Tonight we are participating in the launch of Commonly Unique’s self titled CD. This is an Interchapter Night and we will have an opportunity to sing our contest package for a barbershop audience.

The evening will take place at Schofield Hall, Borough of Mount Royal, 90 Roosevelt (corner of Churchill), Mount Royal, Québec. Take the Jean Talon exit (Exit 69 - 1^st exit south of the # 40) from the Décarie Autoroute (# 15), East on Jean Talon through six traffic lights, crossing Côte des Neiges, At the next traffic light, Left on Dieppe Avenue, at the stop sign, turn right on Glencoe Avenue. At the second stop sign, turn left on Churchill, go two stop signs, and the hall is on the right.

September 30 - October 1, 2005, we will be going to Halifax to defend our Small Chorus Championship.

Once again, Ermitage St. Croix, at 21269 Gouin Blvd. ouest will be the site of this year's Fall Forward. We go there to improve not retreat.

To get to Ermitage St. Croix, take exit 50 west off Route 40 and take St. Charles nord to the top. Turn left on Gouin for 5.2 km. It is on the right through the gates.

The cost is $90/person from Friday at 7 p.m. until after lunch Sunday, with $5 additional for dinner Friday.

People can arrive at about 3 on Friday, and get their SINGLE rooms. (The telephone number of Ermitage St. Croix is 514-626-6379)

Everyone should be there, if they plan to sing with the chorus in Halifax on October 1, 2005.

Thursday Sept. 29^th Time: 9 am to 5 pm Location: Delta Halifax Hotel – Lobby, 1990 Barrington St.

Friday Sept. 30^th Time: 8 am to 10 pm (or end of quarter semi-finals) Highland Lounge, World Trade and Convention Center, 1800 Argyle St., Halifax

Saturday Oct. 1st Time: 8 am to Chorus Contest Intermission, Highland Lounge, WTC Center

There are two choices available to those returning by airplane. An ecumenical service arranged by the local committee or one at a United Church near the Metro Centre. Please inform Alan Mackenzie of your preference. The members would be asked to sing at the United Church.

Are you available to help our chapter grow and prosper? Walter Mueller and Matthew Mance will be looking for "a few good men." If asked, say, "Yes." Better still, volunteer!

Society President Rob Hopkins explained the Society’s outreach and vision in an online interview with Jay Howser of CASA.com. (Contemporary A cappella Society of America)

CASA has as its mission: to foster and promote a cappella and to create harmony through harmony.

What is so rare as a day in June?

June having 30 days, it is clear that days in April, September, and November are precisely as "rare," or as common, though they are slightly less common than days in January, March, May, July, August, October, and December. Days in February are the least common, of course, so it is nonsensical to consider June days as particularly rare.

How high the moon?

It varies between 356,000 and 407,000 km in distance from the surface of the earth, its average distance being 384,400 km.

Who wrote the Book of Love?

René of Anjou, King of Naples 1435-1480, wrote and illustrated his Book of Love (Le cueur d'amours espris) some time after 1473 while living idly in Provence.

What's up, Doc?

Presuming that the doctor addressed is a physician, one must assume that the question refers to the identity of the topmost parts of the human body, in which case the short answer is the frontal lobe of the brain, the skull, the scalp, and--if any--the hair.

Here is our current repertoire list: [mp3] means that the mp3 file is on the Members' Only web site