Weekly SCOOP 5/16/07, Voc/Ens

1. Cantabile concert reminders for the week
2. Regular rehearsal on 5/16 and 5/23
3. Extra rehearsal reminder, Friday June 1st, 5:30-7:30
4. Sign up for evaluations at rehearsal on Wednesday

1. ELEMENTS OF MUSIC CONCERT, Vocalise/Ensemble guest performers

DATE: SUNDAY, MAY 20TH
CALL TIME FOR VOCALISE/ENSEMBLE: 1:30 PM
CONCERT IS AT 4:00 PM. It should run around an hour long.
LOCATION: ST MARK’S EPISCOPAL – 600 COLORADO, PALO ALTO

DIRECTIONS TO ST. MARK’S FOR SUNDAY, 5/20
From Highway 101:
• Take the Page Mill/Oregon Expressway exit west, toward the hills.
• Turn left at a signal onto Middlefield Road.
• Turn right at a signal onto Colorado.
• The church is on the left. The driveway to the church parking lot is just before you get to the church.

ATTIRE: Concert dress, just as you wore for Dec. 2nd concert. Ladies, black velvet palazzo pants and black blouse, men black pants, black shirts and ties, black socks/shoes. (Karen has ties) Ladies, hair pulled back away from face. Please no perfume or scented sprays. Please no open toed sandals.

2. There are regular rehearsals for Vocalise/Ensemble on this Wednesday, May 16th and Wednesday the 23rd at Foothills Congregational, our normal rehearsal site. The dress rehearsal is the following week on May 30th.

3. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE EXTRA REHEARSAL FOR VOCALISE/ENSEMBLE MARKED ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 1ST, 5:30 – 7:30 AT FOOTHILLS CONGREGATIONAL.

4. PLEASE SIGN UP FOR AN EVALUATION TIME AT REHEARSAL THIS WEDNESDAY. EVALUATIONS FOR ENSEMBLE/VOCALISE WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY JUNE 5TH FROM 4-6:15 PM AT FOOTHILLS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. (Our normal rehearsal site), AND WEDNESDAY JUNE 6TH FROM 5:00-9:00 PM

Evaluations are required yearly for our Cantabile students – thank you!

Have a GREAT PERFORMANCE EVERYONE!

Weekly SCOOP 5/9/07

1. Updated volunteer needs
2. Feedback for video requested
3. Karen will be selling tickets from 5:30-6 pm on 5/9
4. CALL TIME CHANGE for Sunday May 20th concert – 1:30 pm
5. Save the date: Saturday, June 16th
6. Final voice classes

1. VOLUNTEER UPDATE
Thank you to so many of you for jumping in to help! Here is what we are still missing:

• For May 20th - Riser help –
• 3 people ABLE TO LIFT for the May 20th concert (we currently have one and need a total of 4)
• For June 2nd Riser Help – 4 spots open………Elena, Shane, and I can’t lift them by ourselves! How about teenage siblings not singing? We will give them a ticket!
• Chaperoning: (supervising singers during breaks and before concert – you will not miss any of the concert!)
• We have chaperones for our May 20th concert – THANK YOU!, but we still need 2 for the 6/2 concert.
• Clean up help: 3 parents for each concert to assist with theater/sanctuary clean up. (this should be a quick 10 minute job if there is more than one person.)
• Ticket sales: Filled – THANK YOU!!!
• Boutique: Filled – THANK YOU!!
• Stage Manager: - one needed for 5/20 and one for 6/2
  - One needed for 5/20 concert and one for 6/2 (We do already have Concert Managers for both concerts, but we need Stage Managers to help onstage, announce intermission, flash lights, etc. )
• Reception Help: 2 for set up on 5/20, 2 for clean up
• As of right now, we have no volunteers to assist with a 6/2 reception.

THANKS EVERYONE FOR HELPING MAKE OUR CONCERTS A SUCCESS!

2. FEEDBACK FOR WILLIAM LODEN ON THE CANTABILE VIDEO
William Loden, our videographer, is requesting any feedback (positive or negative) on the Holidays with Cantabile video from our Dec. 2nd concert. Please email Jennifer Hsu our Business Manager with any comments! manager@cantabile.org

3. TICKET SALES
Tickets are , of course, available at the door. However, if you wish to get yours ahead of time…………

Karen will begin selling tickets during rehearsal again on Wednesday, May 9th from 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm. AFTER WEDNESDAY YOU WILL NEED TO BUY THEM FROM THE OFFICE. You can email our Business Manager Jennifer Hsu, manager@cantabile.org and she will hold them at will call. Ticket prices will be the same as in the fall - $50 Benefactor (front row), $25 Premium reserved seating, $15 general, $6 student. All enrolled families receive 2 General seating comp tickets, which will be distributed on May 2nd. Volunteers are entitled to one comp Premium ticket, but they must turn in their comp General seating and pay the $10 difference to receive an upgrade. Thank you!

4. REMINDER: VOCALISE AND ENSEMBLE ARE GUEST PERFORMERS AT THE PREP/INTERMEDIATE CONCERT ON SUNDAY, MAY 20!

CALL TIME: changed to 1:30 pm!!!!!!
CONCERT TIME: 4:00 pm
LOCATION: ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL IN PALO ALTO. FOR MORE INFO PLEASE VISIT THE CALENDAR ON OUR WEBSITE – http://cantabile.org/chorister/youth/calendar.html

5. PLEASE SAVE THE DATE:
SATURDAY JUNE 16TH, 1-4 PM, Center Pavilion, Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto
As part of our outreach and recruiting effort, Cantabile is bringing Intermediate, Vocalise and Ensemble to the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto for an afternoon performance. Tell your family and friends to come cheer us on! More details as we get closer to the date!

6. VOICE CLASSES

• The last voice classes for the year with Elena will be May 7th and 14
• Location: Learning Center, Foothills Congregational Church. (please note – this is NOT the Parish Hall where we rehearse, but in the adjacent building next to the choir rooms.)
• Time: 5:30-7:00 pm
• How to sign up: You can email Karen.
• Voice class dates left for the year: May 7th and 14th
  

Thanks everyone and have a wonderful week,