Noteworthy News, November 20th
Important upcoming dates:
No Rehearsal the week of Thanksgiving
Monday, November 30, No rehearsal
Monday, December 7, 7 pm Happy Hour (Zoom)
Sunday, December 13, 4 pm Concert: Virtual Wintersong! (Stream)
Monday, January 25, 7 pm First session, Virtual Masterworks Series (Zoom)
A Happy Hour is planned for Monday, December 7th to celebrate our work on Wintersong (perhaps take a sneak-peak at the early edits), make a special presentation, and enjoy virtual social time with a sing-a-long or two. BYOB and snacks.
From Wendy: Alissa and I cannot thank you enough for taking the time to record from home for the virtual choir projects. We had an enormous response from our PSC members and guests, receiving a total of 127 videos! We are so moved by the quantity and quality of the recordings we received -- you sang with accuracy, beauty, and expression. We can't wait to see and hear the final product. Thank you for participating and please invite your friends and family to our virtual Wintersong on December 13th.
We could still use a few more Wintersong Memories. The ones received so far are wonderful. Please take a moment to video record your memory and share it with us. We will be using these memories as social media teasers for our upcoming Wintersong concert. Keep your reflections short and concise — under 30 seconds, please. You can upload your reflection directly to our Dropbox by clicking here. Need to discuss an idea? Send an email to Alissa and let's talk! (alissa@pschoir.org)
With Black Friday and the traditional shopping season right around the corner, remember to use smile.amazon.com to support the Portland Symphonic Choir. Amazon will donate .5% of every purchase to our organization. To link your Amazon account, visit https://smile.amazon.com, click on 'Your Account', select the option to 'Change your Charity', and choose Portland Symphonic Choir. Thank you for your support!
Also, Giving Tuesday, a global celebration of giving, is on December 1st this year. This is a movement to create an international day of charitable giving at the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season. Direct contributions to PSC can be made on our website, pschoir.org/donate.
Starting in January, Portland Symphonic Choir Winter and early Spring activities will feature a Virtual Masterworks Series. We are inviting prestigious choral directors from around the country to join us for an evening of inspirational song, community, and discussion. Save these dates for our coming virtual (Zoom) sessions: Monday, January 25, Monday, February 22, Monday, March 29, and Tuesday, April 27.