... From The Co-Chair of Big Sing 2008 ...
... I have attended and sung in many types of performances over my singing life and this is up there with the "top 10".
Dr. Gary Schwartzhoff's Singing Statesmen were awesome!! They sang the Armed Service Medley with vets standing ... very inspiring ... introduced by a Lance Corporal of Marines, a member of the Statesmen. The Statesmen joined the Massed Chorus for Zion's Walls and that put our number at about 450 singers for that piece.
Over $3500 was collected for the scholarship fund ... two of last year's winners performed for the guys in the afternoon rehearsal ... Stephanie Benson, a scholarship winner, sang an aria, which made your jaw drop.
There were over 700 persons at the Afterglow ... probably about that same number for the Friday night recital. We had 200 packets of music for the sight reading session Saturday morning and ran out of packets and had to bring in chairs to the hall for the session. There were 192 at the Ladies Luncheon ... and about 1200 were in the audience for the Saturday concert ... I had hoped for more but it was the best crowd in my memory and bigger than our last Big Sing in 2002.
The major concern was that the Pepsi machine malfunctioned while people were in line at the afterglow. OOPs!
All in all I am still on an adrenalin high, but coming down to earth as I write thank yous and we start to pay the bills.
Our guys and their spouses and families deserve tons of credit for a job well done.
(Bob Wierman, President, Eau Claire Male Chorus)
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Topic: Multi District Big Sing 2008
Chorus: Marshall Area Men's Chorus
Comments: Wow. That is what I was feeling Sunday morning when I was leaving Eau Claire. From the start of Friday night until the end of the Afterglow everything ran smooth.
So much music to listen to and to sing, that is the best part of Big Sings and this one was right up there with the best.
I like the idea of the Statesman preforming for the concert and I hope they enjoy listening to the mass chorus numbers. They are the future of the AMC of A and I hope the love of singing will make them find choruses to join after college.
Once more, WOW!!!
Ron Stenzel
Chairman, Executive Council
Ron Stenzel <Email Address Not Printed>
05/04/08 20:45
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Topic: Multi District Big Sing 2008
Chorus: Cold Spring Maennerchor
Comments: Congratulations to the Eau Claire Male Chorus on an excellent Big Sing. From the Friday Evening Recital through the Saturday Afterglow, every element of this wonderful week-end was well planned and executed. The Scholarship collection of over $3,500 was unprecedented. You ought to feel very proud of your wonderful achievements.
Jim Egan
Executive Director, AMCA
Jim Egan <Email Address Not Printed>
04/28/08 23:29
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