April 30, 2023

Dear Believers,

Thanks for an excellent rehearsal last Monday.  We have one week to polish everything for an outstanding dedication to Larry.  

This is the final order of music for our Movie Matinee Concert:

Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare
137 Star Wars Saga
428 If I Didn’t Have You
565 Fantasy Adventure at the Movies
786 Moon River
643 Tara’s Theme in Eb
493 When I Fall in Love
100 The Sound of Music
762 On a Clear Day
672 The Best of James Bond
Encore:
072 That’s Entertainment

Remember the dress rehearsal:

  • Saturday, May 6th.  
  • 10:00 am – 12 noon
  • After the rehearsal we need to set up the sanctuary for Sunday’s worship services.  

Concert dress – Formal Uniform:

  • Men – black tuxedo, white shirt, black bow ties, and black shoes and socks
  • Women – long black skirts (or black dressy pants) with a black blouse

12:45 pm – Set up (For anyone available who can help)

1:15 pm – Arrive a GFUMC – Please park by Dunlap Road or behind the church

1:30 pm – Down-beat – Warm-up in sanctuary – Each piece: beginning, end, and transitions, etc…  

2:15-2:30 pm – Move into the choir room

2:45 pm – Finish warm-up, tune in choir room 

2:50 pm – Pray

2:55 pm – Enter sanctuary

3:00 pm – Concert begins

4:15 pm – End concert

Please help put everything away (chairs, stands and percussion)

We will rehearse on Monday, May 8th.  We will start working on the Lakeside Service and GFUMC Patriotic Concert music.

Here is the concert schedule for the rest of the year:  

Lakeside Service – Sunday, May 21 at 8:30 am

Patriotic Concert with GFUMC choir – June 25 at 4 pm

Cresswind at Lanier concert – June 8 at 6:30 pm

Keep practicing to make our Movie Matinee Concert awesome and an appropriate dedication to Larry Preiss.  

Blessings!

David