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NEW MESSAGE FROM ROGER IN THE WEE HOURS OF MAY 1

REHEARSAL LIST for THURSDAY, MAY 8

CONCERT SET LIST

CONCERT REQUIREMENTS

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Three more rehearsals to go - KNOW YOUR MUSIC - sing with the CD


MORE INFORMATION

Kulshan Chorus Calendar and Update for Spring 2008:

ALL REHEARSALS at MOLES regular rehearsal location unless stated otherwise
                              NOTE  ITEMS  IN  BOLD

Thurs, May 8,     7 - 9:15                       Regular rehearsal     

Tues, May 13     7 – 10:00                     AT BELLINGHAM SENIOR CENTER
                                                          With band, ON RISERS
     Corner of Halleck and Cornwall = Located 1 block southwest of B’ham High School

Thurs, May 15,    7 - 10:00                    Final rehearsal : ALL A CAPPELLA MUSIC


CONCERT DAY                            BE ON TIME  and  KNOW  YOUR  MUSIC

Sat   May 17,   10:00 AM to 1:00 PM       Rehearsal with Band - save your voice!
                                                          Bellingham High School Auditorium

                           (In between, take it easy and stay hydrated...)

Sat   May 17 ,  7 PM                              Choir Warm-Up
                                                          BE ON TIME AND CONCERT READY
                                                          (Room Number TBA)

Sat   May 17,   8 PM                              CONCERT     
                                                                        Bellingham High School Auditorium


        Have a wonderful summer, and hope to see you in September for the Fall season.

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Fall REHEARSALS BEGIN  Sept. 4, 2008 at 7 PM - Moles Chapel
          Bring your friends who are singers who might like to sing at the Peace & Justice Concert, or who may wish to audition for the fall season.

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MESSAGE FROM ROGER TO THE CHOIR

May 1, 2008 

Dear Kulshan Chorus Members:

Hi and thanks for your energy and stamina in the rehearsal with Paul. It's tough working through music with the band for the first time, but essential to working out the kinks and giving everyone a chance to synchronize with the musician. I thought the rehearsal went very well, a lot was accomplished.  Many of the songs sounded solid.

Thank you and see you on Tuesday.

    ~ Roger

Still Good Advice from Roger's April 15 Letter:

It is highly recommended that singers do the following at this time:

1.  Learn the words to any songs that you do not already know.  Say them, recite them, repeat the parts that you find tricky.
The goal is to use your music as a guide, not to be cemented to every word on every page.

2. Regularly sing along on your part while listening to the rehearsal CD.
If you are familiar with the tune, the words, the stops and starts, most of the recordings - especially those by the Kulshan Chorus - will greatly assist in learning the music.

3. Attend rehearsals. Three additional Tuesday rehearsals have been added to the schedule.  Make attending a priority.

4. Study your music.  The rehearsals can provide you with every possible assistance in learning a song, but how well you learn it is up to you.  Don't hang back.
Do your study now, and then you can have loads of fun, knowing the songs and singing them without fear of not knowing where you are, or what you are singing.

5. Always know what you are doing.  The recommended study, above, will lead to less confusion, and make singing all the more fun.

6. Sing with good breath support and listen for blend - match your voice to the section, watch for directing cues, get your face out of the book as often as possible.

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REHEARSAL LIST FOR THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2008
7:00 TO 9:15 PM

0.  Because   ATTN:  blending, hold notes “up” avoid going flat.

0’. My Country Tis   Sing w/ Soloists

1.  Africa medley   Know what you are doing

2.  Fiddle Tunes   ATTN tempo to speed

3.  Das Glaut   ATTN blend

4.  Ubi Caritas   ATTN ending / dynamics / blend

5.  I Wish I Knew….   Review all  /  ATTN   V 2 & V 3 meas 65 – 72

6.  Travelin’ Shoes   ATTN note variation 55 to end

7.  Ain’t Misbehavin’   ATTN note accuracy

7a. Wonderful World   ATTN note accuracy

8.  Shout   Review as per rehearsal w/ Paul

9.  My Soul Doth        Sing/ ATTN accuracy of counting.  WATCH THE DIRECTOR

10. Dancin’ In the Street   ATTN: soprano “stack” chords.

11. Forever Young   w/ soloist  / ATTN v. 3 choir sings all.

12. City Of New Orleans

13. Mustang Sally   Review as per rehearsal w/ Paul /ATTN low voices drill parts.

14. Boardwalk   ATTN bass rhythm

15. Blues My Sweetie   Review B section at speed

16. Teach Your Children   Review / sing w/ soloist

17. Yakety Yak

18. Wintertime Blues

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19. Fool in Love
20. No Hiding Place
21. You Can’t Hurry God

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Below are some specific references regarding parts that may be useful:

Dancing in the Street:
At meas 32 A2 drops to tenor staff for 2 notes (as we have been doing it)
At meas 33 A1 moves to bottom note of top staff (as we have been doing it)
At meas 36 A1 drops from bottom note in top staff to second staff
At meas 37 a few S1 voices sing top note of topmost staff
At meas 40 A1 and A2 both begin singing on 2nd staff and do so unless there is a repeat of situations as in previously described layout.

Ubi Caritas:
The counting for the "ending portion" stays constant, meaning that where the measures with 8th notes appear, each eighth will be counted as if it were half of the quarter notes previously counted. or >> 1 &, 2 &, becomes 1, 2, 3, 4, with no break in stride.

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SET LIST FOR 2008 SPRING CONCERT

Set 1

1.  Africa Medley
       Freedom Is Coming
       Iparadisi                  (na, 2, 3, Sing–ga–ba ……..)
       Singabahambayo
       Shosholoza
       Homeless                 (…. mid–night – lake, 4, BA, 2, 3, ba,ba,ba, BA)
       Xilongo                    (…. Khal–e–zu–lwi–ni, 2, awa, awa. )
       Diamonds on Soles     (Awa,awa
       Senzenina
       Ariko                       (…. Ves–wa–ni,  ves–wa - AH, Ah, Ah, Ah….)
       Lord’s Prayer      
2.  Because
3.  Ubi Caritas
4.  Das Glaut  (Bells of Speyer)
5.  Travelin’ Shoes
6.  My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord  
7.  Under the Boardwalk
8.  Dancing In The Street
9.  Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes

ADD PAUL KLEIN ON KEYS

10. My Country Tis Of Thee
11. Wintertime Blues
12. Ain’t Misbehavin’
13. You Can’t Hurry God

Intermission

Set 2

ADD BAND

1.  I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
2.  Teach Your Children      
3.  What A Wonderful World
4.  Forever Young
5.  Searchin’
6.  Yakety Yak
7.  Rice Krispies
8.  Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
9.  No Hiding Place   
10. Shout
11. Mustang Sally
12. A Fool In Love

Credits

13. Higher and Higher

Encore: City Of New Orleans

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