our Neptune collaboration and firm dates for our January show!).

The ongoing saga of our Neptune Collaboration
Speaking of our Neptune collaboration, it has changed shape for this year for a whole set of reasons that I'll explain to you in person next weekend. What it has been changed to will actually be better for us as an ensemble and likely better for many of you as individuals (especially those who have to contend with university exams in December). Due to the change in nature of our partnership with Neptune, we are going to be able to keep our original plan of our own full-scale show at the end of January. At next weekend's retreat, you'll get lots more details about the production and we'll start digging into the music!

Retreat Details
Here is the schedule for our retreat weekend if you'd like to have a detailed idea of what will be happening. These are the broad strokes:

• Friday, Sept 15: Ice-breakers and dinner (provided) from 6-9:30 PM at the Local Women's Council House in Halifax - 989 Young Ave
• Sunday, Sept 17: Music and Movement training and rehearsals + Xara's Annual General Meeting (pot luck snacks - have fun with this!!) at Saraguay House - 360 Purcell's Cove Rd

On Friday, you don't need to bring anything. On Sunday, you will need to wear comfortable clothes you can move in and you'll need to bring a folder to put your music in, a water bottle, a pencil, and a yummy snack to share!

If you have any questions in the mean time, just ask in our facebook group! And if you haven't yet introduced yourself in the Aug 23 thread where we're doing that, take a few minutes to say hello and tell us a bit about you!