Season Wrap up

Well we've done it! Another season has come to an end and as I said in my recent Facebook post, you guys deserve to be congratulated! We had a wonderful weekend in PEI and I hope you enjoyed yourselves in spite of the heat, humidity and driving on PEI roads! The concerts were very successful: you sang a great concert on Friday night and the Celtic Mass for the Sea on Sunday night was a wonderful event for everyone involved. Scott and Jennyfer were very appreciative as was Christine Gallant in her thanks to me after the concert. The weekend's events (in addition to the Mahone Bay concert over a week ago) makes me realize that the outreach concerts we do are so important for many different reasons.

So, some of the important questions of the weekend which still need to be answered:
- did Ryan ever wake up on Monday morning?
- should we ever let Sean and Geoff play fooseball again?
- did Shona drool while she slept on the way home?
- does Greg's kids know he makes animal sounds when passing herds of cows?
- will Christina receive a flood of phone calls just to hear her say "bye" when she hangs up?
- did Jordan ever calculate the "Celtic MASS of the Sea?"
...and on it goes.

I thank each of you, your partners and families for all you have given to the choir this season. I know full well the committment each of you make to sing in Camerata. Have a wonderful rest, enjoy your holidays this summer and I will see you in the fall.

Indian River here we come!

Thanks for the good workout on the Celtic Mass last night. Note that we will not sing "Mary Ellen Carter" to end the first half of the concert on Sunday night, but will sing "Like A Child" (from the SOLACE recording) instead.

Some housekeeping thoughts for the weekend:
- you might want to bring a fan for your UPEI dorm room as it is supposed to be hot this weekend. Also remember your water bottles for rehearsals.
- Judith B. is reserving space for the choir at Charlottetown pub for 7 pm on Saturday evening for those who would like to join us for dinner.
- all scores will be collected after the concerts so please bring everything with you.
- please note that both concerts at Indian River begin 7:30 pm NOT 8pm.


See you all at Indian River for the CBC soundcheck at 4pm on Friday.

Welcome to the Camerata blog!

Dear Friends,

Welcome to our new blog. With the help of blog expert, Christina Murray, we have spent a good part of Saturday morning getting us up and running. While the 09-10 season is almost over this is a good time to get in the habit of checking here for Camerata information.

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In the past, I have sent rehearsal notes and other important information to you by email. I will no longer be doing this. Part of the rationale for the change is to avoid any issue with changes of email address and cluttering your inboxes. Instead, I will post rehearsal notes, programs, important pieces of news, etc. here for your information. Please understand that I expect you to check this blog at least once a week in order to keep on top of important Camerata news.

Congratulations on last night's concert in Mahone Bay. It was a great run-through for Indian River and our upcoming CBC broadcast.