[HANASHIR:11385] Re: volunteer choir rehearsal attendance

[Laura Ferguson <allenderL...>]

In the choirs that I've been in, when the director was prompt from day one, 
people are on time.  Don't ask for excuses, just move the choir along 
swiftly and promptness will happen.  People won't want to be late because 
they might miss something.  Under these circumstances, when people are 
late, its probably for a good reason.

At 03:46 PM 4/23/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm interested in the volunteer choir thread of discussion, which seems to 
>reinforce that temple choirs have a great deal in common with each 
>other.  I started out being pretty stern about attendance, but now that I 
>have gotten to know these lovely people, I tend to be understanding when 
>they have to miss a rehearsal.  In the spring I notice a tendency for 
>people to miss rehearsals.  I put it down to fatigue from the year's work 
>(we start our season with the HHD's), but still, it's discouraging.  I'd 
>like to hear from other choir directors as to how they deal with this and 
>also with members arriving late.
>
>Thanks,
>Rachelle
>

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