Greetings

JoAn Segal, President

“Let’s begin at the very beginning”, goes the line in the famous song from The Sound of Music. In that context, the beginning is do, re, mi. But there are so many beginnings! Some happen around this time of year. School starts. Chorale rehearsals begin. The Jewish New Year comes around. And for me, my birthday.

The Chorale’s 2006-7 season is off to a good start. We have made a good beginning on the Duruflé pieces: the Requiem and the Motets. The Women’s Chorale sounds wonderful as we enter the building and hear their sweet music.

The Chorale’s Planning process has also begun. We started off with a brainstorming session, where we shared our dreams about what the Chorale could be – our Vision. “The best choral group in the world” was one of the suggestions. We also gave thought to the Core Values upon which we want the Chorale to be based, values like “inclusiveness,” and “high quality of performance”. And we talked about our Mission: what it is we do, such as “Sing”, or “create community within and outside of the Chorale.” The process is moving on, with three subgroups each concentrating on one of these three concepts, drafting language the entire committee will discuss at our next full committee meeting. If the whole process is as energizing and exciting as this beginning, we should really have a wonderful Strategic Plan in place by the end of this season.

We’re also beginning with a first-ever full Chorale retreat on Saturday, Sept. 30. Over 100 have signed up for this community-building and performance-enhancing activity. How exciting!

And, speaking of birthdays, we’ll be doing them less randomly than in the past. You were all asked to put your birthday month on your registration information form. Once a month, we’ll honor all those who were born in that month! Happy beginnings!

Angel Ticket Program

Sara Neustadtl

Community volunteers who want to give those in your care a treat: this is your chance! The Chorale has set aside 20 tickets from the Angel Ticket Program as gifts to those people in our community who otherwise would be unable to attend our concert in November. The Chorale can offer up to five tickets to each organization. Transportation will not be provided. For information please contact Sara Neustadtl at neusara@aol.com

Chorale Tour to Greece

Erin Christensen-Mandel, Coordinator

So far we have 62 people signed up for the tour to Greece! The tour will be from June 28 through July 7, 2007. We still have a few open seats, so if you are thinking about joining, please let me know as soon as possible.

In the meantime, a trip to the IMAX movie “Greece: Secrets of the Past” is in the works. There is a sign-up sheet at the Greece Tour table if you are interested. More information will be coming soon.

As always, if you have any questions, please contact me:

Erin Christensen-Mandel, Tour Coordinator

303-554-7692

boulderchorale@yahoo.com

From the Grants Committee

Sue Hintz-Siegrist, Chair

Money Makes the World Go Around, the Chorale Go Around...

The 2006-2007 Boulder Chorale grant writing committee consists of Sue Hintz-Siegrist (chair), Diane LaTourrette, Ruth Arnold, Jan Wierzba and Josephine Bynder. We have been busy since meeting earlier this summer, writing grants to help with a variety of the Chorale's expenses.

I'm very happy to report that the Chorale received an award of $7,710.00 from SCFD which will be presented on October 10th at the Dairy Center for the Arts. Please thank committee member Josephine Bynder for her successful writing efforts!

We also have grant proposals currently under consideration to Xcel Energy Foundation and the Denver Foundation, as well as two in the works right now to the Community Foundation and BCAA. Jan Wierzba is preparing a grant request to IBM. We also have plans to apply for several grants that will be due later in the season.

Not all grants are suited to our needs so we do go through a process of consideration and try to select the grant opportunities that best suit our needs for the season. The committee welcomes any information regarding corporate grants to non-profits that you may know of. Perhaps your employer offers grant possibilities or you know of an organization that does. Please feel free to contact any of the grant committee members.

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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!

Calendar of Events

Tuesday Evening Rehearsals—

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 (unless otherwise noted)

Monday, October 9—Board of Directors Meeting

7:00 p.m.

Atonement Lutheran Church (685 Inca Parkway, Boulder)

Please let JoAn know if you plan to attend.

Tuesday, October 31—Regular Rehearsals; New Location

Beginning at 6:00 p.m.

First United Methodist Church (1421 Spruce Street, Boulder)

Thursday, November 2—Dress Rehearsal

(You do not need to wear concert attire to this rehearsal.)

Boulder Chorale and Chamber Chorale

7:00 p.m.

First United Methodist Church (1421 Spruce Street, Boulder)

Saturday, November 4—Duruflé Concert

Boulder Chorale and Chamber Chorale

6:30 p.m. Concert Call

7:30 p.m. Performance

First United Methodist Church (1421 Spruce Street, Boulder)

Sunday, November 5—Duruflé Concert

Boulder Chorale and Chamber Chorale

3:00 p.m. Concert Call

4:00 p.m. Performance

First United Methodist Church (1421 Spruce Street, Boulder)

Monday, November 13—Board of Directors Meeting

7:00 p.m.

Atonement Lutheran Church (685 Inca Parkway, Boulder))

Please let JoAn know if you plan to attend.

Tuesday, December 5—Final Member Payment Deadline

Deadline for all sheet music payments.

Please see Paul Haynes (Music Librarian), Sam Richman (Assistant Librarian), or Jeff Hale (Treasurer) to make your payment.

On That Note:

“Res severa verum gaudium: True pleasure is serious business.” This is the motto of the Gewndhaus Orchestra of Lipzig, the oldest continuously performing orchestra in the world (adopted in 1781).

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