I hope everyone had a nice 3 week break. We’re rehearsing again on Monday, and the rehearsal plan is posted.

We had a wrinkle develop last week at TMH when we learned that the administration there planned to move all of our equipment back and forth from the underpass storage area to the Annex six times between now and September, at our expense. This was because of dance ensemble programs in June, and the need for that underpass area for costume changes. Our only other choice was to ask you — the members — to make these moves. I politely said, “No thank you.” But it seemed prudent to reduce the number of moves to conserve funds and also reduce wear/tear on our equipment.

So we contacted New Rochelle High School and we have a tentative approval to move rehearsals there on June 4 & 11, eliminating 2 of the 6 equipment moves, and several hundred dollars. But, by end of business Friday, we did not yet have an iron-clad commitment from New Rochelle. We’re hoping and expecting it on Monday, but we need a Plan B. Therefore:

• The pre-rehearsal Board meeting tomorrow is postponed to next Monday, June 11.
• Plan A rehearsal site is New Rochelle High School, starting at 7:30 pm. Park/enter as we’ve done before.
• Plan B rehearsal site is Temple Kol Ami in White Plains, beginning with access to the chapel at 7:30 pm for setup, and ending by 9:15 pm so we can reset the room and clear the space by 9:30 pm. Percussion – please bring drum set and whatever small personal percussion is possible.

We will confirm the final site on Monday by both email and phone text message. In the meantime, please contact your section leader/principal to acknowledge you’ve read this post and are ready for New Rochelle or Kol Ami for Monday, until we send final news.

We’ll be in touch again on Monday to confirm the final rehearsal site, at noted. Thanks for your flexibility, attention, and response!