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The mission of the Nashville Singers
is to enrich lives through singing
and the support of music education.
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We hope you enjoy this week's issue of the Nashville Singers News
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Meet Our Newest In-Kind Sponsor
Silent Auction Donations Surpass $4,000.00!
Our 2013 silent auction is shaping up nicely. Thanks to some excellent behind the scenes work by Advisory Board member Sarah Beatty, we have received over $4,000.00 in silent auction donations. Attendees of our SATURDAY Season of Harmony concert will be able to bid on all kinds of neat items, including:
* available at online auction only The Nashville Singers is very grateful for the generosity of these donor organizations. If you have a product or service you would like to donate to the 2013 silent auction, please contact auction chair Sarah Beatty by clicking HERE.
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Performance at Opry Mills Mall Tomorrow Night
To help build awareness of our organization and promote our Season of Harmony concerts, the Nashville Singers will be presenting a free 60-minute set of music to shoppers at Opry Mills Mall, this coming Tuesday evening. The performance will include 14 songs from the chorus and two songs from The Founders quartet. We're told the best way to reach the performance area will be to enter the mall at Regal Cinema and head towards the Aquarium Restaurant.
Attention chorus members!
Risers and sound system load in: 6:15pm (help would be appreciated)
Chorus call: 6:30pm
Performance: 7:00pm-8:00pm
Sound system: Contact Lenny to see if he needs help transporting our sound system.
Todd will have risers
Chorus attire: Outfit from cover of new Christmas CD.
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Meet Our Most Recent Guest
 This Jazz Crooner and Latin-Romantic balladeer got his start performing at a young age, touring through houses of worship in the tropics. At the age of 12, Lee Shanel started strumming the guitar in his birth city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. However, it wasn't until his secondary education when he realized that he wanted to embrace music. Lee Shanel studied music performance at the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico. There he was appointed the position of student conductor of the Inter-American University Concert Singers one of the most highly ranked college vocal ensemble in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
Since his time in academia, Lee Shanel has had memberships in the Nashville Songwriters Association International, the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP), and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists. At the present time, Lee is Executive Director of Shanel Music & Entertainment, the agency that deals with all his artistic endeavors. Lee is an active member of "Music For Seniors", a non-profit dedicated to bring quality music performances to Long Term Care Facilities, Assisted Living and Retirement Centers across Middle Tennessee.
Lee is also a member of The Nashville Symphony Chorus.
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Enjoy This Four-Minute Sampler From Our New CD!
1. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!
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2. I Wonder What You're Doing for Christmas
3. The Secret of Christmas
4. Silent Night, Holy Night
5. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
7. Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
9. Away in a Manger (with guest soloist Melody Myers)
10. Angels We Have Heard On High
11. Carol of the Bells
12. Auld Lang Syne
This new full-length recording will be sold for $15, plus S&H. Save shipping and handling by picking up a copy of this new disc "in person" at one of our Season of Harmony Concerts on November 23rd or 24th.
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Melody Myers - guest soloist
on "Away in a Manger"
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Pre-order by October 31st and we'll waive shipping & handling!
- Place a credit card order by phone by calling 615-852-7464
- Mail a check for $15 to The Nashville Singers, Inc. 3432 Harborwood Circle, Nashville, TN 37214
- Secure online ordering information will be available soon!
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 TWO CONCERTS
to choose from this year!
Click on the city names shown below
to place your secure online order TODAY!
Enjoy these 30-second Video PSAs
Saturday - November 23, 2013 First Baptist Church Donelson, TN Silent Auction begins at 6:00pm Concert begins at 7:00pm |
Sunday - November 24, 2013
Lifepoint Church
Smyrna, TN
Concert begins at 2:30pm
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Stay tuned for more details as they become available.
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Video of the Week
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Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Jacob Collier
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Quote of the Week 
I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals. - Julius Erving
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Inside Acappella - Episode 31  | |
Inside A Cappella Ep.31 (2013)
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This Day in Music 
October 28, 1956 - Elvis Presley's song "Love Me Tender" became the No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit. He became the first artist to follow himself into the No. 1 position. The song "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" had been the No. 1 song for 11 weeks.
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Agenda for November 7th Meeting
SECTION I (7:00pm) Warmup (Sloan) Teach the Children to Sing (Sloan) You Are the New Day (Sloan)
SECTION II (7:45pm) Sectionals
O Love That Will Not Let Me Go, Believe, How High The Moon
SECTION III (8:10pm) break announcements
SECTION IV (8:30) run-through Oak Ridge set in order Seventy-Six Trombones (Todd) Blew By You When She Loved Me (Sloan) O Love That Will Not Let Me Go (Todd) Bring Him Home (Todd) Let It Snow (Sloan) How High the Moon (Todd) Over the Rainbow (Todd)
SECTION V (9:10pm) break
SECTION VI (9:15pm) (Todd) Believe Away in a Manger Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Birthday of a King Secret of Christmas We Wish You a Merry Christmas
SECTION VII (9:45pm)
(prep for SOH)
I Then Shall Live (Sloan)
Beyond the Sea (Todd)
Lord's Prayer (Todd)
closing song
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Upcoming Schedule
FALL October 29 (Tue) Free 60-minute performance from the Nashville Singers at Opry Mills Mall from 7:00pm to 8:00pm November 2 (Sat) National Anthem performance at 8:55am at the DH Dash, chorus call 8:35am at
McGavock High School Stadium / Retirement party for Rodney Turner in Portland, TN November 7 (Thu) Next rehearsal at Whitworth Memorial Baptist Church (7:00pm to 10:00pm)
November 14
Nashville Singers - 5th Anniversary of 1st meeting
November 16
(Sat) 35-minute concert set in Oak Ridge, TN
Costume: TBA
Schedule: Arrive at Whitworth on Saturday morning at 7:00am, depart at 7:15am. Return to Nashville at 11:15pm that evening. Ticket information coming soon.
November 22
(Fri) Dress rehearsal - First Baptist Church in Donelson (6:30pm)
November 23
(Sat) Season of Harmony Concert in Nashville - Silent Auction starts at 6:00pm,
concert starts at 7:00pm (First Baptist Church in Donelson)
November 24
(Sun) Season of Harmony Concert in Smyrna at 2:30pm (Lifepoint Church)December 5(Thu) Election of 2014 leadership team, unveiling of of 2014 music December 19(Thu) Holiday party (location TBA) December 30
(Mon) Performance at LP Field for Music City Bowl Chorus call 11:45am, first set begins at 12:30pm;
2014January 30
(Thu) Annual Awards and Recognition Dinner (Location TBA)
February 27
(Thu) Advisory Board Dinner (Location TBA)
March 4
(Tue) (NEW) Choral Blast - a community concert at the historic Ryman Auditorium, hosted by Nashville in Harmony
March 15
(Sat) Acappella Academy - Whitworth Memorial Baptist Church
April 26
(Sat) Spring Fundraiser EventJune 21
(Sat) Board of Directors Annual Planning Retreat (Location TBA)July 14
(Mon) Advisory Board/Governing Board Teleconference September 25
(Thu) Advisory Board/Governing Board Dinner (Location TBA)November 22 and 23rd
(Saturday and Sunday) Season of Harmony Concerts (Locations TBA)
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Nashville Singers is recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt 501(c)3 non-profit organization registered in the state of Tennessee. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. All solicitations are intended for Tennessee residents and help us impact the lives of other by perpetuating mission-critical outreach and music education programs. If you reside outside of Tennessee, please contact us BEFORE making a donation.
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2013 Governing Board
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Todd Wilson
Executive Director, Ex Officio
Doug Morrison
President/Board Chair
Dr. Lenny Farmer
Vice-Chair/Secretary
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 Tim Mullican
Treasurer  Taylor WilsonBoard Member At Large  Bob AllenBoard Member At Large (photos by John Jackson)
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2013 Advisory Board
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Nathan Bailey
Attorney
Waddey & Patterson
Sarah Beatty
Director of Events and Communications
Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Middle Tennessee
Dawn Davenport
Sports Anchor/Reporter
WKRN, News 2
Cheryl B. Davis
Director of Development
Adventure Science Center
Dr. Robert L. Elliott
Professor of Music and Department Head
Tennessee State University
Shane Fortner
Senior Sales Manager
Jason G. Franke
Assistant General Manager
of Sales and Marketing
Nashville Sounds Baseball
Carrie Hobbs Guiden
Executive Director
The Arc of Tennessee
Don Hart
Professional music arranger,
composer, orchestrator
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Fan Relations Coordinator
The Nashville Predators
Lynn D. McGill, CLU, ChFC
Financial Advisor
Choir Director
Trinity United Methodist Church
Dr. Jeffrey T. Phillips
Director of Fine Arts
President-Elect
Amanda Foster
VP of Development
Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce
Tom Ventress
President
Ventress Design Works
Roger White
Trainer / Outside Sales
Dr. Gary Wilson
Director of Choral Activities
Ruth Woodall
Associate Vice-President
of Education and Workforce Development
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We Are Grateful To Our Donors & Funders
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Donors
Bruce and Kellye Cokeroft
Bryan Patrick
Larry Bain
Nikki Baker
Sarah Beatty
Carrie Hobbs Guiden
Janet Koch
Colonel Samuel Liburdi
Ed and Tracey Luke
Doug and Trish Morrison
Tim and Amy Mullican
Jonathan (Jay) Ress
Lisa Black Schlossberg
Brett and Brandrea Sweeney
Gary Sinagra
Dr. Jane Warren
Darlene Williamson
Harlan and Sandy Wilson
Todd and Jennifer Wilson
Sloan Yarborough
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We Are Grateful to Our In-Kind Sponsors
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Ambassador Formalwear
1714 North Gallatin Road
Madison, TN 37115
(Rivergate)
615.865.4640
Carl Diebold
Sincera Media Solutions
Dove Award-winning videographer
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(advertising/promotional assistance)
Tom Ventress
President
Ventress Design Works
Ric Domenico
Second Mile Music
For more information about becoming an
in-kind sponsor of Nashville Singers,
please click HERE to review a list of our
current needs.
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Todd Wilson
Executive Director
The Nashville Singers, Inc.
615-852-SING (7464) office
615-669-TODD (8633) cell
615-523-TODD (8633) fax
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The Nashville Singers, Inc. is a Tennessee chartered corporation and recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Donations are tax -deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. For more information, visit our website or contact Executive Director, Todd Wilson by phone at 615-852-SING (7464) or via email at todd@nashvillesingers.org
Nashville Singers and Nashvillesingers.org are registered and protected service marks of The Nashville Singers, Inc.
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