Hi Everyone,

GREAT rehearsal last night. We're already in good shape for our
performance next week in Provincetown. Spend the next week reviewing
what we worked on with your cds, particularly Cape Cod Girls, and for
the baritones and basses, the rhythms in Away from the Roll of the
Sea. Also spend some time on A Whale of a Tale, with the hums and
clapping!

We will rehearse next Wednesday at 7pm, and will have final
information on logistics for Thursday at that time.

Below is the program order. Please have your music in order by
Wednesdays rehearsal.

Thank you!
Brittany

Anchors Aweigh
We Saw the Sea
Calm is the Sea
Cape Cod Girls
The Mermaid
Away from the Roll of the Sea
Hoodah Day
A Whale of a Tale
America the Beautiful

Hi Everyone,

Here is the program order for the concert. I know it's late in the
week, but please try to get your folders in order for rehearsal
tomorrow night. We'll also start sitting in concert order. Tonya will
be bringing the seating charts from last year as a starting point!

I am VERY happy with how the concert is coming together, and I hope
you all are too. Our accompanist, Olivann Hobbie, will be joining us
starting tomorrow evening. We will be running large chunks of the
program. At the end of rehearsal tomorrow, I would like to rehearse
with the small group for "Give My Regards to Broadway."

Thank you to everyone who auditioned last week. Here are the soloists:

"My Old Kentucky Home" - Tonya Bishop and Ann Devenish
"I've Been Everywhere" - James Crockett and Joe Ferreira

Thank you everyone for all you hard work, I will see you tomorrow night!

Brittany

GFMAMMC Spring 2010
Program Order
“Songs of America”

“Star Spangled Banner”

“Give me your tired, your poor” by Irving Berlin

“Tenting Tonight”

“America” arr. by H. Carey (SM GROUP)

“Battle Hymn of the Republic” arr. by P. Wilhousky

“Red River Valley”

“Cowboy Lullaby” (Sm Group)

“Colorado Trail” arr. by Audrey Snyder and Celius Dougherty

“Rise an Shine” arr. by Moses Hogan

“Witness” arr. by Moses Hogan

Intermission


“American Folk Rhapsody” arr. by Spevacek

“Down in the Valley” arr. by G. Mead

SING ALONG

“Old Kentucky Home” arranged by John Yankee (SOLOS)

“Give My Regards to Broadway” by George M. Cohan (SM GROUP)

“I’ve Been Every Where” arr. by Jay Althouse â€" concert closer (SOLOS)

Encore: “America the Beautiful,” vs 1-4 with audience

Hi Everyone,

We are in very good shape for our concerts. Continue to rehearse with
your CDs, running through all the songs. At this point, spend the
most time using the tracks with all four parts, or with the piano
parts. Make note of places that you continue to have trouble. This
week's rehearsal is the last rehearsal before our accompanist joins
us, so I'd like to take care of any lingering note/rhythm issues this
week.

A reminder that this week at 6:30, I will meet with people interested
in auditioning for solos. I need two baritones or basses for the
solos in "I've Been Everywhere," and a tenor soloist for "My Old
Kentucky Home."

At the end of rehearsal this week, I'd like to meet with the small
group for "Cowboy Lullaby". Please work with your CDs and start
learning your parts.

We will also start looking at Memorial Day music shortly. We will be
singing "The Navy Hymn," "America: My country 'tis of Thee" and "The
Service Medley." Make sure you have copies of all this music. We'll
give out more copies on Thursday, along with corrected words for the
service medley and the words for the additional verse in the Navy Hymn.

The Navy Hymn soloist this year will be Hal Leeds. Thank you to all
who auditioned!

Our rehearsal will be back at Morse Pond this week.

Thank you!
Brittany

Hi Everyone,

Nice rehearsal Thursday evening! We're in very good shape with most
of our music and our concert, (just over a month a way!) is going to
be great! We're past the point now of working on notes. Please
continue to work with your CDs on any problem areas. Over the next
couple of weeks, we'll continue to run through our songs and work
more on dynamics and other details. Make sure you are very
comfortable with the text in all the pieces too, so that you can
start to get up and out of the music.

Reminder, next week's rehearsal is in FISHER HOUSE at the Church of
the Messiah in Woods Hole.

This week, I would like to hear auditions for the solo in The Navy
Hymn which we will be singing on Memorial Day. I'll listen to people
who are interested during break. I'll also begin working with the
small groups. This week, I would like to work with the small group
for "Give My Regards to Broadway". We'll work together at the end of
rehearsal, so start working on your part with your CD.

Thanks everyone, keep up the good work!

Brittany

Hi Everyone,

Good work on Thursday, we got a lot accomplished! Please continue to
work with your CDs, focusing especially on the pieces that we've
already learned as a group. Next week we will continue work on
"Witness" and delve more into "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "Give
Me Your Tired, Your Poor."

Singers who are in small groups, we'll have the sheet music for your
song(s) on Thursday. In the meantime, you can start listening to your
small group song on your CD. I've listed the small group assignments
below.

There are a number of solos that will be needed for the concert. I'd
like to have the auditions on Thursday, May 13th at 6:30pm as well as
immediately following rehearsal that night. Please consider if you
would like to try for one of the solos, and start preparing it. I
included all of the solos parts on the CD.

Solos needed are:
- I've Been Everywhere: 2 solos, one longer one and one short one,
either baritone or bass
- My Old Kentucky Home: 1 or 2 solos: tenor

We also need a soloist for "The Navy Hymn" when we sing it on
Memorial Day. I would like to audition this solo on Thursday May 6th,
immediately following rehearsal. We'll be getting this sheet music
this week also

SMALL GROUP ASSIGNMENTS:
AMERICA:

Tenor I:
Eva Hathaway
Kyle Matugu
Taryn Peterson
Tenor II:
Charles Clarkin
Arden Edwards
Joyce Hosford
Baritone:
Hal Leeds
Dick Mongeau
Bass:
Ed Finn
Chris Polloni
COWBOY LULLABY

Tenor I:
Tonya Bishop
Tenor II:
Arden Edwards
Baritone:
Hal Leeds
Bass:
Joe Ferreira
GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY

Tenor I:
Ann Devenish
Marcy Lerner
Pamela Taft
Tenor II:
Sherry Martin
John McEvoy
Carla Zavorskas
Baritone:
Hal Leeds
Dick Mongeau
Bass:
Ed Finn
Chris Polloni


Thank you, see you all Thursday,
Brittany

Hi Everyone,

Nice job last night! We are starting to sound more comfortable with
some of our pieces now, particularly Rise and Shine. Keep working
with your CDs, focusing mostly on the songs we have worked on
together: Rise and Shine, Star Spangled Banner, Turkey in the Straw,
Colorado Trail, Battle Hymn of the Republic and I've Been Everywhere.

Next week we will continue to review the songs we worked on last
night, as well as Witness and Kentucky Home.

See you next Thursday, keep up the good work!

Brittany

Hello Everyone,

I thought we had a very strong rehearsal on Thursday night. We
started to delve into some of our more challenging songs, and are
beginning to make some headway with them. Those of you who were
absent, make sure to connect with another chorus member to find out
what you missed!

For next week's rehearsal, (APRIL 8TH), work with your cds to review
the music that we've already looked at as a group, in particular:
Rise an Shine, Turkey in the Straw, Tenting Tonight, Red River
Valley, American Folk Rhapsody and Down in the Valley. If you work on
the songs while they are still fresh in your mind it will help you to
remember them better!

Also, at the next rehearsal, we will have a sign up sheet for people
interested in singing in a small group. The small group pieces are
found on your CD, and I highly encourage everyone to consider singing
in a small group. I will assign who sings what songs once I see who
is interested. The songs that will be sung by small groups are:
"America." "Give my regards to Broadway" and "Cowboy Lullaby."

REMINDER: THERE IS NO REHEARSAL THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 1st. We will
meet next Thursday, April 8th, the usual time.

Have a great weekend and keep up the good work!
Brittany

Hi Everyone,

Another great rehearsal last night! Now that you have your CDs, start
by going over the songs, and the parts of the songs that we have
already gone over as a group. This will help reinforce what we've
already started to do.

Songs to Look at:

"Star Spangled Banner," (remember the note changes we made, if you
missed the first rehearsal, double check with someone who was there
for changes made to your part.)

"Rise an Shine" this is a tricky one, start by reviewing the first
two sections that we've already looked at as a group. Basses,
remember to keep your part light and don't get bogged down in each note.

"American Folk Rhapsody" review "Cindy" and start to look ahead at
"Simple Gifts." We'll look at that as a group next rehearsal. All
parts, double check your "du du's". Those are still a little weak.
Make sure you are jumping to the right notes and getting the rhythms
correct.

"Turkey in the Straw" review page 5 through 7 that we learned last
night. We'll continue to branch out into the other sections in the up
coming rehearsals, but make sure that for now pg 5 through 7 are nice
and strong.

"Red River Valley" review your notes that we learned last night.
Baritone and Bass, focus on your part in the "refrain" There were
still some odd notes happening last night when we were singing that
section.

Keep up the great work everyone!
Brittany

Hi Everyone,

Great first rehearsal on Thursday! The chorus is already sounding
great and I'm very excited about our Spring season. We have a variety
of fun music that we will be learning over the next couple of months.
It was great to see so many new faces, as well as those returning!

The CDs will be passed out at this week's rehearsal. In the meantime,
please start drilling the text for "I've Been Everywhere," like we
were doing at the end of rehearsal. This is something that you can do
without the assistance of the rehearsal CD.

The rest of the music will also be passed out at this week's
rehearsal. Please get there a little early to make sure you have
everything and to pick up a CD. We want to be ready to start singing
right at 7pm to get as much done as we can.

Thank you! and see you Thursday,

Brittany