Welcome
Welcome to Renate's Baton. This blog is mostly for and about my choir, The York Region Community Choir.
But, While I'm holding the baton, I'm in charge. So, if I want to talk about other parts of my life, I will. :)
The choir itself is a community and I'm discovering that we have a lot in common with one another besides our love of music and singing.
When I go off on a tangent, there is always a crowd coming along. Join us!
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
YRCC Post-concert Seniors' Tour Winter 2024
I'm so happy with yesterday's performance at the Renoir! The choir, a good number of you and a lovely balance of parts, sounded excellent, maybe better than on Sunday. I think we were all more relaxed and having fun, and it liberated your sound. Those seniors were very lucky. I love my choir!!!
I am so happy that I agreed that we could do Song for a Winter's Night with everyone singing the two solos. It was beautiful, not as dramatic/special as with the soloists, but it was lovely to have everyone singing. It sounded pretty and powerful, and seeing everyone enjoy that song was heartwarming. The seniors' visits do this for us; liberating and heartwarming.
As always, I had tons of wonderful praise from our audience, praise and gratitude. They loved being able to sing along! You could see it and feel it, but they also expressed it.
Remaining Senoirs Tour: I need more sopranos, but more everything really, for the upcoming visits. Please sign up and come to sing. You will be so happy that you did! However, of you're sick, you can't come into a seniors' residence/care home. Don't feel bad, just let me know and I'll cancel your "registration" so someone else can take your place. It's fun and easy with lots of sing-along Christmas/winter/holiday songs.
Binders: Don't forget that you need to return your binder and all music by December 20th. If you can't do that at a seniors' visit, you will need to drop it off at Anne Copsey's house: 402 Silken Laumann Dr., Newmarket. There's a bin by her front door.