How to contact your Board or send feedback – email oldscommunitychorus@gmail.com
Sunday March 16 –Mini-concert for residents – Mount View Lodge (50 St Olds across from First Baptist)
- We will perform only a few songs, but please bring ALL of your music, in your black choral folder or binder.
- Performance attire – ladies in white blouse/sweater/top and black skirts (with black pantyhose) or black trousers, black shoes, and wear your chorus SCARF. Men in white collared dress shirts with a dark tie, black trousers and black shoes.
- Plan to arrive and be ready to sing by 1.00 pm. Come in main entrance on 50 Street, meet in foyer for instructions.
Monday March 17 – Kiwanis Music Festival – Theatre at Fine Arts Centre (by High School)
- We will be performing I Dreamed of Rain, and Let Their Celestial Concerts Unite. Use your black choral folder or binder.
- Performance attire – ladies in white blouse/sweater/top and black skirts (with black pantyhose) or black trousers, black shoes, and wear your chorus SCARF. Men in white collared dress shirts with a dark tie, black suit jacket, black trousers and black shoes.
- Plan to arrive and be seated in the theatre by 6.30 pm. Sit in section at HOUSE RIGHT – when you come in the theatre doors, turn RIGHT and sit in that section with the rest of the chorus.
- We will not formally line up to go on stage – just come down from your seats – but fill risers from back rows to front, per our seating configuration at March 10 rehearsal.
- Family members and friends are welcome to come – free admittance, but if you wish to purchase a paper program (covers entire Festival) they are $5.00 at the door.
- After our performance, there will be feedback from the Adjudicator. Once that is complete, you are free to stay for any remaining performance classes, or leave.
- Needless to say, there will be no regular chorus rehearsal that night!
Our next seniors facility performance will be Sunday April 27 at Seasons Encore (57 St north)
Music Folders
- The OCC has acquired some like-new choral music folders, for sale to the members for $25 each, which is a heck of a great deal! To purchase, talk to and pay Treasurer Lyn at a rehearsal. Note that this fabulous rate applies only to this batch of folders.
Member Survey
- Thank you to those of you who completed our short survey. For those who missed it, you have another chance to complete it, so watch for a separate email. You can either print it off and return it to Phyl or Jean, or send an email version to oldscommunitychorus@gmail.com.
- Please return surveys by Monday March 24 at the latest.
- IMPORTANT: Please do notcomplete it a second time if you already did one – duplicates will skew our results. Thanks for your feedback!
Spring Concert – Olds First Baptist Church
- Our theme is: Back in Time – the 1600s to the Swinging 60s (working theme, to be refined…)
- Dress Rehearsal – Monday May 5– plan to arrive 6:30 pm, photo at 6:45 pm, run-through 7:00 pm. Yes, wear your concert attire as we will be taking a photo of the chorus for posterity!
- Concert Night – Wednesday May 7– plan to arrive by 6 pm, so that we can do a run-through and be finished by 6:30 pm, before the first guests arrive. Concert start at 7:00 pm.
- Concert attire – white tops and black bottoms for the first half and 60s costumes and colors for the second half. Ladies in white blouse/sweater/top and black skirts (with black pantyhose) or black trousers, black shoes, and wear your chorus SCARF. Men in white collared dress shirts with a dark tie, black suit jacket, black trousers and black shoes. Please do give thought to your outfit to ensure we look professional and polished.
Second Spring Concert – NOT ON
- The Board investigated having a second performance of our Spring concert at Knox United in Didsbury, however, they turned us down. It was decided that finding, booking and coordinating all the logistics for another venue is not viable in the meantime, so we will remain with a single performance at First Baptist Church Olds this session.
Social Media
- Are you a whiz at Facebook and enjoy spending time on social media? If so, we would love you to volunteer to take on posting and monitoring the OCC page. It will not require a lot of time, but would be very helpful in terms of helping get the word out about our concerts. Please email oldscommunitychorus@gmail.comif you can take on this important role.