Late but important updates in Purple, then further updates in blue.

1. High Notes

• April 8: Good Oak City Sound practice at the Glenaire auditorium, experimenting with different 4-row configurations on our risers.
  • Thanks to all for coming in new uniforms for the photo shoot.
  • Good Afterglow at Mac's. 
• April 15 (Monday) Oak City Sound in concert at Springmoor in north Raleigh.
  • Call time is 6:15pm for Men's Chorus, 6:40 for Mixed Chorus. Concert time is 7pm.
    • Performance order
      • Almost Like Being in Love
      • Here Comes the Sun
      • Yesterday
      • Desperado
      • Cheek to Cheek - Another Dimension
      • The Lion Sleeps Tonight
      • Where Everybody Knows Your Name
      • I've Got the World on a String & I Didn't Want to Fall - Mixed
      • Two Less Lonely People
      • Over the Rainbow
      • You've Got a Friend in Me
    • We have a hard stop at 45 minutes at Springmoor.
  • Afterglow at either Saints and Scholars or the Hibernian. Which would you prefer?
• Another immediate To-Do: Go to our Chorus Home Page / Member Home (Oak City Sound Members-Only Area) / Assessments Section, and submit your recordings!
• April 19 to 21: Carolinas District Convention in Pinehurst NC. Quartets will compete on Friday evening. The Mixed and the Men's Choruses will compete, separately, on Saturday!
  • Full detailed Convention weekend calendar: 2024 NSC District Convention (carolinasdistrict.org) 
  • Friday:
    • 3pm or later: Check in at your hotel.
    • Convention Registration starting at 5:00pm at the Competition Venue: Pinecrest High, 250 Voit Gilmore Ln, Southern Pines, NC 28387 (this is a correction from prior Acorns!)
    • 6:15pm Quartet Contest Preliminary round is Friday evening, at Pinecrest High School,
  • Saturday:
    • Chorus practice, estimated start time is 9:00am at Pinecrest.
      • Start with Men's Chorus, shift to Mixed Chorus at 9:45am.
      • Mixed Uniform: Maui Blue Shirt, black pants, black belt, black socks, black shoes
      • Men's Chorus Uniform: Same as Mixed uniform, plus Black Jacket.
    • ​​​​​​​9:30 - For Saturday arrivers, Registration opens at Pinecrest High. 
    • Oak City Sound (Men) - 3rd competitor
      • Start pipeline at 9:00AM
      • Report to check in desk - 10:54 am
        Arrive at photo room - 10:59 am
        Depart photo room - 11:07 am
        Arrive Warmup room A - 11:12 am
        Depart Warmup room A - 11:28 am
        Hold backstage - 11:31 am
        On stage - 11:34 am
      • After performance, Men who are also in the Mixed Chorus should proceed to Mixed Chorus pipeline location.
    • Oak City Sound Mixed Chorus - 11th competitor
      • Report to check in desk - 12:18 pm
        Arrive at photo room - 12:23 pm
        Depart photo room - 12:30 pm
        Arrive Warmup room A - 12:36 pm
        Depart Warmup room A - 12:52 pm
        Hold backstage - 12:55 pm
        On stage - 12:58 pm
    • Chorus Evaluation session: somewhere between 2:30 and 4:30pm. Schedule TBA. Evals will take place at Pinecrest High.All members should plan on attending the Eval session, as it is a great coaching session from some of the best qualified musicians in the BHS.
    • Dinner on your own.
    • 6:30pm Quartet Finals back at Pinecrest High.
    • After the conclusion of the Quartet Contest, Chapter and Quartet Hospitality Rooms and parties back at the Convention HQ Hotel: Hampton Inn and Suites, 200 Columbus Dr, Aberdeen, NC 28315.
• Apr 22 (Monday): Regular weekly meeting back at our regular location (Music Room) at our usual times: 6;30 for Mixed Chorus, 7:30 for Men's Chorus.
  • We will have another publicity photo shoot, so please wear your uniform again!
  • Special Dress Requirement: Please wear our contest uniform:
    • Mixed Chorus: Maui Blue Shirt, black pants/socks/shoes. 
    • Men's Chorus: Mixed uniform plus black jacket.
  • Here is what we will rehearse on Monday at Glenaire:
    • Contest songs for both choruses. plus songs for our Cary Spring Daze concert on April 27.

2. Carol's Korner

• Keeping our bodies free and in motion while singing last night made such a difference in our energy level and presentation. Let's keep building on this!
• Let's give a great concert on Monday and plan to stay at the end to get in a few more reps on our songs for Pinehurst.

3. Future Notes

• April 27 (Saturday): Oak City Sound (both choruses) in concert at Cary Spring Daze, to be held (as usual) at Bond Park. Call time is 10:30AM but plan to arrive at least an hour earlier as the parking situation is always a bear. Our performance venue is the Sertoma Amphitheatre (our usual location).
• April 29 (Monday): Oak City Sound in concert at The Templeton, near Kildaire Farm Rd X Tryon Rd.

4. Long Range

• May 6: First Special Guest night of 2024 for Oak City Sound!
  • At our new permanent rehearsal location: Glenaire Auditorium (where we were on April 8): We can all agree that this is a far better location for us than the current Music Room.
  • Who is a special guest? It's the person YOU invite to come and try us out. Start working on your singing acquaintances and persuade them to come and give us a try.