The Acorn – Aug. 6, 2025 – OCS Weekly News

Type of post: Chorus news item
Sub-type: The Acorn
Posted By: Evie Snapp
Status: Current
Date Posted: Wed, Aug 6 2025
The Acorn – Aug. 6, 2025 – OCS Weekly News

1. High Notes
  • Aug 4:  Thanks to all our new and returning guests: Annie, Pam, Annette, Lydia, Ivan, Stephen, Linda, Tracey, and Ann Marie. We hope to see you next week!
  • Aug 11 (Mon): NEW LOCATION: Searstone, 17001 Searstone Drive, Cary, 27513.
    • We will also be rehearsing at Searstone on Aug. 18.
  • Aug 21 (Thursday) – Panda Express Fundraiser #4!
  • Aug 25 (Mon): Performance @ The Cardinal
    • Guest singers are welcome to attend! We may rehearse a little after the performance.
2. Overtures
  • Ladies (members) – Remember: if you want to switch out your performance shirt for a men’s cut, bring your old (women’s) shirt next Monday.
  • N.C. State Home Game Concessions – Thanks to those already signed up to work – we have a few spots open and need backup workers as well! Remember this is our KEY fundraiser for the year.
    • Aug. 28 (Thurs), 7pm game time
    • Sept. 6 (Sat), 12 pm noon game time
    • Sept. 27 (Sat), time TBD
    • Oct. 4 (Sat), time TBD
    • Nov. 1 (Sat), time TBD
    • Nov. 21 (Fri), 8pm game time
    • Nov. 29 (Sat), time TBD
  • Meetup Group – Remember to RSVP for each rehearsal and afterward, RATE us on Meetup. We are listed under Oak City Sound or “Raleigh Area A Cappella Singing Meetup Group.”
  • Fundraiser or Concert Suggestions? – Contact a member of the board and let us know.

3. Carol's Cadence
  • It's exciting to hear you all sing with more flow and taller vowel shapes!
  • Keep working on singing full ideas so that you can internalize the feeling of each song and externalize it by getting your face and body fully involved in your performance...even during a rehearsal.
  • For Rehearsal on Aug 11:
    • Mixed:
    • Hey, Good Lookin’
    • You’ve Got a Friend in Me
    • What a Wonderful World
    • It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
    • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    • Men’s:
    • Happy Together
    • Lazy Day
    • Two Less Lonely People
    • 59th Street Bridge Song
    • What Child is This?
    • Winter Wonderland
  • Performance Order for the The Cardinal on Aug 25:
    • Mixed:
    • You've Got a Friend in Me     Mixed
    • Hey, Good Lookin'                 Mixed
    • I Only Have Eyes for You      Mixed
    • Quartet #1
    • Lazy Day                                Men’s
    • 59th Street Bridge Song         Men’s
    • Yesterday                                Men’s
    • Two Less Lonely People        Men’s
    • Happy Together                      Men’s
    • Quartet #2
    • The Lion Sleeps Tonight        Mixed
    • I Didn't Want to Fall               Mixed
    • What a Wonderful World       Mixed

4. Accelerando
  • Aug 21 (Thursday): Panda Express Fundraiser #4
  • Aug 25 (Mon), 7pm: The Cardinal
  • Sept. 15 (Mon), 7pm: The Oaks at Whitaker Glen
  • NEW Sept 22 (Mon): Our Rehearsal session will be with performance coach Gary Plaag.
  • Oct. 13 (Mon): First rehearsal for Holiday Chorus! Invite people to join!
  • Oct. 17 (Friday) – Oak City Sound’s 50th Anniversary Celebration: Crabtree Park
  • Nov. 10 (Mon): The Forest at Duke
  • NEW Nov 24 (Mon): The Templeton
  • December 1 (Mon): Whispering Pines
  • December 8 (Mon): The Cardinal
  • December 15 (Mon), 7pm: Springmoor
  • December 16 (Tuesday): Holiday Show (public concert) – Halle Cultural Arts Center (downtown Apex)
  • December 22 (Mon), 7pm: Waltonwood (Lake Boone Trail)

5. Festivo (Holiday)
  • HOLIDAY CHORUS – We will again have the Holiday Chorus this year. Please invite your friends! The HC:
    • Offers guests a chance to try barbershop (for free!) for a few weeks – then join us in a concert(s).
    • Guests attend 3 to 6 rehearsals (expected to start Oct. 13).
    • Practice the HC songs (below) – no need to memorize.
    • No fee, no special costume – we will again do a holiday top and black bottoms.
    • HC singers are invited to sing at our holiday concert (Dec. 16, Tuesday) and/or at any of our holiday shows at retiree centers (Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22 – possibly Nov date?)
    • Physical and digital flyer is forthcoming.
  • Our Holiday Songs have been selected!
  • See the list below. Some learning tracks are already available – feel free to start learning if you want. Additional learning tracks will be uploaded soon.
    • HOLIDAY CHORUS (remember, we will all be allowed to use sheet music for these; no memorization required)
      • Carol of the Bells
      • Holly Jolly Christmas
      • Mele Kalikimaka
      • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
    • MIXED
      • Gloucester Wassail
      • Merry Little Christmas (swing version)
      • Most Wonderful Time of the Year
      • S’vivon (aka The Dreidel)
    • MEN’S
      • Christmastime is Here
      • Jingle Bell Rock
      • What Child is This
      • Winter Wonderland
    • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – arranged by our own Mike Muha!
    • Silent Night (SSAA arrangement) – arranged by our own Ashley Vernon!

6. In Harmony  (Around the BHS World)
  • Jan 13 – 18, 2026:  BHS Midwinter, Pasadena, California.
  • March 20 – 21, 2026:  Carolinas District Convention & Contest (2026), Location TBD (Asheville?)
  • June 28 – July 5, 2026: BHS International (2026) – St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Future International locations: 2027 – Minneapolis, MN; 2028 – Chicago, Ill.; 2029 – San Antonio, Texas

7. Major & Minor Moods
Please send our friends your prayers & best wishes!