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Aug. 29th, 2008
I'm Movin' On
Aug. 29th, 2008 07:51 amAfter months of vascillating, I gave my notice to the Sidewinder's manager that September 4 will be my last night teaching c/w and line dance lessons there. It's been an interesting 3 years, but time to move on!
Thursday nights are free again!
Thursday nights are free again!
Chorus revisions
Aug. 29th, 2008 01:55 pmI was just checking the NM Gay Men's Chorus website to confirm the pre-season get-together for Sept 6.
Apparently some changes are being made that I didn't know about, but I think are long overdue. Starting this term, we'll be known as the Albuquerque Gay Men's Chorus; Santa Fe will have their own chorus starting in January.
I'm pleased to see this change happening. I was curious for years why the entire state was in the name when only singers from Albuquerque and very occasionally Santa Fe were involved. Kudos to the new direction!
Director Matthew Moore seems to feel the number of singers will grow from 21 to 40 this term. That certainly seems strongly optimistic--we'll see how it shakes out. I'm just hoping the December concert material is much less christiany-religious than it was last year, as he says it will be.
There's also a change in rehearsal spaces. For probably 15 years or more, it's been at the Congregational church at Girard and Lomas, an open and affirming space of gay folk. Prior to that, it was at the UUC, very welcoming to gay folk. The new space is at Immanual Presbyterian Church in Nob Hill, a congregation I never knew to be that liberal. Hmmm. It's actually walking distance now if I choose, only a bit over a mile from the house. I suspect that like most older core churches (it's gone from a peak membership in 1968 of 2900 to about 350 today), they are desperate to open their doors to more revenue. It's a lovely church in a very New Mexico style, designed in the late 40s by John Gaw Meem, who designed a large number of impressive Albuquerque buildings in the 30s-50s.
Apparently some changes are being made that I didn't know about, but I think are long overdue. Starting this term, we'll be known as the Albuquerque Gay Men's Chorus; Santa Fe will have their own chorus starting in January.
I'm pleased to see this change happening. I was curious for years why the entire state was in the name when only singers from Albuquerque and very occasionally Santa Fe were involved. Kudos to the new direction!
Director Matthew Moore seems to feel the number of singers will grow from 21 to 40 this term. That certainly seems strongly optimistic--we'll see how it shakes out. I'm just hoping the December concert material is much less christiany-religious than it was last year, as he says it will be.
There's also a change in rehearsal spaces. For probably 15 years or more, it's been at the Congregational church at Girard and Lomas, an open and affirming space of gay folk. Prior to that, it was at the UUC, very welcoming to gay folk. The new space is at Immanual Presbyterian Church in Nob Hill, a congregation I never knew to be that liberal. Hmmm. It's actually walking distance now if I choose, only a bit over a mile from the house. I suspect that like most older core churches (it's gone from a peak membership in 1968 of 2900 to about 350 today), they are desperate to open their doors to more revenue. It's a lovely church in a very New Mexico style, designed in the late 40s by John Gaw Meem, who designed a large number of impressive Albuquerque buildings in the 30s-50s.
Chorus revisions
Aug. 29th, 2008 01:55 pmI was just checking the NM Gay Men's Chorus website to confirm the pre-season get-together for Sept 6.
Apparently some changes are being made that I didn't know about, but I think are long overdue. Starting this term, we'll be known as the Albuquerque Gay Men's Chorus; Santa Fe will have their own chorus starting in January.
I'm pleased to see this change happening. I was curious for years why the entire state was in the name when only singers from Albuquerque and very occasionally Santa Fe were involved. Kudos to the new direction!
Director Matthew Moore seems to feel the number of singers will grow from 21 to 40 this term. That certainly seems strongly optimistic--we'll see how it shakes out. I'm just hoping the December concert material is much less christiany-religious than it was last year, as he says it will be.
There's also a change in rehearsal spaces. For probably 15 years or more, it's been at the Congregational church at Girard and Lomas, an open and affirming space of gay folk. Prior to that, it was at the UUC, very welcoming to gay folk. The new space is at Immanual Presbyterian Church in Nob Hill, a congregation I never knew to be that liberal. Hmmm. It's actually walking distance now if I choose, only a bit over a mile from the house. I suspect that like most older core churches (it's gone from a peak membership in 1968 of 2900 to about 350 today), they are desperate to open their doors to more revenue. It's a lovely church in a very New Mexico style, designed in the late 40s by John Gaw Meem, who designed a large number of impressive Albuquerque buildings in the 30s-50s.
Apparently some changes are being made that I didn't know about, but I think are long overdue. Starting this term, we'll be known as the Albuquerque Gay Men's Chorus; Santa Fe will have their own chorus starting in January.
I'm pleased to see this change happening. I was curious for years why the entire state was in the name when only singers from Albuquerque and very occasionally Santa Fe were involved. Kudos to the new direction!
Director Matthew Moore seems to feel the number of singers will grow from 21 to 40 this term. That certainly seems strongly optimistic--we'll see how it shakes out. I'm just hoping the December concert material is much less christiany-religious than it was last year, as he says it will be.
There's also a change in rehearsal spaces. For probably 15 years or more, it's been at the Congregational church at Girard and Lomas, an open and affirming space of gay folk. Prior to that, it was at the UUC, very welcoming to gay folk. The new space is at Immanual Presbyterian Church in Nob Hill, a congregation I never knew to be that liberal. Hmmm. It's actually walking distance now if I choose, only a bit over a mile from the house. I suspect that like most older core churches (it's gone from a peak membership in 1968 of 2900 to about 350 today), they are desperate to open their doors to more revenue. It's a lovely church in a very New Mexico style, designed in the late 40s by John Gaw Meem, who designed a large number of impressive Albuquerque buildings in the 30s-50s.