1. High Notes

• July 1: Another good practice sessions.  Thanks for being flexible as to location! 
• July 8: Regular Monday meeting: 6:30 for Mixed Chorus, 7:30 for Men's chorus, at our regular location at the Glenaire Auditorium.
• Christmas Quartets: This is a way for anyone to increase one's singing fun and improve one's skills by forming/joining a one-time quartet (or other sized group) solely for stepping out from risers and singing one Christmas song at any of our holiday shows, but without taking on a quartet commitment, or competing, or buying matching socks. Just get some like-minded persons, pick only a single song (Music Team can help), and learn it well enough to perform. Oak City Sound's music team will provide appropriate assistance in coaching and song selection, Why not give it a try? We're talking only one song! I can tell you personally the fun that I experienced on Monday evenings improved greatly the first time I ventured forth (in 1976) to sing with a one-time, one-song quartet.
  • Nic Cols is coordinating participation. So far, the following quartets have signed up:
    • Q1: Singing Feliz Navidad. Sharon and Mike Muha, Susan and Tom Anderson.
    • Q2: Singing While By My Sheep. Susan and Tom Anderson, Bob Inskeep, and Mike Carney.
    • Q3: Singing Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire. Eva Snapp, Nic Cols, and Eric Harper. Waiting on confirmation from a baritone. Quartet, octet, whatever!
• The chorus needs to find a suitable location to park our truck.  We need your help. Can each of you suggest a solution?
• July 14 3:00 pm (Sunday) - Performance at Waltonwood Cary, 750 SE Cary Pkwy, Cary, NC 27511.
• July 15 (Monday): Normal rehearsal and our usual time and at our usual location.

2. Carol's Korner

• Thank you all for raising your standards on Monday night! Let's pick up where we left off this week, keep the sound above the mustache, stop stealing other people's air, sing whole stories with reflexive instead of forced breaths, and KEEP HAVING FUN! All who were absent on Monday will have to hop on the train with us next week!
• Rehearsal plan for Monday July 8:
  • All proposed songs for July 14 at Waltonwood: 
    • Where Everybody Knows Your Name
    • Here Comes the Sun
    • Yesterday
    • Bare Necessities
    • Lazy Day
    • Over the Rainbow
    • Almost Like Being in Love
    • Two Less Lonely People
    • Sweet Caroline
    • Mixed:
    • I Only Have Eyes for You (if ready. Please be off paper for that on Monday)
    • I Didn’t Want to Fall
    • I’ve Got the World on a String
    • The Lion Sleeps Tonight
    • You’ve Got a Friend in Me
  • Likely Christmas songs for rehearsal:
    • Gloucestershire Wassail - mixed
    • White Christmas - mixed
    • Christmastime is Here - men
    • Sleigh Ride - men
    • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (swing) - men
• Let’s plan to sing through all of this on Monday to be sure we are ready for the 14th. Women are welcome to sing with any of the last 5 songs.
• Many thanks to Mike for leading rehearsals for most of June!
• Looking forward to being back with you regularly on Monday nights in July! Let’s sing!

3. Long Range

• Sept 2: - NO Rehearsal - Labor Day Holiday
• Sept 29, Sunday 3:00pm: Oak City Sound in concert at Preston Pointe in Morrisville.
• Dec 9 (Monday), 7pm: Oak City Sound in concert at Waltonwood on Lake Boone Trail in Raleigh.
• Dec 16 (Monday) 7pm: Oak City Sound in concert at Springmoor in north Raleigh.
• Dec 17 (Tuesday) 7:30 pm - Christmas Show at Halle Cultural Arts Center in historic downtown Apex. Our first time at this venue.
• Dec 23 (Monday) 7:00pm - Oak City Sound in concert at Whispering Pines in north Raleigh on Leadmine Rd.
• Note We still have a few open slots on our engagement calendar, but keep trying to see us! So please consider yourself as part of the Oak City Sound marketing team! Try to get us booked for your group's next event! For details, contact our Marketing VP Bob Inskeep.