Reflections

Well, another season has ended. Congratulations to you all on a successful season of singing, fund raising, audience recruiting, publicity, rehearsal, attendance and overall music making! It is always humbling for me to witness so much dedication and commitment to the group from volunteers such as yourselves. Your work and contributions do not go unnoticed or unappreciated. Thank you from your grateful conductor who remains motivated and inspired by each of you.
I have copied tracks from our most recent concert into the dropbox for your listening pleasure. It is always fun for me to relive these musical moments and make sure that you actually did sound how I remembered during the performance. There are some sound level issues with the "Curry" movement because of the foghorn, so I adjusted as much as was possible. Thanks to our sound man Barry Brennan for these invaluable records of our concerts.
Mark Ericson is working on our recorded tracks as we speak and will forward them to me soon. Each of you will receive a copy of the final product for your own personal and private use.
Much of what we will do next season will have a dual purpose: (1) to grow and increase the presence, membership and scope of the Guild, (2) to prepare for our 75th anniversary season the following year. We will need the help of everyone to accomplish our goals over these next two years.
I have been looking again at our 2013 membership survey for repertoire ideas for the anniversary season. In addition to many of those good suggestions, some particular people had very good ideas in areas we have identified as ones where we would like to focus our energies moving forward. If you feel a particular passion to help in the areas of either publicity/communication, fund raising, or recruitment, I would personally appreciate you letting me know sometime this summer so we can expand on the ideas in the survey as we move forward.
Remember the date of our Summer Sing, Saturday, August 17 from 10 am to Noon at St. Luke's. Invite friends and others that may enjoy a morning of singing especially if you know they could be potential members of the Guild. We will be singing Benjamin Britten and learning some fun facts about him and his music in honor of his 100th birthday!
Have a wonderful summer. Keep in touch. See you all soon!

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