7:00 PM - The meeting is in person at Ponders.

We'll run the Christmas songs in show order with quartets

Jingle Bells
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
White Christmas
Happy Holidays - It's The Holiday Season
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
We Need a Little Chrismas
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
The Secret Of Christmas
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Silent NIght

Repertory: America the Beautiful, Armed Forces Medley, California Here I Come, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Darkness on the Delta, Georgia on My mind, God Bless America, Hello Mary Lou, I’m Sittin’ on Top of the World, It’s the Music that Brings Us Together, Let’s Get Away from it All, Old Folks at Home, Star Spangled Banner, Welcome Song, When She Loved Me, When There’s Love at Home, Yesterday, and You Tell Me Your Dream 

Thank you again for a great evening of focus and preparation! We did miss several of you but look forward to seeing ALL of you this week.

OUTFIT CHANGE:
We will wear black from the waist down on both halfs of the show.
First half the top will be a Christmas shirt or sweater, something festive. What I have seen in pictures from the past that you have worn should be fine. If you're in doubt about whether what you have in mind will work, bring it Thursday.
Second half we will wear a white dress shirt with a Christmas tie. I think this will give us a more formal look and make the second half a bit more special. We will have time to change at the intermission. The band room is located just off of stage left and has plenty of room for us to put our stuff in. If you have extra Christmas ties please bring them on Thursday AND/OR Saturday. If you need one let me know ASAP.

We are NOT singing "Joy to the World." I will be leading the audience in that song to start the 2nd half of the show.

The first half of the show will be on the floor, as we practiced last night. We will need to stage this when we arrive on Saturday. (Arrival time has been adjusted to no later than 1:45 pm so that we can start ON STAGE at 2:00 pm. PLEASE BE ON TIME, we will not have time to waist) If you want to arrive at 1:00 pm and help with stage setup you are welcome to do so.

SELL TICKETS:
This looks to be a great show. Do your part and get folks here. Offer to buy their ticket, if they will commit to come. We want to give our gift to as many people as possible.

Work extra on the words for "Happy Holidays". It seemed to be tripping some of you up lat night.

Watch for any other emails this week. As I think of other things that will help us I will pass them on. See you Thursday!
Jimmy Tompkins