In Saturday’s post, I forgot to mention: Please bring the music stands that we cleared from TMH after the concert! Please be responsible for your own stand, and we’ll be covered.
See you this evening at UUFNW!
Our first rehearsal for Caramoor is this coming Monday, June 1 at UUFNW, Please check the home page for the read-through rehearsal plan. Caramoor parts are ready. Click here for the folder.
We are looking for volunteers on two fronts. Please consider if you can help us with the equipment move on June 19. Also, I don’t think we have a bass drum volunteer yet; we need a reliable high school percussionist who could bunt as the bass drummer for The White Rose at Caramoor. Contact Eric or Curt if you are interested.
Amidst the picnics and trips, please take a moment at some point this weekend to remember our veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice so that we could live the lives we enjoy. I’d like to offer a note of gratitude to all the current WSW members who served in our military as well. Please think of them especially on Monday.
We have no rehearsal again on Monday, Memorial Day. Our next rehearsal is Monday, June 1 at UUFNW, for the Caramoor read-through. Please check the home page for further schedule information. Caramoor parts are ready. Click here for the folder.
We are short one percussionist to play bass drum for the White Rose March for Caramoor. Do any member band directors have an exceptional percussionist you’d like to nominate to join us? One Monday rehearsal, the dress, and the performance required. Contact me if interested.
We need volunteers to help us on Friday, June 19 to move the remaining WSW equipment from TMH and UUFNW to storage and to Hackley. (We chose this date because it is a Federal holiday [Juneteenth] and many businesses will be closed.) Please speak to Eric or Curt to volunteer. The tentative schedule for that day calls for volunteers from 9:00 am to approximately 12:15 pm. We welcome volunteers for some or all of those 3ish hours!
We will soon put out the Google Form to collect personnel information for next season. Form submissions will be due on July 1 at the dress rehearsal before Caramoor. In the meantime, please add these dates to your personal/family calendars:
I sent out reminders and scanned parts (so you could review) to everyone who has committed for this gig. Meet me at Follett Hall at 9:00 am for rehearsal. I will have the hardcopy books on Saturday.
I hope everyone is enjoying the weather!
There is no rehearsal tonight, nor is there rehearsal next Monday, Memorial Day. Instead, please thank a veteran or active duty US military personnel serving our country, and keep them in mind over the next two weeks.
I’m writing to the handbell choirs for July 4. If you know a handbell group we have not used in the past, please alert me!
I will close with this email, sent to me after the May 9 concert. I think it sums up your successes quite well.
O………M………G!!!What. Did. You. Do???There are no words, but I will try, Curt.Thank you, and my thanks to the ensemble for such a wonderful journey, a roller coaster ride of epic proportions.From the start, a real treat. Loved the Sousa. The vocal experience was lovely, and the arrangements sparkled.An emotionally satisfying melange of style, emotions and colors. The color shifts in the Maslanka were astounding. I could not get over the subtlety of sounds, phrases, and harmonies tied together expertly.What a concert, what an ensemble. What you have done together takes my breath away. Top notch musicality throughout.My sincerest thanks for sending the music my way. My jaw is still on the ground, and it may never leave there. Congratulations to you and WSW!