1. High Notes

• July 24:  Great meeting and practice! We had 21 singers present
  • Good Afterglow at Abbey Road, where we had another outstanding social time. 
• Have you checked our memorization schedule at  https://www.oakcitysound.org/db_uploads/RehearsalSchedule2023.pdf  ? Let's get on board with this!
• Have you checked your Attendance Plan? Please update it through the end of the year, and I won't bug you any more about it. https://www.oakcitysound.org/dbpage.php?pg=evlist
• July 31 (Monday): Regular meeting at our regular time at our regular location: Searstone Retirement Community at 7pm. We will rehearse the following:
  • Two Less Lonely People
  • Honesty
  • Desperado
  • Sweet Caroline
  • You've Got a Friend in Me
  • Please Come Home for Christmas
  • Do You Hear What I Hear?
  • Jingle Bell Rock
  • Christmas Through Your Eyes
• Check out our Long-Range notes below - Note that our Christmas Concert season is fully booked! Thanks to the team for making so many bookings, and to everyone for singing well enough that these places have invited us back.
• Music Team needs your Christmas Stories -- NOW.
• Did you know all The Acorns are stored in a public place on our chorus website? https://www.oakcitysound.org/dbpage.php?pg=news and you don't have to be logged into to see them. Anyone can view them. You can also get there by clicking, on the Home page, Events & News then click Latest News.

2. Carol's Korner

• I hope you all enjoyed the sample of performances from Louisville that we watched on Monday night. It was fun to see our friends on stage and see some of the varied offerings from barbershoppers representing so many countries, ages, and voice combinations.
• Think about what moved you in the performances you saw and focus on incorporating those things into your performance, even in warm-ups. Act as if you are on stage from the moment rehearsal starts until it ends every week so your default is to always be expressive and singing your best.

3. Future Notes

• Aug 26, 11:00-11:30AM:  Cary Lazy Daze Town Festival. Oak City Sound will be performing on the main stage, as we've done for a few years running. Proposed song list:
  • Desperado
  • Two Less Lonely People in the World
  • Honesty
  • You've Got a Friend in Me
  • Here Comes the Sun
  • Yesterday
  • Over the Rainbow
  • The Bare Necessities
  • Almost Like Being in Love
  • Sweet Caroline
  • Maybe 1 quartet song, TBA
• Aug 28 - Next Oak City Sound guest night, at our regular Monday evening rehearsal time and place.

4. Long Range

• Sept 18 - Concert at Springmoor
• Oct 22 - a Sunday afternoon. Oak City Sound in concert at Preston Pointe in Morrisville.
• Nov 27 - Concert at Templeton
• Dec 4 - Concert at Springmoor
• Dec 5 - (Tuesday) Concert at Cary Arts Center
• Dec 11 - Concert at Whispering Pines
• Dec 18 - Concert at Searstone