AIR FORCE ACADEMY OUTREACH The Air Force Academy has invited us to sing the National Anthem and the Academy's alma mater at a sporting event on Sunday, February 14, 2010. Rehearsal for the music will be the 15 minutes following our regular rehearsal on February 1 and February 8. (9:30-9:45 PM). Attire for the February 14th event is nice but casual -- NO Soli dresses or tuxes. Brad would like to meet at the North Gate Guard Shack at 12:45 PM so that everyone can drive in together. Car pooling would be a great help if possible. Here’s the itinerary for the event: 1:00 – 1:30 PM – Arrive at Clune Arena 2:00 PM – National Anthem performance Approximately 3:45 PM (Post-Game) – Air Force Alma Mater Performance (Third Verse) There will be a reserved section of bleachers for choir members in the South end zone of Clune Arena. We will be sitting directly behind the Air Force bench. Directions to Clune Arena:

YOUR PRAYERS, PLEASE... - For Mike Dienst and his family on the death of his great-aunt, Loretta Murphy - For Dave Kucera's brother, Father Alan Kucera, who is recovering from pneumonia - For Elinor Stidham and her family as her husband is enduring repeated hospitalizations and dialysis, and whose grandson was hit by mortar fire in Iraq. - For Flo Sterk as she recovers from a broken ankle - For Aldy Enloe as she continues cancer treatment - For Joan Silverstein as she continues cancer treatment

SOLI SOLOIST AUDITIONS FOR BRAHMS REQUIEM Soli Deo Gloria announces soprano and baritone soloist auditions for the choir's performance of Brahms' A German Requiem at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, May 1, with a rehearsal on Friday night, April 30. The work will be performed in English, accompanied by full orchestra. Soloist auditions will be held starting at 6:00 p.m., Monday, March 8, at First United Methodist Church, 420 N. Nevada Ave. Soloists should contact Brad Peterson, conductor, at 719-262-0614 or bradnco@msn.com to reserve an audition time. The audition will consist of "Ye Now Are Sorrowful" (Movement V) for sopranos and "Lord, Make Me to Know" (Movement III) for baritones. Selected soloists will receive an honorarium for the performance.

BUTTER BRAID SALE The Butter Braids/Cookie Dough sale will start on March 1 and orders and money should be turned in by March 15. Cookies and Butter Braids will be delivered at practice on March 29. The sale of Butter Braids has proven to be a great fund raiser for us. We make $4.00 on every Braid or Cookie Dough. If you prefer, donations of $10.00, the price of the Braids or Cookie Dough, are gladly accepted. Prizes will be awarded for the people with the 3 highest total sales.

PROGRAM AD SALES It’s time to start thinking about selling ads for the Spring Concert program. The money we raise from ads helps offset the printing costs for the program. Think about all the places you go in the course of a week – doctor, veterinarian, beauty shop, barber, church. How about business contacts such as your real estate agent or insurance agent? Or maybe the scouting troop for one of your kids would like to take out an ad. The copy for each ad must be camera ready. If you are given a business card as the original copy, it will be hard to make it work for an ad bigger than 1/8 of a page. For more information on quality copy see the camera-ready tips on the Soli website.