ISLAND CITY CHORUS

Date: April 23, 2001 CONTEST ISSUE

CONTEST INFORMATION:

Jerry Silverberg has arranged rooms at $69.00 US at the Holiday Inn, 9 Northeastern Blvd. Nashua NH. The Toll free phone number is 1-888-801-5661.

Directions to Contest, Nashua, New Hampshire. Head toward the Vermont Border, down the Eastern Townships AutoRoute. Take I-89 and follow your nose to Nashua. Maps to Nashua and to the hotel are included.

The contest site is Hollis Brookline HS in Hollis, NH. To get there, head North or South on Rt 3 - take Exit 6 (Rt130 Broad St./Hollis). At the top of the ramp, take a right onto Rt 130 West toward Hollis for approx. 9.2-km. Turn left at the intersection of Rt 122. Proceed South on Rt 122 for 0.8-km to Cavalier Ct. and Hollis Brookline HS. Follow Cavalier Ct. to the rear of HS to the parking lot. The entrance to auditorium is at the rear of the High School.

Noon to 7:00pm Registration (1)

6:00 pm School opens (2)

Following Contest Evaluation Sessions (1)

8:30 am Breakfast at Parker's Maple Barn

9:00 am School opens (2)

Following Contest Evaluation Session (2)

8:00 pm Prelims Quartet Finals (2)

9:30 pm Show (2)

8:00 am Quartet Evaluation Sessions (1)

(1) Nashua Marriott (2) Hollis Brookline High School

We will be eating and warming up with the Sounds of Concord prior to the chorus contest. BE THERE AT 8:30 AM.

(It's about 10-15 minutes from the contest site at Hollis-Brookline High School)

From Nashua, take Route 3 North to Exit 6 to Route 130 West. Follow 130 through Hollis (being careful to stay on Route 130), and into Brookline.

In Brookline Center there will be the Village Store on the right, shortly after that the road will fork - bear left following the sign to Mason. This will take you up and down a small hill to a stop sign with a red blinking light.

Across the street you will see our sign. Go straight across (puts you on Mason Road in Brookline). Parker's is approximately three miles (4.8 km) in on the left.

The final cost, including coffee, juice, meal, tax & tip is US$10 or US$12 depending on how much "heft" you want in your breakfast.

2 eggs, 2 pancakes (or 1 french toast), 2 bacon, 2 sausage and ham or ham hash in place of all meats, home fries & toast, juice, coffee. (Sorry, no other substitutes allowed)

1 egg, 1 pancake (or 1 french toast), 1 bacon, 1 sausage & ham or ham hash in place of all meats, juice, coffee. Home fries and toast too! (Sorry, no other substitutes allowed) PLEASE, give Steve Wheaton your money in advance. US $ Only!!

Sell your Show tickets? John Clendinneng tells me many members haven't yet taken tickets for the show. If this includes you, how much you are prepared to pay in dues to keep singing with this great chorus. The show is our largest fundraiser, by far. We need to sell ALL of the 1000 seats. Right now, we are sitting at half the seats taken. A ticket to our show is an easy sell. We have a great chorus and two great quartets headlining the show. Ask your friends to come. They will enjoy the show.

Even if you have taken tickets, you must sell them. Please do that. We ALL need to do our part.

H H H H H The Blue Champagne CD is now available. What a great sound these four talented ladies make. The CD makes it sound like you are right there with them. See Laura, Liz, Lindsay, or Stacy and have your $20.00 ready!

Mini-Pitch Editor needed. Murray wants to give someone else a chance to edit the Mini-Pitch. He will be asking people for their recommendations. If you think you would like to try it out, let Murray know. He will help get you started.

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

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