BLUE
NOTES FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2005
The North
Shore Choral Society's rehearsal policy, as printed in this year's membership
guide, reads in part as follows:
To help ensure
the best performances possible, members are expected to attend all rehearsals
and to stay for the entire time. Obviously, there are times when a choir
member-for a variety of valid reasons-is unable to attend a rehearsal;
on such occasions, that person should contact his/her Section Coordinator
in advance, if at all possible.
A singer who
must miss more than two rehearsals or the dress rehearsal for any one concert
should seriously consider joining the audience for that performance. In
cases of frequent absences, Section Coordinators will discuss the situation
with Dr. chen, and the party involved may be asked not to sing.
Please note
that this policy asks a member to contact his/her section coordinator -- not Donald--about
an absence. If Donald is to be brought into a discussion of any absence,
the appropriate section coordinator will take that responsibility. That's
part of his/her job.
In the last
Blue Notes were the names of 37 members who had perfegt rehearsal attendance
for the holiday concert. Most of the rest of us had one or two absences.
However, some of us missed more often. it behooves each of us to keep this
attendance p0licy in mind as we begin rehearsals for Carmina Burana and
the rest of our concert season.
Any member
who has concerns or questions regarding this policy should present them
to President david hunt or another Board member
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The "official" attendance
at the December 4 concert, based on the number of tickets collected by
the ushers at the door, was 380. Quite likely this number was larger, however,
since some people seated themselves without turning in their tickets.
And many thanks
to those of us--and others--who helped in many ways with the December 4
concert: coming to rehearsals regularly, rehearsing on our own, distributing
posters, selling program ads, preparing the program, setting up and taking
down, selling tickets, working at the box office, ushering, folding program
inserts and stuffing programs, whatever else. As most of us know, it takes
more THAN showing up in FORMAL GARB for a concert to be successful.
John
Darrow now has tickets to the sing-along Messah for those who
ordered them. If you know tonight that you ordered some you can't use,
please let him know; there is a waiting list. After tonight, tickets should
be returned to LaSalle Bank Do-It-Yourself Messiah , 135 LaSalle
Street . Suite 4245 , Chicago , Illinois 60603 . or they can be turned
in the night of the performance.
only six packets
of twenty classy messiah note cards remain. At $10.00, they're a bargain-doubly
so since $5.00 becomes a gift to NSCS.
After tonight's
rehearsal and all day tomorrow, there's still time to
Visit a jewel/osco
store to stock up on everyday as well as holiday items-and, of course,
earn money for the nscs treasury.
The trinity
united church of Christ in Deerfield has an opening for an organist/choir
director. This position involves one service on most Sunday mornings plus
other special services during the church year. Anyone interested in additional
information is invited to call the church office (847/945-5050) or Barbara
struthers (847/948-0917).
For something
in the next Blue notes -available on January 3, 2006-contact Len Barker
at lenpbarker@comcast.net or 847/272-2351.
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Can you transform
the following fancy titles of Christmas carols into the names by which
theY are commonly known?
MOVE HITHERWARD
THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY OF THOSE WHO ARE LOYAL TO THEIR BELIEF.
LISTEN, THE
CELESTIAL MESSENGERS PRODUCE HARMONIOUS SOUNDS.
NOCTURNAL
TIME SPAN OF UNBROKEN QUIETNESS.
EMBELLISH
THE INTERIOR PASSAGEWAYS.
12 O'CLOCK
ON A CLEMENT NIGHT WITNESSED ITS ARRIVAL.
THE CHRISTMAS
PRECEDING ALL OTHERS.
SMALL MUNICIPALITY
IN JUDEA SOUTHEAST OF JERUSALEM .
QUESTIONABLE
IDENTITY OF A SPECIFIC NEWBORN INFANT.
OBESE PERSONIFICATION
FACRICATED OF SKIN-COVERED MOUNDS OF MINUTE CRYSTAL .
PROCEED FORTH
DECLARING UPON A SPECIFIC GEOLOGICAL ALPINE FORMATION.
JOVIAL YULETIDE
DESIRED FOR THE SECOND PERSON SINGULAR OR PLURAL BY US.
OMNIPOTENT
SUPREME BEING WHO ELICITS RESPITE TO ECSTATIC DISTINGUISHED MALES.
EXALTED HEAVENLY
BEINGS TO WHOM THE FIRST PERSON NOMINATIVE PLURAL HARKENED.
NATAL CELEBRATION
DEVOID OF COLOR.
IN AWE OF
THE NOCTURNAL TIME SPAN CHARACTERIZED BY RELIGIOSITY.
AN EMOTION
EXCITED BY THE ACQUISITION OR EXPECTATION OF GOOD WILL TO THE
TERRESTRIAL SPHERE.
EXPECTATION
OF ARRIVAL IN POPULATED AREA BY MYTHICAL, MASCULINE PERENNIAL
GIFT-GIVER.
IN A DISTANT
LOCATION THE EXISTENCE OF AN IMPROVISED UNIT OF NEWBORN CHILDREN'S
SLUMBER FURNITURE.
GEOGRAPHIC
STATE OF FANTASY DURING THE SEASON OF MOTHER NATURE'S DORMANCY.
