2026 Fall Season
Practices will begin at 6:30pm at St Peter Lutheran Church (same church as in recent years: 123 South Seventh Street in St Clair), on Mondays. The first rehearsal is on September 14th and will include music pickup and a typical rehearsal.
Practices will be on all of the following Mondays at St. Peter’s (beginning at 6:30pm) but the doors will be open at 6:15PM for a bit of community time before we start.
Regular rehearsals will be on the following dates:
September 14, 21, 28
October 5, 12, 19, 26
November 2, 9, 16, 23
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 4: Our final rehearsal (on Monday, November 30) is typically held as a “Practice performance” at Mallards’ Landing; and the two concerts are scheduled for Saturday, December 5 (Evening performance) and Sunday, December 6 (afternoon performance) Specific times and venue details TBA.
Concert dress code for the December 12 and December 13 performances--women: please wear all black; men: white shirts, black slacks & jacket, red tie.
Dress code for Mallards’ Landing: Christmas Casual
Rehearsal Plan
Our goal for the first two rehearsals is to do a brief run through of all songs. The goal is not to correctly sing them all, but to give everyone a chance to get an overall picture of the music before we start diving in deeper.
Monday, September 14
6:30 PM -- Music pick up and welcome time!
7:00 PM-8:00 PM -- Warm ups and run throughs of the first songs:
Sheep May Safely Graze
Christmas in About 3 Minutes
Ding Dong! Merrily on High!
Angels We Have Heard on High
Monday, September 21
6:15 PM -- The church is open for social time
6:30 PM -- Warm ups
6:45 PM -- Song run throughs
Mary, Did You Know?
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Were You There That Christmas Night?
Believe
Monday, September 28
6:15 PM -- The church is open for social time
6:30 PM -- Warm ups & soprano stretches (figuring out soprano 1 and 2)
6:40 PM -- Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
~7:00 PM -- Sectionals on Bring a Torch
~7:20 PM -- Full group run through of Bring a Torch (a chance to lock in what we fine-tuned at sectionals)
~7:30 PM -- Mary, Did You Know?
Monday, October 5
6:15 PM -- The church is open for social time
6:30 PM -- Warm ups
6:40 PM -- Sheep May Safely Graze
~7:00 PM -- Sectionals on Sheep
~7:20 PM -- Full group run through on Sheep
~7:40 PM -- Christmas in About 3 Minutes
More details to follow. We'll do our best to keep you updated so we know what to practice each week.