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As we approach the end of the season, I just want to take a moment and express my gratitude to everyone who has set up, taken down, driven, hauled, helped, supported, reminded their kids to practice, or helped in any way this year! You are all amazing!This last Monday's effort to get everyone to Abravanel Hall is another example of the wonderful families in this organization. If you rode the bus, drove a carpool, drove yourself, hauled instruments, etc, etc, we invite you to fill out the Volunteer Follow-up Form so we may accurately track the many hours you have donated to this organization. It also helps us immensely in our grant writing to have this record!
Here is a snapshot of our upcoming schedule. Please note our rehearsal next Saturday is at a modified time: 8 to 10 am.
Saturday, 24 March, Regular Rehearsal 8:30 to 11:30 am (This was today. Thanks to everyone who came today. It felt very small today!)Tonight, Saturday, 24 March, NUYCO Recital Night, 6:30 pm, Brigham City Tabernacle (Should be a nice evening of music. I'm sure they'd love an audience!)Saturday, 31 March, MODIFIED SCHEDULE Regular Rehearsal, 8:00 to 10:00 amSaturday, 7 April, Regular Rehearsal, 8:30 to 11:30 amSaturday, 14 April, Regular Rehearsal, 8:30 to 11:30 amSaturday, 21 April, Regular Rehearsal, 8:30 to 11:30 amThursday, 26 April, Dress Rehearsal, 4:00 pm, Box Elder High School
Thursday, 26 April, Concert, 7:00 pm, Box Elder High School, Free admission sponsored by PetsFirst! Wellness Center
Also, please note that the calendar at the very beginning of the year had the final concert on a different date. April 26th is the Correct Date! Please check your phones and your fridges and your calendars and be sure that you have April 26th for the final concert!!!!
Eliza Corrington, first violin and percussionist, is a national finalist for a song writing competition with the National Endowment for the Arts! Her mom pointed out that since she has been learning and improving her musical skills for several years with NUYS, this helped her develop her musical talents- she wouldn't have won something like this without being a part of NUYS for so long. Take a look at the following link!
She will be in New York April 20-24, and will be back to Utah just in time for the final concert!
Congratulations, Eliza!
Congrats on a fantastic concert last weekend. What a wonderful relief to have no weather problems whatsoever! It was a stressful decision, but obviously the right one.
We will still be meeting 8:30 to 11:30 for all who can stay.
I have 21 responses out of 101 orchestra members on what your plans are for Abravanel Hall! That's only 20%. A failing grade.By this Saturday, that number needs to be 100%. A+ is the only acceptable grade on this!I just need the bottom half of the second page of the Abravanel Hall papers either handed to me or turned in electronically by this Saturday! Thanks! If you didn't bring your form home, I have attached it again to this email.
1. There have been a lot of invitations made to build and audience for this concert. We will not reschedule it unless it is absolutely necessary. There will be people trying to come in a locked door if we do.Rescheduling it will be last resort, and if it is cancelled, it may not actually be feasible to reschedule. Rescheduling is just a hope, inkling, or possibility, and according to the results from the survey, there really isn't a good day to do it. Jazz festival in Idaho next week, FBLA, etc, etc.Something like this that involves so many hundred people is just difficult to reschedule, especially at short notice with an already full schedule of music to prepare for Abravanel Hall and the season finale. Some of your comments on the survey indicate it's not a done deal. It is not. As you can see below, there is not one day that everyone can switch to, according to our survey. (As of 2pm today).2. Almost exactly one third of our players come from Cache county, one third from Weber county, and one third from Box Elder county. So one third of our players (and all our artistic staff) drive over Sardine Canyon every week for rehearsal. Just so you know. It's not that bad, especially late enough in the day to be there after the snow plows have done their jobs. For those of you who haven't driven Sardine in a long time, it's almost entirely divided now. (I'm not minimizing the risk here, just helping you see that this is not on the level of driving the North Ogden Divide....)3. Sardine is NOT the only way. There is another -- flat and generally safe -- alternative to taking Sardine Canyon into Logan. Notice the difference on the map below, timing-wise. The blue line takes you through Sardine, the gray line over the alternate way. Also notice that if you would rather stay on the freeway longer, instead of following the (alternate) gray line, you can continue north, take the I-15 split, and then exit directly onto UT-30 (where it says "Riverside" on the map) which takes you directly into Logan on 200 North.4. As of now, the forecast is for the snow to taper off early Saturday afternoon, so we might be just fine. It would be silly to cancel a concert when we don't need to, especially since it's so problematic to reschedule. We will not make any premature decisions.5. As always, if you feel deeply uncomfortable driving in for the concert, please stay home but let me know that day so we can adjust the seating, but mostly so we don't worry about you. Also, I encourage you to find a friend to ride with if you are concerned.
