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Rehearsal highlights:

• Good run-throughs of “Star-Spangled Banner,” “Armed Forces Medley,” and “I Believe.”
• We spent quite a bit of time introducing “Operator,” the old gospel hit song, and it was very fun. We’re looking at that as a possible Gospel Concert Song. To get an idea of the possibilities of this song, see this You Tube link.
• We also spent a good amount of time with “Yes, Indeed” last sung on the Gospel Concert by a VLQ several years ago. This is where you can commit practice time this week. Listen to the learning tracks and sing it several times. We’d like to consider it for the GC, but we’ll need to work hard on it between now and November.

For next Tuesday

• “It is Well with My Soul”
• “An Irish Blessing”
• “Yes, Indeed,” sectionals
• “Yes, Indeed” chorus
• “I Asked the Lord”
• “Operator”

Upcoming Events

• Sing for St. Paul’s, Sunday, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. service; call time 8:15 music center. Dress: blue polos, black pants, etc. Golf Outing, Friday, Aug. 28, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Honor Flight Orientations, Sunday, Aug. 23, 12 and 3 p.m. at The Hotel at Kirkwood; Dress: Red shirts, white ties, black pants, etc.
• Friday, August 28 – Golf Outing Golf Outing, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Friday, November 6 – Gospel Concert
• Family Picnic – TBD (looking at February)

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Tonight’s recap

• Star-Spangled Banner – Chad changed the end for everyone but the tenors. Ask someone from your part what they are, or be at rehearsal next week
• Hallelujah – In chorus 3, keep the consonants open. For example, measure 31: I did my beh—stit wasn’t mu—chI couldn’t. 
• Armed Forces Medley – review the tag.

Songs for the week

• “Star-Spangled Banner”
• “Armed Forces Medley”
• “I Believe”
• “It Is Well With My Soul”
• “An Irish Blessing”
• “I Asked The Lord”
• “Yes, Indeed”
• “Operator” – Chad will bring to sing a new song

Golf Outing

• Friday, August 28
• 3:30 PM first tee time
• Twin Pines Golf Course (3800 42nd St NE)
• Cost:
  • $28 seniors
  • $31 everyone else
• Daisy’s Garage following (5240 Edgewood Rd NE) (near Hy-Vee)
• Sign Up NOW – send Larry Hlavacek (larry.hlavacek@gmail.com) an email or sign up at rehearsals

Upcoming Events

• Sing for St. Paul’s, Sunday, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. service; call time 8:15 music center. Dress: blue polos, black pants, etc.
• Honor Flight Orientations, Sunday, Aug. 23, 12 and 3 p.m. at The Hotel at Kirkwood; Dress: Red shirts, white ties, black pants, etc.
• Golf Outing, Friday, Aug. 28, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Friday, November 6 – Gospel Concert
• Family Picnic – TBD (looking at February)

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Another good rehearsal tonight

Your work between rehearsals is paying off. We are closer to having the OTM selections (Hallelujah” and “In My Room”) memorized than you may think. Continue to work on them and trust your memory on the first run-through. Chad will direct us back to the scores as needed,

Worth repeating:

Planned breaths – mark them in your music, take them, own them. Know where to breathe and where not to breathe. There will be other places in the music you need to take breaths, staggering with others in your section.

Dynamics – we have developed plans for using the volume of our singing to add interest. Again, mark these places and observe them. Closely related point: know when your section has the melody and when it doesn’t. You should be able to hear when you hand off the melody to a different section.

Voice placement: Keep the sound focused above the eyes. Basses, this is especially true for when you have the melody.

Review from tonight:

• “An Irish Blessing” is pretty good but most of us make the same mistake: just before measure 11 is an all chorus pickup – that’s the only time it occurs when it’s not a lead pickup. We all sing. Review this.
• “In My Room” – review the word changes.
• “Hallelujah” – last page of the final chorus to the end.

Songs for Next Week:

• “National Anthem”
• “Armed Forces Medley”
• “In My Room”
• “Hallelujah”
• “I Asked the Lord”
• “I Believe”
• “An Irish Blessing”

Gospel Concert Committee is forming

Please contact Gary Lindsay if you are willing to serve on the committee to plan this wonderful event.

Upcoming Events

• Sing for St. Paul’s, Sunday, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. service; call time 8:15 music center. Dress: blue polos, black pants, etc.
• Honor Flight Orientations, Sunday, Aug. 23, 12 and 3 p.m. at the Hotel at Kirkwood; Dress: Red shirts, white ties, black pants, etc.
• Golf Outing, Friday, Aug. 28, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Family Picnic TBD
• Friday, November 6 – Gospel Concert