Windward Notes – Many Hands (Take 2)

by WCS Blogmeister

At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors there was a conversation about the pile(s) of sheet music accumulated over the last nine years. Quite a few file cabinets had been donated as things grew but they were overflowing and the Windward Choral Society’s storage unit was starting to look like an episode of “Hoarders”. There […]

Windward Notes – Now I Don’t Feel (Quite As) Old

by WCS Blogmeister

Okay, this is really, really cool. I’m not a big fan of lazy bloggging with just a link but I’m happy to make an exception for truly awesome stuff. This certainly qualifies. From the arranger: “This unique video, features my first of 2 arrangements for solo lyre, of the 3400 year old “Hurrian Hymn no.6″, […]

A Few Good Men!

by karyn castro

WCS is Looking for a Few Good Men! WCS has limited openings in the tenor and bass section.  Rehearsals take place on Tuesdays from 7:00-9:00 PM at Holman Hall at Kailua United Methodist Church.   Are you a tenor or bass? Interested in singing in WCS? Call 808.254.5717 or Email: windwardchoralsociety@gmail.com. *********************************** WHO: The 100-voice Windward Choral Society; Susan McCreary Duprey, […]

Windward Notes – Joy of the Month (Color Me Maple)

by WCS Blogmeister

I used to do a lot of travelling (35,000 frequent flier miles one year*) teaching classes on a new software technology. Yeah I’m a nerd but at least I got to see a lot of the world on someone else’s dime. One of the offices where the students gathered was in Vélizy-Villacoublay,  a suburb of Paris, […]

Windward Notes – Tonight!

by WCS Blogmeister

Rather than re-type the whole thing, some highlights of Susie’s message to the masses in case you’re not on the email list. Hope to see all the old faces and a few new ones. There’s a lot more stuff that will be discussed tonight but here are the solid nuggets: Open House is tonight, Tuesday, September […]

Windward Notes – Good (Actually Great) Neighbors

by WCS Blogmeister

A couple of years ago the Hawaii Food Bank  put out the word that they were running short on some basic staple foods as the holidays were approaching and several of the local service organizations made plans to help out. There wasn’t much time to organize things as we only had a couple days notice so we […]

Windward Notes – Sounds Good To Me

by WCS Blogmeister

So here’s the deal…YouTube is massive. Seriously massive. When I’m puttering in my workshop I’ll search for a musician or band or musical genre followed by the word “concert” and get a zillion things to listen to via my bluetooth-enabled little boom box. Very cool. There are also audio books and recordings of pretty much […]

Important Information About Goodshop and Amazon

by WCS Blogmeister

Just a head’s up that Amazon is no longer making donations via the Goodshop interface. They’ve started up their own version called Amazon Smile. You can register and do your shopping at https://smile.amazon.com/ and buying eligible products will result in a 0.5% donation to the charity of your choice. Eligible products will have “Eligible for AmazonSmile donation” […]

Windward Notes – We Hereby Decree

by WCS Blogmeister

Shamelessly stolen from around the web and gently modified to use here, I give you: Murphy’s Laws for Susie Duprey: The music stand you get will wobble. Singers late for rehearsal are always those who sit in the first row. The longer the rests, the less likely a section will enter after them. At least […]