Northfield Youth Choirs

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 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.

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.

Be sure to check out the following rehearsal schedule as we prepare for our winter concert, Cantanti! Sing! Note that most singers will have a break at our Saturday morning (12/8) rehearsal and are welcome to bring a book and a snack to enjoy during this time. While we will NOT be having a dress rehearsal, please make sure your uniform is ready for the winter concert that afternoon. More information on uniforms can be found at: www.northfieldyouthchoirs.org/uniforms/

Sun., Dec. 2
Chorale: Rehearse in Carleton’s Skinner Chapel at regular rehearsal time

Mon., Dec. 3
Poco and Jr. Singers: After school program and rehearsal at St. John’s as usual
Treble and Concert Choirs: Rehearse in Carleton’s Skinner Chapel

Treble Choir: 6-8 pm. (Note earlier start time.)
Concert Choir: 7-9 pm. (Note earlier start time.)

Sat. morning, Dec. 8
For all singers in Carleton’s Skinner Chapel.
Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your rehearsal time.

Treble Choir girls: 8-10:30 (break 9-9:30)
Treble Choir boys: 8-10:30 (break 8:30-9:00)
Concert Choir girls: 8:30-11:30 (break: 9-9:30/10:30-11)
Concert Choir boys: 9-11:30 (break: 10:30-11)
Poco a Poco/Jr. Singers: 9:30-11:00
Chorale: 9:30-noon (break- 10:30-11:30)

Families of touring singers, look for your tour assessment invoice to arrive in the mail soon. Remember that tuition and tour assessments must be paid in full by April 6th. Please mail payments to PO Box 460. Thanks!