The Choo Choo Chorus - Newsletter For September 25

Newsletter For September 25

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September 25, 2025

Paul Blazek Receives 50 Year Membership Pin

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Script For Thursday's Meeting
From The Prez
Need Backstage Volunteers
Paul Blazek Receives 50 Year Membership Pin
What is Your Favorite Christmas Chorus Memory

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Meeting, Thursday, September 25, 7 PM, Morris Hill Baptist Church.

Special Olympics Bowling Tournament, Monday, September 29, arrive at 9:30 AM to sing at 10. Spare Time Bowling, 5530 Hixson Pike, Hixson, TN 37343. Uniform: Class B, short sleeve blue shirt, khaki pants, black shoes.

Special Meeting, Monday, October 6, 7 PM, Morris Hill Baptist Church. The day change is due to the SHD Convention that starts on Thursday.

Fall SHD Convention, Thursday-Saturday, October 9-11, We are the Host Chapter and need volunteers to serve during the convention. Silverdale Baptist Church in Chattanooga.

Christmas Show, Thursday, December 18, 7 PM. Details later.

Paul Blazek Receives 50 Year Membership Pin

Last Thursday, Jimmy Tompkin presented Paul Blazek with a 50 Year Membership Pin (shown above). To learn a bit about Paul, click HERE and scroll down to a brief story. To learn way too much about him, click HERE. And he is Past President of our SHD District. Finally,do you want to see him direct just the chorus in a most surprising setting, if so click HERE.

Script For Thursday's Meeting

7:00 PM - Meeting at Morris Hill Baptist Church

Repertory: Armed Forces Medley, Blue Skies, Can You Feel th Love Tonight, Georgia On My Mind, God Bless America, Gospel Medley, Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart),I'm Sitting On Top Of The World, Keep The Whole World Singing, Let the Rest of the World Go By, Let's Get Away From It All, My Wild Irish Rose, The Old Songs, The Star Spangled Banner, When She Loved Me, When There's Love At Home. Yesterday, You Tell Me Your Dream

From The Prez

No new words of wisdom from me, but I do place a request for all to volunteer and serve during Convention in October at Silverdale Baptist Church. Thank you. Steve Grubb

Need Backstage Volunteers

Gentlemen, I need help backstage at the Convention at Silverdale. If we don’t do a good job conducting the Friday and Saturday Contests, it embarrasses this proud chorus, and a poorly run contest is the fault of what happens backstage.

I need 2 men to sit at a table where the quartets sign in. After checking in, the quartet will be assigned to and escorted to their warm up room. I need 3-4 men to go fetch the quartets when they are due to go on stage and escort them to their warm stage. I need 1 man to sit on stage left and help quartets off stage and into the audience after they have sung. This job is not physically challenging.

If I don’t get volunteers, I will just start picking out guys from the chorus. Remember, backstage is an easier job than setting up risers. Bill Slack

What is Your Favorite Christmas Chorus Memory

The working title for our 2025 Christmas Show is, "Christmas Memories, Does This Ring a Bell With You?" What is your favorite Christmas Chorus memory? For Johnny Jackson and Steve Grubb it is 'Hunch and Grunch" from the Hansel & Gretel skit in the 2003 Show (see below). For me it was from the 2011 "The Children of Christmas" Show when the stage was full of children (Click HERE to watch it).

What is your favorite Christmas Show memory? Email it to me by return email, and it might make it into this years' show as well as the Christmas Poster that I need ideas to complete. Thanks, Steve Wixson

For past Christmas Show highlights, click 'Archive' at the bottom of the left column and search "Old Show Programs."

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