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This part of our web site is for the information and convenience of our members (singers, Board, and volunteers)


Dues

Dues are $25 per season (spring and fall). Please pay the treasurer.

If you can afford more, make a monthly sustainer pledge. (Dues hardly pay for our sheet music, let alone all our other costs.)

Email Group: Our members-only "yahoogroup"

General Idea

This is an email list for easy and convenient communication among all of us. It has become our primary method of communication. Its purpose is to discuss chorus-related matters among all of us.

How To

It is maintained by Amy, Lucy, Linda N., and Yvonne. One of them will put you on the list when you join.

NOTE: If you change your email address, be sure to let one of them know, or you'll fall off the list.

Put the list in your email address book: cpwcmembers@yahoogroups.com
To send a message to everyone, just send it to that address.

Any message sent to that address goes to everyone on the list, which is everyone who has given us an email address.

TIP: You must post messages from the email account in which you are signed up for the list. If you try to post from a different address, the server will reject your message. That feature protects our list from getting "spammed" with junk mail.

We set the group up so that all messages are sent by email, but there is also a web site where you can see past messages, change your settings, etc. (NOTE: In order to access the email group on the web, you will have to register with Yahoo. This link will take you to the group if you are registered; if not, it will take you to a page that will walk you through registration, and then you can get to the cpwcmembers yahoogroup.)

Who Is On the List?

Every current singer and board member (who has an email address) should be on the list. Many past members are on it, too. We couldn't bear to take them off, and they seem to enjoy "lurking". You never know when they might come back, and they support us in many ways.

Using Other Features of the Group

Members-Only Calendar

We sometimes use the calendar feature of our Yahoo Group to remind ourselves of activities.

Fall 2007: Cathy posted the rehearsal schedule there.

Events can be set up to send singers and board members automatic email reminders of chorus events (this is NOT a public calendar. The Concert and Other Events pages take care of informing the public what we are up to).

NOTE: In order to access the calendar, and other features of the yahoogroup besides just sending and receiving email to / from the group, you will have to register with Yahoo and become a member of the group. The links below will take you to the calendar if you are registered; if not, they'll take you to a page that will walk you through registration, and then you can get to the calendar.

You can view the entire year's calendar from this page. The dates in bold have chorus events. It's a little funky because you have to click on a date to see what's happening then.
But you can click on the Month link and it will display the current month's events.

The home page for the calendar takes you to the current date.


Contact Info

The easiest way to get a message to someone is to send an email to the whole yahoo group (with their name in the subject line)--but not everyone reads all messages.

Linda N. (as of Feb. 2001) maintains our roster. and emails the current version to the yahoogroup from time to time.
Keep her posted on your current mailing address, phone numbers.


Voice Mail

Cynthia S. allows us to publish her home phone number so that we can have a cost-free voice mail system; strangers who are interested in the chorus can leave messages seeking information.The number is on our home page: 717-564-0112.

We don't use this voicemail system to communicate with each other.

NOTE: years ago we had a system for recording a message here if there was a weather emergency, so we could find out whether rehearsal is cancelled. That has been replaced by the yahoogroup. If you don't have email, call your section leader or someone else.


Links for Publicizing Concerts and Other Events

Email us with other links that will make it easier for us to spread the word.


Practice CDs and Files

Susan S. often makes CDs of other choruses' performances of songs we will be singing, and asks a $5 donation to the chorus if you can afford it. These CDs are stored in the box of chorus supplies that we keep at the church.

Lucy uses a synthesizer to records each section's part with a louder instrument voice and the other parts with a softer voice. For those on high-speed connections, these are available as files that can be downloaded from her website. If you don't have a high-speed connection, ask your section leader or someone else for help. (If you can't figure out how to download these files or how to play them once you do, Linda M. can help.)

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