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Acapulco Photos – Part 2

admin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:57:35 +0000

Because there are SO MANY pictures provided by Choir members from the Conference, and we all love looking at pictures, we are including as many as possible. In order to speed load time we have divided them up into parts, just for ease of viewing. Here is Acapulco – part 2. Click here to view PART 1

Images mainly provided by Choir Members: Katie White, Joan Lowden, Greg Wood and Patti Jamieson.

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Acapulco Photos – Part 1

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:21:47 +0000

We will be adding photos to this gallery as the days pass and once the Choir Members return from General Conference held in Acapulco Mexico, so check back often to see new additions! Many of the Choir members and MCC Toronto staff are taking pictures and will be supplying them as the days go by. Thanks to all of them for “forgiving us in advance” if we “borrowed them” from other places like Facebook!

Images included in this gallery are mainly provided by Choir Member Jennifer Alexander. Click here to view Acapulco Photos – Part 2

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Euchre Tournie Photos

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:26:43 +0000

Since September 2009, the Choir has been fundraising for their trip to Mexico and the UFMCC General Conference. The Lone Hand Euchre Tournament – Friday Night Series was born in the backyard of Music Director, DIane Leah, with choir member Heather Magee and her partner Romelda Morson. Five nights, 64 players, door prizes, player prizes, simple food – hot dogs and chips, and a cash bar. That was the original idea. Raise some money for Mexico. Original fundraising goal: $10,000.

The turnout was amazing, we held a 50/50 draw that turned out to be very popular, the food/menu has changed dramatically (although the hotdogs are a mainstay) – we have added chili in the winter months, wonderful salads in spring/summer, and veggies & dip, and desserts and occasionally cake! Most importantly, however the Euchre Tournament nights have brought back an ongoing social activity to MCC Toronto that had been lacking for some time. People enjoy being with other people, meeting new people, and playing some cards at the same time. People have made friendships because we hold euchre nights – friends of folks who were strangers.

Because of this, the Euchre Nights were a huge success, and at the end of the fifth Euchre Night players begged to have the tournaments continue. Coordinators agreed to add three more nights to the series, to further support the Choir’s fundraising for Mexico.

The total raised over the 8 Euchre Nights was just shy of $18,000 and raised enough money to send 9 choir members to Acapulco.

The demand once again came up to continue with Euchre at MCC Toronto. The coordinators agreed, and Euchre Nights will continue to be a feature for The Choir as a means to fundraise. The next project the money will go towards is a new cd recording!

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Arms Open Wide – Photos

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:34:55 +0000

The Choir Rehearses for the Arms Open Wide Concert

Here you will find all the image galleries for the Arms Open Wide Concert held at MCC Toronto in March 2010.
All images are © 2010 Romelda Morson, unless otherwise noted.

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The Choir Rehearses with Guest Artists

Special Guests included Jackie Richardson, Stephanie Martin and Thom Allison.

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Photos from the “Arms Open Wide” Concert

Thanks for choir member Lou who sent these in (presumably taken by a friend, while she sang that night).

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