ISLAND CITY CHORUS

GREATER MONTREAL CHAPTER

SPEBSQSA Inc.

The Little Chorus that could!

MINI PITCH

Date: July 21, 2003 The funs starts again!

Hello Murray, Steve and friends,

Just yesterday John Schneider hosted our Montreal post-mortem meeting. We said lots of things and shared Montreal experiences. One of the constant comments was about the exceptional work done by the over the top "local" convention committee and the terrific team of volunteers you recruited and trained. Will you please pass these comments on to you multitudes of "doers" and most certainly to your very involved and invaluable spouses.

Not for just your work in visualizing this event and planning its success, but moreover for your hands-on way of being in Montreal... we say thank you so very much. We know of the very special way you each stepped up, all year long and certainly all week long.

On behalf of all of us here in "Kenosha" (who usually get the credit or the blame)... know that your convention has all the markings of going down as one of our best ever. Thanks for making us all look so good.

Executive Director

SPEBSQSA

July 17 : (Kipp Buckner)

Rob's wife Sue called me tonight to update me on what is taking place. It seems that the chemo is actually NOT doing what it was supposed to do. His body is not reacting the way that we had hoped. The cancer is moving very fast and it is now covering his entire spine according to the MRI done today. The doctors here have stated that it is only a matter of time and all they can do is "make him comfortable."

This is very devastating news. Sue and Jim are contacting a hospital in Houston that is supposed to be the best at treatments for cancer so we still have some hope that we can find some other treatments that can help Rob. This is a dire situation but prayers are always welcome and we are not without hope and faith that God CAN heal if it is indeed in His plan for Rob.

Once again, we can not say enough about the overwhelming support that we have received from everyone. God bless all of you.

The officers and members of the Cumberland Bay Chorus extend an invitation to join them at their Annual Chapter Picnic.

Their chapter will furnish hotdogs and hamburgers, buns (they’ll have a special Michigan sauce) and soda. (If you prefer other beverages feel free to bring them. You are responsible for appropriate sharing.) New York State law prohibits the chapter from offering alcoholic beverages. The chapter will also furnish condiments, plastic tableware, cups plates and napkins. Everyone attending is asked to bring a dish or desert to share, and an ice chest and ice for food storage. For planning purposes they need to know, by Friday July 18, how many will be attending.

In an effort to keep you abreast of the ever-changing world of musical terminology, we provide you with some terms with which you should be familiar:

Adagio Fromaggio: To sing in a slow and cheesy manner.

AnDante: A musical composition that is infernally slow.

Angus Dei: To sing with a divine, beefy tone.

Anti-phonal: Referring to the prohibition of cell phones in the concert hall.

A Patella: Unaccompanied knee-slapping.

Appologgiatura: A composition, solo or instrument, you regret singing.

Approximatura: A series of notes sung by a performer, not intended by the composer.

Approximento: A musical entrance that is somewhere in the vicinity of the correct pitch.

Bar Line: What musicians form after a concert.

Concerto Grossissimo: A really bad performance.

Coral Symphony: (see Beethoven-Caribbean period).

Cornetti Trombosis Disastrous: The entanglement of brass instruments that can occur when musicians exit hastily down the stage stairs

Dill Piccolino: A wind instrument that plays only sour notes.

Fermantra: A note that is held over and over and over and ...

Fermoota: A rest of indefinite length and dubious value.

Fog Hornoso: A sound that is heard when the conductor's intentions are not clear.

Frugalhorn: A sensible, inexpensive brass instrument.

Gaul Blatter: A French horn player.

Good Conductor: A person who can give an electrifying performance. or, alternative use, one who obeys the orchestra and/or chorus

Gregorian Champ: Monk who can hold a note the longest.

Kvetchendo: Gradually getting annoyingly louder.

Mallade: A romantic song that's pretty awful.

Molto bolto: Head straight for the ending.

Opera buffa: Musical stage production by nudists.

Poochini Musical: performance, accompanied by a dog.

Pre-Classical Conservatism: School of thought that fostered the idea, "if it ain't baroque, don't fix it."

Spritzicato: Plucking of a stringed instrument to produce a bright, bubbly sound, usually accompanied by sparkling water with lemon (wine optional).

Tempo Tantrumo: When a young band refuses to keep time with the conductor.

Tincanabulation: The annoying or irritating sounds made by extremely cheap bells.

Vesuvioso: A gradual buildup to a fiery conclusion.

ZZZfortzando: Singing REALLY loud in order to wake up the audience.

Quartetting songs for this week: Hello Mary Lou and Beginning to See The Light.

Rob has promised that starting next week he will provide the songs to work on list for the coming week.

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

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