For this week’s announcements a new Tenor was welcomed, a collaborative concert was cancelled, a music committee meeting is coming up, a reminder about the letter for Liam was given, and a request for sewers was made.

Artistic Director

1. SOUL FOOD HOMEWORK FOR LIAM
   • Liam is still looking forward to receiving a letter from each choir member in response to his request.
     
   • As a reminder: “Write a letter dated May 30, 2026, when our year ends and the letter must begin with these words: Dear Liam, This year at Open Voices was successful and fruitful because… and then fall passionately in love with yourselves and write a letter describing who you will have become by the following May to justify this extraordinary year. Write about who you would be, who you could be, who you see yourself as if only that little voice in your head stopped telling you that you couldn’t do it.”

2. BLUE CANOE CONCERT
   • The collaborative concert in November with Blue Canoe has been called off due to administrative issues. It will likely not happen until next fall.

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Administrative

3. MEMBERSHIP & COMMUNICATION     (Shauna Peart)
   • Welcome to Mike Olive, our new Tenor.

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Committees

4. MUSIC COMMITTEE     (Diana Hopkins-Rosseel)
   • There is a meeting next week, Oct. 29th, at 9:05pm

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Volunteers

5. SEWERS NEEDED     (Linda Williams)
   • Liam is looking for sewers to create cases for the new speakers. This can be approached in different ways. Thank you, Elinor Rush, for volunteering to get it started.

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Other

6. SECTIONALS
   • There are no sectionals next week.