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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Singers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am writing to remind you that we begin rehearsals next week for American Celebration, our Memorial Weekend Concert on Sunday, May 29<sup>th</sup> at Koka Booth Amphitheater. We hope that you all can join us! The program will feature works from Broadway with some Americana included. Our portion of the program will be as follows;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Choral Selections from West Side Story Bernstein/Sondheim/arr. Stickles<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Medley from Les Miserablles Schonberg/Boublil/arr. Lojeski<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> We will carry over from our Von Trapp October program<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Battle Hymn of the Republic arr. Vince Leonard<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Heartland Vince Leonard<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mother Liberty Phil Feo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We will be collecting your responses differently this time. In an effort to save time and effort from our section leaders, I am asking you to go to the link below to respond. Please do so in whether you intend to participate or not. It will take 20 seconds of your time to do so. This is really important so that we can have enough scores for everyone without having to purchas more than we need. We will assume that you will bring your own copies of Heartland, Battle Hymn and America’s Hope if you did sing the Von Trapp concert in October. The cost for music for this project is $8.00 if you have the Von Trapp pieces and $11.00 if you do not.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K7FGGR6">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K7FGGR6</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I also want to point out that there are some minor adjustments to the schedule that will address concerns from previous years about the amount of time that we spend in the heat. We have ADDED A REHEARSAL with the Wind Ensemble on Tuesday evening, May 24<sup>th</sup> from 7:00 – 8:30 at Durham School of the Arts on Duke Street in Durham. Sorry to make us all run out there to rehearse, but that is where the Wind Ensemble has their regular rehearsals and where the equipment that they need is available. By doing this we WILL NOT REHEARSE IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE DAY OF THE CONCERT (original call was 2:30 – 5:00). We will rehearse from 5:30 – 6:30 prior to the concert to have an opportunity to adjust to the acoustic.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I really hope that you can join us for the finale of our 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary season!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Larry<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'>Lawrence Speakman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'>Artistic Director and Conductor</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#984806'><img border=0 width=121 height=122 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CBEE1B.34752050" alt="CSC_final_logo"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'>The Concert Singers of Cary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'>www.concertsingers.org<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'>www.speakmanvocalarts.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'>919-249-6421<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#984806'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#984806'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>