The document provides rehearsal schedules and notes for an upcoming Christmas musical called "Four Tickets to Christmas". It announces a mandatory rehearsal retreat on November 6-7 and additional combined drama/chorus rehearsals on November 15 and 22. Volunteers are needed to learn choreography for a train scene. Costumes are encouraged but not required. Performances of the dessert theatre production will take place December 3-6.

1. October 21, 2009
Choir Notes Sunday Choir: 7-8:15 PM
Xmas Chorus—8:15-9 PM
Notes from Pastor Dave REHEARSAL
SHEDULE
Building Security: 1. O Worship the
In order to help keep OCEC safe King
for the throngs of children who
populate our building on Wednes- 2. A Mighty Fortress
day nights, some of our security Is Our God, HFPW,
folks will lock the lobby doors at p124
7:30pm on Wednesday nights. If
you wish to enter the building af- 3. Made Me Glad,
ter that time, please use the Somebody’s Pray-
(monitored) entrance near the ing, p124
Children’s Dept. on AV Davis Rd.
—the one with playground on both Christmas Dessert Theatre - 4. Unto the King
sides of the sidewalk. Four Tickets to Christmas Cho- 5. Revelation Song
rus –
6. Singing Psalms,
LAST CALL FOR CHORUS
CHOIR NOTES ON LINE: Hymns and Spiri-
MEMBERS: Next week will be the
Remember that you can always last week for new singers to join us. tual Songs to God
find our weekly Choir Notes on Once we get past our Nov. 6-7 re-
line. Just go to www.ocec.net and 7. Enough
treat, we’ll be too far into the music
find the Ministries link. Select preparation for singers to reasona- 8. A New Doxology
―Music‖, and you’ll find there a bly ―catch up‖, so if you know any
PDF of the most recent Choir others who are thinking about get- 9. Giving Thanks
Notes. ting on board with Four Tickets to ** Devotions & Prayer
Christmas, please encourage them Time**
to jump on the train right away!
10. TBA
SUPPORT FOR OUR MIS- Particularly, we’re still in need of
SIONARIES: Also on our web- another tenor or two to join the cho- 11. Unto the King
site in the Music section is a re- rus and could use a bit more alto
cent video update from the young help. Please see me if you or some- ANTHEM
missionary couple that our choir one you know might be able to SCHEDULE
supports: serve.
Kevin and October
Lisa Hoff- 25—Unto the King
man. Check CD LISTENING: Chorus mem-
it out! Janet bers, please be listening to your CDs November
Tremain will every week! It will help you memo-
occasionally 1—Revelation Song
rize the songs and parts. The re-
circulate an hearsal CDs have the Soprano, Alto, (w/Friendship Co)
offering plate Tenor or Bass part pronounced, with 8—Enough
to collect con- the orchestration in the background.
tributions toward our Choir share 15—Singing Psalms,
If you can help with the cost of pro-
in the Hoffman’s support. Thanks ducing the CDs, please contribute-- Hymns and Spiri-
for giving so that the Hoffmans $2 suggested donation. tual Songs
can serve Christ in Bolivia.
22—A New Doxology
25—Giving Thanks
(Thanksgiving Eve)

2. “TRAIN” VOLUNTEERS Here are the times: welcome your contributions.
NEEDED: To help us get Bring them in for Vicki to ap-
ready for Retreat, I’m looking Fri., Nov. 6, 7-9:30pm prove, please! And one more
for 5 chorus women and 4 men thing: we need you to supply
Sat., Nov. 7, 9am-3pm
(Josh & Woody, plus two your own shoes! Leather, lace
more…) who will learn the -up shoes in a dark color are
choreography for the train needed. Vicki Guthrie has pro-
scene in the song, ―Four Tick- DRAMA/CHORUS RE- vided some pictures to give
ets to Christmas‖ (p35). Direc- HEARSALS: After retreat, you examples of what to look
tor Vicki Guthrie and choreog- we’ll be less than a month for.
raphers, Maralee and Louis away from performance, so we
Worthington will work with us would like to put the drama
to create the ―train‖ during the cast and chorus together two
following extra rehearsals. more times prior to final-week
Please let me know if you dress rehearsals:
would like to be in it! Rehears-
als: Sun., Nov. 15, 2-3:30pm
Sun., Oct. 25, 3:30-4:30pm Sun., Nov. 22, 2-3:30pm
Sun., Nov. 1, 3:30-4:30pm Please add these rehearsals to
your calendar!
RETREAT IS COMING:
We’re just 2 ½ weeks away COSTUMES: Period cos-
from our Four Tickets to tumes are one of the fun fea-
Christmas Rehearsal Re- tures of this musical. Thank-
treat. Please make sure you fully, we will have costuming
arrange your schedules to be help from our own Kim Dickey
there, because this will be our and from professional cos-
first opportunity to put every- tumer, Kristin Jager. How-
thing together with drama cast ever, if you are able to supply
and chorus—a VERY IMPOR- any period costume pieces for
TANT rehearsal weekend! yourself or others, we would
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