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Downeasters Chorus Rehearsal Agenda for

United Methodist Church 52 Tuttle Road, Cumberland, Maine

Monday, April 9, 2012

6:15-6:55 Early bird 6:55-7:05 Break 7:05-7:15 Warmup 7:15-7:45 Sectionals-Once Upon A Time-whole chorus 7:45-8:00 Chorus-Just In Time God Bless America 8:00-8:10 Break 8:10-8:40 Sectionals-I Never Knew-Competition Chorus 8:40-9:10 Contest music Once Upon A Time I Never Knew Medley 9:05-9:15 Break 9:15-End Business/Program and refreshments Family and friends are invited to attend the rehearsal. Please wear tan or neutral colored pants and a clean shirt to rehearsal. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Hi Guys, We'll take ten minutes during our Monday rehearsal for a full chorus Year Book photograph, I have been reminded by some of you that our photo album needs updating. We want all faces to be counted on Monday.... particularly new members. LETS HAVE EVERYONE ON THE RISERS ON APRIL 9TH. Tere advises that blue jeans don't show up well in black and white, so please dress casually, but with tan or neutral colored pants and a clean shirt. Looking forward to the crowd on Monday!!

In song, Your P.R. Team Division Contest Outfit Tuxedo, plain colored shirts, long black tie, black vest, black socks and shoes.

Annual show promotion of the week: Did you pick up a supply of posters and “slim jims” last Monday? If you still have a few left, how about hanging one at your local florist shop? Florists will be experiencing brisk pre-Mother’s Day business. Tell your friends about our annual show by adding a footer to your email. Make it easy for our fans to get connected with tickets. Simple ideas like this work. Notes of Interest …………………… Please send notes of your quartet’s outings, Shows that you have seen, Quartet or Chorus news from around New England to: soundings.ed@gmail.com E-mail note from our Philly Bus Driver! One proud bus driver chirping in as I watch your Reny’s commercial and see that the harmony goes on I can say “Hey I know those guys” Keep on singin Sincerely, John Bennett 10 Primrose Lane Portland, Me. 04103 207-329-4807 NEWS TO ALL MAINE CHAPTERS FROM YOUR DVP of MEMBERSHIP 1. Bob Dunning of the Beverly Chapter Passed away April 5th. Bob was 87 years young, and a 61 year member back to October 1 1951. Big part of the Beverly Bash. 2. Nominations are now being accepted for the District Board of directors. If interested please respond to Walt Lane at wlane937@nycap.rr.com 3. March Membership numbers are in and the District is down 259 in non renewals. We need to send old members an invite to return for a visit. In Maine, we are down only 12 from last year’s totals. Letters are available to send. 4. The Society is looking for a new CEO. If you have the right attitude and want to make a difference, let Margaret Genovese know at gvasearch@gmail.com 5.Portland’s show is ready to roll. May 12th at 7pm. Special guests will be “The Average Joe’s”

Afterglow will be at Chicago Uno’s grill located in the Maine Mall Parking lot. Full menu is available at cost. No cover charge. 6. Steve Isherwood of Rhode Island is the District historian. Any chapter with old papers or pictures you want preserved, send them to Steve, who will put the images on Disk. 7. The Northeast District will take a page from the Seneca Land District. Every chapter who has a program vp, will be glad to know they can now called Vp of fun. attached are the ideas that can be used to make chapter meetings alot more enjoyable. The link is: http:// www.senecaland.org/FUN_Prog.htm 8. For the Barbershop Groupies, the society will be having a huge 75th anniversary show to be held in 2013. Every chapter will receive two songs to sing thruout 2013 at every singout.The 2013 Internationals in Toronto, will be the location for the big show. details will be coming soon. 9. The All Maine sing is on hold. Chapters need to make plans to get together, so the membership of Maine can reunite and sing. 10. Paul Ellinger of Chicago has a great presentation for chapter growth. Chapters in Maine are asked to send members to this forum, so after every singout, they can approach the patrons in hopes of finding future members. Other great things will be on the agenda. the date is looking to be May 19th during the day. If interested, please let Dave Cole know at Davecdvpm12@gmail.com 11. The District is holding a “Solution Day” on June 23rd. This event is for ALL chapter Presidents to come before the Board of Directors and view their concerns about their own chapters or the NED. The forum will start at 10am and go to 4pm. Coffee & lunch will be served. This will be a great way to meet the board along with the society President Alan Lamson. To keep it centrally located, the Board is looking for a Manchester N.H. hotel. TBA. 12. Looking ahead to the fall convention at the Westbrook Performing Arts Building on the campus of Westbrook Middle School, Westbrook Maine. The Convention is looking for a contact person to oversee all set up details and be the contact person for the NED. Besides the head person, the chapters of Waterville, Brunswick, and Camden are listed as the host chapters. Portland will help out where needed.....{if needed}. The convention will be on October 19,20,21, 2012. Sign up for volunteers will be soon on the NED web site. 13. The Division Contest will be on April 13&14. The State of Maine will be represented by 3 chapters on stage. That’s right.....3. Plus quartets and VLQ’s. If they need support, this would be a great place to do just that. Come cheer on Portland, Waterville, and Brunswick. David Cole Marshall Wagner Presents Wally Duplessie with his 20 Year Membership Pin

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Jul. 10 (Tue) What: A night of Harmony with The Downeasters & The Royal River Chorus Where: Seaside Pavilion - Old Orchard Beach Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Nov. 10 (Sat) What: Wounded Heroes Benefit Performance Where: Winslow Homer Auditorium, Scarborough High School Time: 2:00pm Here is the list of songs in the order that we will be singing in the Annual Show. Love Me Almost Like Being in Love When I Fall in Love Come Fly With Me How Deep is the Ocean Once Upon a Time Just in time I Never Knew Lost in the Stars God Bless America Division Contest Outfit: Tuxedo, plain colored shirts, long black tie, black vest, black socks and shoes. Here are some of the vitae concerning our Annual Show. Theme-Love Me Date-Saturday, May 12, 2012-Mother's Day Saturday Time-7:00 P. M.- One show Location-Scarborough High School Afterglow-UNO's Chicago Grille, Maine Mall Guest quartet-Average Joes Future Events: Apr. 13 - 14 (Fri, Sat) What: NED Eastern Regional Convention - Granite/Pine/Patriot Division Contests Where: Goffstown High School, 27 Wallace Road, Goffstown, NH 03045 Time: Friday Evening – Quartet Contest, Saturday - Chorus Contest “Philly Outfit”- black tuxedo, colored shirts, black tie, black Vest, black Shoes, black socks Headquarters Hotel: Hilton Garden Inn Manchester Link to the NED Contest Info web page: http://www.nedistrict.org/index.cfm?page_id=64 April 16: (Mon) What: OLDE TYMERS’ APRIL LUNCH Where: Pat's Pizza in Yarmouth Time: 11:30am Please contact us no later than two days before.. WAYNE NEWTON wnewland@maine.rr.com ph. 781-2597 DICK WHEELER rwhe550515@aol.com ph. 773-1991 Apr. 27 - 29 (Fri, Sat, Sun) What: Harmony Inc Area 2 Convention

Where: Laval, PQ Time: Fri Evening, Sat All Day, Sun Morning May 12 (Sat) What: Downeasters Annual Show Where: Winslow Homer Auditorium, Scarborough High School Time: 7:00pm - One show - 7:00pm What: AfterGlow Where: UNO's Chicago Grille, Maine Mall Time: After the Show Jul. 10 (Tue) What: A night of Harmony with The Downeasters & The Royal River Chorus Where: Seaside Pavilion - Old Orchard Beach Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Sep. 14 - 16 (Fri, Sat, Sun) What: New England Harmony Brigade Where: Central Massachusetts area Time: Fri 3:30pm, Sat All Day, Sun Breakfast Link to The New England Harmony Brigade website: http://www.nehb.net/ Sep. 15 (Sat) What: Camden Windjammer’s Annual Show Guest quartet to be announced Where: Rockport Opera House Time: 7:00pm Nov. 10 (Sat) What: Wounded Heroes Benefit Performance Where: Winslow Homer Auditorium, Scarborough High School Time: 2:00pm Downeasters Leadership for 2012

President Granville Barrows <GBisok@aol.com> Primary: (603) 553-3608

Past President Bill Peterlein <BPeterlein@summitgeoeng.com> Primary: (207) 576-3313 Secondary: (207) 926-3054

Secretary Dave Marstaller <DMars49@comcast.net> Primary: (207) 751-1339 Secondary: (207) 865-3731

Treasurer Carl Cappello <CCappell@maine.rr.com> Primary: (207) 829-2840

VP - Music and Performance Walt Dowling <GBandWD@gwi.net> Primary: (207) 934-5857

VP - Mktg & PR David Sweet <Sweetie@roadrunner.com> Primary: (207) 967-8553

Co-VP of Membership & Chapter Development Cy Kendrick <cykendrick@alumni.umass.edu. Primary: (207) 449-8587 Secondary: (207) 729-5201

Co-VP of Membership & Chapter Development David Brown <thirdson.david@gmail.com> Primary: (207) 650-2454

Board Member at Large Mike Soper <gmichaelsoper@gmail.com> Primary: (508) 517-1647 Secondary: (207) 730-5624

Board Member at Large Marshall Wagner <emwagner31@aol.com> Primary: (207) 232-1543 Secondary: (207) 657-6406

Director Jack Baggs <JBaggs1@roadrunner.com> Primary: (207) 892-5192

Chorus Manager Ryan Norfleet <RCFleet1@yahoo.com> Primary: (207) 253-9433 Secondary: (207) 510-1444

Webmaster Lawrence Bean <Larry@TheNexxtLevel.biz> Primary: (888) 678-9866

Librarian Dwight Pensiero <DJPensiero@gmail.com> Primary: (207) 353-3244

"Soundings" Newsletter Editor Bruce Sturgis <BStur1@gmail.com>

DVP of Membership Dave Cole <DaveCdvpm12@gmail.com>

Primary: (207) 312-3423 Secondary: (207) 784-1510 Primary: (207) 671-4730 Secondary: (207) 797-9618 Bruce Sturgis Soundings Weekly Editor email: soundings.ed@gmail.com Downeasters Barbershop Chorus www.downeasters.org