VOTE!!!

Time is running out to vote for your favourite T-shirt colour for this year! Also, if anyone is really out there, how about a suggestion for the next idea or suggestion to vote on? Hello? ... hello...?

And now, for something completely different.

After a few glitches with the hosting service, the new;y updated Choir School website is finally up and running! go to the site to se newly placed picts from last year, download an application form, and much more! If you have an idea for something that should be on the site, let me know, and perhaps it will show up there sometime. Have fun!

Vote!

There is a new feature on this blog, a question for which you can cast your vote. Right now, it is for the colour of this year's T-Shirt at Choir School. While the outcome may not necessarily dictate what colour is provided, it does give the Board something to go on. Vote now, while there's still time!

Resurrection... of sorts

It has been far, far, far, far, far too long since the last posting. I guess that's what I (and you) get when a clergyperson looks after something like a blog: regular postings are sometimes few and far (and I mean FAR) between. However, all is not lost. This is my quick way of announcing that a new, overhauled web site for Choir School will be up and running by the end of tomorrow (Wed., May 7th)!!! It will have all the up-to-date information regarding Choir School 2008, as we know it at this time. Many young folks have applied for staff positions, and interviews will be held in the next 2 weeks. There is information on applications, contacts, and plans for this year. Also, see the pict from our recent Choral Evensong service at St. Luke's, in Saint John, from APril 20th. A wonderful evening indeed!

Choir School has a CD!

It's been a busy fall already... I can't believe it's been a month since I last wrote here! As everyone knows, there has been a lot goig on this month, and here;s something rather neat you might like to know about...

Unknown to me at the time, the Final Evensong Service form this summer at the Cathedral was recorded! We have been given the recording (made by Charles Ferris, organist at St. Paul's, Rothesay), and are now offering copies of it for $10 each (shipping included), as a fund raiser for Choir School. If you want a copy, email me or Lynn Mills (plplabel@nb.aibn.com).

Vacation come, vacation go... time to work!

September is here, and no one knows that better than peopel going to school, and perhaps their parents. I hope everyone had a great summer, and enjoyed themselves a lot. Choir School was a great year, and I am still enjoying memories of our wonderful week together in July (I NEVER eat with elbows on the table these days!). My family and I spent a lot of time together in August, including a trip to King's Landing, where we met another little fellow chowing down (see pict here). I very rarely have a camera with me a times like this.

The Choir School Board is meeting this Saturday (Sept. 8) to "close the books" on 2007, and to begin preparations for 2008. Please say a prayer for us, so that we get some good work done! Also, look for an update to the website within the next week... it's long overdue! Again, if anyone has picts of the Final Service at the Cathedral, please email them to me!!!

Another week come and gone

It's Wednesday as I write this, and I think I'm awake enough to type coherently. The 50th week came and went, and like most others, it seemed to happen too fast for me. We said goodbye to John in many ways, we watched U2, we sang the "Tater Song," we worshipped in the chapel and in churches, we played dough boy, we danced, acted, and we sang. We sang glorious music, in wonderful settings, making music to the glory of God. We all grew closer, we shared many things with each other, and we left better people because of the friendships and experiences of the week. Our God is an awesome God!

A request: if anyone has pictures from Sunday, especially in Fredericton for the Final Service, could they email them to me? PLEASE?!?!?!?!? Thanks.

Big Friday

It ws a big day at Choir School on Friday, as the adult choristers began their first day of rehearsals, and more. Old friendshsips were re-kindled, and new ones began. We were ever so fortunate to have Gerald Wheeler, Choir School's first director of music, with us for this day. He is shown here receiving his medallion. Gerald spent some time with the kids, the adults, and also getting a sense of what Choir School is today. "The Spirit is very alive here," he said several times. I believe he is right.