City of Flags Chorus

CITY OF FLAGS HOT SHEET www.cityofflagschorus.org MAY 13, 2011

THIS HOT SHEET IS NOT ONLY HOT, BUT SMOKIN’ HOT. PLEASE DON’T READ LATER - DO IT NOW.

May 15 THIS SUNDAY - Music Ministry Sunday – CONNIE DIRECTING May 19-21 CONTEST! Cleveland – See all details below May 23 Installation Banquet – Tozzi’s – 6:30 May 30 Memorial Day Parade, N. Canton – COF TRUCK – See below MAY 31 REHEARSAL HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM MONDAY TO TUESDAY June 5 Darryl’s Retirement Party, Cutler Party Room, 5-8 p.m. June 25 Johnny Appleseed Outdoor Theatre Performance w/HOF & COF! 7 p.m. June 25-26 RMT Retreat Aug. 21 Chorus Summer Picnic – Sunday Afternoon, Dogwood Park, N. Canton Sept. 16-18 Preserving Harmony Weekend – Perrysburg, OH Oct. 17-23 2011 SAI Contest – Houston, TX Nov. 12 COFC Show, GlenOak High School

INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT CONTEST STUFF IN HERE. NO KIDDING!

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Marydee will be making her make-up run TODAY in ABOUT 2 HOURS. If you need something, call her on her cell before 2 p.m. 330-592-7512 ****************************** Six Page – yes, 6 page attachment to Hot Sheet with important information for show weekend. Includes serious stuff about parking, hotel check-in and more. You’d better read it or you will be really screwed up. I know I’m scared, and the more information I have, the less scared I will be. Of course, I will be depending on the guidance of my roomies. So Sue and/or Cathy, please be sure to take all this to memory and I will follow you around. – Madelyn

*********************************** LAST CHANCE! Military Care Packages – BRING ITEMS THIS MONDAY!

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I KNOW THIS HOT SHEET IS EXCRUCIATINGLY LONG. I DON’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP. (WELL, SOME OF IT I DO). PLEASE READ IT.

OH MY GOSH...... COMPETITION WEEK IS HERE!!!!!

Are you excited? Anxious? Scared? Ready to show our region what we are all about? Well, I am all of the above and then some. I am very excited for the weekend to get here! As for me, this will be a weekend of "firsts." First time singing on stage with "Hot Flash” - first time attending a director’s meeting, putting on a director’s costume, taking you thru the pattern and hearing my name attached to the great City of Flags Chorus! Then directing you thru 6 fun-filled minutes. First time as a director coming off stage with a sigh of relief and a rush of excitement as so many greet us with well wishes and good thoughts. Then back on stage for awards and medals. What a day and weekend this will be for us!

As I said last week, at this point we are what we are. We have a little clean up to do and we need to somehow remember to NOT SCREAM our uptune. Good solid singing will get us so much more than screaming. I would love for the weather to cooperate again so we can get outside but that is not looking good right now. We will do more row work with some rows, so please be thinking about you moves, choreographed or not. So, as you can see, we will be doing many run throughs again.

One more great Monday night, a Saturday morning rehearsal - and we are off to the race! How we will do is up to us and the judges. Just remember, no matter how we place, we worked hard, we had fun and we can all be proud of each other. And if you can, I would like to invite all of you to join me at my church this weekend for Music Ministry Sunday. All of my choirs will be ringing and singing. Christ United Methodist 600 East Gorgas Louisville. Service starts at 9:00 sharp. See ya Monday 7:15 sharp!! - Connie Note from Madelyn: I attended this last year and was spellbound at the beauty of the bells! Singing was great too!

MILITARY PACKAGES FROM THE CITY OF FLAGS CHORUS

This is my dear old dad, Warren F. Dunn. Today he would have been 90 years old. He told me all of his stories of WWII, but it was almost what he didn’t tell me that touched me the most. To see the pain and sadness in his face when he spoke of it after being away from that war for over 60 years spoke volumes to me. Our soldiers give so much of themselves, they miss so much, and they need to know how much they are appreciated. I know receiving a package from a stranger during those five years my dad was gone would have meant the world to him.

Let’s honor all of the veterans we know and have known, including our very own Colleen, by sending a huge box of love. Madelyn Susan LeMonte has graciously offered to organize this most worthy effort. The Louisville Middle School students, again, are preparing Military Care Packages May 9th through May 18th. With the help of the "Blue Star Mothers," the USO will ship all of the items over this year! Please refer to Hot Sheet 5/6/11 for all the details including requested items. Let’s show our support from the City of Flags Chorus to our men and women in uniform!

For more information, contact Susan LeMonte [email protected] 330-858-5642 – cell 330-875-5447 – home.

Memorial Day Parade – North Canton, OH: My husband and I have been invited to be in the parade with him driving a military vehicle and me driving a big white open top ’71 Blazer. The parade is Monday May 30, with a 09:00 step off time. The community section of the parade forms in the Memorial Stadium parking lot on 7th Street NE. The veterans/military section forms in the Dogwood Park parking lot on 7th Street NE. The route is from there to the square of town followed by a Memorial Ceremony at Bitzer Park.

So you have to ask yourself, “Do I feel lucky? Might I be one of the first callers and get to sing in the back of the truck representing our chorus?” And you might also want to ask yourself, “Would I feel safe with Madelyn driving?” Now that’s not fair. And no, I will not let my experienced bus driver friend, Carol, drive the truck. This is all, of course, contingent on me getting it out of the garage, getting it started hoping that I didn’t rip the transmission out of it last year. Also hoping that I can afford the gas this hog will drink. Let’s all think positive! - Your friend, Madelyn

CONTEST INFORMATION – PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENTS ALSO.

Want to ponder your personal contest presentation? Go to the COFC website home page. Don’t go into the member’s only site, but instead scroll all the way to the bottom of the first page. You will see an icon for Facebook and an icon for YouTube. Click on YouTube icon and you will see the recent Friends and Family night video!

Regional Breakfast - May 21, 2011, 8:00 am, Balcony /Grand Ballroom: The regional breakfast will be held on the balcony of the Grand Ballroom starting at 8:00 am for everyone. After breakfast, you may go to your assigned room. City of Flags goes to Severance (4th floor) following breakfast. Sign Up for Contest Photo: Deadline to order contest photo WAS 5/9 – just sayin. You snooze, you lose. That’s why it’s so important to read this hot sheet I toil away at just for fun. Contest Weekend Clothing: Please wear your white logo blouses, red tanks and navy pants (if you have navy pants). If you are a new chorus member and do not yet have the blouse, let Cathy Dunlap know immediately. [email protected]

Check your CONTEST STAGE COSTUME FIT NOW! If you have any major issues, please contact Sue, [email protected] 330-324-2391 or Cathy, [email protected] or 330- 936-4061. Be sure to wear your light colored all in one!

Blue Folders with Contest Weekend Information: Hopefully, you’ve got your hands on it by now. It contains all the information for the weekend. Any questions, contact Cathy D. or Sue H.

Make-Up Run Today – Call by 2 pm: Marydee is going today around 2. Call 330-592-7512 if you need something. The remainder of the makeup you need for competition is listed in your competition packet, and can be found at most drug stores, Walmart, Target, Kmart, etc. – Marydee Note from Charlene: Walgreens also has BYGO on some of our makeup! [Note from Madelyn: It took me awhile to figure out BYGO, but I got it, did you?]

Any questions about Regional contest weekend? This link will answer many of them: http://www.region17online.org/contest.php

*************************************************************************** Darryl’s Party – Sunday, June 5, 5 to 8 pm: You should have all received the formal invitation in your email this week. I hope that you know I was sort of kidding when I asked for your weight on the “not so formal” invitation response I handed out at the practice. I was thinking that if I had the weights of all members and then averaged them, it could sort of be a target weight for me to shoot for. Please do respond to me ASAP as to whether you plan to attend so we can get a count. Lots more info to follow!

City of Flags Website - www.cityofflagschorus.org, PASSWORD COF7890: Add this link to your favorites, bookmark it or add it to your toolbar! The plan is to add pertinent information often. If you have an idea for website content, let us know! Click on Members Only - and then put in the password. (DO NOT CLICK ON LOG IN. That is for updating the website only).

The newest tune added to our website is a fun one, written from frustration and sung for laughs! “Saturday Night in Toledo Ohio.” If you want to know more about the author & reason for this tune, you may either click on the link #1 below and hear Randy Sparks discuss how this song came about, or read the article below the link. If you’d like to hear it sung by John Denver, click link #2. Enjoy! See you Monday! Jody

1. http://www.folkalley.com/music/extras/randy-sparks/ 2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=86FRyKBVTsw Installation Banquet - Monday, May 23 at Tozzi's on 12th at 6:30 PM - The Installation Dinner will cost each member $8.00. The chorus will pay $10.00 per person. Please sign up if you plan on attending. If you sign up but do not attend, you will still be charged the $8.00. – Kim Please remember to write a check for $8 to the chorus when you sign up for the installation dinner. What a deal! We are getting a full course dinner for $8 (the chorus will pay the $10 balance). Please come! It will be a nice evening to relax after the competition. – Charlene

Harmony Weekend - Mark Sept. 16-18: As the Harmony Weekend hostess chorus, September 16-18, City of Flags will be performing for Region 17 on Saturday evening as well as “womaning” the boutique table, registration, and various duties throughout the weekend. Please mark your calendar today! If you have some ideas for selling at the boutique, please share your ideas with Barb Syme.

Membership Interest Survey: Please complete and check areas of your interest (as many as you want), then turn in to Jody, either via the computer or chorus mailbox ASAP! We need everyone using their unique talents to make the chorus run smoothly in the upcoming year. Will you help make chorus participation 100%? Thank you!

Membership Training: Held in Independence with Kathy Carmody, June 25 from 8:30-4:00.. See Sue Heck ASAP if interested.

Director - No Hanging Chads! It will be an exciting summer filled with learning, working together, preparing for the show, and auditioning potential directors for COFC. Each member in good standing will have a vote on the future director of City of Flags as the director position is decided by a 2/3 vote (secret ballot). Our desire, hope, and expectation would be that summer rehearsals will be the most rewarding, exciting option available on Monday nights!

Card Shower: Port City Pearl Chorus is inviting ALL Sweet Adelines to a CARD SHOWER for a VERY special “Pearl,” MARY ELLA MERRICK, who will be 105 years young on May 26, 2011. She is an inspiration to so many. PLEASE send cards and good wishes to her home: Mary Ella Merrick, 530 Woodlawn Ave., Muscatine, IA 52761 Thank you, Sisters in Harmony! Cathy Dallinger, Port City Pearl Chorus, Reg. 5, Muscatine, Iowa [Note from Madelyn: Way to go Pearl! [My dog Sophie turns 105 years young today, and all she asked for was cheeseburgers.]

SHOW INFORMATION

Full Speed Ahead! Show Committee will proceed with the venue in place – GlenOak High School, November 12. Show music will be on member's only page of website so members may press forward as well! Thank you to those who have taken the time to research local venues. Let's begin this search again soon for the 2012 show!

Show Music: All show music is on the website now (except one tune). Click on the link above to go to the home page, then click on the word Members and enter the password cof7890. If you are unable to print the music from there or if you would rather not do so, please let me know ASAP so we can make and get copies to you.

Spare 2010 Show programs from November? Please bring your extra copies to Kathy Strobel for the ad folders. Thanks!

COFC PRAYER CONCERNS

Patty Bent – loss of mother this week June Arthur Wilburn – Sincere sympathy . . . Miriam Sprunger – loss of husband, Curt Cathy Dunlap’s Mother - cancer Claudia Brothers’ Father – recovery from pacemaker implant this past week Rita Zwick’s son, Jeremy –recovery from kidney surgery Rita Zwick’s husband, John – recovery from heart surgery Darryl Flinn – continued healing from shoulder surgery! Susan Kolarik – breast cancer - http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/susankolarik Staci Brick Woolf’s mother – metastasized cancer Nicole, Joanne Ellison’s granddaughter - kidney Kaleb & family/Judy C’s great grandson - coma in FL Please send your updated prayer concerns to Madelyn for inclusion in this list. Keep these requests in your heart, as they will be removed after a period of time. Members, please do keep us updated on conditions.

I’VE HAD IT. Right after these reminders, I am pushing SEND. There’s only so much a girl can take. Period. And thank God I  CHECK YOUR CHORUS MAIL – “INTEREST” SHEET NEEDS FILLED OUT AND RETURNED  GO TO THE COF WEBSITE AND REVIEW ALL CONTEST VIDEOS!  DONATE TO REGION 17 MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER http://main.acsevents.org/goto/region17 (HS:4/22)  TAKE CARE OF CONTEST EXPENSES! THANKS TO ALL WHO ALREADY HAVE!  MARK CALENDAR FOR INSTALLATION BANQUET – MONDAY, 5/23 – 6:30 P.M.  REMEMBER NO PRACTICE ON MONDAY MEMORIAL DAY – CHANGED TO DAY AFTER  MARK CALENDAR FOR DARRYL’S RETIREMENT PARTY – SUNDAY, 6/5 – 5-8 P.M.  LEARN THE WINNER’S SONG FOR AUDIENCE SING-A-LONG FRIDAY NIGHT AT CONTEST The music is also being included in the Regional Competition Program which you will pick up at the Registration Table once you arrive in Cleveland. (HS:4/22)  CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE – www.cityofflagschorus.org, PASSWORD COF7890 When you get into our site, click on Members Only (at bottom of picture) and then put in the password. (DO NOT CLICK ON LOG IN. That is for updating the website only).  LATECOMERS USE SIDE DOORS IF YOU ARRIVE AFTER DOORMAN LEAVES AT 7:30  PUT YOUR NAME IN THE JAR EACH WEEK FOR “JUST BECAUSE YOU CAME”