By Alicia Kase

On November 12th members of the ARCC Student Concert Choir packed their purses for an all-day tour. The students caravanned to the Coon Rapids Campus where they participated in an exchange concert with the Coon Rapids Campus’ Concert Choir.

After wards, they all traveled down to the U of M School of Music and enjoyed a brief lunch in the cafeteria. However, this was not what they were here for. After lunch, everyone gathered into the choir room for a Clinique with the U’s Director of Choral Activities Kathy Saltzman Romey. The students performed two of the pieces they were currently working on for Ms. Romey: “Erev Shel Shoshanim,” a Hebrew love song by Moshe Dor and Josef Hadar and arranged by Jack Klebano, and “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” from Franz Joseph Haydn’s “Heiligmesse” and arranged by Russel Robinson. She in turn offered advice and constructive criticism to help the students improve, not only on those two songs, but in their general choral skills as well.

After the Clinique, everyone traveled to the Rosedale Mall for some supper from the food court, and some shopping for those who weren’t hungry. Then it was back to the U for a choir concert in the Ted Mann Auditorium.

The students had a blast and many are eager to enroll in Concert Choir next term to see what the next Day Tour has in store. They all agree that Ms. Romey is a rock star and are eager to participate in another Musical Clinique with her.

If the above events sound like the perfect day to you, then don’t forget to enroll in the Spring Semester 2011 Concert Choir for one credit or as a free extra-curricular. Don’t worry if you can’t read music, or have never had any choral experience before, Concert Choir is for students of all skill levels. All you need is a love for music.

However, this semester is not yet over, and the students of the Cambridge Campus Concert Choir wish to welcome everyone to come to the Winter Concert on December 2nd at 7:00 in the evening. They will be performing alongside the Guitar Ensemble and you will have a chance to her the two songs they practiced with Ms. Romey in addition to many others.

The Gay Straight Alliance currently has the following officer positions open:
Vice President: Facilitate meetings and events with president.
Secretary: maintains minutes of the GSA meetings and activities, takes notes of the meeting topics and writes what needs to be on the office's calendar.
Director of Finance: handles all financial transactions, maintains thorough and accurate records of all transactions, and produces an annual financial report for the Gay Straight Alliance.
Resource Manager: keeps track of all resources held by the GSA and obtains new resources whenever possible.
Publicity Manager: writes updates for the school newspaper, manages event PR, create club literature, and keeps the Lavander Magazine on campus up to date.

by Megan
I hope your semesters are all going well. I just wanted to send an update on our activites for Hearts Ablaze for the rest of October and looking ahead into November.
 
We are in need of a few participants (preferably willing) to sit at the Hearts Ablaze table during this Tuesdays, October 19th open house for the college. We'll just be handing out brochures or chatting with people who stop by. No previous experience of being at an open house is required.  
 
The first ever club business meeting is going to be the Thursday after MEA week, October 28th, 2010. The most available and convenient time we decided is 11p-12p, in room E103, or the glass room across from the cafeteria. We will be meeting to discuss how, and on what we should spend our club's finances, as well as in what ways we can branch out in the surrounding communities of Cambridge and oncampus outreach. These are intended to be a chance for whoever is interested in being proactive, to brainstorm and share ideas.
 
Our next Applebee's half off appetizers night is also on Thursday, October 28th, 2010. We will be there at or around 9pm. Everyone is welcome! Bring your friends, even if not Hearts Ablaze attendees.
 
Finally, we are going to go bowling on Saturday, November 6th, 2010, at 6:30p at Isanti Junction Bowling Alley, in (you guessed it) Isanti. :P   ARCC students are able to pick up one free bowling round pass at the student life office with a ARCC student I.D. Again, everyone is welcome, so bring your friends! The more people the more fun!