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Upcoming Choir Events
| Spirit's Call Choir - Singing at the Winnipeg Art Gallery |
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
Spirit's Call Choir will be singing at the Winnipeg Art Gallery!
With more than 100 performers, Spirit's Call Choir will fill Eckhardt Hall with their soaring voices.
The event is part of the Winnipeg Art Gallery's holiday performance series.
A donation box for Winnipeg Harvest will be available at the venue.
For location and parking information, click here. |
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| Start of New Season - January 18, 2009 |
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New Members Are Welcome!
Spirit's Call Choir
Spring 2009 Season
Starts on January 18, 2009 |
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Join us on Sunday, January 18, 2009!
Orientation for new members: 2:00 pm
Full choir: 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm (January 18th and weekly)
Unitarian Church
603 Wellington Crescent (at Maryland/Academy - looks like a house!)
Standard membership fee per season is $50.
(or more, or less, depending on your current circumstances)
Choir fees pay for the director, rent, music, photocopying, bursaries and other expenses.
Fees are flexible, depending on current circumstances.
Spirit's Call Choir welcomes everyone.
All contributions are confidential and equally respected. |
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Spirit's Call Choir 6th annual benefit concert for NEST - Nov 30, 2008. (photo by Dianne Renick)
Recent Choir Announcements
| Musical Director - Jeremy Vallance |
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We're delighted to welcome Jeremy Vallance as the musical director of Spirit's Call Choir. Jeremy took over in the middle of the Spring 2006 singing season when director Michael Kurek had to leave the choir due to illness.
Jeremy first learned about Spirit's Call Choir when he did a piece about the choir for his "day job" with SHAW TV. Jeremy brings to us his energy, enthusiasm and love for Spirit's Call Choir - along with his extensive musical background and the experience from his previous career as a school music teacher.
Welcome Jeremy! |
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| Spirit's Call Choir CD - Together in Harmony |
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The choir's long awaited FIRST CD - "Spirit's Call Choir - Together in Harmony" is now available in Winnipeg at Taché Therapeutic Centre Thérapeutique - 190 Taché Avenue - call 231-4959 for hours.
For more information about the CD, click here. |
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| Special invitation to people affected by cancer to join Spirit's Call Choir |
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Spirit's Call Choir is partnering with Manitoba Artists in Healthcare (MAH) to extend a special invitation to people affected by cancer to "Sing for the health of it!" with the choir this year.
Research with people affected by cancer has shown that singing in community helps to releive distress, anxiety and fatigue and improve a sense of well-being and connectedness.*
Those affected by cancer and other health and personal challenges already have found that participating in Spirit's Call Choir can foster a sense of well-being, meaning and community. All of this contributes to a balanced state that can be helpful in supporting healing. Click here to view feedback from one of our members.
Anyone affected by cancer who is interested in this special invitation is welcome to contact Spirit's Call Choir's Program Director Margaret Tobin to find out more: tobin@cc.umanitoba.ca or 488-0078
* Traer, C. (June 2003). Sowelu Singers - A Journey to Wholeness. Presented at CAPO (Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology) national conference. Banff, Alberta.
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About the Choir
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This is what members have to say about Spirit's Call Choir:
"Thanks so much to Margaret and Spirit’s Call Choir for the support and consideration of new, and often, uncertain singers. I was definitely one of those uncertain singers, when I joined, and with the love, support and encouragement of many beautiful angels, I'm becoming more and more certain all the time. It's a miracle what Margaret and Jeremy and the whole choir do. Spirit’s Call Choir provides such a feeling of love and safety, for people like me, who could barely let out a squeak before. And now....I'm actually letting people hear me sing. It really is a miracle!! And it's having wonderful benefits for the rest of my life, too. I'm speaking up more, and feeling more empowered in general. And the JOY!! Singing brings me such joy. Thank you so much, Spirit's Call Choir!"
Robbin RainSong (alto)
"Having sung with pleasure as a child I allowed my singing voice to go mostly silent in public after a discouraging comment in school. After many years of not being able to reach the high notes, I have rediscovered the pleasure of singing as an alto. In Spirit's Call Choir, we sing for joy with enthusiastic and talented singers and wonderful conductors who have supported many "newbies" to listen and discover their voices."
Dorcas Wehner (alto)
"I had sung in the bathtub in my early years but any remnants of a singing voice, or so I believed, had disappeared over the next fifty plus years. I had never previously sung with a choir and only attended at the invitation of a close friend. I expected that the occasion would be rigorous and demanding and that I would be made less than welcome because of my inability to carry a tune. I was surprised by my experience. I was made very welcome and the singing is celebratory, lively, good for my soul, and much fun. The Choir helps keep me young, and I am delighted to be a member of a valuable, close, supportive community."
John Buchanan (bass)
Click here to read more! |
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Recent Choir Events
| 2008 NEST Benefit Concert |
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Spirit's Call Choir
6th Annual Benefit Concert
to Support Refugee Sponsorship
for NEST (North End Sponsorship Team) |
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Sunday November 30, 2008 at 2:30pm
Crescent Fort Rouge United Church
525 Wardlaw Avenue
With guest artists:
Deborah Romeyn; Monica Bailey (flute) & Leslie McInnis (harp); Christine Schapansky
Tickets available from:
Members of Spirit’s Call Choir, NEST, Margaret at 488-0078 or Elisabeth at 667-5546
Adults $15, Youth (5-17 years) $5
Click here to view the poster! |
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| Hands of Hope : Benefit Concert - Saturday May 10, 2008 @ 7:30pm |
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Tickets available from:
Spirit's Call Choir members - call Margaret at 488.0078
or Hands of Hope at 261.8607
About Hands of Hope...
- Hands of Hope is a charitable organization that delivers free basic living items to those in need in Winnipeg. People accessing this service are either unemployed, single parents, victims of house fires, immigrants to Winnipeg, refugees or working families on low income.
- The work of Hands of Hope fills a large gap in services for those most disadvantaged in Winnipeg.
- Donated household items go directly to people in need, with no middle level taking a profit. Hands of Hope sees itself simply as providing a means for members of our community to help each other.
- Hands of Hope is mostly a volunteer organization, supported by individual donors, with some support from government and the Winnipeg Foundation.
- Donations to Hands of Hope also are always welcomed and much needed. A charitable receipt will be issued for donations over and above the concert ticket price.
Please send donations to:
Hands of Hope
50 Barnes St.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 4Z7
Click here to view the Benefit Concert poster. |
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| Back by Popular Demand!!! |
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Shivon Robinsong
(photo credit: Tony Bounsall) |
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NO SINGING EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
"Sing for Your Life!" Workshop
with Shivon Robinsong
Returns for the 6th year!
March 7 - 9, 2008
Unitarian Church
603 Wellington Crescent
Winnipeg, MB
Click here for workshop details. |
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| Record-Breaking Holiday Sing Along! |
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Proceeds for Winnipeg Harvest food bank from the 4th annual Spirit's Call Choir Holiday Sing Along were record-breaking!
- $517 cash from raffles, bake sale and donations
- 330 lbs of food
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Winnipeg Harvest was thrilled that we partnered for them for our 4th annual Holiday Sing Along which was held on December 11, 2005. This is the MOST food and money we have ever collected from any of our Holiday Sing Alongs so far.
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 Thanks to all who attended, contributed, organized and SANG to make the Holiday Sing Along so festive and successful! |
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| Spirit's Call Choir - Special Community Event |
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Spirit's Call Choir - Special Community Event
Saturday June 24th afternoon
Spirit's Call Choir will be singing at a tree planting celebration for the greening of North Point Douglas.
All are welcome to join us for this Summer Solstice celebration of greening, singing and a potluck picnic!
A special opportunity to meet, sing and celebrate with Spirit's Call Choir and support an important community event! Come and check us out to see if you'd like to join the choir for our fall singing season!
If you've always loved to sing OR always thought you couldn't - Spirit's Call Choir could be for you!!
Time & specific location for June 24th TBA.
This will be Spirit's Call Choir's spring season finale! We take the summer off. We will start our Sunday singing gatherings again on September 10th.
Spirit's Call Choir welcomes new members:
Sunday September 10, 2006
2pm - orientation for new members
2:30 to 4:30pm - full choir
Unitarian Church
603 Wellington Crescent (at Maryland/Academy - looks like a house!)
For more info contact Dawn Lazar at dlazar@mts.net or 488-0495. |
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| Spirit's Call Choir CD Launch |
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CD Launch - "Spirit's Call Choir - Together in Harmony"
Saturday, June 18, 2005 at 2:00 pm
The Forks Canopy area (skating rink in winter!)
Program by Spirit's Call Choir includes:
- Songs from "Together in Harmony" - Directed by Lyle Eide
- New songs - Directed by Michael Kurek
Please join us to help celebrate the release of Spirit's Call Choir's long-awaited FIRST CD!!!
The perfect Father's Day gift!
Cost of CD is $20.
Launch is free & open to the public!
EVERYONE is invited to come and help celebrate this special event!!!
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| Tsunami Relief Contribution |
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| Thanks to Laura Davis, the choir's Social/Spirit Team Coordinator (& Mover & Shaker par excellence!) for organizing the "Neighbour to Neighbour" Tsunami Relief contribution campaign with the Red Cross that Spirit's Call Choir also contributed to last year. There were many opportunities to contribute to this important global relief effort and many in our community-minded choir also made other donations. However, this cause fit perfectly with Spirit's Call Choir's vision to support personal and choral and GLOBAL harmony so we were delighted to be able to offer this special contribution opportunity. |
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Choir in the News
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Article in Winnipeg Free Press, February 3, 2004 -
I Traded My Shower Cap for a Choir Uniform by Heather Emberley