• 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
• And a prayer of thanks for Joan as she returns to the choir. Welcome back Joan!

Order forms for the Butter Braids/Cookie Dough sale are now available. Orders and money should be turned in by March 15. Tell your friends and relatives that donations of $10.00, the price of the Braids or Cookie Dough, are also gladly accepted. Cookies and Butter Braids will be delivered at practice on March 29, just in time for Easter! Prizes will be awarded for the people with the 3 highest total sales.

Now is the time to sell ads for the Spring Concert program. The money we raise from ads helps offset the printing costs for the program and raises funds for Soli, which in turn keeps our membership dues lower. Here's a few sales hints for you:

• In selling, one must be prepared for the knee jerk reaction of "NO". Sometimes you can't budge a person, but sometimes you can. If they say I don't have my checkbook here today, ask when you can return. My beauty shop always takes an ad, but it almost always requires 2 or 3 visits.
• Remember that it's always easier to ask about an ad when you are spending money at someone's business.
• Remind your advertisers that a larger size is more visible. Maybe they will say "Oh boy! That''s too much." Then you can say the 1/8 page is ONLY $35.
• If you just abhor selling, then please think about making a donation of any size. Some people do $25.00, some $100.00 but even $5.00 is appreciated.

The coupons for $5.00 off a meal at the Texas Roadhouse on 8th Street will be on sale again at practice on Monday. March 8th. We started out with 100 $5 coupons and have sold 23 of them at $3 each. So to date, we've raised $73 for Soli with this offer (that includes $4 in additional donations). If we are able to sell all of the coupons it's worth $300 to the choir! These coupons may be used by you, or given to friends. So show up with your cash or check Monday night and buy a coupon for yourselves or friends. Where else can you get $5.00 off your meal for only $3.00?

Here's a link www.tinyurl.com/solispring2010 to the site where you can find rehearsal files for the Spring concert. On the site you can click on each song's name and find parts for all four voices.