Southern Lakes Masterpiece Chorale: Year 2005
Our 20th anniversary!
Randall Thompson - Frostiana
Howard Hanson - Song of Democracy
(chorale & orchestra)
Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
(orchestra only)
Aaron Copland - A Lincoln Portrait
(orchestra & narrator)
And an dramatic version of The Star Spangled Banner
arranged by Richard Severing
Rehearsals were on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M.
in the Elkhorn Area High School choir room beginning on February 1, 2005.
If you live in the area, please come sing with us!
Dates to Remember
Sunday, April 24 - Rehearsal with orchestra - 7 P.M.Sunday, May 1 - Rehearsal with orchestra - 7 P.M.
Thursday, May 5 - Dress rehearsal - 7 P.M.
Our performance was at the
Elkhorn Area High School
Werner Auditorium
at 7:30 P.M.
Friday, May 6, 2005.
Once again, this web page is my biased personal view from the bass section
... Tom
February 1, 2005
Good to see familiar faces again.Click on image for larger picture... Back to return to this page
I took this picture while walking down the hall. I stopped to take another but it was all blurry.
Signing up and getting our music.
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It looks like we have a chance to learn this music. Randall Thompson is not quite as demanding
as Beethoven. Later, during rehearsal, when I turned from page 9, my loose collection of paper took me back to page 7... I got a new score but all my pencil notes were in the copy I gave back. |
February 8, 2005
More Basses arrive... we have a sectionClick on image for larger picture... Back to return to this page
I venture among the sopranos.
The Tenors.
The altos.
I bought a bag of popcorn at the Elkhorn basketball game during our break.
And when I came back, this is what I saw...
The brains behind this operation.
February 15, 2005
Flu Strikes... 30% of the crew and the Captain missing...Click on image for larger picture... Back to return to this page
The chain of command is good, and others take charge.
Notably, Fletch, who lead us brilliantly.
Again there was a basketball game and I bought another bag of popcorn during our break.
February 22, 2005
Week four and things look good.Click on image for larger picture... Back to return to this page
Slightly out of focus, but we all look happy.
Something went off during rehearsal... thank goodness it wasn't mine.
Attendance forms can be fun... if you're an alto.
Name tags, CD's, Old Progams, extra music... you name it, we got it.
March 1, 2005
We split up into sections and rehearse in separate rooms.Click on image for larger picture... Back to return to this page
Something about "Fruit Trees".
March 8, 2005
Enter the Star Spangled Banner... Arranged by Richard Severing.Click on image for larger picture... Back to return to this page
March 15, 2005
We gain a spiritual to sing (Sev promise this is the last new music!).Click on image for larger picture... Back to return to this page
March 22, 2005
We finally go through everything... and some of the pieces aren't too bad.Click on image for larger picture... Back to return to this page
March 29, 2005
Spring Break, no rehearsal.April 5, 2005
We go through everything in order (practically without stopping) for the first time.Click on image for larger picture... Back to return to this page
Eleanor spinning straw into gold.
April 12, 2005
Trying to syncopate our spiritual.Click on image for larger picture... Back to return to this page
I skip ahead a bit...
May 3, 2005
Rehearsing on stage.Click on image for larger picture... Back to return to this page
May 6, 2005
Click on image for larger picture... Back to return to this pageOrchestra Arriving.
Sev gives us an anecdote before the performance!
I got no pictures of the performance, but I did eat cookies after!
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