Date: June 18, 2001

Director's Notebook Gleaned from an email

On the agenda for this week:

• Please have Page 1 of "Words" MEMORIZED
• Please have Page 5 of "Words" LEARNT
• Please have ALL of "How Deep is the Ocean" LEARNT
• Please review ALL of "Steppin' Out", "My Romance" AND "Eight Candles"

Songs on the summer agenda are likely*:

• Orange Colored Sky
• That's a Plenty
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Tapes for Eight Candles, Orange, That's a Plenty and Have Yourself should be available momentarily.

Well... I think I've remembered everything. Just one more little thought to ponder... Most of you are very good at learning your music... however, there are one or two "rebels" in the group who come to rehearsal and try to "fit their part in". As a service, to you, the "rebel", I am offering the advice that that approach to music learning may be possible on How Deep (although not recommended), but, it will absolutely in no way work on Words, Orange, That's a Plenty or Have Yourself. Parts of, or the whole of each of these pieces are dissonant and don't always travel to where you expect them to go. They are wonderful arrangements of great pieces that will serve us well. They will take a little bit of effort to perfect, but we will take things slow enough that we can give ourselves the opportunity to do a great job with each of them. Just be sure to give yourself the adequate preparation that these pieces demand.

Lastly... it was so cool to hear from so many of you last night about how Saturday was the best performance you had ever participated in. (some of you having other music backgrounds as well) Saturday night felt so wonderful. We knew it, the audience knew it, that something special had happened on stage that night... and man did it feel good. What a giant step up from last year!!! Where do you want to be next year???

Congratulations and thank you again to all of you who helped out to make the show the success that it was. Work hard, and I'll see you next Monday.

(* subject to change...blah...blah...blah :-))

The Montreal Chapter of Harmony, Inc. is holding a "Cabaret" on Friday, June 22 at Roxboro United Church hall, 116 Cartier (off Sources Blvd.), Roxboro.

The evening will start off with a delicious Spaghetti dinner which will be followed by a great show! Tickets are $15!

Among the entertainers, will be (DRUM ROLL PLEASE):

"BLUE CHAMPAGNE", 1998 international gold medal Harmony Queens (they're as good as they ever were!)

"South Side", 2001 NED medalist quartet and our own "4 Tonight Only," plus Harmony, Inc.'s MONTREAL CHORUS and more.

Tickets are limited (truly) so you might want to reserve early. Here's how:

Catherine Kelly cath@axess.com 514/626-6489

Carole Mercier pmercier@attglobal.net 514/694-7873

Saturday, August 25th, 2001, 2:00 P.M. - ???

4135 Tracy Street

Saint-Hubert, Quebec

PLEASE R.S.V.P. By MONDAY, August 20^th

AT 450-462-3713 (Steve or Andrew)

Children (If you have any) o

BATHING SUITS & TOWELS o

GARDEN CHAIRS(VERY IMPORTANT!!) o

Musical Instruments (voice, guitar, etc.) o

YOUR OWN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES o

A cooler would be helpful o

SOMETHING MADE WITH CHOCOLATE OR A SALAD o

And Addie said: "This marks the 10^th Anniversary of the event. In the past, so many people have mentioned that they would like copies of the wonderful recipes for the salads and chocolate delicacies served. Therefore, we have decided to compile a cookbook.

""Over the past 10 years, there have been over 300 attendees at our party. Obviously, not all at the same time!!!! There were many repeat offenders J (thank goodness – or we’d think no one enjoyed the day). The most that we’ve had at one event is 127 – that was the year we had the Tour Bus pull up in front of the door and we allowed 25 Austrians to join us J !

"Just think, if everyone submits his or her recipes, what a great book this will be!

"We need your help in doing this. Would you be so kind as to try to remember, and share, all the recipes for the Salad/Chocolate that you have brought to the party over the last ten years? I think this could be a lot of fun!

"The intent is to give each contributor a copy of the book. This said, you could imagine the task ahead of us! Should you wish to contribute your recipes, we request that you send them to Addie at

Adelinde Tauchner

4135 Tracy Street,

St. Hubert, Quebec J3Y 6K8

or by email to <mailto:adelinde.tauchner@attglobal.net>

Obviously, an electronic form would make the task even that much easier! (If you’d like us to send the form to you via email, just let Addie know at the email address mentioned above.) "We must set a deadline of July 20th^th in order to be able to edit, compile, print, copy and bind in time for August 25^th.

"People that are attending for the first time, this year, may contribute their recipes, as well, and get a copy of the book to see what they’ve missed over the last decade!"

A small, but fine sounding group sang to an appreciative audience at Mike Cassidy's retirement party on Thursday. Does this mean Mike will be back with us soon? He would be a welcome member of the Bass Section.

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

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