1. October 28, 2009
Choir Notes Sunday Choir: 7-8:15 PM
Xmas Chorus—8:15-9 PM
Notes from Pastor Dave
CHOIR GROWTH GROUPS REHEARSAL
MEET TONIGHT: SHEDULE
As you meet, here are some
(abbreviated) questions from this 1. O the Deep, Deep
week’s Growth Group Study Love of Jesus
Guide that you may wish to use.
After that, be sure to pray to- 2. Hallelujah to My
gether. King
#2 – What is your favorite mys- 3. Revelation Song
tery movie or book? What about it
made it so good? 4. Singing Psalms,
Christmas Dessert Theatre -
Four Tickets to Christmas Cho- Hymns and Spiri-
#9 - …What are some ways that tual Songs to God
you can reveal (the mystery of) rus –
Christ in ―your world‖? LAST CALL FOR CHORUS 5. Enough
MEMBERS: Next week will be the 6. A New Doxology
last week for new singers to join us.
Building Security: Once we get past our Nov. 6-7 re- 7. Giving Thanks
In order to help keep OCEC safe treat, we’ll be too far into the music
preparation for singers to reasona- ** (7:50-8:15)
for the throngs of children who
populate our building on Wednes- bly ―catch up‖, so if you know any Choir Growth
day nights, some of our security others who are thinking about get- Groups**
folks will lock the lobby doors at ting on board with Four Tickets to
7:30pm on Wednesday nights. If Christmas, please encourage them
you wish to enter the building af- to jump on the train right away! ANTHEM
ter that time, please use the Particularly, we’re still in need of SCHEDULE
(monitored) entrance near the another tenor or two to join the cho-
Children’s Dept. on AV Davis Rd. rus and could use a bit more alto November
—the one with playground on both help. Please see me if you or some-
1—Revelation Song
sides of the sidewalk. one you know might be able to
serve. (w/Friendship Co)
8—Enough
CHOIR NOTES ON LINE: 15—Singing Psalms,
Remember that you can always CD LISTENING: Chorus mem- Hymns and Spiri-
find our weekly Choir Notes on bers, please be listening to your CDs
tual Songs
line. Just go to www.ocec.net and every week! It will help you memo-
find the Ministries link. Select rize the songs and parts. The re- 22—A New Doxology
―Music‖, and you’ll find there a hearsal CDs have the Soprano, Alto, 25—Giving Thanks
PDF of the most recent Choir Tenor or Bass part pronounced, with (Thanksgiving Eve)
Notes. the orchestration in the background.
If you can help with the cost of pro-
ducing the CDs, please contribute--
$2 suggested donation.

2. retreat will be a big help in help from our own Kim Dickey
that process. Here are the and from professional cos-
times: tumer, Kristin Jager. How-
“TRAIN” VOLUNTEERS: ever, if you are able to supply
Fri., Nov. 6, 7:00-9:30pm any period costume pieces for
THANK YOU to those of you
who have stepped up to help Sat., Nov. 7, 9am-3pm yourself or others, we would
put together this scene that (baked potato bar welcome your contributions.
comes early in the musical— Bring them in for Vicki to ap-
lunch provided @ $3)
one that should be a fun one prove, please! And one more
for our audiences to see! Our thing: we need you to supply
―Train‖ volunteers include: your own shoes! Leather, lace
DRAMA/CHORUS RE- -up shoes in a dark color are
Woody, Dave M, Josh, Janet, HEARSALS: After retreat,
Chris T, Mary, Roslyn, Debbye. we’ll be less than a month
We’ll have just one more re- away from performance, so we
hearsal before retreat: would like to put the drama
next Sunday, Nov. 1, 3:30- cast and chorus together two
4:30pm more times prior to final-week
dress rehearsals:
Sunday, Nov. 15, 2:00-
RETREAT IS COMING: 3:30pm needed. Vicki Guthrie has pro-
We’re just 1 ½ weeks away vided some pictures to give
from our Four Tickets to Sunday, Nov. 22, 2:00-
3:30pm you examples of what to look
Christmas Rehearsal Re- for.
treat. Please make sure you Please add these rehearsals to
arrange your schedules to be
your calendar!
there, because this will be our
first opportunity to put every-
thing together with drama cast
and chorus—a VERY IMPOR- COSTUMES: Period cos-
TANT rehearsal weekend! tumes are one of the fun fea-
We’ll also work hard at tures of this musical. Thank-
MEMORIZING our music, and fully, we will have costuming
Wednesdays, Sept. 23 thru Nov. 18, 8:15-9:00pm – Rehearsals
for the Christmas Musical Adult Chorus
Fri-Sat, Nov. 6-7 – Christmas Musical Rehearsal Retreat at OCEC
(Fri. 7-9:30pm; Sat. 9am-3pm)
Sunday, Nov. 15 & 22, 2-3:30pm – Four Tickets Drama/Chorus
rehearsals
Wed., Nov. 25, 7:00pm – Thanksgiving Eve Service
Sun., Nov. 29, 2:30-5:30pm – Four Tickets rehearsal
Tues., Dec. 1, 7:00-9:30pm – Four Tickets dress rehearsal
Wed., Dec. 2, 7:00-9:30pm – Four Tickets final dress rehearsal
Five Dessert Theatre performances of Four Tickets to Christmas:
Thurs., Dec. 3, 7pm Fri., Dec. 4, 7pm
Sat., Dec. 5, 7pm Sun., Dec. 6, 3pm & 7pm