A Word from the GSCS President 
August 2011
To all my fellow music lovers:
Another summer has come and sadly gone. And as September is now right on our doorstep, I am again getting excited in anticipation of starting up GSCS rehearsals again. I LOVED OUR LAST CONCERT!!! Broadway music never seems to get old with me. I loved singing the wide variety of songs from some of the older musicals to some of the more modern ones. Such a lot of fun for us to sing and for our audiences too.
I continue to be very proud of GSCS and our growing and continued efforts to share our voices and music with our local communities. Singing at the Wentworth Home, Bellamy Fields Living Facility, and Strawbery Banke were great ways for GSCS to touch people in our communities who can’t make it to our concerts. I look forward to these singing opportunities every year.
Now we need to look ahead to our next concert session…and it is going to be another great one. We will again have a great selection of music picked out by Seth A. Hurd. We will be tackling J. S. Bach’s Magnificat in Eb, Rutter’s Magnificat, some selections from Polar Express and two selections from Handel’s Messiah to close the program. This is going to be another fantastic opportunity for singers, musicians and audiences alike. We will be singing with an orchestra this concert which always makes it special. The concert dates are scheduled for December 10th and 11th and rehearsals begin on Sunday, September 11, 2011. Registration will begin at 3:30 pm. Fees include membership dues of $40.00 adults & Seniors/$30.00 student & First-timers per concert session, plus the cost of music and the cost of your concert outfit. Rehearsals will be from 4:00-6:30 pm every Sunday at the First Church Congregational in Rochester.
The budget for our last year was over $19,000.00 and we anticipate the budget to be higher this year due to the orchestra costs. We did end the year in the black again thanks to all our fundraising efforts. That being said, again this year we will be requiring every member try their best to fund raise or donate $150.00 during this session. We will be holding a wide variety of fundraisers throughout the session so you can pick and choose which ones you would like to participate in. Please be aware that only by working together can we make this happen! Let’s support GSCS and have another successful year!!
I look forward to singing with you this year and hope that many past, current and new members will join us in sharing our gift of music with each other and our communities!! Welcome back!
Yours in song,
Karen Manning
President, Granite State Choral Society
Please feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions.