Iceland Tour 2022 FINAL Payment Due April 1st.

Can you believe we leave for Iceland in just over 100 days?

Much sooner than that is our first rehearsal:

Saturday, March 12th

Time: 10:00 am-12:00 pm

Where: Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall Street, Concord, NH

If you have a name tag from an earlier tour, please wear it so we can greet old friends. (Stick-on name tags will also be available.) Please bring only water--no food should be brought into the building. (You may choose to eat lunch in a local restaurant after the rehearsal.)

Masks will be required until further notice.

Save these dates for the rest of our Spring rehearsals: 10:00am-12:00pm

Saturday, May 7, 2022

Saturday, May 14, 2022

Saturday, May 28, 2022

Saturday, June 4, 2022 - (Plymouth Congregational Church)--Iceland Info session for all tour members, including non-singers. Rick & Wanda will be there to answer your questions.

Saturday, June 11. 2022

Saturday, June 25, 2022

The June 4th rehearsal is at the Plymouth Congregational church--all other rehearsals will take place at Concord Community Music School.

More information about optional, weeknight regional rehearsals in north and south NH will be coming soon.

Final Payments Due by April 1st.

You should have received an invoice from Carol Stewart on February 2, 2022 with your final payment amount. Any questions, please Email Carol.

Payments by check should be made out to NHFC and mailed to NH Friendship Chorus, PO Box 2257, Campton, NH 03223.

If paying by credit card, please use the following link:

Credit Card Payment Link

(please note that a PayPal fee of 3.49% plus $.49 will be added to credit card payments.)

Music for the Iceland Tour Concerts

(To be distributed at the March 12th rehearsal)

Unclouded Day - JK Atwood, arr. Nick Klemetson

Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Trad. arr. J. Dave Moore

We are One - Brian Tate

Sure on this Shining Night - Morten Lauridsen

Peace, Like a Welcome Rain - Mark Patterson

My Song - Erik Esenvalds

My Heart be Brave - Marques L.A. Garrett

Hold On - arr. Margaret Bonds

Not While I'm Around - Stephen Sondheim

Being Alive - Steven Sondheim, arr. Mac Huff

Embraceable You - Gershwins, arr. Carl Strommen

Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington

Hey Hymn Smiour - Kolbeinn Tumason, arr. Borkell Sigurbjornsson

Icelandic TBA

Some reading suggestions about Iceland (from Patte Sarausky--feel free to pass along any articles to share.)

From The New York Times:

What Makes Iceland So Great? Ask Its First Lady.

In “Secrets of the Sprakkar,” Eliza Reid pulls the curtain back on her country — the good (there’s a lot), the bad (not much) and the ugly (even less).

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/books/review/secrets-of-the-sprakkar-eliza-reid.html?smid=em-share

What can we learn from Iceland?

https://concordmonitor-nh-app.newsmemory.com/?publink=16718e392_1348352

Iceland Bread

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/iceland-hot-springs-bread