Rehearsal tonight CANCELLED

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Short story: Rehearsal tonight is cancelled. Please help spread the word. If you are aware of section members who read email irregularly, or travel a long distance to rehearsal, please help by calling them to alert them.

Long story: In August, Karina at TMH alerted us of several conflicts for the season. They included fire regulation issues with all September rehearsals (which were resolved eventually), and the conflict with the October 31 dress rehearsal. We focused our energies on the ‘main event,’ the conflict with the dress rehearsal, and resolved it with the change to November 3. However — as we have discovered today — that email also cited a performance on October 1 at TMH, and therefore a conflict with our WSW rehearsal. Focusing our energies on the dress rehearsal conflict, we completely missed this. Karina emailed Marge, Rachel, and I moments ago to remind us.

I humbly apologize for this inconvenience. I’m disappointed because every rehearsal is important, and any roadblock is a challenge. I will drive over to TMH at 7:00 pm to meet anyone who doesn’t get the message and explain the situation.

In the meantime, please do help by calling anyone who you feel may not get this message.

Lastly, I’ll repost the rehearsal order for next week, taking the cancellation into consideration. I also have some rehearsal notes from rehearsal #2 to share with you.

Again, I’m so sorry that we missed this important detail in the schedule. See you next week.

It’s October already!

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And that means the Fall Concert is next month! Please plan your weekly practice so you’re keeping up with rehearsals. The rehearsal plan is posted on the Rehearsal This Week page.

Tomorrow, please remember to bring (checks payable to WSW or exact amount cash):

  • Payments for the 2011-2012 Season Compilation CD’s ($30 for each 2-disc set). We decided to increase our order quantity because of pre-order sales! If you did not pre-order, it is likely we still have a CD set for you.
  • Season dues – $100.00. Remember that our dues are our main dependable financial resource.
  • If you have ads, please bring the ad forms and payments in sooner than later. All ads must be submitted with completed ad forms and payments. Yes, the ad form is important — it’s the only way I have to accurately keep track of all the submissions. Without a hard copy of each ad form, it’s likely that I will miss someone’s ad.
    Thank you to Matt, Jim, and the volunteers who have been making phone calls to “pound the pavement” for new ads. It’s making a difference!
See you tomorrow evening!

 

Rehearsal plan for 9/24

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Our second rehearsal of the cycle will start with the Gulino fanfare (brass and percussion only). If you are not involved in that piece, plan on arriving by 7:45 pm.

The remainder of the rehearsal plan is posted on the Rehearsal This Week page.

See you Monday!

First rehearsal is next Monday!

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First — Thank you to Marge & Bill Hone for hosting our Kick-Off Party last Tuesday. We had about 25 members and spouses attend, and it was a great evening. It’s safe to say that everyone attending found the 2011-2012 recordings to be top quality. Be sure to speak to Marge on Monday if you did not already order your copy of last year’s concert compilation.

I can’t wait for our first rehearsal next Monday! I have a spent a great deal of time putting together an interesting and challenging program for our 25th anniversary year, with world-class guest conductors and thrilling soloists. It’s going to be an outstanding season — and I’m so glad you’re going to be part of it!

I had almost no feedback or reactions to the announcement about the change of dress rehearsal date from October 31 to Saturday, November 3, 1:00-4:00 pm. This means either: a) Very few conflicts or adverse effects, or b) Very few people read the announcement. I’m hoping that it was the former, not the latter!

Please click here to see the rehearsal order for Monday. I’ll see you then.