1. High Notes

• Sept 29: NC State Football Game concession. Thanks to all who gave up their Friday to this important fundraiser.
• Oct 7 (Saturday): NC State Football Game concession. Call time is 11:30.
• Oct 9 (Monday): Regular meeting at our regular location (Searstone Retirement Community) at our regular time (7pm to 9:30pm). Song set:
  • Honesty
  • Two Less Lonely People
  • We Need a Little Christmas
  • Christmas Through Your Eyes
  • March of the Wooden Soldiers
  • Mele Kalikimaka
  • Hanukkah Song in a Major Key
  • Jingle Bell Rock
• Oct 14 (Saturday): 2pm Celebration of Life Service for Ken Bland to be held at Hillyer Memorial Christian Church; 718 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27603 
• Oct 16 (Monday): Oak City Sound Holiday Chorus: Mike has created a great on-line brochure and it is our web site's home page https://www/OakCitySound.org. Please use this in talking it up with your singing friends (men and women) who would like to join us, temporarily, without cost or obligation, in performing on any or all of our five Christmas season concerts. All we ask is that they attend four out of five practices, starting October 16, from 7pm to 7:45pm, to learn the small subset of the music. Music memorization will not be required. 

2. Carol's Korner

• Reality check: we have 7 rehearsals until we perform our first holiday concert, and 5 of those rehearsals will include an hour of time dedicated to welcoming guests to our Holiday Chorus.
• Please plan enough practice time at home between rehearsals so we are always starting ahead of where we left off.

3. Future Notes

• Oct 22 (Sunday afternoon) - Oak City Sound in concert at Preston Pointe in Morrisville. Call time is 2pm.
• Oct 28 (Saturday): NC State Football Game concession. Call time is TBD
• Nov 4 (Saturday): NC State Football Game concession. Call time is TBD
• Nov 25 (Saturday): NC State Football Game concession. Call time is TBD

4. Long Range

Note that all Mondays in our Christmas season are fully booked, plus Tuesday Dec 5! Thanks to the team for making so many bookings, and to everyone for singing well enough that these places have invited us back.

• Nov 27 (Monday) - Concert at The Templeton
• Dec 4 (Monday)- Concert at Springmoor
• Dec 5 (Tuesday) - Concert at Cary Arts Center
• Dec 11 (Monday) - Concert at Whispering Pines
• Dec 18 (Monday) - Concert at Searstone

5. Champagne Room

• Please keep Jim Murrell and his family in your prayers. His son is going through some very trying times dealing with severe medical issues.
• Please keep one of our newer members, David Kraay, in your prayers. DK has been in Florida for many weeks now, helping out his 97-YO father and related Hospice challenges.