Music Committee

Meeting Minutes of December 2, 2010

Present: Shirley Curry, Kim Early, Anna O’Connor, Sheryl Kieran, Peg Carmichael, and Trudi Bakke.

1. October Minutes - reviewed and accepted.

2. Updates:
• Chairs – The Eskimos have donated $400. to start purchasing chairs for the choir room. Shirley will order the first batch of chairs. The Music Committee has requested a new line in the budget for the remaining batches of chairs.
• Robe Repair – Trudi is working on the Children’s Choir robe repairs.

3. The 2011 proposed budget was handed out. It has already been submitted to Cyndi Alden.

4. Christmas Vespers will be held on December 12th from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The committee agreed to volunteer to do/bring the following:
• Request table set-up – Kim
• Tablecloths and Paper Products – Sheryl
• Centerpiece - Anna
• Hot Cider – Kim, Peg, Anna
• Tea and Half & Half – Anna
• Cookies – Kim, Trudi, Sheryl, Peg
Trudi will make a pulpit announcement regarding the vesper service on Dec. 5th and will ask Elsa to make one on Dec. 12th. Kim will look for volunteers to hand out programs at both entrances to the sanctuary for the service.

5. Other business:
• Shirley reported that David Wallace has consulted on the organ shutters. He thinks he can work on the shutters to make improvements.
• The 10:00 Christmas Eve service is in good shape and Shirley is still working on the 7:00 service.
• The number of children in the Children’s choir continues to be an issue. The committee discussed the possibility of no choir and keeping the choir, but not singing every month. This could give the children a longer practice timeframe so they could perhaps sing on their own without the adult choir,

The next meeting is set for March 3, 2011.