Hi everyone, Thanks to all of you we are going to have a wonderful evening.
The concert will be on Saturday 11/10/07. It will start at 7:00PM in the Rammelkamp Chapel on the Illinois College Campus.
The stars of the evening are Ken Bradbury as MC, Ann Marie Stahel as Accompanist, John and Stephanie -Smith Wilkey, The Gospel Gals led by Lois Kording and Marcia Forman, Kathy Seymour, Nathan, Carrie and Parker Carls known as The upStandard Citizens, John Hume, Tiffany Williams, Rod Nicholson, Brock Gwaltney, Laura Young and her sisters Sarah and Amy Fleck,Cathy Doyle, Joel Tinsley and The Four Sopranos led by Tracie Shaw and Paula Irby. You will be well supported by the expertise of George and Mary Westenberger and their excellent sound system.
The program consists 12 individual or groups of musicians each having approximately a 10 minute segment. There will a ten minute intermission. Feel free to invite another musician to perform with you.
As suggested by Ann Marie it would be nice to honor Veterans during the course of the concert. The following day is Veterans Day. Ken, at the beginning of the program would you please thank the veterans in the audience for their service and ask them to stand and be recognized? Musicians, would you please sing or play at least one song you consider appropriate. Any ideas you have would be welcome.
Ann Marie will accompany anyone who wants her to do so. Also she will be available to practice with anyone during the day of the 10th. Please contact her at HYPERLINK "mailto:amstahel@ic.edu" \t "_blank" amstahel@ic.edu or at work: 217-245-3261, or home: 217-243-9720.
Stephanie will prepare the master program so please forward your program to her as soon as possible. To prevent a lot of duplication of songs she may have to contact you regarding another selection. John and Stephanie will be out of town during October. Stephanie can be reached at HYPERLINK "mailto:stephaniesmithwilk@sbcglobal.net" \t "_blank" stephaniesmithwilk@sbcglobal.net or Cell: 217-248-5135 or 1 Mary Lane, Jacksonville 62650 or Home:217-243-3447.
Stephanie- Lois Kording has requested The Gospel Gals be 2nd. or 3rd. in the line up. Laura Young has requested she and her sisters be near the end.
So Ken will have nice things to say about you when introducing you please forward your individual or group autobiographical information to me at HYPERLINK "mailto:sscs@mchsi.com" \t "_blank" sscs@mchsi.com or 217-243-5639 or 1003 Pioneer, Jacksonville, 62650. I have the information from the last concert except for Brock and can use that if you want. If you want to know what you said about yourself let me know.
Admission price is Adults-$10.00, Veterans and Students- $5.00, Five and Under-Free.
Please acknowledge receipt of this Email so I can sleep at night. Thank You. Sam Scheets
The ONLY performers I have heard from, out of that wonderful list, is GOSPEL GALS and LAURA YOUNG; KATHY SEYMOUR called tonight & will call again tomorrow to give me her selections. Here's what I have: [2nd or 3rd in the lineup] - THE GOSPEL GALS LOIS KORDING, MARCIA FOREMAN, _____________, & __________ "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" "THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC" a gospel "GOD BLESS AMERICA"
[near then end of the program]: Lied der Mignon - Franz Schubert LAURA YOUNG, soprano ANN MARIE STAHEL, piano Sonata from Der Getreue Musikmeister - Geo Phillip Telemann SARAH FLECK, flute ANN MARIE STAHEL, piano "FOR GOOD" from WICKED, the musical - composer LAURA YOUNG and SARAH FLECK, vocalists ANN MARIE STAHEL, piano "BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY" - composer LAURA YOUNG, SARAH FLECK, and AMY FLECK vocalists Hi Stephanie, I am Brock Gwaltney's mom, Becky. For some reasoon, we did not receive the first email Sam sent out so we are a little late getting in our info. Brock is 14 yr. old, and in the 8th grade at Our Saviour Jr. High. He started playing the piano in the third grade. He takes piano lessons from Sandra Carls. Brock is also intrested in composing, and has recently began taking composition lessons from Mr. Cris Walters. Brock enjoys sharing his talents by performing at benifits, fundraisers and local talent shows. He will be providing the dinner music for the upcoming Pathway Services gala. He is planning on playing : The Maple Leaf Rag, by Scott Joplin (his own interpetation), Battle Hymn of the Republic, by William Steffe, and his original composition, Fantasy in A minor. If you need anything else, I can be reached by email or phone @ 473-5913 or home #886-2338. Thanks for all of your help. Becky Gwaltney Stephanie,
Hi, how are you? Hope all is well in TX.
Following are our selections for the November 10th concert:
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Carrie & Nathan Carls Oh, Johnny, Oh, Johnny, Oh! - Parker Carls Whispering - The Carls Family Trio On the Sunnyside of the Street - Nathan Carls
Nothing about upStandard Citizens in the program as they won't be represented as such. Just something as listed above.
If we have any say at all about timing at this point, I would request somewhere earlier in the program.
Thank you and let me know if you need anything else from us.
Nathan
Here is some bio info for the Habitat show:
Nathan Carls: Nathan Carls and the upStandard Citizens, swinging the great American standards of the 30's and 40's active in area community theatre cabinet maker in Beardstown
Carrie Carls: sings with NC and the upStandard Citizens Sings with female Christian group, "Higher Degree" heads up the continence program at Passavant Hospital
Parker Carls: sings with NC and the upStandard Citizens Loves playing piano, knitting, volleyball 4th grader at Beardstown Christian Academy
Paula Hill: (piano) also plays piano for Christian group "Higher Degree" director of Virginia Day Care
Rob Killam: (upright bass) he might come, might not Retired from the state, he is a full-time musician, striving to be the best upright bass from Chicago to St. Louis