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    GOSPEL NIGHT 2013

REVISED 5-8-13

CALENDER FOR REHEARSALS/ CHOIR TRYOUTS

DETAILED TIMELINE/PARKING/LOCATION INFORMATION

* NOTE:     PARKING - SCHEDULE - ROBES

At Symphony Hall, the Chorus Room is located in the Basement.  Please enter the stage door around back @ 1 St. Stephens, CHECK-IN with the security guard, and ask for directions from there 

                        P A R K I N G                         

 

We have been offered parking at the Christian Science Mother Church located directly across the street from the REAR STAGE DOOR of Symphony Hall. This is accessible either from Mass Ave OR Huntington Ave if coming AWAY from downtown Boston. The cost is $10 for EACH NIGHT that you want to park there, and MUST be paid IN ADVANCE to Norris Welch. The $10 parking cost for Sat, May 25th includes BOTH the afternoon dress rehearsal AND the evening concert. I will be collecting the money at the Saturday, May 11th rehearsal in the hallway behind the rehearsal room.

 

 UPDATED 5-8-13                    

                                                                        

                                                                  SCHEDULE                            

              May, 2013

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

5    

 

6

7

8

9

10

11      Choir Rehearsal # 4

@ 4P-7P

12

Mother’s Day

13

 

14

15

16

17

18      Choir Rehearsal # 5

@ 4P-7P

19    

 

20

Rehearsal with Floyd

6:30P-9P

21

Rehearsal with Floyd

6:30P-9P

22

Rehearsal with Floyd

6:30P-9P

23

Rehearsal with Floyd

6:30P-9P

24

Rehearsal with Floyd

6:30P-9P

25    Dress Rehearsal @ 10:30A  and

Concert  @ 8:00P

 

 

GOSPEL NIGHT 2013

DETAILED TIMELINE/SCHEDULE

DATE

EVENT

SITE

TIME

 

 May 4, 11 & 18

  (All Saturdays)

Choir Rehearsals  - #1 thru # 5

St. Katherine Drexel Parish

175 Ruggles St

Roxbury, MA

4:00pm –7:00pm

(Saturdays)

Sat 4/27 ends @ 5:30P

 

 

 

 

May 20-24

(Mon – Fri)

 

MANDATORY

INTENSIVE REHEARSALS w/Maestro Floyd

 

 

Symphony Hall Chorus Room           (enter @ Stage Door

1 St. Stephens St, Boston)

Monday - Friday

6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

 

 

 

 

May 25

(Saturday)

Dress Rehearsal w/Orchestra

 

Symphony Hall is located at the corner of Huntington and Massachusetts Avenues.  The Stage Door is located towards the REAR of the building

Symphony Hall

Chorus Room

(enter @ Stage Door

1 St. Stephens St, Boston)

10:30am

Upon arrival, please meet in the Chorus Room

 

May 25

 (Saturday)

20th Annual Gospel Night at the Pops

Symphony Hall (stage)

8:00pm

Singers should arrive @ 7P

 

                        R O B E S   &   S C A R V E S                         

 

ALL ROBES should have been ordered by now. I have sent an email to notify those who have NOT done so with instructions on HOW to do so. The cost is $15.  Three different scarves will be available for you to choose from at the rehearsal on Sat., May 11th

 

 

                      GN2013  A T T I R E                         

 

 

MEN

WOMEN

·        BLUE ROBE                                   

     w/Kente-cloth scarf                                               

·        Dressy black pants

·        Shirt up to you 

·        BLACK dress shoes

·        BLACK hosiery is an absolute MUST!

 

·        BLUE ROBE                                    

     w/Kente-cloth scarf                                                

·        IF WEARING PANTS:  Dressy black pants  with BLACK hosiery

·        IF WEARING SKIRT or DRESS:  . Black Hosiery is an absolute MUST! This can be purchased very cheaply at CVS/Walgreen, etc…

 

·        Jewelry:  If chosen, should be SMALL

 

 

·        Comfortable black dress shoes which will allow for an hour or so of standing and gospel-choir movement! (high heels are allowed, but strongly discouraged).

Scented items for BOTH men and women

This includes colognes, perfumes, scented lotions & creams, hair sprays, etc, etc, etc

Please, please pretty  please: WEAR NONE

 

 

                      A T T I R E    S A M P L E S                        

 

 

 

 

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DETAILED TIMELINE/SCHEDULE

DATE

EVENT

SITE

TIME

April 4

(Thursday)

@ 9PM

Gospel Night 2013

 

Ability/Availability Questionnaire DUE

Fax (9A-10P) to

617-361-9719 OR      

email to norriswelch@hotmail.com

(PREFERED METHOD)

April 6

(Saturday)

 

 

 

Choir AuditionsALL interested persons arrive at 4P for a rehearsal of a section of 1-2 songs until approximately 5P.  Once the song sections have been taught to everyone, THEN the auditions will be done in SATB quartets using the song sections that were taught. Several people may be asked to take more than one rotation thru the quartet auditions until all persons have been sufficiently heard.

St. Katherine Drexel Parish (formerly St. Francis de Sales)

175 Ruggles St., Roxbury, MA

 

* see NOTE below

4:00pm – 7:00pm

(Saturday)

NEW MEMBERS

AUDITIONS 

 

April 13

(Saturday)

 

~ OR ~

 

April 20

(Saturday)

 

 

Sat, April 13

Gospel Night Solo Auditions (these will be videotaped/recorded)

 

(You should respond with ALL available time slots that you could be available, and  you will be notified of your scheduled audition)

 

Self recordings are due

St. Katherine Drexel Parish  (formerly St. Francis de Sales)

175 Ruggles St., Roxbury, MA

 

* see NOTE below

4:00pm – 8:00pm

(Saturday, 4/13)

SOLO AUDITIONS 

~ OR ~

 

7:00pm – 9:00pm

(Saturday, 4/20)

 

Apr 20 & 27

 May 4, 11 & 18

  (All Saturdays)

Choir Rehearsals  - #1 thru # 5

St. Katherine Drexel Parish

4:00pm –7:00pm  

(4:00-5:30 27th)

(Saturdays)

Apr 29

 (Monday)

LAST date for soloists’ bio and head shot pic to be submitted to Norris. (See ‘Solo Auditions Guidelines’)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 20-24

(Mon – Fri)

 

MANDATORY

INTENSIVE REHEARSALS w/Maestro Floyd

 

NOTE:  This is the SAME church as our old St. Francis de Sales Church under a new name

St. Katherine Drexel Parish 175 Ruggles St., Roxbury, MA

 

* see NOTE below

Monday - Friday

6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

 

 

 

 

May 25

(Saturday)

Dress Rehearsal w/Orchestra

 

Symphony Hall is located at the corner of Huntington and Massachusetts Avenues.  The Stage Door is located towards the REAR of the building

Symphony Hall

(enter @ Stage Door

1 St. Stephens St, Boston)

10:30am

Upon arrival, please meet in the Chorus Room

 

May 25

 (Saturday)

20th Annual Gospel Night at the Pops

Symphony Hall (stage)

8:00pm

Singers should arrive @ 7P

 

 

 SCHEDULE 

APRIL 2013

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 

1

2

3

4

Availability forms due to Norris by 9P

5

6   NEW MEMBER choir auditions

4P-7P

 

7       

 

8

9

10

11

12

13

SOLOIST auditions #1

4P-7P

14          

 

15

16

17

18

19

20      Choir Rehearsal # 1

@ 4P-7P SOLOIST auditions #2

7P-10P

Self-made videos due today

21        

 

22

23

24   

25

26

27           Choir Rehearsal # 2

@ 4P-7P

 

28      

 

29

LAST day for soloists’ bios/pics

30

 

 

 

 

  

MAY 2013

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 

 

 

1

2

3   INFO TO ELEANOR

4             Choir Rehearsal # 3

@ 4P-7P

 

5   

 

6

7

8

9

10

11      Choir Rehearsal # 4

@ 4P-7P

12

Mother’s Day

13

 

14

15

16

17

18      Choir Rehearsal # 5

@ 4P-7P

19    

 

20

Rehearsal with Floyd

6:30P-9P

21

Rehearsal with Floyd

6:30P-9P

22

Rehearsal with Floyd

6:30P-9P

23

Rehearsal with Floyd

6:30P-9P

24

Rehearsal with Floyd

6:30P-9P

25    Dress Rehearsal @ 10:30A  and

Concert  @ 8:00P

 

 

                                                                                 

 

 DETAILED TIMELINE/PARKING/LOCATION INFORMATION

* NOTE:   

Upon arrival at St. Katherine Drexel Parish (FORMERLY  St. Francis de Sales Church), please enter thru the REAR door off the parking lot.

bulletDrive just past the front door of the church to the first street on the LEFT ( Raynor Circle ).
bulletDrive down to the school building on the LEFT side
bulletJust past the school building, turn LEFT into the parking lot

 ** The parking lot has now been sectioned off for the Police Department use. Please take notice of the signs **