SLCA Cookbook

Don't forget to copy down some of your favorite recipes for use in the Salt Lake Choral Artists Cookbook!

Carolyn Bristol and Leslie Anderson, who are spearheading this project, have asked that we either email our recipes to them or take them to a Tuesday night rehearsal. They've been collecting recipes all September and have asked that we have everything turned into them sometime this month.

That means you only have one more Tuesday night rehearsal--September 30--to hand in your recipes! Make sure to do it--this will certainly be a great cookbook with everyone's participation!

Consignment Tickets

As was started last year with Elijah, you can now check out tickets to sell to your family members, friends, co-workers, casual acquaintances, taxi drivers, and enemies.

Should you like to carry around a bundle of tickets, please come to any Tuesday night rehearsal early to speak with Becky Workman. She'll happily sign you out as many or as few tickets as you'd like. All this means is that she has your name and how many tickets you've taken. You do not have to pay for the tickets at this time. You can then sell them, and bring the money and any unsold tickets back to Becky before the concert.

Let me repeat: you do not have to pay for the tickets you take--unless you don't return them. Otherwise, it's free for you, and a great way to sell tickets. Honestly, it's much easier to commit people to come to a concert when you actually have physical tickets they can buy. I've gotten people to come to concerts this way when before they have just said "maybe."

Check out some tickets, and let's sell out the house for our season opener!

Fun concert this weekend

Since we all belong to a great choir, and great choirs should support other great choirs, I thought you all might be interested to know that the University of Utah's choral department has its first concert this weekend. Here's the information:

Choral Showcase
featuring the University Singers, Acappella Choir, and Women's Choir
Saturday, September 20, 7:30
Libby Gardner Concert Hall

Tickets are $7.00 general, $3.00 student and may be purchased at the door or online through kingsburyhall.org. Your best bet, though--and the one that will save you the extra handling fee--is to buy the tickets directly from a choir member. There are several (myself included) in SLCA, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding someone to sell you a ticket.

This concert promises to be fun for everyone. Hope to see you there!

Waltzing Matilda

If you, like me, were confused (and amused) by the Australian slang in "Waltzing Matlida," be confused no longer! Here are the answers to your un-asked questions:

A swagman is basically a nomad--a man wandering looking for work. His swag is his bedroll and belongings.

A billabong is a lake.

A jumbuck is a sheep. Go figure.

A billy is a can used for boiling water.

A tucker bag is a bag used for carrying food. Tucker, then, is food.

Troopers and thoroughbred you can probably figure out: police officers and a horse.

The term squatter is used the same as we use it in America--someone using land they don't legally have rights to use.

And lest you think Waltzing Matlida is actually a waltz--to waltz actually means to travel around and learn new skills and Matilda is simply a nickname for the swagman's bundle. Some people say that these men did actually dance with their bundles, but that's disputed.

Anyway, with all of these terms explained, you should be able to figure out that this song is about a man who was camping by a lake making tea, when a sheep wandered by. He grabbed it and stuck it into his bag. But then a squatter comes by, claiming to own the sheep. He's brought the police. Refusing to be taken in, the wandering worker decides to drown himself in the lake and haunt the site instead.

All clear? :)

Tuition Update

There was a slight error in the tuition information given out last week. The adjusted rates are as follows:

Regular member: no change ($200 payable as $70, $70, and $60)
Married couples: $350 (payable as $125, $125, and $100)
Full-time student: $150 (three increments of $50)

Sorry for the mix-up!

Farewell to the Clarks

Christine Clark and her husband David are moving away, and everyone involved with SLCA would like to wish them good luck and a fond farewell.

In case you didn't know, David Clark was chairman of the board before Alicia, and Christine has been our managing director for several years. Both of them did a lot of great work for SLCA.

Thank you very much for all your hard work and dedication, Christine and David! You will be missed, but we wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.