Seniors – Updated Schedule April 2013

Senior Singing Strings newsletter – April 2013

Here is another instalment (hopefully the last of this term) of the newsletter to keep us all organized!

As said before, we know that you all have incredibly busy schedules, but please keep up with your commitment to orchestra to help us be as successful as we can be as a group! We are in the final stretch now and need everyone at rehearsal whenever they are in the province!

Please keep in touch – if you are unable to make a rehearsal, please let us know via the easiest method possible: 1. Text Natalie, 2. Email Natalie and Jen or 3. Send Natalie a Facebook Message.

Remember that attendance at a dress rehearsal for a concert is mandatory, and if you miss a dress rehearsal for a gig, you won’t be paid for that gig.

Music you should have in your folder:

• Rutter: Suite for Strings (all 4 movements)
• Wagner: Overture to ‘Rienzi’
• Menken: Music from ‘Enchanted’
• Haydn: Symphony No. 13
• Holst: Moorside Suite (First 2 movements definitely – 3rd movement will come)
• Mozart: Divertimento #1 (first movement)

Here is the schedule right now for the next few months: (please note that schedule is subject to change – please bring all your music EVERY week!) Every so often we will also rehearse gig music, so please bring your gig music every week as well.

April 24: 5:00 – 6:00pm: Rehearse festival music (Mozart, Rutter & Enchanted)

6:15 – 7:00pm: Rehearse for IsleAwards (those able to attend gig)

April 27: 6:00pm call (7pm start playing – until 9pm)

IsleAwards, Loyalist Lakeview Resort, Summerside

195 Harbour Drive Summerside, PEIC1N 5R1 ph: 902.436.3333

May 1: 5:00 – 7:00pm: Last rehearsal before music festival! EVERYONE must attend unless you are out of province!

May 8: 7:00pm Music festival performance – Junior Orchestra (please come and support your fellow Singing Stringers!); 7:46pm Music festival performance – Intermediate Orchestra; 8:21pm Music festival performance – Senior Orchestra – Park Royal United Church

Music for festival for Seniors: Mozart Divertimento, Rutter 2^nd & 3^rd movements, Enchanted (in that order)

May 15: 5:00 – 7:00pm Rehearsal – gig music for the May 30^th gig, plus Rutter 4, Pirates, Holst Moorside 3

May 19: Possible performance at Park Royal United Church service – 9:45am call, playing 10:15am

May 22: 5:00 – 7:00pm Rehearsal – gig music for the May 30^th gig, plus Rutter 4, Pirates, Holst Moorside 3

May 25: PEI Symphony Orchestra Serenade to Spring Dinner & Auction

5:30pm call to start playing at 6pm (until 8pm)

May 29: 5:00 – 7:00pm Rehearsal – gig music for the May 30^th gig, plus Haydn Symphony #13, Rutter 4, Pirates

May 30: 6:30pm Singing Strings gig – Delta Prince Edward Ballroom

June 2: Possible gig at Delta Prince Edward Ballroom – TBC

June 5: Closing concert for the Singing Strings – ParkRoyalChurch

Third term fees are now overdue!

Please not that the third term of fees for all levels of the Singing Strings orchestra are now past due! (The due date had been March 13) If you haven’t paid your third term, please do so this week.

Thanks,
Natalie, Jen, Wendy & Sue

The Isle Awards

The Isle Awards have asked us to play for their even on April 27th in Summerside at the Loyalist Inn, from 6 until approximately 9pm. There will be more details coming later, but for the moment, I need to know which of the Seniors will be able to come that night? I know that night is also Dance umbrella’s final performance, and if you have already committed to that performance, I wouldn’t want you to miss that commitment.

I also would need to know which parents would like to come to the Isle Awards – we are allowed 2 free tickets up to a maximum of 30 so please let me know if you would like to come!

Can all Seniors email Natalie to let her know if they are available to play at the Isle Awards and if parents/family members would like tickets?

Many thanks,
N