Archived News Posts for November, 2007

Poco a Poco to Perform Newly Composed Piece

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Poco a Poco will perform a newly composed piece by Mary Davis, long time friend and accompanist of the Northfield Youth Choirs, in this year’s winter concert. An MP3 file of the piece, “A Christmas Folk Song,” can be downloaded here.

A Christmas Folk Song (MP3)

Calling All Singing Parents!

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

You’re invited to join us on our winter concert closing piece, “Night of Silence/Silent Night.” Please rehearse with us on Sat., Dec. 8th, at 9:50 a.m., in Carleton’s Skinner Chapel.

“A Child’s Christmas”

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Treble and Concert Choir members will have an important rehearsal on Mon., Dec. 10th at St. Olaf.

  • Treble Choir: 6:15 - 7:45 pm. (note rehearsal time change)
  • Concert Choir: 6:45 - 8:15 pm. (note rehearsal time change)

Here are the details for the Dec. 15th performance of “A Child’s Christmas” at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.

  • 12:15–Load Bus at St. John’s Lutheran Church
  • 1:30–Rehearsal in Central Lutheran
  • 3:30–Concert. A freewill donation will be collected at the door. Families are welcome to attend.
  • Singers will ride home with families. Please let us know if your singer will be needing a ride with another family.

Concert Choir to Perform at Holidazzle Parade

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Concert Choir members have the opportunity to perform in this year’s Macy’s Holidazzle Parade! We have spots for 30 singers for this event. We’ll be meeting at Cub Foods (we’ll be bagging that day) at 3:45 and carpools will be leaving Cub at 4 pm. We’ll arrive in downtown Minneapolis at 5 pm. to dress in robes and lights and assemble on our float. If you’d like to participate, please respond to this email to reserve your spot! Parents, let us know if you are available to drive a carpool and how many singers you can transport. Note that there’s a special rehearsal on Dec. 16th, 4 -6 pm., at Liz’s for all participants.

Winter Sing is Quickly Approaching!

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Poco a Poco and Junior Singers: Your Winter Sing will be held on Tues., Nov. 27th in the chapel of the Northfield Care Center (900 Cannon Valley Drive). This is an opportunity for us to perform our winter concert repertoire and to spread some holiday cheer!

  • Singers: Arrive at 6:15 p.m. in your concert attire. We’ll rehearse until 7 p.m. and then perform for the NCC residents and NYC families. Following our performance, we’ll do some caroling in the hallways. We’ll finish the evening in the chapel with cookies and cocoa. All the fun is over by 7:45.
  • Parents:Can you bring a dozen cookies to share? Can you lead a group of carolers through the halls for 15 minutes? If so, please email to this email with “winter sing” in the subject line. Thanks in advance for your help.