Updates – Oct 27, 2025
Hey~ Let’s have some fun at rehearsal this week! Costumes encouraged!
If you need to report an upcoming rehearsal absence, please let us know in THIS FORM.
Director’s Notes
Hi Everyone!
I hope you are all starting off your weeks well! You will find my annotated PDF copy of The Road Home with all of the desired breath marks. This is how we will be singing it for the concert AND the Open Door Food Pantry Concert on Sunday. Please make sure your music has these markings. Jacob has more details below to share regarding the outreach concert on Sunday. As a reminder, we are performing (in order):
1. Season of Light
2. The Road Home
3. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
We will be having an (optional, but highly recommended) extra rehearsal on Tuesday, November 25th from 7-9pm at SPC. I’d like to offer this so that we don’t go two weeks without rehearsing before concert week!
We will be finishing off auditions in the next two weeks. Please let me know if you have not already signed up, and I will get you added asap.
Deidre, our coordinator for Italy, is sending out the information for our new extension option. I will need to know as soon as possible if you would like to change your plans from your original selection. If I do not hear from you, I will keep your booking the same.
See you on Thursday!
Caleb
Solo opportunities are:
Gaudete – opening solo and duet
Gaudete – small group
The Road Home – Soprano Descant
Snow Miser Heat Miser – Solos
Songs to me memorized: Gaudete, Precious Lord, The Road Home, Theme from Elf, Snow Miser/Heat Miser, Nutcracker Jingles, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Ticket Sales!
…for our Dec 4 & 5 Concerts are on sale. Please continue to promote our concerts to your friends and family… Print posters will be available at Thursday’s rehearsal. We’ve sold 50 tickets already – Only 850 to go…! Please refer to my Oct 24 email for ways to promote to your friends, family and acquaintances. (It’s on the member page if you deleted your copy.) https://sycamorecommunitysingers.com/tickets/
Nov 2 Concert
This concert is for the Open Door Food Pantry, a food pantry in the city of Hamilton. They provide many Hamilton residents with much needed nourishment in times of need. The concert will begin at 3pm and run roughly an hour and a half long. SCS will have about 15-ish minutes of warmup time in the space starting at 2pm.
The order the groups will go in will be:
1. Butler Philharmonic
2. Sycamore Community Singers*
3. The Presby Choir
4. The Oxford Ramblers (bluegrass)
5. The Presby Praise Band
The purpose of this concert is to raise funds for the pantry, and collection bowls will be passed around during the concert. They have other avenues of donation and members can read about those and contact the pantry through their website: https://www.opendoorfoodpantry.org/ Additionally, some members mentioned wanting to bring canned goods donations for the pantry. That is not the purpose of this concert, but the church has arranged a spot for people to bring any extra goods to donate if they so desire.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Jacob Threadgill
A Reception
Larry Stockdale is retiring from SPC at the end of November. He has been so helpful to SCS during the past 10 years, opening up the church, cleaning, collecting our leftover water bottles, and closing up as well as working the nights of our concerts. We are planning a thank you reception for Larry Stockdale on November 13 from 6pm-7pm. Susan Crabill will be sending out a sign up form for snacks to be provided. Don Stuart will be collecting donations for a cash gift for Larry. You can also Venmo donations for Larry to @Lorie_Stuart.
POST-CONCERT PARTY!!!
Please fill out THIS FORM by Nov 20, so Rosenbergs can get a good head-count for food!!! They generously open their home AND provide the food for this much-loved event!
CALENDAR
Nov 2, 2:00-4:00 SCS sings @ Open Door Benefit Concert
Nov 13, 6:00-7:00 Reception for Larry Stockdale
Nov 16, CCS concert (See below)
Nov 25, 7-9 – Added TUESDAY rehearsal!
Dec 2, 6:30-9:30 – Dress Rehearsal
Dec 4 & 5, 7:30 Our Concerts!
Dec 6, 10:00 am – CEMF Christmas Sing-Along (See below)
Dec 7, CCS concert (See below)
Dec 8, CCS concert (See below)
December 14, SCS sings @ SW OH Symphonic Band Concert (rehearsal on Dec 11).
December 20, 12:00-2:00 Caroling at Findlay Market! Put the date on your calendar if you would like to join in. An actual survey for your participation will be sent later.
Cincinnati Music Scene
Cincinnati has a wealth of concert offerings, and we love to share some of these events, especially ones that include some of our members! Please send information about exciting upcoming performances to share with everyone.
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From Paul Inderhees:Cincinnati Choral Society performances: (Paul, Bert Bruce and Bill Shuler all sing with CCS in addition to SCS!)
Nov 16, Sunday 3:00 PM, Armstrong Chapel United Methodist Church, 5125 Drake Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45243, free tickets www.bamso.org
Dec 7, Sunday, time TBD, Summit City Church, 7950 Pfeiffer Rd, Montgomery, OH 45242, BAMSO Kindle Concert, more info soon, see www.bamso.org
Dec 8, Monday, 7:00 PM, Sycamore Presbyterian Church, same program as Nov 16
From the CCS website:
November 16, 2025 the Cincinnati Choral Society (CCS) will feature the Rutter Gloria with the Indian Hill High School Premiers and players from the Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony Orchestra (BAMSO). The program is a powerful combination of voices, brass, organ, and percussion, and will include additional selections by BAMSO.
A second performance on December 8th will also be used to support raising funds for The Center for Respite Care based in Cincinnati, OH. Their mission is to provide quality, holistic medical care to people experiencing homelessness who need a safe place to heal, while assisting them in breaking the cycle of homelessness. This music will contribute not only to supporting raising needed funds but also provide uplifting music for ourselves and others.
December 7th, the Cincinnati Choral Society will be featured guests at the BAMSO Kindle Concert.
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Also from Paul Inderhees:
Good news…it’s time for another CEMF Sing-A-Long: Christmas & Advent Edition! Join us on Saturday, December 6 at 10am at Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church to sing some early music favorites for the season with special guest conductors Matt Phelps, Ben Owen, and Sara Cahill. For more information and to register:
https://www.cincinnatiearlymusicfestival.org/events/early-music-sing-a-long-christmas-2025