SCS Newsletter 10-14-2024
Good Monday afternoon to you all 
While I love the warm weather we’ve had, I’m looking forward to some cooler temps this week! (And maybe a little more rain please…) Make sure you scan through this message completely to see our Golf Outing pics!
CALENDAR
Thu Oct 17 – 7:00 regular rehearsal (6:30 for Thankful ensemble)
Late Oct – Director search – mock rehearsals with candidates!
Thu Oct 24 – 7:00 regular rehearsal
Mon Oct 28 – 7:00 Ticket system training
Thu Oct 31 – Boo! 
NO Rehearsal!
Sat Nov 2 – 8:30 am Matthew 25 Hunger 5K 
(see below)Thu Nov 7 – 7:00 rehearsal (If you’re not singing for the Nov concerts, please don’t attend rehearsals in November)
TICKETS – NEW SYSTEM, SALES & USHERS
Our new ticketing system is up and running, and sales are happening (albeit quite slowly to start). As of Monday afternoon, we have sold… 25 tickets (of the 900 available)! Concerts are FIVE weeks away… I’ve attached the concert graphics again for you to share with friends and family.
If you have someone who typically helps usher our concerts, Mary Wynn will have a training session at her home (8220 Glenmill Ct) on Monday, Oct 28 at 7:00 pm. Yep – we are using cell phones to scan patrons’ QR codes for entry! It’s not difficult, but we’d like to get our ushers totally comfortable with the new system well in advance of concert nights. Anyone is welcome to attend!
DONATIONS
The DONATE page of our website has been updated, offering people the option to pay through Zeffy. Mailing a check and paying through Venmo are still options as well. Per our budget, we are looking to raise $11,800 this year. The progress bar has not been updated yet, but we’ve raised about $2,500 to date. If you made a donation in FY2023-24 (or even if you didn’t), would please consider donating again for this fiscal year? The list of donors ($25 and above) from our May 2024 program is attached.
ASSISTANCE NEEDED
Maggi Cobb-Wessling‘s daughter has moved back to her home and Maggi needs some help. If you have a housekeeper or maid service you can recommend, please email Maggi, KySigner@gmail.com She also needs someone to weed her flower bed and walk her dog a couple of times a week.
M25M HUNGER WALK
The 5K walk is SATURDAY, 11/2, 8:30AM (If you’re a runner, you can join the runners) If you register before 10/27, you get a break on the cost. HUNGER 5K – Matthew 25 Ministries | Matthew 25: Ministries (m25m.org) Team name is SYCAMORE COMMUNITY SINGERS
Tip: When registering, click on the dropdown and look for our team. Even if all the fields populate, and look like they’re covered, type in especially the city and state. I didn’t do that at first and it wouldn’t complete the registration. LET’S SEE HOW MANY OF US WE CAN TURN OUT! May have special guests to be named later! See Paul Alexander or Lora Swedberg if you have questions.
FROM POLLY
If you would like to put your music in concert order, this is the current plan:
1. Proclamation of Gratitude
2. For the Beauty of the Earth
3. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
4. I’ll Be Home for Christmas (women)
5. Masters in This Hall
6. Home
7. Ocho Kandelikas
8. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (with SSC)
9. (Frosty/Hand Jive – Sycamore Singing Company)
10. Mele Kalikimaka (men)
11. Thankful
12. The Twelve Days of a Regifted Christmas
13. Rise Up!
14. Grateful
GOLF OUTING
Twenty-eight golfers teed it up on Sunday in the 2nd SCS Open. Erica Boyd’s team fired an outstanding three under par to edge out Brian Norton’s foursome in a playoff (going backwards on the scorecard. Erica will keep the traveling trophy until we tee ‘em up again in April of 2025! Many thanks to Paul Alexander for organizing this fun outing! If anyone has additional photos they’d like to share (and I’ll put a post on FB), please send them my way.
