Date: October 23, 2000 On with the show, this is it!

Last rehearsal before District 2000! Don't forget to give Ray Watkins your $37.50 CDN or $25.00 US for the registration fee. Everyone who is going to compete or watch the competition MUST be registered. To compete at District you must also have your membership card with you.

During contest weekend, we will be wearing our white shirt, maroon sweater and black pants, when we are not in our competition costume. If you don't have a maroon sweater, ask on Monday evening.

Quartet Hosts: Please be at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel by 4:55 pm on Friday, if at all possible. We will meet at the Mackenzie Room and a briefing will take place. The information for hosts is available at the meeting tonight from Murray Phillips. Our make-up and other assistants, including Chorus Hostesses will be receiving an ID badge which will provide them with admission to the stage and contest areas.

Chorus Members: Please be at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, in the Saint Maurice at 10:00 AM, wearing our white shirt, maroon sweater and black pants. DO NOT WEAR YOUR CHORUS COSTUME TO THE HOTEL. We will have the opportunity to see much of the first half of the competition, then change into our competition garb and warm-up.

Let's sing Chanukah and Christmas Music. Bud Robar would be pleased to give you a set of Christmas Music if you are a new member. You should make sure that you have Scarlet Ribbons, Go Tell It On The Mountain, Carol of the Bells and Eight Candles, along with our other seasonal music.

Have you "Shared the Dream!" It's as easy as 1-2-3. Here is a challenge to from me to you. Can you remember what got you into singing barbershop? I am betting that in most cases it was because a friend, neighbour, co-worker, family member etc. asked you to come out once. After that first encounter, you were probably hooked. We are at a stage where we want to attract good singers to add to the great sound we are producing. Take the time to ask a friend to come and share our hobby. They will need to be motivated and able to sing, obviously, but the rewards are many and fun. Sharing is a good thing, so let's do it. It's as Easy as 1-2-3.

Entertainment Books. Ron Schurman has obtained 100 Entertainment Books 2001 for us to sell. These offer excellent savings at restaurants, movies, dry cleaners, and many other locations in the Montreal area. We are among the first to be out selling, so see Ron TONIGHT, and pick up a couple of Entertainment Books to sell.

No more, chocolate! John Clendinneng is the man in charge of collecting for Chocolate Bar sales, and he wants you to bring in your money. Do it tonight. Thanks to all who did their part and sold those bars.

Pay for 2001 now, and save. Don't forget the easiest way to pay is in small instalments. The $14 Monthly payment hardly hurts. (Nor does the $42.00 quarterly payment, if you prefer that.) This is encouraged for all members of the Chapter. If you pay $14.00 at the first rehearsal every month, you save a couple of dollars, and make the payment process painless. Start NOW. Post-dated cheques payable to Island City Chorus can be given to Ray Watkins, Chapter Treasurer. All members who have just paid dues for September 30, 2000 should start to pay $14 per month NOW. This helps us with our current cash flow problems, and makes the bite less painful.

We are entertainers. The Chapter is in need of funds, and good fund raising ideas. Obviously singing is an ideal way to raise money. If you know of a group that is looking for some excellent entertainment at a reasonable price, refer them to Alan Kenley at 514-341-7171.

Cheese it! Please talk to Jerry Silverberg about the gift cheeses project, and any other fund raising ideas you may have. Since the show didn't quite bring in as much as we budgeted, we need to have some successful fundraisers.

Plumber: "We repair what your husband Fixed."

Pizza shop slogan: "7 days without pizza makes one Weak."

At a tire shop in Montreal: "Invite us to your next blow-out."

Door of a plastic surgeon's office: "Hello, can we pick your nose?"

Sign at the psychic's Hotline: "Don't call us, we'll call you."

Practice is something we do at home, every day, between rehearsals!

Rehearsal is where we reinforce what we have been practising every day!