VCBC English Worship Choir Homepage (My sarcastic half)

Disclaimer

If you linked to this page from this homepage, please do not blame the owner. That person did not write this half of the choir page. That person did write the other half of the choir page, though. And no, I'm not responsible for that part of it. If you linked from this other page, or that other homepage, then blame me for this half.

Parts of this page are sarcastic. This page is also supposed to be really poorly written: so poorly written that it might be funny. Take what you read with a grain of salt (dump in the whole container if you want, but I won't be responsible for any negative physical/emotional/mental side effects). For now, I'd like to apologize to anyone that this page pokes fun at. (Wait a minute, that would be ... just about everyone! ;-) ) Once the choir gets a page (or even a mini-website) on the church's website (if we actually get one), this sarcasm will disappear. Hopefully.

Signed,

The author
(No, I'm not telling you who I am!)

Now that you've been warned, read on at your own risk.

Who Are We?

The VCBC English Worship Choir sings roughly every other week during the English worship service at VCBC. Our practices are every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. (sharp, not blunt!) On the Sundays that we sing, we warm up at (NOT 9:05 or 9:15 or 9:25). The English worship service starts at 9:30 a.m.

The choir has 19 members right now, but we would like to have a lot more than this. Our members are adults and young adults ages 15 and up. We have these things in common:

• We are born-again Christians.
• We like to sing. (This is a choir, after all). By the way, knowing how to sing/read music is different from liking to sing.
• We would like the congregation to hear God's message through our singing.

Unlike many choirs, our pianists and conductors are singers when they are not playing the piano or conducting.

People have accused us of being "not a choir, but just a bunch of kids and college students who sing", but we're much more than that. Granted, we aren't as good as, say, the Willingdon Church choir, but we were a choir, we are a choir, and we will be a choir, no matter what people say. If we have a willingness to serve God, that's all that counts.

Choir Directory

This will ABSOLUTELY NOT be put on the web. If you're in choir, you should have one. Please ask the choir coordinator if you don't have a copy. And please, don't use it to fold paper airplanes.

Executive Committee

Our choir has an executive commmittee consisting of these five positions:

• Two Conductors: responsible for picking/conducting/rehearsing/trying to pretend that we know what we're doing with the songs (OK, now the secret's out), putting out song schedules, chairing exec meetings, announcements,telling everyone to show up on time, other guidelines, the choir website (but that's only because we're both in CS: is this some sort of a coincidence or ...)
• Choir Coordinator: responsible for minutes, attendance, microphones, choir directory
• Librarian: responsible for books, robes, passing out bulletins
• Public Relations: responsible for promotion, liaison between the choir and other departments in church

We hold exec meetings once a month after choir rehearsal. These meetings begin at 9:16 p.m. and end at 10:09 p.m. Wonder why? Check the choir directory very carefully if you're in choir (there, I gave you a hint). If you're not in choir, join choir first. THEN check the directory.

The next exec meeting is on November 12, 1998.

Exec Meeting Agenda

If I'm chairing and you're a choir exec, you'll know the URL.

Exec Meeting Minutes

Too confidential to be online. If you attended the meeting (or are in choir exec), please ask the person who took minutes (usually the choir coordinator).

Song Schedules

• July - August 1997
• September - November 1997
• December 1997 - February 1998
• March - May 1998
• May - August 1998 (YES, we CAN count, but we changed the schedule on you!)
• August - September 1998
• "Joy In This Place" Christmas Schedule: Version 1 or Version 2
  (Oh, and by the way, "Joy In This Place" is NOT referring to any computer lab! Or the sanctuary during choir rehearsal...)

If you are a choir member, you will receive ONE copy of the song schedule. If you decide to leave it, fold paper airplanes with it, trash it, or otherwise destroy it, we will no longer be giving any replacement copies.

Song Lyrics and Audio Links

On that page, you will find links to lyrics and audio clips from songs in our current book, songs from previous books, and songs we might want to sing. Each song also has a link to the web page for the artist/group who recorded it (in some cases, there are multiple links due to different versions by different artists).

A Sleepy Choir Member's Picture

The person that we are referring is a member of our choir. (Of course, what did you expect?) Due to privacy issues, we will no longer be showing actual pictures of any of our choir members, but we can still show cartoons, so here goes:

The Other Half of the Choir Page

Just remember, I'm not responsible for the content of that half of the choir page. This person is.