The Acorn – Nov. 5, 2025 – OCS Weekly News - Holiday Singers, Oak City Sound

Type of post: Chorus news item
Sub-type: The Acorn
Posted By: Evie Snapp
Status: Current
Date Posted: Wed, Nov 5 2025
The Acorn – Nov. 5, 2025 – OCS Weekly News

1. High Notes
  • NEW START TIME FOR THIS WEEK AND NEXT! Please arrive at 6:30p for Mixed Chorus if you are able.
    • Reminder: Board meeting this week at 5:30p as well.
  • Nov. 3 (Mon) – We’ve reached a new record (in recent years) for total singers, seeing nearly 50 people this week!
    • Welcome to all new and returning guests: Chris A., Chris O., Christine, Elaine, Gary, Kat, Karthik, Kelly, Kirsten, Maggie, Michelle, MJ, Steve, Todd, Wendy
  • Nov. 10 (Mon) – We will continue to rehearse at SEARSTONE. (19001 Searstone Circle, Cary)
    • 5:30p – 6:30p – Board Meeting (open to all!)
    • NEW START TIME:   6:30p – 7:30p – Mixed Chorus
    • 7:30p – 8:15p – Holiday Chorus
    • 8:15p – short business meeting
    • 8:30p – 9:30p – Men’s Chorus
  • HOLIDAY OUTFITS:  Reminder! Look through your closet to be sure you have a solid colored sweater and black bottoms to wear for our holiday performances.

2. Overtures
  • 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.”
  • N.C. State Home Game Concessions – This is our KEY fundraiser for the year. Sign up here:  https://tinyurl.com/25OCSconcess
    • Call time is 5:30p for Nov. 21 (Friday) game. The final game is Nov. 29.
  • New name badges are here! How do you get one?
    • Work a shift at NCSU home game concessions – no cost.
    • Join as a NEW OCS member – no cost.
    • Current members – replace for $20 (reach out to Warren).
  • Fundraiser or Concert Suggestions? – Contact a member of the board and let us know.

3. Carol's Cadence
  • It blows my mind every week to see all of our new and returning guests! We are going to have an amazing holiday concert season!
  • Keep working to get off of paper for the non-Holiday Chorus songs. Let’s not wait until the 17th (aka our LAST pre-concert rehearsal) to get this music committed to memory.
  • Thank you again to everyone who was able to celebrate Nic at his service on Monday. It is a true testament to how much more there is to the barbershop community than just singing.
  • For Rehearsal on Nov. 10 – note Women will stay after business meeting to sing Silent Night !
    • MIXED          6:45p – 7:30p
    • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    • It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
    • S’vivon
    • Gloucestershire Wassail
    • HOLIDAY CHORUS           7:30p – 8:15p
    • Carol of the Bells
    • Holly Jolly Christmas
    • Mele Kalikimaka
    • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
>>>  8:15p – 8:30p – Business Meeting
    • WOMEN’S                8:30p – 8:45p
    • Silent Night
    • MEN’S           8:45p – 9:30p
    • God Rest Ye…
    • Christmastime is Here
    • Winter Wonderland
    • What Child is This/We Three Kings Medley
    • Jingle Bell Rock

4. Accelerando
HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES – where Holiday Chorus members are invited to perform!:
  • Nov 24 (Mon): The Templeton (Performance)
  • December 1 (Mon): Whispering Pines  (Performance)
  • December 8 (Mon): The Cardinal  (Performance)
  • December 15 (Mon), 7pm: Springmoor  (Performance)
  • December 16 (Tuesday): Holiday Show (public concert) – Halle Cultural Arts Center (downtown Apex)
  • December 22 (Mon), 7pm: Waltonwood (Lake Boone Trail)  (Performance)

5. Festivo (Holiday)
  • The HC:
    • Offers guests a chance to try barbershop (for free!) for a few weeks – then sing with us in a concert(s).
    • Guests attend 3 to 6 rehearsals (starting Oct. 13, 7:30 – 8:15p)
    • Practice the HC songs (below) – no need to memorize.
    • No fee, no special costume – we will again do a holiday top/sweater 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?)
    • HC Songs are:
      • Carol of the Bells
      • Holly Jolly Christmas
      • Mele Kalikimaka
      • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

6. In Harmony  (Around the BHS World)
  • Jan 13 – 18, 2026:  BHS Midwinter, Pasadena, California.
  • UPDATED DAYS & LOCATION:  
  • 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!
  • Sandy Cols sent us a lovely thank you card for singing at Nic’s memorial. It was a lovely remembrance of Nic that included his lifetime love of singing.