We sang beautifully at Festival today.  Let's take our pieces even further by employing the adjudicator's suggestions and performing again to a new audience.  
We have been invited to sing at the Festival Grand Concert at the Baptist Church on Saturday, April 8.  
We have also been invited to sing at the Syrian Friends fundraising concert at the Athabasca Hall on Saturday, April 22.  
Organizers of both events require our immediate response.  Please check your calendars and answer the following questions by Friday, March 31.

Fah who foraze! Dah who doraze! Welcome Christmas, come this way!  Our Christmas concert is just around the corner.  Invite your friends (young and old) to bring a can of Who Hash for the Food Bank on Sunday, December 11th, 3:00 p.m. at the Anglican Church.

The 2016-17 season starts in two weeks.  If you love singing, we'd love to have you join us.  The first three rehearsals are trial rehearsals, so there's no obligation to join.  What do you have to lose? There are so many health benefits to group singing, and you'll make some new friends in the process.  Let the music begin!

Our choir has been invited to sing in the Festival Grand Concert on Saturday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m.  This is a great honour, but in order to properly represent ourselves to the public, we need to have a sizeable and balanced group of sopranos, altos, tenors and basses. Please check your choir email and respond before noon on Friday to let us know if you are able to sing at the concert.

There are many benefits to singing in a choir, among them:
Physical (respiratory, improved immune system, neurological development) 
Sense of community and development of friendships
Educational (improved literacy and understanding of music theory)
Development of musical memory 
Increased expertise in vocal technique
Overall feeling of joy

Here is a link to a lecture delivered earlier this summer in London which goes into further detail.  If you prefer to read, rather than listen, a transcript of Professor Graham Welch's lecture is provided. 

We are looking forward to a wonderful season ahead.  Come sing with us!

Do you enjoy singing?  Have you ever considered joining a choir? I just finished reading the book, "Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness Singing with Others" by Stacy Horn.  The author is a member of an amateur choir in New York City.  She talks about her personal challenges and joys of rehearsing and performing together, the physiological benefits of singing, and the role choral music has played in her life since joining the choir.  

Tonight's "Broadway on the Peace" concert raised $875.85 for the Soup Kitchen plus several bags of dry goods for the Food Bank. Thank you to the many people who generously opened their wallets in support of these two organizations.  It was wonderful to sing for you this evening!  Please consider joining the choir next year.  Our season will start in mid-September.  No auditions.  If you love to sing, we'd love to have you sing with us.