CMSA Convention: Welcome Party Planning

It's July and you'll be hearing more and more about the CMSA convention, with chances to get involved. We are down to about 13 weeks before the convention,and it will be here very soon! We need to make some decisions about entertainment during the Welcome Party. The CMSA funds the food for the party, and we'll negotiate some simple hors d'oeuveres and have a cash bar. Typically there is some kind of entertainment. That we'll either have to fund out of the treasury (I'll check in with Ted/Lon on that idea) or we'd need to find a way to fund it from donations from orchestra members or patrons. The party will be pool side (indoor pool). The space is congenial for that kind of gathering, but a bit challenging for musicians. What we'd want is background music as this is a meet & greet - a chance for frequent convention attendees to reconnect with one another, and for people new to the convention to chat with folks as well. Typically, the welcome party lasts for a couple of hours, and it's Wednesday, the first night of the convention (October 3rd). I'll mention this at our rehearsal tonight. If you have ideas/suggestions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me. Dotty djcoffey@mac.com

New parts for Porque

I generated new parts for Porque Esta Allí. There are three changes from the parts you already have:

1. The second word in the title is now ESTA rather than ES
2. There is an initial tempo marking of 116 bpm
3. In the second mandolin part, the first note of measure 66 is now E, not F sharp.