
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Robert Stigile <div>818-381-9568</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Rachel Grider via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> May 23, 2020 at 4:17:42 PM PDT<br><b>To:</b> nfbc-info@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Rachel Grider <rachel.grider@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFBC-Info] Fwd: Virtual Choir For Convention</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NFB of California List <nfbc-info@nfbnet.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>---------- Forwarded message ----------</span><br><span>From: Rachel Grider <rachel.grider@gmail.com></span><br><span>Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 16:15:16 -0700</span><br><span>Subject: Virtual Choir For Convention</span><br><span>To: perform-talk@nfbnet.org</span><br><span></span><br><span>Hello, Federation Family:</span><br><span></span><br><span>I am pleased to be partnering with the NFB Performing Arts Division to</span><br><span>put together a virtual choir for National Convention. This is a way</span><br><span>for us to unite and make music together during this time of social</span><br><span>isolation. All are welcome and encouraged to participate, regardless</span><br><span>of musical experience.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Here is how this will work. We will prepare three songs. Sheet music</span><br><span>will be available in Braille and print, depending on preference, and</span><br><span>part recordings will also be available for those who do not read</span><br><span>music. Four rehearsals will be held virtually over Zoom on June 5,</span><br><span>June 12, June 19, and June 26, all at 8:00 PM EST; rehearsals will be</span><br><span>recorded for those with conflicts. Participants will record themselves</span><br><span>singing their parts, submitting their recordings no later than June</span><br><span>30. Those recordings will then be edited together to make the virtual</span><br><span>choir which will be featured some time during the convention.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Music will be as follows:</span><br><span>This Is Me (from The Greatest Showman):</span><br><span>https://youtu.be/doFgPcanNx0</span><br><span>Make Them Hear You (from Ragtime):</span><br><span>https://youtu.be/_dWFoXHobvw</span><br><span>Live The Life You Want:</span><br><span>https://youtu.be/2mwrm9EK8zM</span><br><span></span><br><span>If you would like to participate, please email nfbpad@gmail.com with</span><br><span>the following information:</span><br><span>Your name.</span><br><span>Your state.</span><br><span>Your Voice Part (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)</span><br><span> If you plan to record all three songs; if you don't, which songs you</span><br><span>plan to record.</span><br><span></span><br><span>A little about yourself, including musical experience and in what</span><br><span>format you would like to receive your sheetmusic.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Please feel free to write to me at Rachel.grider@gmail.com if you have</span><br><span>any questions. I am so excited to make music with you!</span><br><span></span><br><span>Cheers!</span><br><span></span><br><span>Rachel</span><br><span></span><br><span>Rachel Grider</span><br><span>President, Central Valley Chapter</span><br><span>Board Member, National Federation of the Blind of California</span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBC-Info mailing list</span><br><span>NFBC-Info@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBC-Info:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org/rstigile%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>