Announcement - Christmas performance

Dear all,

Kindly come at 08:30 a.m.on Sunday 23rd of December 2012 at CCF RH.

Kindly note the following:

• Laurie will be conducting.
• For the attire - wear the polo tshirt that you worn during the 60th anniversary, black or dark coloured pants and shoes.
• Red flip file will be distributed to you before the performance. Kindly return them to David Chicken after the service. Alternatively, you may buy your own red flip file. 
• The pianists are
• Serena - O Come O Come Emmanuel
• Elsie - Praise ye the Father 

Due to time constraint, we are only practicing how parts between parts and, how members within the same part interact. If you have not mastered your part yet, kindly listen to the person next to you for reference on Sunday.

Thank you for your comprehension and usual understanding. 

God bless,

CCF Youth Choir

Announcement as of 18th of December 2012

Dear all,

Rehearsal
21st of December 2012, Friday at 1915 at CCF RH

Kindly note this is the last rehearsal for Christmas

Laurie will be in charge on the 21st and 23rd of December 2012. Please try your best!

You will be notified later for details about rehearsals for Easter, Chinese New Year and Mother's day for the year of 2013.


Combined rehearsal
We received notification from the President Kong requesting for a combined rehearsal on the:

20th of December 2012, Thursday at 1930 at CCF RH

Those who can attend, please try to do so. Thank you very much!

Audio file
 We are only left with a few days. Try your best!

Praise ye the Father
S: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_hIxZmWRbY
A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wU-i76h6WA
T: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-YcDa3hWdk
B: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP1iFfHrCbM
SATB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itJcSPr5sis
Backup: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m707gn65mh2e1og/TeqsMcsYSI

O Come O Come Emmanuel
S: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7tI9zhuruA
A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XavirNrNpKw
T: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fVvKqtjrdU
B: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSlVX2VUbI
SATB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rizSjL7Rf2U
Backup: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7kcfh2vj6zfmpov/clnYTtVUoY

Music score
If you do not have a copy of the music score yet, urgently inform ccfyouthchoir@gmail.com

Yes, you can!!!

God bless,

CCF Youth Choir

Announcement as of 10th of December 2012

Dear all,

Rehearsal

14th of December, Friday, at CCF RH at 19:15

15th of December, Saturday, at CCF RH at 15:00

16th of December, Sunday, at CCF RH at 12:45

Laurie will not be available until the 21st of December. David will be in charge in the meanwhile. For those who cannot attend the rehearsals, kindly practise on your own with the audio files previously posted. Thank you for your comprehension and usual cooperation.

Transport
So far, Sock Pin, Lawrence, Marjorie, David and Christel needs transport to attend rehearsal on Friday. Kindly send us an email by Wednesday 23:59 if you need transport. Thank you for your cooperation.

Kindly note other than choir practice  there is also sketch practice right after our rehearsal. i.e. Choir rehearsal usually ends at 1930, at most 1945 and sketch rehearsal begins right after, so you may practice upstairs on your own after choir rehearsal or you may do something else on your own. Choir members who are not participating in sketch will be staying at CCF RH until 2200 for return transport. Alternatively, choir members may arrange their own return transport. 

Concerning Spiritual Gifts (1 Corinthians 12)

Everyone are gifted, the fact you are in the choir proves you are musically gifted, some more, some less. Nevertheless, you are all gifted! Do not lose hope, try your best, try hard, even if you fail, fail better next time, learn from your failures. We are all in the body of Christ, we will never let you down, even if you may be the weakest in the choir, you still are important, your presence is important! 

Diamond bright

Due to time constraint, we will not sing this song. Serena will play this live accompanying a power point presentation narrating the story of nativity.

Kodaly's method

We taught the Kodaly's method to members on Sunday, we will practice using Kodaly's method some more time. Here is an example video:

http://youtu.be/wnflr7cQnRc

How to practice

1. Have a quick look at the music score

2. Read and understand the lyrics

3. Play the audio files and try to hum or sing 'ah' along with the audio

4. Repeat until you are comfortable with your part

5. Try to sing the words

6. After you fully mastered your part, try to sing along the SATB file.

7. If possible, memorize your part

Try your best!

500 Views!!! 

We are happy to announce the number of viewers of this blog reached 500!!! Thank you for your views!!!!! :D

God bless,
David

Announcements as of 2nd of December 2012

Dear all,


God's Promises: He Will Supply All Needs
“And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19, The Holy Bible)
We are very happy as our member Ronald (Bass) just returned from the USA and, he will be singing together with us as one voice! Amen!


New members
We are happy to announce that there are 2 new members joining our choir this week. They are Liline (*Soprano) and Eric Chan (*Tenor)
God is good, all the time and all the time, God is good. Amen!
*-> member has been randomly assigned to given part. Member might be reassigned to different part after determining the vocal range.

Kindly note application is open all year round.

Permanent Choir Coordinator
Due to all the confusion caused during the previous days, Cynthia Li voluntarily accepted the post of Permanent Choir Coordinator. She will be in charge of informing members in cases where announcements and/or changes are made within 24 hours prior to the rehearsal. For all announcements made more than 24 hours, i.e. announcements made at least 1 day before rehearsal begins, kindly visit this blog spot for the latest information. Thank you for your understanding and usual cooperation.

Rehearsal Time
7th of December, Friday, at CCF RH at 07:15pm (before Rehearsal for Sketch)  Cancelled
                                       No Rehearsal (kindly practice on your own)

8th of December, Saturday, No Rehearsal (kindly practice on your own)
9th of December, Sunday, at CCF PL at 10:30am (after CCF combined service)

The rehearsal on Friday will be rather short, around 15 mins, at most 30 mins. And, this will be the only time Laurie (Conductor) is available to practice together with us. So, seize this opportunity well!

David will be stuck at work till late tonight and,  this morning, Laurie informed us that she will not be available for practice. Also, both pianists, Elsie and Serena have other things to attend to tonight. Cynthia Li have informed you of the last minute cancellation of rehearsal through sms. We are terribly sorry for any inconveniences caused. Thank you for your understanding. Rehearsal on Sunday at CCF PL at 10:30am is maintained. See you then. 

Members who cannot attend rehearsal on Sunday, kindly practice on your own. Thank you for your cooperation.

The rehearsal on Saturday for this week is cancelled. Both Laurie and David are not available. Thank you for your attention.

After receiving feedback from members today, the rehearsal duration time on this coming Sunday will be around 1 hour 30 minutes. We will have vocal warm up exercises and we will practice both O Come O Come Emmanuel and Praise ye the Father. We will sing both songs together with the elderly choir. Kindly listen to the audio files as preparation. Thank you. Try your best!

Youtube Video
Courtesy of Welsa (Soprano) who provided the link below for a vocal quartet(mixed group) of Praise ye the Father:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Grz1VAWijQ

Kindly note the above is only for reference as the one sung in the video and our music score are slightly different. Enjoy the quartet!

Elderly choir
We received the list of elderly choir members from Mrs. Ah Niong this morning: 30 members in total; 23 sopranos, 1 alto, 1 tenor, 3 basses (approximate numbers only). If every one are present from both choirs, ideally, we will have a big choir of over 40 members. You will never walk alone, stay strong and practice your part well!

Try your best! Listen to the audio files which are posted in previous announcements. Believe in yourself! Yes you can!

God bless,
CCF Youth Choir

Announcements

Dear all, 

We are happy to announce the attendance rate during the first week rehearsal was over 83%. 

Rehearsal Time

30th of November, Friday, No rehearsal. (Kindly practise on your own)
1st of December, Saturday, No rehearsal. (Kindly practise on your own) 
2nd of December, Sunday, at CCFPL at  1230pm

As we have regional cell on this Friday, there are no teens' meeting. Consequently, there will be no rehearsal. For those who cannot attend rehearsal, please practice on your own. Thank you for your understanding. We are sorry for any inconveniences caused. 

Sorry for short notice.

New members
We are happy to announce that there are 2 new members joining our choir this week. They are Christel Li (*Soprano) and Angelie (*Alto)
God is good, all the time and all the time, God is good. Amen!
*-> member has been randomly assigned to given part. Member might be reassigned to different part after determining the vocal range.

Kindly note application is open all year round.

Audio files
Kindly note, unlike Mathematics or English literature, we cannot cram all the knowledge in one day/night, music works differently, the brain needs more time to process these information  So, kindly listen to your part for several times. Even if you cannot master it at first, Give yourself some time.Kindly note we will not sing Diamond bright as announced previously due to time constraint. However, We will sing O Come O Come Emmanuel instead, a much more manageable song. And, we will sing Praise ye the Father with the elderly choir. 


Praise ye the Father
S: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_hIxZmWRbY
A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wU-i76h6WA
T: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-YcDa3hWdk
B: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP1iFfHrCbM
SATB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itJcSPr5sis
Backup: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m707gn65mh2e1og/TeqsMcsYSI

O Come O Come Emmanuel
S: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7tI9zhuruA
A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XavirNrNpKw
T: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fVvKqtjrdU
B: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSlVX2VUbI
SATB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rizSjL7Rf2U
Backup: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7kcfh2vj6zfmpov/clnYTtVUoY

Music score
From hence, due to copyright issues, music scores will only be distributed in hard copies and/or emails.

Blogspot
From now on, to avoid ambiguity and confusion, except for personal information such as contact list, music scores and photos, all other information will be posted on this blogspot.

Kindly visit it at least once a week. 

The latest post is deemed correct.

Try your best and God will do the rest!

God bless,
CCF Youth Choir

Clarifications pertaining to announcement previously made

Dear all,

After meeting with members during the past few days, we took notice of your concerns. kindly see below for some clarifications. 

Rehearsals

Rehearsal sessions on Friday nights are fixed till the end of Christmas performance. 

Practice is around 15~30mins before teen/youth's meeting at CCF RH.

i.e. The practise date, time and location are:

23rd of November 7:15pm at CCF RH

30th of November 7:15pm at CCF RH

7th of December  7:15pm at CCF RH

14th of December 7:15pm at CCF RH

21th of December 7:15pm at CCF RH

As Pastor Eunice is leaving, there has been some changes with the practice date, time and location of the worship team. So, in order to cope with them. For this coming Saturday, 24th of November, rehearsal is at 3:00pm at CCF RH.

We will notify you about rehearsal date, time and location for the other Saturdays. We are sorry for any inconveniences caused. Henceforth, we will have closer communication with the worship team.

For this coming Sunday, 25th of November, rehearsal is at 12:30pm at CCF PL. (Decision based on data collected from members who responded to the questionnaire, see attached).

You are advised to attend only one rehearsal session per week.

For member(s) who cannot attend all three rehearsal sessions, kindly contact us.

Audio files

It was reported the audio files could not be played. The same have been uploaded onto sound cloud and you tube for your convenience. 

Sound Cloud: http://soundcloud.com/user5407441/sets/ccfyc-christmas-2012-diamond

Youtube:

S:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDiX2cGpSOM

A:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYaAd6XP5Nk

T:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88hGn76J5Mk

B:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqpTrq3HwnE

SATB:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE8JB9rKHlM

"Diamond bright - Soprano" is for the sopranos only.

"Diamond bright - Alto" is for the altos only.

"Diamond bright - Tenor" is for the tenors only.

"Diamond bright - Bass" is for the basses only.

"Diamond bright - SATB" gives you an idea of what happens when Sopranos, altos, tenors and basses sing together.

Only the notes are played in the audio files for your reference. Listen repeatedly until you are comfortable with it. Then, try to sing along.

If you have any questions, kindly let us know.

Thank you for your usual cooperation.

God bless,

David

Diamond bright lyrics

Diamond bright

On a night long ago diamond bright were the heavens still

the world with waiting silent for so long.

Then at last came that moment when the world changed forever,

we see that precious baby and know that we are touched by the angel’s song.

Far away in the east on that cold winter evening；

mighty kings were waiting, watching from a far,

Setting out on their journey who could ever believe it？

We see that lowly stable,

and know that we are touched by that same bright star.

It’s the same old story we tell each year,

tales of shepherds and of kings :

the same old story we like to hear again and again ,

the joy that it brings.

In the voice of a child

in the smile of a stranger

in a perfect snowflake

or a grain of sand

In the cry of a baby

we remember that story

we see our world with wonder

and know that we are touched by the angel's hand

Words and Music by Lin Marsh

Announcements

Dear choir members

We are very happy to announce that CCF Youth Choir will be performing 2 songs (including a short one with the elderly choir, TBA) on the 23rd of December this year. All members are expected to participate.

New members

We are happy to announce that there are 6 new members joining our choir. They are Welsa (soprano), Ivy (alto), Terry (baritone), Eric (bass), Jean(*Tenor) and Lee Yiang (*Alto). God is good, all the time and all the time, God is good. Amen!

*-> member has been randomly assigned to given part. Member might be reassigned to different part after determining the vocal range.

Rehearsals

Rehearsals on Friday nights are unchanged.

Practise is 15~30mins before teen/youth's meeting at CCF RH.

For rehearsals on Saturdays and Sundays, another email will be sent to you shortly. Kindly fill in the time slot so we may make the necessary arrangements. 

Audio files

Kindly visit link below to download the audio files. The SATB audio file gives you an idea of the expected outcome and the individual file is for your reference when practising on your own. Refer to attached contact list if you are not sure which part you belong to.

Main link: http://www.mediafire.com/?ud80q7w40oaa3

Backup link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2ns3hjsubjvntyl/esROamCpOU

Music score

Hard copy Music score will be distributed to you during rehearsals.

Conclusion

Having a heart willing to serve and worship the Lord is truly commendable. Brothers and sisters in Christ, mastering 2 songs under 4 weeks is not impossible, place your trust in God, keep your faith and pray. In the meanwhile, listen to the audio files, put in hard work in serving the Lord. Practise, practise and practise on your own, we don't have much time left for rehearsal. Try your best and God will do the rest!

Thank you very much for your participation!

God bless,

CCF Youth Choir 

Easter 2012 - Come awake

All members present on Saturday unanimously chose the song "Come awake" for Easter 2012.

For more details, kindly refer to previous mails.