Northfield Youth Choirs

Snow Days is Fri., Jan. 18 to Sun., Jan. 20th at Camp Omega! Here’s a printer-friendly version of our 2008 Snow Days Guide. In it you’ll find a schedule, a packing list, emergency contact information and our camp rules for the weekend. If you have any questions about the weekend, don’t hesitate to contact your choir parent or the Northfield Youth Choirs office by calling 664-9335 or replying to this email.

Treble Choir, Concert Choir and Chorale: Snow Days are right around the corner! We’ll be at Camp Omega near Waterville again this year, from after school Fri., Jan. 18 to Sun. afternoon, Jan. 20th. In addition to providing important rehearsal time for learning spring repertoire, this annual retreat is full of wintry fun! Stay tuned for more details, including a detailed schedule and packing list.

On Dec., 8th, Chorale members are invited to stay in concert attire and carpool to the Northfield Arts Guild Festival of Trees Party after the winter concert. We’ll be singing from 6:45 to 7:30 pm. Afterwards, all carolers are invited to Liz’s house for a bite to eat and to share their music with the NYC staff and board. You can be picked up at the NAG at 7:30 or at Liz’s at approx. 8:30.

At our Sat. morning rehearsal (12/8), all choirs (except Poco a Poco) will turn in fall music and folders. When you get to Skinner Chapel, look for a box labeled with the name of your choir. Please keep your black bags and bring them to the first rehearsal in January. Remember that singers are responsible for lost or damaged music. Thank you for your help in caring for this valuable choir resource!

We NYC singers and adults have an opportunity to participate in a Northfield community service project. On Sun., Dec. 9th from 1-3pm, a Northfield Youth Choirs team of 15-22 singers and adults will gather at the Northfield Armory to pack nutritious meals. These meals will feed starving children all over the world through the Minnesota-based, non-profit organization, “Feed My Starving Children” (www.fmsc.org).

Our NYC team will be one of 48 teams (approximately 800+ Northfield volunteers) to pack a staggering 160,000 nutritious meals over three days. In one short session, the average individual volunteer packs an entire box of food–enough meals to feed 216 children or to feed one child for more than 7 months. The impact of our efforts will assuredly be realized in the wide reaches of this world. Imagine what our community can accomplish!

There are two ways to help in this great effort:

• We need to provide 15-22 volunteers (ages 9 and up) to participate directly in packing meals on Dec. 9th, 1-3 pm at the Armory. If you would like to help pack meals, please respond to this email.
• We need contributions of all sizes. Fifteen cents will cover the cost of one meal. The cost of one box (216 meals) is approximately $32. The cost of the meals that our group alone will pack on Dec. 9th will equal about $500. Please consider how our collective efforts can accomplish tremendous things. Checks can be made out to “Feed My Starving Children,” and mailed to NYC, PO Box 460; dropped at our office at 205 S. Water St.; or brought to the Armory on Dec. 9th from 1-3 pm.

This event is sponsored by 5th Bridge (www.5thBridge.org), a Northfield non-profit organization whose aim is to enrich our community by engaging all of us in volunteerism and philanthropy.