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HCB Rehearsal Notes Tuesday Jan 16

Hello everyone,
The next rehearsal of the Halifax Concert Band will be Tuesday, January 16, in the band room at Halifax West. Associate Conductor Mark Cuming officiating.
The line up for this rehearsal will be flexible, but will likely proceed as follows:
Warm- up will be More Assorted Chorales with associated scales.
*Fantasy on American Sailing Songs* *Holst: Suite in F for Military Band. *(This will occupy a fair amount of time, for the sake of refinements, especially the 2nd. movement). *Cakewalk *(New, although we have played this years ago when I was still conducting). Chorale-Vorspiel*(Gott Humoriert Die Unfähigen)* *Fugue in G Minor*
Selections from the Funny Books OR *Crown Imperial. *If I were you, I’d pray for the Funny Books. Nevertheless, here is a link to the U.S. Marine Band playing this work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hl7703rhSk *Welsh Rhapsody* to close out the night
Thanks, everyone, Mark
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HCB Rehearsal Notes Tuesday Jan 9

Hi all,
Happy New Year 2024!
Here are the rehearsal notes for this Tuesday’s rehearsal, January 9th. Along with your regular folders, please bring all of your Christmas concert music to this rehearsal so that we can hand that back in to Debbie for filing. As well, please bring Nightmare Before Christmas and Abracadabra for returning. Debbie will have a table in the green room to collect the Christmas music minus the *Eighth Candle.*
1) Chorales Bride of Assorted 2) Warm-up piece-A Welsh Rhapsody 3) Holst 2nd Suite (all 4 movements) 4) Suite from Fogarty’s Cove (all 3 movements) 5) The Drunken Sailor 6) Sightreading-Dance from The Eighth Candle (measure 73 to end) 7) Fantasy on American Sailing Songs
Thanks and see you on Tuesday. Dave
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HCB message from Elisabeth Gold

Hi
There are two upcoming Sackville Band holiday concerts.  Same program at each except the first one (Sunday Dec 10) includes the Sackville 9 am band as well as the Sackville concert Band. That starts at 1:30 pm at CP Allen High School in Bedford.
The second concert with the Sackville Concert Band is on Saturday Dec 16 at 2:00 pm at Knox United Church in Lower Sackville.
See attached posters for more information.
Elisabeth (and Pat and Debbie and Kate and Sarah and Judith )


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HCB Message from Dave Staples

Hi all, I just want to say how pleased and proud I am of the band and all of our efforts after last night’s great concert at Saint Agnes Church. This story repeats itself year after year, and all the effort can seem a little daunting to put together a solid Christmas concert with limited time and various unforeseen challenges but I’d say we have that down to a fine art by now and based on comments from family and friends last night and today, our performance last night ranks as one of the best. Mark and Andrea, your duet performance was the icing on the cake!
A number of people I have talk to really did enjoy the variety of MC announcers  last night, and I thought it added a great deal of interest to the background stories of the music. It also gives audience a chance to hear from members of the band in such a pleasant way and we all thank those members who step up to the task and did so well. It was fun scripting the program notes for this year’s show, and there will be an exam!
As I said last night, thank you to each and everyone for your hard work, your music and your dedication to this organization. It makes it all very worthwhile and I hope to see as many of you as possible at the supper next week. Our next rehearsal will be on Tuesday January 9, beginning at 6:30 pm in the band room of Halifax West HS.
Thanks Dave.
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HCB Reminders

1. *Concert meeting time* for all members at *6:15 pm in the church hall. *2.**Please use the front doors (centre) of the church when they arrive at St. Agnes Church. 3. With few exceptions, bring your own stand and, if you need one, a stand light. 4.**Warm-up and tuning at 6:50 in the church*.* *Concert begins at 7 pm.
*Thanks* *