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October 23, 2015 #31
COMMUNITY ISSUE
OF THE GHC, HNC, SOUNDINGS & CCLT
CHOIR COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
QUICK REMINDERS!
Most events listed here are also listed in detail on our
Choir Life Calendar
GHC SWAT
Oct. 24th – Central Library Courtyard
Details in the Opportunities To Sing section
GHC POTLUCKSUPPERS
Oct. 27 & 29 + Nov. 2
Details in the Extra Special Notes section
GORGEOUS GUATEMALAN SCARF AND SHAWL SALE
GHC - Nov 2, 3, 5, 9, 10 & 12 …. HNC - Nov 3 & 10
Details in the Community Events Section
AFRICAN HANDICRAFT SALE COMING TO CHOIR!
Nov 16, 17 & 19
Details in the Community Events section
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including last week’s Choir Community Issue please go to:
SPECIAL NOTES!!!!
GHC POTLUCKSUPPERSSTARTING NEXT WEEK
We will gather for our Fall season potluck suppers from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. on each of the following choir nights:
Tuesday Oct. 27
Thursday Oct. 29
Monday Nov. 2
NOTE:On Monday it is especially important that you bring your own dishes, cutlery, and cup for ginger tea, as we don’t have access to the dishwasher.
These potlucks, held every season, are a tradition in the choir that allows us to get to know each other a little better.
Please bring a tasty dish to share and your own plate, cup and cutlery. An ingredients sign would be helpful for those with dietary considerations and perhaps a name label in case someone wants to get your recipe from you.
All choir members are welcome at all potlucks. Come and enjoy!
Editor’s Note:
For an advance look at lyrics for the grace(s) we tend to sing at potlucks (plus those for the choirs birthday song) please click on:
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MICHAEL O SULLIVAN WORKSHOP
The Michael O Sullivan concert and workshop at RRU, which was to have been on Nov. 7/8/9, and which I talked about at choir, has been cancelled.
Denis
DIGITAL SONGS FOR CHOIR
If you'd like to be free of the 'big binder' and use tablet or iPad, you can have all your choir music available. Email Anne Nilsen (Tuesday Alto) at
MY SCHEDULE
If you have a payment to hand in and I am not there my preference is for you to hang onto it to give me the next time we are both at choir. If for any reason that is inconvenient (ie you’ll be away for a while or ???) you can give it to either Gloria or Shivon.
My planned Schedule for the next two weeks is:
Monday Oct. 26
Tuesday Oct. 27
Thursday Oct. 29
If you have questions to ask me or information to pass on to me then, as always, feel free to contact me at 250-920-4160 (9 to 9 daily)
~ Bill
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OPPORTUNITIES TO SING
TWO IN ONE GHC SWAT – OCT. 24TH
(Sing When Asked To)
At the Central Greater Victoria Library Courtyard, 735 Broughton St.
A Reminder...This is an Open SWAT at a public venue...If you will be in the Victoria area this Saturday you are invited to...
- Sing with us if you know the songs, or can learn them in time, or to
- Come to listen at 10:15 a.m. and visit with choir friends afterward.
Denis will lead us in singing:
- An Invitation To Sing
- Gaia / Another World Is Possible
- Love Rescue Me
- One Voice
- Teach Your Children
We will be gathering in the Library Courtyard at 9:45 a.m. to get warmed up and do a quick run-through before we start singing at 10:15
Unfortunately we have not been able to go through them at choir but current members can refresh their memory with the practice files we have for them in our site's Current Singer Only section SWAT Repertoire List.
Those of you who want to sing in the SWAT but aren't registered for this season are welcome to contact me at to find out where you can access the files.
This SWAT is for two causes that we have been asked to support (and are delighted to do so) that coincidentally happen on the same day, Compassion Globally, an organization dedicated to the elimination of sexual violence against women, and World Singing Day, and initiative to get as many people singing globally as possible, especially on this dedicated day.
You can find more about them at these links:
Compassion Globally:
World Singing Day:
Submitted by Bill Hanson Choir Community Newsletter Editor
WORD OF MOUTH / RECOMMENDATIONS
For supporting and celebrating 'others' whose businesses / actions / way of being / kind words - whatever! - have helped you, us and/or our world grow, come alive and/or prosper.
Plan ahead for….
A SINGING (OR NOT) SANTA FOR YOUR CELEBRATION
Victoria’s 2014 Santa Parade Santa is available to jolly up your Christmas event!
Has Santa suit will travel (within reason) for children’s, adult’s and community events.
For details including photos please visit his web site.
Recommended by Bill Hanson GHC Bass etc.
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WHAT YOUR BODY DOES IN A DAY
We need to be grateful for the gifts our body gives to us all the days of our lives.
Received as an email forward from Jackie Kyle-Kelly GHC Tuesday Soprano
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We're at a dangerous age in our evolution as a species: clever,
headstrong, impulsive and far better at tampering with nature than
understanding it.
Diane Ackerman, from
The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us
Editor's Collection
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COMMUNITY NETWORKING
HEROWORK NEEDS THE SUPPORT OF HEROES LIKE YOU! Happening NOW.
In 2016 HeroWork wants to complete a massive Radical Renovation for the Rainbow Kitchen, who serves over 36,000 meals a year to the poor and disenfranchised.
More, HeroWork intends to develop a social franchise model that will enable them to empower other communities to do charity renovations.
To make these things happen they have launched their Rebuild Community Fundraising Campaign. Go to HeroWork.com for more information and to donate or help raise funds.
Join HeroWork at their Gala & Premiere on November 27th at the Marriott Hotel. Tickets available for $160. Or raise/donate $500 and get a complimentary ticket.
Submitted by Audrey Mairi, Thursday Alto
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“10 FOR 10”.....A MINI HOUSE CONCERT JUST FOR YOU!
Recently at the “The Folk” I met “Road Trip Boogie” a duo from Nova Scotia whose unique performance concept I recommend to you for gatherings of family and/or friends. In their words it’s a…
… mini house concert for those of you for whom the thought of organizing a full house concert is too daunting.
You invite 10 of your friends to an informal potluck, any evening of the week and everyone shares a meal. Pam and Liz share their road stories and after dinner they share 10 songs. The cost is just 10 dollars per person. 10 for 10!
CONTACT ....
Road Trip Boogie
902 221-5999/902 521-8474
Web Site Facebook YouTube
Submitted by Bill Hanson GHC Bass etc.
SERVING EACH OTHER
ALL AGES PIANO & GUITAR LESSONS FOR INDIVIDUALS & FAMILY GROUPS
Doug Paterson, former GHC Bass and Director of the Harmonious Family Singers & Choir also teaches both piano and guitar and likes to create family bands so people play together at home as well as to provide individual instruction.
For information call Doug at 250-385-SING (7464)
Submitted by Doug Paterson former GHC Bass, CCLT5- 2008/09& Harmonious Family Choir Director
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ONE-ON-ONE PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES
Enroll now to get new creative outlet for your imagination!
One-On-One Digital Photography Courses for Beginners and Intermediate.
One-On-One photo workshop and photo walks:
Portrait, Travel and Street Photography.Lightroom and Photoshop, hands-on training.
For more info please visit
or call/text Andrzej at 250-884-4012.
Please mention GHC 10% discount.
Submitted by Andrzej Kielbowicz, photography instructor former GHC bass and choir photographer
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Let's fess up to being the interfering creatures we are, indefatigably restless, easily
bored and fond of turning everything into amusement, fashion or toys. We Anthrops
can be lumbering, clumsy and immature. We're also easily distracted, soppy as a
hound dog's kiss and we hate picking up after ourselves. Without really meaning to,
we have nearly emptied the world's pantry, left all the taps running, torn the furniture,
strewn our old toys where they're becoming a menace, polluted and spilled and
generally messed up our planetary home
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Diane Ackerman, from The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us
Editor's Collection
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COMMUNITY MEMBERS WEB SITES
KIM WILLOUGHBY (GHC & Soundings Alto & Soloist)
Sip a latte while you cruise the books at James Bay Coffee and Books, a GHC founding member’s independently owned coffee shop, used book store, art gallery, music venue, workshop location, meeting place and scrabble hub. We foster community. All of our coffees are organic fair-trade. See you soon, kim
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JAMIE ROSANNA DORIG (HNC Singer)
I offer massage, chakra readings, personal guidance, and inner healing lectures/workshops. Grounded in the teachings of Carl Jung, my passion is to address the undercurrents of soul and I have engaged in this work since 1983. I wrote The Mythic Body, a book that approaches soul as manifested in body.
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LINDA CHAN (Hign Noon Soprano)
Canada`s oldest public food forest and Victoria`s largest public permaculture garden or community multi-layer food forest. ``Permaculture is the Art of the Possible``
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JOANNA SCHALLER, M.A., (former HNC Singer)
I am a German-language teacher and translator who teaches German at UVic: at the Continuing Education Department and at Victoria German School as well as tutors privately and translates for ICA and VIRCS. I also work with children with special needs and Elizabeth Buckley School, Lansdowne Preschool and with toddlers at REACH.
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KAREN LEDGER (GHC Tenor)
Yours in Health and LIGHT. Karen Ledger RN BScN. At-ONE Communications
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AURAFIDELITE ARINDAM (GHC Thursday Soprano)
I am a professional botanical artist in Victoria. You will find a gallery display of my botanical artwork, information about my upcoming and past art exhibits and publications, what people are saying about my artwork, my artist's biography, and how to contact me about my artwork. Enjoy!
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DAKSHA NARSING (GHC Tuesday Soprano/Alto)
Enjoy our gluten free products, with no salt added and no MSG. We make Indian Cuisine products such as Butter Chicken, Korma, Aloo Gobi etc..Learn to make delicious Indian food using our Cookbooks.
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DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL OR BUSINESS WEB SITE?
If you are a current or past member of any choir in our family of choirs and you have a web site feel free to submit the URL plus a 50 word (or less) capsule description for inclusion in this section. Your listing will be kept on file and 2 - 5 of them will be rotated through this section (in the order received) of the Choir Community Member’s Issue that goes out every second week. This will give your site periodic exposure to 1200+ people and offer readers different web sites to check out each week.
EMPLOYMENT WANTED & AVAILABLE
LOOKING FOR A PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
My business wears several hats, under the umbrella of mental health, personal growth and creativity
with a major focus on writing. I am a psychotherapist, writer, author, playwright, speaker, workshop
facilitator and visionary for planetary growth as it pertains to health and wellness. As well, I coach writers
to become authors.
Applicant must haveexcellent written and spoken communication skills and have Social Media, Mail Chimp and WordPress expertise. Self-motivation, excellent organizational & time management skills and ability to work to deadlines required.
Full array of my work can be seen here:
If interested, please send your resumeoutlining your experience & references to Junie Swadron
Submitted by Junie Swadron, former GHC Alto
ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE & WANTED
HOUSE-SIT / SWAP WANTED
November start
I live on Pender Island and Victoria is my singing getaway for winter. You would like a conscientious, non-smoking, humming-handy-man to stay in your home. I offer care for your house and garden -- And optional getaways to my beautiful island home. One to five months during December through April. Top references.
Submitted by: Robb Zuk, HNC Bass
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DECEMBER GETAWAY IN FAIRFIELD!
4 bedroom, 2 bathroom character familyhome in Fairfield for rent between December 1st and January 8th. Minimum two week rental, some flexibility indates. Fabulous location close toClover Point and Cook St Village. If interested, please call Barb at(250) 381-4683.
Submitted by Barb Britton HNC singer
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These days, startling though the thought is, we control our own legacy. We`re not
passive, we`re not helpless. We`re earth-movers. We can become Earth-restorers
and Earth-guardians. We still have time and talent, and we have a great many
choices....our mistakes are legion, but our imagination is immeasurable.
Diane Ackerman, from The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us
Editor's Collection
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COMMUNITY EVENTS - THIS WEEKEND TO NEXT
We encourage you to support the activities of other choir community members by emailing
copies of event items to any of your contacts that you think would be interested.
William Head on Stage
A CAPTIVE ODYSSEY (now to Nov 7)
WHoS, Canada's Only Inmate-Run Theatre Company, is presenting a play this season based on the history of William Head and our area. Many GHC members have previously enjoyed WHoS plays and I encourage you to see this one.
WHoS`s web site
Opened October 9th 2015 and runs Fridays & Saturdays to November 7th
Details & Tickes.
Submitted by Joyanna, GHC Tuesday Alto
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Brian Swimme’s
EARTH’S IMAGINATION,
Video Series With Gertie Jocksch Sc Dmin (now to Nov 11)
“In The Earth’s Imagination, cosmologist Brian Swimme places the human psyche within the fifteen billion year cosmic process in order to highlight the directions in which human consciousness is evolving today and into the future.”
Date: 4 Wednesdays, Oct 21, 28, Nov 4 & 11, 2015
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Cost: $75 or $20 drop in
Location: Friends Meeting House (1831 Fern St.)Victoria
, 250-220-4601
Submitted by Gertie Jocksch GHC Monday Soprano
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PROCESS WORK PSYCHOLOGY SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: (Oct 23 - 25)
Surfing the waves of relationship - a process work psychology approach to relationship
Riding high and getting dunked - all part of the journey (arising from the teachings of Dr. Arnold Mindell)
Date:October 23-25, 2015
Place: Victoria, BC.
Full Details
Contact: 250-385-1665/
Submitted by Doug Woodall former GHC & HNC Bass
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SURFING THE WAVES OF RELATIONSHIP (Oct 23 - 25)
A Process Work Psychology Approach To Relationship Workshop
Riding High and Getting Dunked - All Part of the Journey (arising from the teachings of Dr. Arnold Mindell)
Date: October 23-25, 2015
Place: Victoria, BC
Cost: $215 early regist. by Oct. 9th; Full: $255
Contact: Doug Woodall - 250-385-1665/
Workshop Flyer
Submitted By: Doug Woodall, MSW - former bass, HNC.
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TELLING NEW STORIES FOR OUR TIMES (Oct 24)
a workshop with Pauline Le Bel
We have become disenchanted and disempowered by the stories of the generals, the politicians, and the corporations. One of the most evolutionary acts in which we can engage is the telling of our own stories. No storytelling experience necessary. Have a look at Pauline’s amusing new story about bacteria.
Date: Saturday Oct 24, 2015
Time: 10 – 4 pm
Cost: $70,please bring your lunch,refreshments are available
Location: Friends Meeting House (1831 Fern St.)Victoria
, 250-220-4601
Submitted by Gertie Jocksch GHC Monday Soprano
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TEA LEAF READINGS (Oct 24, 25 & 31 + Nov 1, 8, 9, etc.)
Saturdays & Sundays 2 - 4 pm
at James Bay Coffee and Books
143 Menzies St, Victoria BC see map
$30 for 30 minutes
$45 for 45 minutes
Gift Certificates Available specifically for Tea Leaf Readings
Our Readers have done 100s of Tea Leaf Readings. Warm, insightful and intuitive,
they bring a wealth of life experience to every Tea Cup reading.
Walk in for book readings through the shop or book an appointment by calling:
James Bay Coffee & Books 250 386-4700
or emailing
James Bay Coffee and Books is a family friendly, zero alcohol, community event where you can feel comfortable to come on your own or with friends.
For more information
Submitted by Kim E. Willoughby GHC & Soundings Alto and When I Sing Soloist
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ALCHEMY™ CRYSTAL BOWL SOUND CIRCLES (Oct 25)
“Nancy creates a safe and sacred space for the group to dive deep and swim in an exquisite sea of peace, love and awareness. The experience was gently healing and beautiful. She puts thought into the theme for each evening and insights emerge that are unique and meaningful to each of us. Come and experience this lovely gift and blessing of pure bliss.....” Marilyn W.
Oct. 25, 7:00—9:00 pm (doors 6:45),
at the Sound Sanctuary in Oak Bay,
By Donation $10-20
RSVP info for sound circles at:
Info on other events:
Submitted by Nancy A. Watters, CCLT 2005, former GHC Soprano
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SUNDAY AFTERNOON
SACRED WRITING CIRCLES (Oct 25 + Nov 1, 8, etc.)
with Junie Swadron
What’s it about?
It’s walking to enjoy and observe our world. It’s writing to share from our hearts, it’s laughter, it’s friendship.It’s learning to stop judging our work, it’s sipping tea. It’s finding our voice andfeeling safeto speak our words out loud. It’s about being authentic and kind. It’s about music and moving our bodies during the break.It’s about creativity and it’s about catharsis – allowing the writing to become our wise teacher.It’s poetry and it’s prose. Short stories and drawings that we write from. It’s different every time!