Hello Singers!

We hope you had a very Happy Thanksgiving! We’re down to the wire – only two more rehearsals before our Christmas Concert! Here are a few things to keep in mind as we prepare.

Sponsor-Your-Singer forms and ads for the program are due by this Thursday’s rehearsal, December 1st. Please turn your forms and money in to Linda so that the concert program can be completed. We’ll be rehearsing next week, December 8th, at St. John’s in Palmer rather than at Wasilla High. This is our dress reherasal but no, you don’t have to be in concert dress! But do make sure that you have all the things you need for your concert attire, and ask your section leader if you have any questions.

By request, study tracks have been added for “Huron Carol.” Please take time over the next two weeks to work with these tracks or rehearse your music on your own as much as possible. Be ready to run through all of our music, including small group pieces, at our final rehearsals. And don’t forget to join us for caroling at Colony Christmas on Saturday, December 10th!

Thank you for all your hard work this season and for giving it your all in this final push to concert time!

Tracks for “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and “What Shall We Give?” have now been posted. You can access them from the Membership tab in the navigation menu.

Concert time is almost upon us! Do you have your concert dress and black folder ready to go? Please take some time to review your music in between rehearsals. Remember, our rehearsal on Thanksgiving week will be on Tuesday, November 22nd. Hope to see you all this week!

Hello singers! This is just a quick update to let you know that study tracks for “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night” and the end of “The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy” are now available. Find them here: www.liberatedsong.com/mcc.

I plan to round out the study tracks with “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and the women’s piece “What Shall We Give” in the next week. If there are any other pieces you’d like a study track for, please let me know. Only five more rehearsals before our concert! Happy practicing!

Here’s the list of songs we’ll be working on at this week’s rehearsal:

• What Shall We Give
• Joy Be Yours in the Morning
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• Peace, Peace
• Joy to the World
• Winter Wonderland
• Rocking Carol

Here are the pieces we’ll be working on at this week’s rehearsal:

Sectionals:

• Put the Yule Log On, Uncle John
• The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy

Run through:

• Huron Carol
• Rocking Carol
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
• Put the Yule Log On, Uncle John
• The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy

As a reminder, study tracks for several of our pieces can be found at http://www.liberatedsong.com/mcc. See you Thursday night!

Here are the pieces we’ll be working on at this week’s rehearsal:

• Joy Be Yours in the Morning
• Winter Wonderland
• Believe
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night

There are also study tracks available for Rocking Carol, Novum Gaudia, and the first six pages of The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy. You can find them at www.liberatedsong.com/mcc to download or stream. More study tracks will be coming soon!

Hello singers! Here’s what we’ll be focusing on at this week’s rehearsal.

Sectionals:

Combined review of sectional work

Time Permitting, review: Peace, Peace; Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John; Rocking Carol; The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy

Now is a great time to start searching for YouTube videos of performances of these pieces! See you on Thursday at 7:00!

Join us for our first rehearsal of the year and our welcome social this coming Thursday, Sept 8 at 7:00 pm in the Wasilla High School choir room. All are invited so if you know someone who’s been thinking about joining, now is the time to bring them along! Please spread the word. Remember, new interested singers can attend during September to check us out and find out more about membership.  Tell your friends that we are a non-audition group but some experience singing is helpful.  Anna has lots of wonderful songs picked out for us for our upcoming concerts.

Here are the new MCC Board officers for the coming year.

Board of Directors 2016-2017

Phyllis Kircher, President
Nan Potts, Vice President
Linda Loven, Treasurer
Diana Wright, Secretary
Sharon Hein, Director
Barbara McDaniel, Director
Lynx Mullen, Director
Valerie Rettman, Director
Amber Sumner, Director

Greetings Singers, Musicians, and Fans–

Summer in Alaska – could life get any better? Well, yes, it could. Everything gets better when you add music! So let’s think ahead to next concert season!  Our tentative start date (we have to wait until Wasilla High School is back in sessions to confirm our rehearsal space) is September 8 at 7:00 p.m.  Start thinking about who you could invite to join the chorus this next year.

Board members — the annual meeting is Thursday, July 28 6 – 8 pm at Lois’s house.  Call if you need directions.

Musically yours,

Sandy Gravley, MCC Board President