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Greetings, all!
Here we are, the weekend of
our musicale.
- Dress is informal. Guests are welcome - family,
friends
and cheerleaders, I like to say.
- I will have some snacks for our post concert
party.
Although families have been very generous in
adding to our food
table in the past, our host church has some
strict limits on what can come into the building
so as to protect students in the pre-school from
allergens. Allow me to engineer the food and drink... I
don't mind, and it will also simplify your Sunday afternoon.
- The church has experienced an increase in use of
the
entire SUMC building all days of the week, so it
is important to
keep ourselves in the sanctuary area. I know of
at least one
other group that will be nearby during our music
time. Please
help us keep all participants in the sanctuary
area and the
foyer where the food will be. There is a
bathroom in the hallway
just beyond the piano side door out of the
sanctuary, but that
should be as far as anyone needs to go into the
rest of the
building. There is also a bathroom in the
narthex, the rear area
adjacent to the sanctuary.
- Don't forget to bring your music! I do not have
copies
of everyone's scores, so it will be up to you to
bring the
printed music you need.
- Some of you have expressed a need to play early
or late
in our program; that is perfectly OK, and please
remind me if I
have missed a time that you need to arrive or to
leave. I urge
everyone to stay for the entire concert if
possible - there is
something to learn from each person's
presentation.
- Don't forget to silence all electronic devices!
- One reason I like to gather us for musicales is
to
practice our listening skills as well as our
performing skills.
Please give the same attention to every player
that you would
like for yourself; this can be a challenge,
because we live in
an age in which extended focus on something
besides a screen is
less common. But it is important! So do your
best.
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