11 November 2010
From the President
MCAA Concert Sydney. The following decision has been handed down from the MCAA about performing with or without books:
From the Music Adviser, Guest Conductor and the President of MCAA:
The difficult subject of memorisation of all songs for the Festival has been causing problems for many choirs.
Please read this note to all choristers:
The MCAA prepared booklets for all participating choirs some 12 months ago in the confident knowledge that in the best male voice choir tradition, our choirs sing from memory.
To those choirs and individuals who have honoured that tradition and our requests to prepare in this way: Thank you – your efforts towards making these Festivals into world class events is deeply appreciated. As part of our appreciation, these choirs and choristers will be in the front section of the massed choir at Sydney Town Hall.
Meanwhile, to encourage those who have for one reason or another not been able to achieve this standard and need to use their books, we DO wish you still to be involved and to sing your hearts out. You will just be singing behind the choirs and choristers mentioned in the first paragraph.
So we ask: do your best and don't even think for a minute of missing out on your opportunity to join in this great gathering of male voice choirs.
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Your committee has given strong majority support to the following clarification for ARC members concerning the above announcement:
Because of the ARC's strong endorsement of the long-held policy that the concert would be without books, the expectation is that ARC members who participate on Sunday will do so in their respective part groups, with fellow ARC members, in that contingent at the front of the massed choirs, WITHOUT books. It will NOT be an option for ARC members to unilaterally decide to perform with books with those choirs and choristers at the rear of the throng.
Remember that your hat with corks must be a soft hat (no Akubra type hats), able to be tucked into the back of trousers or in a pocket.
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Related files:
- Warble 11 Nov 2010.pdf (PDF 142.3 kb)