ISLAND CITY CHORUS

ISLAND CITY CHORUS

GREATER MONTREAL CHAPTER

Northeastern District

SPEBSQSA Inc.
The Little Chorus that could!

MINI PITCH

Date: March 8, 2004 Division Contest Information Volume 2004 -Issue 10

COMING UP - ROB'S REQUIRED EVENTS*

March 19-21, 2004 Spring Prelims and Western Regional Convention NED Albany, NY

March 27, 2004 ARCIM Competition, Collège Jean Eudes, 3535 Rosemont Blvd, Montreal

Saturday, May 29, 2004 Annual Show Salle Pierre Mercure (UQAM) with 4 Voices and The Gas House Gang

"That's Entertainment"

October 8, 9 & 10, 2004 Fall Forward Cap St-Jacques (Details below) ß NOTE

October 22-24, 2004 District Convention Lowell, MA

*NOTE: It is your duty to inform Rob as soon as you know you will miss any rehearsal or event.

COMING UP - OPTIONAL, BUT FUN and EDUCATIONAL EVENTS

Monday, June 28 - Sunday, July 4, 2004 66^th Annual SPEBSQSA International Convention Louisville, Kentucky

July 3-10, 2005 67^th Annual SPEBSQSA International Convention Salt Lake City, Utah

If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success?

Chartered Bus to Division.

The Board of Directors has decided to charter a bus to go to the Division Contest in Schenectady, New York. The bus will leave Montreal at 6:00 AM on Saturday, March 20, and will take approximately 4 hours to make the trip to the contest site, Schenectady High School. The bus will leave after the chorus competition and evaluations are completed and return to Montreal by late evening.

If you are driving, here are the directions. From Interstate 87 (The Northway), get off at Exit 6 (Schenectady). (Be careful, there can be a lot of merging traffic on the exit ramps that Exits 6 & 7 share). At end of Exit 6 ramp, turn right onto Route 7 West (this is a

four-lane state highway). Go 6.9 miles (11.1 km), where Route 7 West splits into Rt. 7 West and Union Street. You will see large overhead green sign for Union Street prior to the fork in the road. Bear right onto Union Street and travel 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to McClellan Street. Turn right onto McClellan Street, go 0.3 miles (0.5 km) (pass traffic light at Rugby St.) to stop sign at intersection of McClellan St. and "The Plaza." The high school will be on your left. Turn left onto The Plaza and go down to far left side of high school. Turn right into parking lot.

If any other people will be coming with you, please notify Bert Brossoit at tonight's rehearsal. There is room on the bus, and there is no charge for chapter members and their families. It will be a 50 seat coach.

Order of Appearance for Division.

The Order of Appearance for the Chorus Contest and for Quartet contests has been released. Cotton Damon, District Vice President of Contest & Judging provided the following. There are 18 quartets and 7 choruses competing.

OOA	Ch. No.	Chapter Name	Chorus Name	Director	Small Chorus	2003 Score	Stage Time
1	K-044	Schenectady, NY	Electric City Chorus	Chuck Eaker	No	640	No
2	K-082	South Shore, QC	South Shore Saints	Steve Wheaton	Yes	612	Yes
3	K-021	Springfield, MA	Chordsmen	Harrison King III	No	689	No
4	K-072	Pittsfield, MA	Berkshire Hillsmen	Mike Joyce	Yes	767	Yes
5	K-045	Greater Montreal, QC	Island City Chorus	Rob Mance	Yes	703	Yes
6	K-067	Saratoga Springs, NY	Racing City Chorus	Mike Nichols	No	762	Yes
7	K-048	Burlington, VT	Green Mountain Chorus	Greg Morrill	No	738	No

The Quartet contest will be held on Friday evening, with the Prelim Finals on Saturday evening. The Order of Appearance is a s follows:

OOA	Number	Quartet Name	Chapters	Contest(s)	Novice	2003 Score
1	303781	Chord Sharks	Pittsfield	Div, Prelims	Yes
2	006654	Homespun Harmony	Schenectady	Div	No	612
3	9999	Riverside 4	South Shore	Div	Yes
4	9999	The Allard Project II	Saratoga Springs, Burlington	Div	No
5	298685	The Cavaliers	South Shore	Div, Prelims	No	691
6	005860	Revisions	Schenectady	Div	No	636
7	302086	Elderly Brothers	Saratoga Springs	Div	Yes
8	278817	Road Show	Providence	Prelims
9	280952	The Dreamers	Burlington	Div	No
10	005837	Key of Eh?	Greater Montreal	Div	No	603
11	298876	The Oxymoron Quartet	Saratoga Springs, Frank Thorne	Div	Yes
12	295631	Power Surge	Schenectady	Div	No	694
13	280152	CVQ	Burlington	Div	No
14	299022	Octoberfest	Nashua	Prelims
15	292001	SEEYA!	Nashua	Prelims
16	291482	Breakaway	Nashua	Div, Prelims	No
17	298585	Bourbon Street	Saratoga Springs, Frank Thorne	Div, Prelims	No	793
18	301587	Gabriel’s Horn	Springfield, Worcester	Div, Prelims	No

The Cavaliers and Riverside 4 from South Shore Chapter and Key of Eh? from our Chapter are singing in the quartet contests. Anyone who arrives in Schenectady on Friday evening, be sure to come and cheer them on.

Show time is coming.

May 29 is Show Time! Have you sold any ads yet? How about tickets? Have you thought about people you would like to invite to see you do "that thing you do on Monday nights?"

We should be able to sell out the Salle Pierre Mercure, and have a great program. Give ticket money to Ray Watkins.

We have two great quartets coming. Four Voices were the 2002 International Champions and The Gas House Gang won gold in 1993, but they keep getting better! Tony De Rosa will be singing baritone with the Gang when they are with us here in Montreal. It should be a blast.

Of course you know that we are singing very well and that we are learning a bunch of great new songs.

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

Overture	Witchcraft
Hello Mary Lou	You'll Never Walk Alone
Que reste-t-il ?	If I Had My Way Dear
Sixteen Tons	O Canada
Steppin Out	The Star Spangled Banner
Orange Coloured Sky	If I Loved You [mp3]
Roses Of Picardy	It Had To Be You [To be learned]
Old Black Magic	Before The Parade Passes By *[mp3]*
Hello *[mp3]*	Chances Are *[mp3]*
Summertime	Give My Regards To Broadway. [Learning] *[mp3*
	Luck Be A Lady Tonight [To be learned]

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

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

Alan Mackenzie, President

Murray Phillips, Editor
(514) 626-1781