From the director…

Dear friends,

We’re excited to announce the cantata for this season, “Voices of Christmas”! It’s brand-new & from very creative people with very familiar names, Craig-Claar & Clydesdale!

We’re thrilled with this selection, having had it to consider for a couple months & having recently looked & listened to several other new alternatives! Please join us to serve the Lord in this wonderful way as we put together another exciting season for the Community Cantata Choir!

Welcome! So far, we have about 20 people checked in, of which 15 are singers. Thanks to bassist & webmaster Mark, you can now sample this season’s material on the choir’s website.

Please help us invite musicians, particularly this season. Our ‘lists’ of email addresses, accumulated over a decade or more, that included all the nearby singers & instrumentalists imaginable, were casualties of our hard drive failure several months ago. We have the addresses, but not the lists, so without knowing if a name is a musician, we can’t rebuild those precious lists!

Please pass the word to those you know (a) who might have been on those lists … (b) who maybe aren’t emailers … (c) who may have expressed an interest in participation at some time in the past … (d) who may be people with whom you want to share this experience … (e) who you know are musicians with gifts to share …! Word of mouth, sharing your own experiences & motivations, is the very best way to involve new people. Please do!

We will be able to secure the songbooks & listening CDs for this season at the same cost as the past few seasons: songbooks @ $15; listening CDs @ $20. We’ll appreciate receiving payment for your materials at your earliest convenient opportunity. Please deliver or mail checks to “Cantata Choir” to the address shown below. We will place our initial order at the end of August, so you will be able to have your books & CDs by mid-September if you want them prior to the first rehearsal (October 4).

If you are connected with a past, or prospective, host congregation, now’s the time to begin negotiation for a date in December! Your support & encouragement are invited & welcome in so many ways!

God bless you all.
Linda & Lee
6501 NE Hwy 240
Yamhill, Oregon 97148-8507

We’ll see you at rehearsals in October (see How To Join).