Looking Back on the June
6th Chapter Meeting
(Many thanks to reporter
Don Harrington for taking notes this
week while YeEd recovered from hand
surgery.)
Rehearsal
was at the First Baptist Church this week; next week, too, when we will be
celebrating our 69th birthday. Please take note. Associate director Tony Colosimo did the warm up. Maestro Joe Cerutti welcomed
everyone, especially Rich Peyton, Larry
Dennis and Rick Wagner who were
back on the risers. He encouraged folks to read the announcements, especially Dave Branstetter's weekly email, and
use it to help make best use of our rehearsal time. He also expressed
confidence in the chorus's ability to learn the three new songs for Harmony
University. Coaching is expected to bring about changes in the music, so our
goal is to arrive singing notes and words accurately and singing artistically,
but not perfection. Joe asked each
guy to commit to a date when he will be solid on each song and gave us a paper
form to record it.
The guys worked hard on all three songs,
focusing on the sections announced previously, then broke into sections and
practiced those and other difficult sections further.
Executive
director Terry Reynolds and AH Inc. Chapter president Liz Birnbaum represented the chapter
at the Choralis Ovation Awards gala. The Harmonizers were selected from 140
performing groups in the DC metro area and nominated for the Best Specialty
Chorus award. Congratulation to the Washington Revels Chorus, which took home
the award. In Terry's absence, operations
chairman Mike Edison made several
announcements.
TBD, our
a cappella group, was hired to perform this past weekend, singing
"America" as a flash mob for a tour group at the Jefferson Memorial,
earning $750 for the chapter. Way to go, guys!
Mark your
calendar for the All Parts Sectional Rehearsal, Saturday, June 24 9:00 AM -
12:00 noon at the First Baptist Church in Alexandria. Also, don't forget to
sign up for Personal Vocal Instruction with Vickie Dennis.
Chapter Secretary Chris Buechler presented membership cards to Kevin McKenzie (18 Years), Larry
Dennis (21 years, Ken Rub (26
years ) and Dave Welter (41years).
Mark Klostermeyer introduced our guests and we sang for them before taking a
break
We kicked
off the second half by listening to our new up tune, “Blow Gabriel Blow.” The
amount of toe tapping, clapping and body movements signals we can't wait to
wade into this one.
We wrapped up the evening applying what we
learned on the two new songs until Rick
Wagner directed us in “Keep the Whole World Singing.”
Until next time – editorjack!
(This message is prepared for your review if you
were there, for your information if you had to miss, and as a historical record
of the great things going on each week during the 69th year of the
Alexandria Harmonizer Chapter. —YeEd
