A few weeks ago I comment to the list owner that perhaps the list
should be moderated so that spam is not posted and offered to assist.
Mary wrote back saying that she is quite busy with work recently and
offered me ownership of this group. I accepted. (Is this "All right,
wise guy, see if you can do better?")

I have deleted some spam and some spammers, set the group so that new
members require approval, and new members are moderated. I will
demoderate new members when they post a message.

Hi Chicago Singers,

I've got a lot of email addresses of people who came to the Midwest
Convention from far away, and I'd like to sign them up to receive
email announcements of only the special events that people generally
travel to from out of town: Midwest Convention, Anniversary singing,
Hyde Park Anniversary singing, and Lincoln's Birthday singing (at the
U of C Folk Fest). The U of C list configuration software doesn't have
the "special announcements only" option that yahoo groups has, so I'd
like to use this list for that. I hope y'all don't mind. But I will
need help from the group moderator (Mary Doyle) because I think
special announcements can come only from the moderator. Mary, would
you be willing to post these four announcements per year? You can copy
them from the other list. Or if anyone's got a better idea, please let
me know. Thanks.

Rochelle

--- In ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com, "krajndllibe"
<krajndllibe@y...> wrote:
>
> --- In ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com, "dredtulc" <rstrahan@j...>
wrote:
> >
> > "sigh" I have to work this Saturday, so no Shape note for me!
> > dredtulc(one more "sigh" )
> >
>
> If it's the Anniversary Singing you're talking about, it's on Sunday,
> not Saturday.
>
> More information at http://www.woodbros.com/Singings.html
>

"DOH!!" Yeah, I just realized that about 5 min. before I checked back
here...no really I did! So now I'll try and show up! Thanks!
dredtulc(still working on that whole "calandar" thing!)

--- In ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com, "dredtulc" <rstrahan@j...> wrote:
>
> "sigh" I have to work this Saturday, so no Shape note for me!
> dredtulc(one more "sigh" )
>

If it's the Anniversary Singing you're talking about, it's on Sunday,
not Saturday.

More information at http://www.woodbros.com/Singings.html

"sigh" I have to work this Saturday, so no Shape note for me!
dredtulc(one more "sigh" )

Sounds great! My wife and I would love to attend, is there anything
we should know going in? (we just got interested in this type of
music, so we're pretty new!) I see the singers are asked to bring
something, how about us? (not a problem if so!) Is there a site or
something I can visit to learn more? Thanks for being so welcoming
by the way!
dredtulc(who loves the IAHC!)

--- In ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com, mary doyle <Holyolks@y...>
wrote:
>
> Welcome Dredtulc!
>   
>   Do you know about the anniversary singing coming up?  Here's the
scoop...
>   
>  
> 22nd Session of the Chicago Sacred Harp Singers Anniversary
Singing, 8 January 2006, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., potluck dinner on the
grounds at 12:30 p.m. (local singers please bring a main dish,
salad, or dessert etc. to share), at the Irish American Heritage
Center, 4626 N. Knox Avenue, Chicago (the Center's phone number is
(773) 282-7035, and directions can be found at 
http://www.irishamhc.com/directions.asp).  Co-chairs of this singing
will be Anne Heider and Steve Warner.
>   Come if you can, as it's a once a year event and one of the most
well attended of SH singings in Chicago.  I anticipate we will
recommence with regular northside singings in late January.
>   
>   ~mary doyle
>   773-936-5452

Sounds great! My wife and I would love to attend, is there anything
we should know going in? (we just got interested in this type of
music, so we're pretty new!) I see the singers are asked to bring
something, how about us? (not a problem if so!) Is there a site or
something I can visit to learn more? Thanks for being so welcoming
by the way!
dredtulc(who loves the IAHC!)

--- In ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com, mary doyle <Holyolks@y...>
wrote:
>
> Welcome Dredtulc!
>
>   Do you know about the anniversary singing coming up?  Here's the
scoop...
>
>
> 22nd Session of the Chicago Sacred Harp Singers Anniversary
Singing, 8 January 2006, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., potluck dinner on the
grounds at 12:30 p.m. (local singers please bring a main dish,
salad, or dessert etc. to share), at the Irish American Heritage
Center, 4626 N. Knox Avenue, Chicago (the Center's phone number is
(773) 282-7035, and directions can be found at
http://www.irishamhc.com/directions.asp).  Co-chairs of this singing
will be Anne Heider and Steve Warner.
>   Come if you can, as it's a once a year event and one of the most
well attended of SH singings in Chicago.  I anticipate we will
recommence with regular northside singings in late January.
>
>   ~mary doyle
>   773-936-5452

Hey! Just joined and wanted to say hey!
dredtulc

Hey! Just joined and wanted to say hey!
dredtulc

Folks, I'm re-sending this in case some of you are not on the U-of-C shapenote list.

If you are not, would you write me back so I know? Do we want to continue to use this list for event announcements (thus sending subscribers to both lists double announcements)?  Or should we keep the Northsiders-only list for organizing only (ie, figuring that we are the folks who might be willing to host or help out)?

 

Thanks for your input, and I'd love to sing with you this weekend - Molly

 

**************

To anyone who would like a chance to sing this week -

 

There *will* be a north side singing this Sunday, the 27th.  It will be held at my house, in Ravenswood: 1766 W. Highland (one block S. of Devon & just east of Ravenswood & the Metra tracks). 2 o'clock, come on down!  Please note that this is a change of venue for the singing formerly scheduled for the Evanston location.

Our number is (773) 274-4551.

 

There will *not* be a singing in Hyde Park this week, due to the holiday (just a reminder).

 

Have a great Thanksgiving, and I hope to see and hear you (and your in-laws?) on Sunday.

 

cheers,

Molly Whedbee

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Were there enough people able to come that we are going ahead with a singing tomorrow at my house, 2-4?  I lost track of how many said they could come and also what is considered a minimum.  Randy and I will be here if we have it (that's 2).  Also I will post our address if it's happening.

 

Susan

--- In ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com, lisa cohen <lcohen@m...> wrote:

>
> announcements are being made on the u of c shapenote list and at a link
> you can get to from fasola, last i knew.
>
>

My point was that it might be helpful to address the discussion you're
having on this list - about where to sing, if there's interest enough
to hold singings, how to publicize singings to get more people
involved etc. - to the Chicago singing community at large, most of
which (at least based on the subscription numbers) does not see what
is posted to this Yahoo group.  As for the links from Fasola, given
that I created and maintain one of the two Chicago area singings
websites, I'm aware the information is out there - I just imagine that
it would be seen by even more people if it were also posted to the
Fasola singings list itself and delivered to people's inboxes.

I'm not suggesting the discussion about hammering out dates and
locations should be posted to the Fasola singings list - however,
information about many local monthly singings from around the country
is regularly posted there, and it just seemed to me that if you're
looking for ways to expand advertising about your singings, using the
resources that have already been set up would be a good way to go.

Karen

-----Original Message-----
From: ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Marta Knickrehm
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:57 AM
To: ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ShapeNoteChicago] Update on Northside Nov/Dec Singings

I'm kind of busy on the 20th, but might be able to attend, depending on
where Susan and Randy's house is (as long as travel isn't too long I would
love to be able to take the time to sing!).  Again, I'm public
transportation dependent for the most part.

I will most certainly be available to sing on the 27th, but not the 11th.

As far as increasing attendance, it might be good for several people to
speak with those who were initially interested who have not yet attended
and find out what their obstacles to attending have been.  If it's just
that it's currently the holiday season, then we should be able to keep a
north side sing viable.  There may be more scheduling, communication,
transportation or other concerns that people might be more likely to
discuss in person or in one-to-one situations.

Also, it is always hard to begin a new group - but once it gets going it
should be smooth sailing. 

Marta


>   Here is a tenative schedual for Nov and Dec,
>   pending confirmation of hosts and attendees:
>   
>   11/20 - Susan and Randy's
>   11/27 - Bruce's
>   12/11 - 1109 Washington 
>   
>   There's the news my friends.
>   
>   ~mary doyle
>   
>


           
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molly whedbee wrote:

> Hi all -
> Why don't I host on the 27th? I've finally arrived from portland (OR)
> and I'm excited to sing with y'all.  The downstairs of our house will
> have to recover from the debris of my moving in, but it's good to have a
> deadline anyway.
>
> Miss Mary, rest assured I intend to join you in putting in energy,
> thought & time to get this thing going up north. I agree with Karen and
> Marta that advertising to the general public may not be the best route
> this early in the game. I would prefer to try to build a larger core of
> experienced/ semi-experienced singers, and get a bit of a rhythm going
> first.
>
> Would people object to my posting announcements of our events on 1) the
> u-of-c based shapenote list, 2) fasola, and 3) craigslist?

announcements are being made on the u of c shapenote list and at a link
you can get to from fasola, last i knew.


lisa

--- In ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com, mary doyle <Holyolks@y...> wrote:
>

>
>   As the unofficial organizer of northside singings, I vote we
figure out another way to increase attandance, like...say...creating
and distributing flyers and posting announcements in newletters.

I offer this suggestion as someone who lives in the NW suburbs and
isn't usually able or likely to attend shorter singings in the city,
but it seems to me that trying to organize singings in the Chicago
area by means of a separate Yahoo group is perhaps a
less than optimal way of doing it.  I realize that in setting this up
you were anxious to avoid "overloading" the existing local mailing
list (hosted through the University of Chicago), but that list has
relatively little traffic, and, as opposed to the 24 members of this
list, at last count it had 346 subscribers, all of whom are presumably
interested in the topic of singings in the Chicago area.  In addition
to that list, there's the Fasola singings list at http://fasola.org,
where people all over the country and the world, who might be
traveling to the Chicago area, who knows, could receive announcements
of your singings.  It seems to me it would be practical to try to
organize singings using those two lists, if not in place of this Yahoo
group, than at least in addition to it.

I've posted links to the websites that host the two mailing lists I've
mentioned under the "Links" section of this Yahoo group.

Best regards,

Karen Freund
Algonquin, IL

I'm kind of busy on the 20th, but might be able to attend, depending on
where Susan and Randy's house is (as long as travel isn't too long I would
love to be able to take the time to sing!).  Again, I'm public
transportation dependent for the most part.

I will most certainly be available to sing on the 27th, but not the 11th.

As far as increasing attendance, it might be good for several people to
speak with those who were initially interested who have not yet attended
and find out what their obstacles to attending have been.  If it's just
that it's currently the holiday season, then we should be able to keep a
north side sing viable.  There may be more scheduling, communication,
transportation or other concerns that people might be more likely to
discuss in person or in one-to-one situations.

Also, it is always hard to begin a new group - but once it gets going it
should be smooth sailing.

Marta


>   Here is a tenative schedual for Nov and Dec,
>   pending confirmation of hosts and attendees:
>
>   11/20 - Susan and Randy's
>   11/27 - Bruce's
>   12/11 - 1109 Washington
>
>   There's the news my friends.
>
>   ~mary doyle
>
>



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----- Original Message -----

From: mary doyle

To: Northside SacredHarp

Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 5:32 PM

Subject: [ShapeNoteChicago] Update on Northside Nov/Dec Singings

Dear Singers,

 

It was wonderful singing with many of you yesterday at Old Town.  I'm sure the Wisconsin singing was well worth the drive and I'm sorry to have missed it.  Here is an update and query regarding northside singing for the rest of the autumn season:  

 

Attendance of Northside singings has beed slight in recent weeks.  It's hardly worth it to continue schedualing northside singings if only 3 people show up.  Here's what we have thus far in terms of projected attandance for Nov and Dec:

 

11/20  -  4

11/27  -  2-3

12/11  -  3-4

12/18  -  no Evanston singing.....all city singing - location TBA 

 

As the unofficial organizer of northside singings, I vote we figure out another way to increase attandance, like...say...creating and distributing flyers and posting announcements in newletters.  As a single parent with a 9-5 job and only a bit of knowledge of sacred harp history and tradition, my ability to promote and coordinate northside singings on my own is rather limited.  I need help.  Please volunteer to help with or take charge of either of the following duties if you are able and willing:  

 

Trumpet Blower....create and distribute flyers, ask churches/libraries/music schools to post an announcement in thier newsletters, etc.

 

Super Schedualer....coordinate dates, times and locations of northside singings and post to group.

 

Here is a tenative schedual for Nov and Dec,

pending confirmation of hosts and attendees:

 

11/20 - Susan and Randy's

11/27 - Bruce's

12/11 - 1109 Washington 

 

There's the news my friends.

 

~mary doyle

 

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On Cathryn's schedule she does list a city wide singing on Dec. 18th; place to be announced.

 

Randy and I can offer our home for a singing on Nov. 20 if there are enough singers.

 

Nov. 27 and Dec. 11 we are not available.

 

Dec. 18 we hope to be singing somewhere.

 

Susan

-----Original Message-----
From: ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mary doyle
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:21 PM
To: ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ShapeNoteChicago] Nov/Dec singings

Marta,

 

The 3rd Sunday in December is the 18th.  There will be no citywide sing on this day, but if we have criticle mass (6+), we can sing in Evanston.  Would you be able to attend on 12/18 from 2-4pm?

 

~mary 

Marta Knickrehm <martaknickrehm@...> wrote:

I will be able to attend a 3rd Sunday singing.  I'd greatly prefer that
the singings be on the north side of the city and near public
transportation, but I can arrange rides in the meantime.

I will be available to host after the new year, but I do have two cats and
a dog, so allergy sufferers might not be happy.

Marta


     
           
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-----Original Message-----
From: ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mary doyle
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:21 PM
To: ShapeNoteChicago@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ShapeNoteChicago] Nov/Dec singings

Marta,

 

The 3rd Sunday in December is the 18th.  There will be no citywide sing on this day, but if we have criticle mass (6+), we can sing in Evanston.  Would you be able to attend on 12/18 from 2-4pm?

 

~mary 

Marta Knickrehm <martaknickrehm@...> wrote:

I will be able to attend a 3rd Sunday singing.  I'd greatly prefer that
the singings be on the north side of the city and near public
transportation, but I can arrange rides in the meantime.

I will be available to host after the new year, but I do have two cats and
a dog, so allergy sufferers might not be happy.

Marta


     
           
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I think so.  PGS

mary doyle wrote:

> Marta,
>
> The 3rd Sunday in December is the 18th.  There will be no citywide sing
> on this day, but if we have criticle mass (6+), we can sing
> in Evanston.  Would you be able to attend on 12/18 from 2-4pm?
>
> ~mary
>

I will be able to attend a 3rd Sunday singing.  I'd greatly prefer that
the singings be on the north side of the city and near public
transportation, but I can arrange rides in the meantime.

I will be available to host after the new year, but I do have two cats and
a dog, so allergy sufferers might not be happy.

Marta


     
           
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Hello dear Singers,

 

It was such a delight to sing with many of you in Hyde Park last weekend!  We've got another weekend full of singing in Chicago coming up, so let's call this Sunday's singing (2nd sunday) officially canceled.  I look forward to seeing many of you in Wisconsin on Saturday or at Old Town on Sunday. 

 

Question: If a 3rd Sunday in Nov. singing is schedualed, would you be able to attend?  Attendance has been low, so if you want a singing, please confirm that you can make it.  If six or more people confirm, we'll sing. 

 

The 4th Sunday is Thanksgiving weekend - again, same question.  I might be out of town, so someone else would have to host if folks want to sing that weekend.

 

The Quaker House looks like a no go, they have lot's of liability concerns.  How has this been handled with other churches?

 

We need more living rooms!  If you've got one that would work, please volunteer it! 

 

And so, dear singers, in summery, please give a "YES, I'll be there!" or a "I hope I can make it, but I'm not sure yet" or a "Nope, that time won't work for me" to each of the following November and December dates so we might schedual accordingly.  Also, if you can host, please include the best day for you to do so here.

 

November 20th 2-4pm 

November 27th 2-4pm

December 11th 2-4pm

December 18th 2-4pm

 

Thank you kindly,

 

~mary doyle

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