The following music is needed in folders for the upcoming events:
BIG SING (27th Oct, Brisbane)
SING from Scratch with Toowoomba Vocal Ensemble (17th Nov)
Plus shared music to be learnt on the day – ‘River’ and Haleluya! Pelo tsa rona  (please print from emailed attachments)
Please note the updates to Rehearsal dates for Term 3.
As the usual first Tuesday fell in the school holidays, the first rehearsal for Term 3 is on the 2nd Tuesday and deMolay House is not available so we have a space available at the Life Line building – 17 Long Street. Other dates will be confirmed as we lead up to some singing events for the end of the year.
Come and join Choirbolical for SPRING SING 2013 during Toowoomba’s Carnival of Flowers.
Congratulations to Astrid with recent releases of music with her group Astrid and the Asteroids. Check out
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=KlLRbwRl3cI&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKlLRbwRl3cI%26feature%3Dyoutu.be
Choirbolical members are invited to join the Queensland Kodaly Choir,
 other choirs and individuals in a choir workshop facilitated by Dr James Cuskelly.
This will be the Kodaly Choir’s first Workshop in Warwick which will be held in St Mary’s Church, cnr Wood & Palmerin Streets, Warwick. The day will start with registration 9:30am and the outline for the day is as follows:-
COST is $10 waged/ $5 unwaged – to be paid to Catherine for a bulk Choirbolical payment.
If you are participating as an individual payments can be made directly to St Mary’s:
Looking forward to seeing you there!
If you were lucky enough to come to our early February Workshop with Astrid, you will have enjoyed the day of singing new repertoire. Don’t worry if you missed out this time – new songs will be included in our regular rehearsals on first and third Tuesday evenings at deMolay house. See you there.
Welcome to a new year with Choirbolical in 2013.
SEE you on Tuesdays for a year of making music together.
Details of Rehearsals and Performances for our last term of 2012 :
Tues 9th Oct – 7-9pm – special rehearsal with Astrid to prepare for BIG SING (Bring munchies & stay for a cuppa)
Tues 23rd Oct – rehearsal with Margaret (usual time)
Sun 28th Oct – BIG SING Stuartholme Brisbane workshop and concert
Tues 6th November – Rehearsal
Thursday 8th Nov. – PERFORMANCE – Lifeline AGM 7pm
Tues 20th Nov – Rehearsal
Tues 4th Dec – Rehearsal
Saturday 15th Dec – PERFORMANCE – Christmas Wonderland Queens Park 7.15-8.15pm
and CHRISTMAS BREAK-UP to follow
A workshop with Astrid (of Astrid & the Asteroids fame) will be held at our usual rehearsal venue – Uniting Church Hall in Stenner St near the corner of Stenner and Ramsey St on SATURDAY 12th MAY. Starting time is 9am so please arrive around 8.30 for a 9am start. We will break around 11am for morning tea/brunch/lunch and aim to finish at 1pm. Please bring a plate of sweet or savoury food to share for the mid break. Tea and coffee supplied.
Reply via email to Loretto: [email protected]
Cost: $20 – $25
Minutes of CHOIRBOLICAL VOCE meeting 17/1/12Â Â
Present: Judy, Noel, Margaret, Kent, Catherine, Rob, Loretto, Marion (Thankyou Judy for hosting)
1. Finances – as per statements prepared by Catherine. Note – 10th Anniversary function cost neutral and 2011 overall fees covered expenditure without a fundraising event. Balance remains positive.
2. Fees – to be maintained as per 2011. $200 up front fee includes music OR $50 per term. Direct deposits are encouraged. New members are welcome to have 2 nights with no fees. Catherine – Treasurer / Rob – spokesperson for reminders.
3. Membership – new members are welcome and information needs to be available to hand out.
4. Communication –
a. Leaflet with background about Choirbolical, membership details, rehearsals, events to be prepared for new members and to promote. Marion to prepare info and ask Judy B to create.
b. Flyer to put up in public spaces with information. “
c. Email – continue membership email. Will trial having email with hidden addresses and add a section at the bottom of emails – Apologies and queries can be directed to Margaret mj_muller@hotmail.com  Rob to look at creating a template for emails. Loretto & Kent to maintain email list.
d. Website – website great for having parts. Marion & Margaret to update as required.
5. Repertoire – Margaret presented possible new repertoire. Discussion included requests that repertoire is across a range of genres. Limit the number of new pieces with parts we are working on so they are learnt well. Include some pieces that are partly familiar – e.g. medley of Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Cold Play. Consider lyrics when choosing pieces. Continue short canon type pieces, e.g. Faye White songs. Start encouraging learning of new pieces without music at rehearsals. Music and parts on the website available to practice at home.
6. Possible Events – include Drumming Workshop Term 1 (Margaret to organise)/ Anzac Day service/ Spring Sing 15th Sept? / Big Sing Brisbane 28th Oct? / Christmas carols / Meet with other community choirs.
7. Social Events – Kent, Loretto & Judy to encourage some regular social events during the year e.g. beginnning of the year get together at Loretto’s home / picnic in the park Term 2? Re-establish munchies night – see nights below*
8. Rehearsal dates: Men(M) Ladies (L) practices to trial as an early start 7pm on rehearsal nights.
| TERM 1 – Jan 31*  Feb 13 (M) Feb 27* (L)  Mar 12 (M) Mar 26* (L) |