Renate's Baton: Leading a choir in Newmarket

Hi Everybody! I've heard that we should google ourselves from time to time to see what's out there about us. So, I've googled ...

SNAP Aurora - Thank You for the Music

Hello Everyone, Today, I will introduce you to the Executive of the York Region Community Choir for the 2011/2012 Choir Year . We elect th...

Hi Everyone, Summer is almost over. The nights are getting cooler and my elder daughter went to school today for Registration Day, also ca...

Hello Everyone, I get a email newsletter from 96.3, the classical radio station I like. Today, there was a cool article on iPhone and iPad...

Hello there, Everyone! I just discovered a relly neat tool: The Google Calendar . I created a calendar for the choir and named it YRCC Cal...

Money, it is often said, does not bring happiness; it must be added, however, that it makes it possible to support unhappiness with exemplar...

Hi Everyone, I looked at myself in the mirror this morning and thought that I should put some lipstick on. It was just for a moment, but i...

Hi Everyone! We’ve been having the hottest July ever! It’s amazing, hot and sunny every day. I’m so glad my house has central air. At our ol...

Listen Edith, I know you're singing and you know you're singing, but the neighbours may think I'm torturing you . - Archie Bunk...

Hi Everyone! Are you having a good summer? We're really having great summer weather, aren't we? It would be really hot singing in se...

Happy Canada Day, Everyone! Main Street and Fairy Lake I took my girls to Main Street and Fairy Lake for the Canada Day festivities. What a ...

Hey, Everybody! Check out the boy band Il Volo ! Ok, they’re not really a boy band. They’re a vocal group, more like a cool, teenage Il Divo...

Hi All, That's it. We're done. Hollandview Trail was our last seniors' visit. It was great, wasn't it? What a beautiful p...

Hello Everybody! Identity You are what you eat. That’s not new.   I’ve been thinking about my own identity in terms of, “You are what you ...

Hi Everyone! People out there are always trying to figure out who I am and what I want. That’s ok. So am I. Google Search Google Search i...

Hello, Everybody! Jokes I have some jokes that I use when we go out singing with the seniors. It feels good to make them laugh, and it se...

Hello Everyone! The YRCC  had fun last night at Sunrise Senior Living in Aurora . We were upstairs on the third floor with the folks that c...

Hello All, I just did my piano playing for the day. I try to play for at least 10 or 15 minutes a day even though my lessons are over unti...

Hello Everybody! The other day, my choir friend Heather posted on Facebook that she found herself speeding when the song On the Floor wa...

Hi Everyone! Did you know that you can travel with a group of Ballet lovers, go on a tour devoted to Ballet? It’s true. Travel for music ...