Blue Ridge
Vocal Connection
This page contains information you need to know to participate in the Blue Ridge Choir Connection event. Choir directors should advise their singers to read it prior to attending the event.
Blue Ridge Vocal Connection 25
Dublin Baptist Church 9
Grove United Methodist Church 8
Northside Presbyterian Church 11
Pulaski First United Methodist Church 12
Randolph Avenue United Methodist Church 11
Participating choirs may perform up to six minutes of music of their choice. Music and rehearsal tracks for the joint closing song are posted on our website here. If you can rehearse it in advance, that will help everyone finish learning it together during the 4 pm rehearsal. You are also welcome to print copies for your own use in connection with this event. However, we plan to print and provide sufficient copies for all of the singers who attend the event. The closing song, I Will Bless the Lord has a part written for a small group trio. We’ll designate some volunteers to sing that part during the 4 pm rehearsal.
Individuals are welcome to participate in the 4 pm rehearsal to learn and perform the joint song at the end. The 5 pm concert is also open to spectators and guests.
Dinner is a potluck, so if you’d like to attend, please bring some food to share.
The following instructions are designed to enlist your help maximizing our opportunity to hear great music and minimize logistical necessities that could get in the way, if not managed proactively and cooperatively.
Each choir will have 6 minutes to perform. They will perform in the choir loft. When facing the choir loft from the congregation, the pulpit will be on the left and a large overflow area behind the organ console will be to the right. All singers should enter the choir loft from the overflow area and exit toward the pulpit, no exceptions. We will provide an order of performance at the event. The first choir should occupy the choir loft at the beginning of the event while the second choir moves to provided seating in the overflow area. As the first choir exits, the second choir should move into the choir loft. At the same time the third choir should move quietly to the overflow seating.
Choir directors should instruct your choir members where to sit prior to the concert to minimize time-consuming scrambling during transitions. This process should continue as each successive choir moves into the choir loft, such that the overflow area is always occupied by the next performing choir. Narrators introducing music should move directly to a mic to do so while their singers are moving as soon as the preceding choir finishes to minimize turnover time. Moving choir members should do so without talking, so as not to distract from any speakers. Plan ahead for singers who need special help moving
Pulaski UMC’s sound system is sufficient for the participating choirs. We will provide a separate, single mic for speaking to introduce your group and/or music. However, if you want additional mics for solo or other subsets of your choir, or if you plan to use instrumentalists besides a pianist or organist, please let us know so we can prepare in advance. Also, if you should plan to use a recorded track, contact us to let us know what format your recording is in.
Additional info to be determined.
