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So, I may have mentioned over the summer that the choir I'm in (Young New Yorkers' Chorus) has been invited to sing at The 2011 American Choral Directors Association National Conference in CHICAGO this coming March. This is one of the most prestigious gigs a choir can be offered, and I'm thrilled to be going. I'm a dork; I've dreamed of getting to go to one of these since I first heard about them (which was in college, when I learned that my choir director at the time was chair of the Indiana chapter). I mean, a whole weekend dedicated to performing and learning to improve the choral arts! *swoons*
Of course, bringing a choir of 75 singers (plus rehearsal accompanist and director) costs money. A lot of money. Approximately $30,000, in fact. Expenses include airfare, hotel rooms, conference registration for each member, airport shuttles, and who knows what else (I'm not on the committee that's organizing the trip, thank goodness - I've got enough on my plate being the librarian and serving on the fundraising committee). We're doing everything together outside of individual meals, conference sessions, and free time, which means that things that might have cut down on some costs (members buying their own tickets and finding their own housing) aren't an option, but we've negotiated group rates for airfare and hotel accommodations.
Each choir member is being asked to contribute $300 toward the cost of going (my parents are helping me with this, as I'm working for no pay at Roosevelt Hospital as an intern). These $300 dollars only cover about half the expense for each member. So we've also been asked to provide at least ten names/addresses of potential donors for us to reach out to with direct and personalized mailings. A lot of folks have been having trouble/feeling uncomfortable with finding ten potential donors (I, for one, think these people lack imagination -- I totally went and poached names and addresses from every directory for choirs and religious groups I've been in, and when I couldn't find addresses in my records, I googled them), so I'm trying to round up as many potential donors as possible.
To this end, if you wouldn't mind being added to the mailing list (snail mail), please email me at songquake at gmail dot com to give me your name and address.
If, however, you want to minimize the number of trees slaughtered, have a tendency to lose solicitation mailings, or prefer to pay by credit card anyway, you can click the following button to get to our donation page.
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE 100% TAX-DEDUCTIBLE
If you are able, please consider donating to this. It won't feed the hungry. It won't save the world. But it will help send some really talented singers in their 20's and 30's to a conference that aims at preservation and innovation in the choral arts.
Thanks!
Of course, bringing a choir of 75 singers (plus rehearsal accompanist and director) costs money. A lot of money. Approximately $30,000, in fact. Expenses include airfare, hotel rooms, conference registration for each member, airport shuttles, and who knows what else (I'm not on the committee that's organizing the trip, thank goodness - I've got enough on my plate being the librarian and serving on the fundraising committee). We're doing everything together outside of individual meals, conference sessions, and free time, which means that things that might have cut down on some costs (members buying their own tickets and finding their own housing) aren't an option, but we've negotiated group rates for airfare and hotel accommodations.
Each choir member is being asked to contribute $300 toward the cost of going (my parents are helping me with this, as I'm working for no pay at Roosevelt Hospital as an intern). These $300 dollars only cover about half the expense for each member. So we've also been asked to provide at least ten names/addresses of potential donors for us to reach out to with direct and personalized mailings. A lot of folks have been having trouble/feeling uncomfortable with finding ten potential donors (I, for one, think these people lack imagination -- I totally went and poached names and addresses from every directory for choirs and religious groups I've been in, and when I couldn't find addresses in my records, I googled them), so I'm trying to round up as many potential donors as possible.
To this end, if you wouldn't mind being added to the mailing list (snail mail), please email me at songquake at gmail dot com to give me your name and address.
If, however, you want to minimize the number of trees slaughtered, have a tendency to lose solicitation mailings, or prefer to pay by credit card anyway, you can click the following button to get to our donation page.
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE 100% TAX-DEDUCTIBLE
If you are able, please consider donating to this. It won't feed the hungry. It won't save the world. But it will help send some really talented singers in their 20's and 30's to a conference that aims at preservation and innovation in the choral arts.
Thanks!