Spirit’s Call Choir Benefit Concert

supporting programs for Inner City Youth
in partnership with Rotary Club of Winnipeg

Saturday May 12 at 7:30pm
Knox United Church

400 Edmonton Street

Call 488-0078 for tickets.

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Spirit’s Call Choir makes singing fun

 

Spirit’s Call Choir has as much fun practising as they do performing (Spirit’s Call Choir)

For me, singing with Spirit’s Call Choir has been a magical adventure. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be on a CD, perform at Pantages, be on CBC Radio or even sing anywhere but the shower.

—Heather Emberley, Alto

Everybody can sing but not everybody believes that. I certainly didn’t until I discovered Spirit’s Call Choir.  I was ‘on assignment’ as Editor of a professional counselling journal for a feature on self-care programs when I happened upon the choir for people who believed (or were told) they could not sing. 

Besides singing to my tiny babies who seemed to approve to most everything their mother did, I only sang in the shower. 

 

Spirit’s Call Choir (Jennifer Vallance)

Intimidated by ‘real singers’ I took a friend along to check out the brainwave of founder, Margaret Tobin.   What we discovered was a welcoming, safe place to sing with a kind musical director. Imagine a community based choir with no auditions, no expectation that one has to know how to read music, no rigid attendance rules. Instead, imagine a fun, relaxed  group of people who have grown from eleven members to 160, who sing for joy every Sunday afternoon.  

The power of song has proven to be healing and inspirational on many levels.  The collective voices of Spirit’s Call Choir also addresses giving back and social justice issues by performing twice yearly benefit concerts for local charities thus garnering the choir the Mayor’s Volunteer Service Award.

 

Heather Emberley (Zenon Lisakowski)

For me, singing with Spirit’s Choir has been a magical adventure. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be on a CD, perform at Pantages, be on CBC Radio or even sing anywhere but the shower.  Now that I am a grandmother I feel thanks to this choir that I leave a legacy to my grandkids of taking risks,  the power of community and the joy to be found in singing with and for others.  

Don’t miss hearing Spirit’s Call Choir Spring 2012 Benefit Concert honouring mothers and featuring musical guest Dan Frechette- Saturday May 12, 7:30 p.m.Knox United Church. 

Fall season – Starts Sunday September 9, 2012

Start date is set. Some other details may change. Please check back in August to confirm.

Orientation for new members 1:30 to 2pm
Full choir 2 to 4:30 pm – Sunday September 9th & weekly
Unitarian Church – 603 Wellington Crescent (at Academy/Maryland)

Standard fee for fall season $55
(or more or less – depending on circumstances & the value of the choir to you.)

Fall season – September to December – standard fee $55.
Spring season January to May – standard fee $60.

For more info: Contact Dawn Lazar
dlazar@mts.net or 488-0495

Also see www.spiritscall.com

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Last December was our 10th Anniversary Concert!!!

WATCH and LISTEN to the concert!