Greetings

JoAn Segal, President

We are about to embark on an exciting planning process for the Chorale. The result of this process will be a Strategic Plan that will be used to drive our activities over a period of 3, 4, or 5 years (deciding on the time period is also part of the process.) Decisions about possible future activities will be guided by the plan.

The process will involve a committee of past and present Board members, who will engage in a number of exercises to help us understand and develop: 1) a Vision, 2) a Mission Statement, 3) some Core Values, 4) our primary organizational and artistic goals, 5) strategies to achieve the goals, 6) a timeline for the process, and 7) measures to track our progress.

At the end of the process, we will have a “Plan” document of no more than four pages which will succinctly describe what the Chorale wants to accomplish over the plan’s time frame. It will contain one-sentence statements of our mission and vision, will list the Core Values, and will offer perhaps four organizational and artistic goals.

Tim Snyder, Artistic Director, JoAn Segal, President, and Jack Biddle, Vice President/President Elect, met to prepare an outline of the planning process, which was presented to the Board at its August meeting. According to this process, the next step will be a three-part brainstorming session where ideas will be elicited from those present concerning the Mission and Vision statements and the Core Values. So that everyone can participate, an outside facilitator will record the ideas brought up during the session. The date will be Monday, September 18; the time, 7:15 p.m.; the place, Atonement Lutheran Church.

Following that session, members of the committee will meet in 3 writing groups, each of which will bring back to the full committee a draft of one of these three elements for discussion and refinement. Subsequently, the committee will continue to work on the goals, strategies, time lines, and outcome measures. A draft of the plan will be given to the Board to review, will be refined following that review, and will be presented to the Board for its approval at its April meeting. The plan will be distributed to members before the May annual meeting for member approval.

I would like to invite interested Chorale members to participate in this initial brainstorming session. If you are interested, please get in touch with me at jsegalvv@earthlink.net.

Upcoming Events

Tim Snyder, Artistic Director

Zimbabwean master Sheasby Maiture will be our guest for a portion of rehearsal September 19. Mr. Maiture (a Ph.D. candidate in Ethnomusicology at Indiana University) will teach us an African choral piece to be performed on our December concerts with the Kutandara marimbas. Here's the fun part: there will be no printed music--we will learn the piece aurally and entirely by rote. Our challenge will be to keep the piece alive until December!

Those who are interested in more time with Mr. Maiture are invited to attend "Musangano: An African Choral Experience," a weekend African choral workshop to be held at Atonement September 22-24. Jointly sponsored by the Kutandara Center and Atonement Lutheran Church, this event is open to singers of all ages and will include rehearsals with Mr. Maiture, exposure to the rich repertory of African song, breakfast and lunch on Saturday, and an informal concert for family and friends on Sunday afternoon. For more information, take a brochure and registration form from the display outside Tim's office.

Chorale Tour to Greece

Erin Christensen-Mandel, Coordinator

The Greece Tour will be from June 28-July 7, 2007. Members from the Chorale, the Women’s Chorale, friends, and family are all invited to join us. In the meantime, we will have a representative from Gateway Tours visiting at 9:00 p.m. (at the end of the full Chorale rehearsal) on Tuesday, September 12, 2006.

Deposit Information:

Deposits will be due by Tuesday, September 19, 2006.
$200 deposit per person for Air and Land tour.
$100 deposit per person for Land-Only tour (you will be responsible for your own airline arrangements).
Please pay with cash or with checks made out to: The Boulder Chorale.

There are information sheets and deposit envelopes available on the Greece Tour table at rehearsals (look for the Greek flag). As always, if you have any questions, please contact me: Erin Christensen-Mandel, Tour Coordinator

303-554-7692

boulderchorale@yahoo.com

All registration payments are due by Tuesday, September 12.  Please see Peg Gorce (Membership Liaison) or Jeff Hale (Treasurer) to make your payment.

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Boulder Chorale Retreat

Miriam Lindahl, Concert Manager

Yet another milestone for the Chorale! Our FIRST all-chorale retreat offers the unique experience of being more involved in the life of the choir. Special emphasis: bonding with the music—especially the Duruflé Requiem---cultivating friendships and appreciating an inviting new and sacred venue.

WHO: Boulder Chorale and the Boulder Women’s Chorale

WHAT: A day-long Chorale Retreat

WHEN: Saturday, 30 September 2006 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (The Chorale will sing together as well as participate in sectional break-out sessions.)

WHERE: Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder

5001 Pennsylvania Ave. (off 55^th St.) Boulder

CONDUCTORS: Tim and Kim

MEALS: A light breakfast and boxed lunch will be catered. Beverages provided.

FEE: $10.00/singer. (The chorale will match your $10 to offset $20 in cost.)

You can expect the Chorale retreat to be an enjoyable and worthwhile experience. We will enjoy uninterrupted and productive rehearsal with our repertoire, good food and spirited ‘down time’. Treat yourself ‘royally’; let’s make this another musical and social for all the Chorale members.

Sign-up begins on Tuesday, September 5. See you at the break. Welcome back!

Questions/comments: Miriam.lindahl@comcast.net

Fundraising Corner

Stephanie Wanek, Development Chair

The 1st Annual Boulder Chorale Art Fest

Saturday, October 14 from 10-4 at Sacred Heart Jubilee Hall (14th and Mapleton Streets, Boulder)

DO YOU MAKE ANYTHING?

Fall crafts? Jewelry? Art? Photography?

Halloween decor? Thanksgiving centerpieces?

Holiday gifts?

WE NEED TO KNOW WHO IS PLANNING

ON RENTING A TABLE!!

See Event Chairperson Sharon Soderlund or email her at sksoderlund@yahoo.com for details or table sign-up.

Invite your fellow crafters, weavers, artists, photographers, potters, wood craftsmen, beaders or quilters to rent a table too!

This will be a great event open to ALL! Help us spread the word to lots of people for a great success!!

SAVE THE DATE (Saturday, 10/14) TO SHOP,

SELL AND VOLUNTEER!

New This Year…Season Tickets!

Karen Haimes, Ticket Manager

Be sure to take a look at the great prices listed on your season ticket order forms, which reflect a savings of over 15% for our concerts at First United Methodist Church and 20% for our spring concert at Macky Auditorium. Regular ticket prices at First United Methodist Church are $12 for seniors and students and $15 for all other adults. With the season order, tickets to the Macky performance range from only $8 to $28.

Order forms will be available at all rehearsals for members to pick up and fill out at their leisure. Or they may be downloaded from our website at www.boulderchorale.org. When completed, just drop into the season orders deposit box in our office at Atonement Church, along with your payment.

King Soopers Grocery Certificates?

Dede Beardsley

King Soopers gift certificates are the effortless way for you to make money for the Boulder Chorale. The key word here is: effortless! It reminds me of one of my favorite fortunes: “You will earn thousands of dollars simply by doing nothing!”

How Does It Work?

Through the Boulder Chorale, you buy King Soopers gift certificates that are as good as cash at King Soopers and at some Safeways. If you normally spend $200 each month on groceries, you’d buy $200 in certificates and use them as cash when you shop for groceries.

How do we, the Boulder Chorale, benefit?

We buy the gift certificates at the following discounts:

· 3% if we purchase $200-$2499 in certificates

· 4% if we purchase $2500-$4999 in certificates

· 5% if we purchase $5000 or more in certificates

The key is getting into the 5% bracket. We can do that by each buying just $50 each month in certificates; that would net the Chorale $250 each month. If we each bought just $100 each month, the Chorale would make $500 each month...simply by doing nothing! You do the math.

Details

I will have certificates to sell at the Marketplace during each rehearsal break. (They come in $25 increments.) So bring your checkbooks! Make checks payable to the Boulder Chorale. They’re great gifts, too! Throw some in the direction of your starving college student, for example! Thanks!

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For Your Information, by Miriam Lindahl

Are you eager to get a ‘jump start’ on the fall program? Barnes & Noble is ordering Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem. Tim’s recommendation is: Duruflé: Complete Choral Works

Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge with Richard Marlow Conducting. October 2005, Chandos label

$20.54/CD (tax included)

The recording is not being held for the Chorale, but the store has agreed to keep some CDs in stock. Since this article appeared in the summer newsletter, Barnes & Noble has sold 17 copies—good for us!

Contact the Board Members

JoAn Segal Jack Biddle

President Vice President/Pres. Elect

303-541-1065 720-304-2178

jsegalvv@earthlink.net jackbcmt@aol.com

Christine Evenson Wren Fritzlan

Graphics/Website Membership Assistant

303-774-9301 Assistant Registrar

christie_evenson@hotmail.com 303-651-9318

wfritzlan@coloradorecovery.com

Peg Gorce Karen Haimes

Membership Liaison Ticket Manager

303-447-8720 Concert Dress Chair

puritanprop@earthlink.net 303-442-7370

haimes1@aol.com

Jeff Hale Julie Hale

Treasurer Graphics

303-494-1836 303-494-1836

jeffhale58@msn.com juliehale1@msn.com

Paul Haynes Greg Herring

Music Librarian Asst. Concert Manager

303-494-9154 303-440-6920

prhaynes@comcast.net gherring@us.ibm.com

Diane LaTourrette Miriam Lindahl

Secretary Concert Manager

303-494-4177 303-530-2077

sjlatourrette@att.net miriam.lindahl@comcast.net

Sam Richman Sharon Soderlund

Assistant Librarian Marketing/Publicity

303-494-2253 303-494-9459

samrichman@comcast.net sksoderlund@yahoo.com

Stephanie Wanek

Development/Fundraising

303-545-9677

smwanek@yahoo.com

Calendar of Events

Tuesday, September 5, and Tuesday, September 12—Walk-In Registration.

Boulder Chorale: male tenors and basses

Boulder Women’s Chorale: sopranos and altos

Atonement Lutheran Church, 685 Inca Parkway, Boulder

Tuesday, September 5—Rehearsals begin for small groups

Women’s Chorale 6:00-6:50 p.m.

Chamber Chorale 6:30-8:15 p.m.

Full Chorale 7:00-9:30 p.m.

Atonement Lutheran Church

Saturday, September 9—Women’s Chorale Meeting/Rehearsal

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Diana Doyle’s house.

Maps will be provided in rehearsal.

Monday, September 11—Board of Directors Meeting

7:00 p.m. Atonement Lutheran Church

Please let JoAn know if you plan to attend.

Tuesday, September 12—All Registration Payments are due.

Please see Peg Gorce (Membership Liaison) or Jeff Hale (Treasurer) to make your payment.

Tuesday, September 12—Greece Tour Presentation

9:00 p.m. (at the end of the full Chorale rehearsal)

Monday, September 18—Planning Committee Session

7:15 p.m. Atonement Lutheran Church

Please let JoAn know if you would like to participate.

For more information, please see page 1.

Tuesday, September 19—Greece Tour Deposit Due

$200 per person for Land and Air

$100 per person for Land-Only

Payable in cash or a check made out to: The Boulder Chorale.

Friday, September 22—October Newsletter Deadline

Saturday, September 30—Full Chorale Retreat

Women’s Chorale members are included.

8:30-4:00 p.m.

Unitarian Universalist Church, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave

$10 (actually $20, but the Chorale is paying $10). A light breakfast, boxed lunch, and beverages will be provided.

Sign-up forms will be available through September.

Saturday, October 14—First Annual Boulder Chorale Arts Festival.

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sacred Heart of Jesus

(14th and Mapleton Streets, Boulder)

For more information, please see Sharon Soderlund (Event Chairperson).

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