June Birthdays and Awards Party

4 June 2008

Ginny’s card and what Connie says we’re supposed to look like when we sing!

Smoot and Richard were our June birthdays

Then it was time for the Awards Ceremony, with comments and categories by Connie.

To

In recognition of your contribution as

to the music program

at the

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix

Paradise Valley, AZ,

We do hereby honor and thank you

on this day, June 4, 2008.

Constance Jahrmarkt Paula Adkins

Music Director Music Committee Chair

Lynne - Choir Accompanist, Substitute Director & Wow! Pianist

Kat - Our in residence storyteller & one of our newest members

Carolyn - Introducing New Member Classes to our Choir &  Our In-Residence Dancer

Richard  -  Parade truck-renter/driver, Cabaret MC, Bob Hope & Soulful Sundown Guitarist

Heidi - Family Choir Assistant Director/Choir Director Substitute, Soloist, composer & Soulful Sundown song leader, and new representative to the Sunday Services committee

Dante - Youngest Choir Member who can sing a high C

Donovan - Superb Child Sitter

Smoot - Financial Advisor and Renovation Czar , and last, but not least, the carrier of many bouquets of flowers!

Susan - Viola soloist, Organizer & Multi-Sectionalist, and person who jumps in and sees what needs to be done and does it.

Barbara - Solstice Soloist & Having the ability to sing 1st Soprano, also plays guitar

Ginny - Caroling Map-maker & Best Back Massager

Bill - Tai Chi Leader & Soulful Sundown Guitarist, not to mention great dancer!

Pat - Best deserts at choir breaks, Choir Artist & Having the ability to sing 1st Soprano, her many accomplishments also include many cabaret posters and set decorations, and bride seamstress

Pauline - “Toughest” Choir member & Spanish Coach, bride seamstress she and ties with Jean in the smile department!

Joyce - Strong 1st Alto section Singer, Spanish Coach & Enthusiasm for Song, even after long days at school and more than one parent-teacher conference

Frank - Dean of the Bass Section & German Coach

Sandy - Chauffers the Dean of the Bass Section and makes tea for me during break, and even though we’ve not done it in a while, she was the one from the lunch bunch that would invite me after Sunday Services.

Sharon - French Coach & Having the ability to sing 1st Soprano. She invites us every year to the Utah Shakespeare festival, and we finally went, when she and Jesse bought us tickets for a wedding present – great fun!

Richard - for Baby-sitting coordinator, Hymn sing leader, cabaret MC, skit writer, music committee treasurer, past chair, and chauffeur of the director… makes dinner, lunch, fixes stuff around the house…built the choir director podium, poles to hang the robes…and is really modest.

Charlotte - Choir Librarian, Archivist, Social Director & Cabaret CEO, now the publicity chair for all of UUCP, hoster of parties, bringer of great food, and of course photographer, but also organizer of videographers and photographers, and others too numerous to mention.

Jerry -  Composer, Substitute director & Soulful Sundown Clarinetist, pianist, archivist of choir performances, and of course, music committee secretary for about 1000 years…

Carl - one of our Newest Members & Incoming Music Committee Secretary

Sally - Incoming Vice President, also serves as substitute chauffeur for several choir members…

Paula - Paula’s ideas have decorated sets, haunted houses, dancers, singers, and brides. We cannot thank you enough for your never-ending ideas, artistic skills, and just plain hard work - as our Music Committee Chair.

Diana - Incoming president of the Music Committee

Connie got flowers, but Pat reached over to take her flower out!

["Connie – the Best and Longest Serving Music and Choir Director UUCP has had!" So say we all.]

It was a fun party, but we missed the choir members who couldn’t be with us: Rita, Jean, Kelly and Joanne.