Linda is the choir's director. Discuss the level of your musical skills – Linda will suggest where you can best fit into the ensemble.

Linda Street, director of the MacKay Choristers, was raised in a musical family in Clinton, Ontario. She has been singing in choirs most of her life, some as far away as Paris, France. She studied French and Music at the University of Waterloo where she studied voice with Elizabeth Neufeld and Margie Hull. She later took voice lessons from Leslie Jost of St. Marys. Linda began directing the choir at the Holmesville United Church, and then the Wesley-Willis United Church choir. She is thrilled to be directing the MacKay Choristers, once directed by her aunt, Irla Stewart, and her mom, Mary Hearn. Linda has already had the Choristers participate in a workshop with Victoria Meredith, professor at the University of Western Ontario, and looks forward to planning other choral events for the active seniors.

In addition to choral conducting, Linda plays flute with the Goderich Laketown Band and has recently begun teaching voice. Ms. Street works at the Knox Presbyterian Church, is married to Blyth native, Eric Street, and has a delightful three-year-old son named Parker.

Elizabeth Tolchard - Piano Accompanist

Our new choir piano accompanist is Elizabeth Tolchard.

Anne Capper - Choir President

Anne Capper is the president of Mackay Choristers; she will welcome you to the group and find out about any special need or skill you may have. The president chairs the Chorister's executive committee meetings and keeps members up-to-date on Chorister plans and activities. She will often call for volunteers to help with Chorister projects. All Choristers are encouraged to participate in these various projects and special events. If you need a ride or other assistance, tell Anne and she will do an announcement during the break to find someone who can help.

Joyce Shack - Past President

Joyce Shack is the past president of Mackay Choristers.

Doug Jamieson - Vice President

The Chorister's secretaries keep the membership list along with phone numbers, street and email addresses. Helen and Lynne will give you a copy, and form to complete to get your name, phone numbers and addresses. They will also arrange for your name tag which is worn at every practice.

Ruth is the treasurer and will fill you in on registration and costs. Our fee for 2006-2007 is $75.00, $10.00 of which provides us membership in the MacKay Centre for Seniors. Fees cover the costs for copying music scores and fees for our director and our pianist. We also raise funds through our concerts and various other projects like cabarets, dinner shows, silent auctions, etc.

Ralph Laviolette - Book Keeper

She looks after our music library. Music is listed by member number and Mary will issue you a number and a set of music scores. Mary keeps us up to date with the selections we need.

• Please don't write in pen on the music sheets or booklets.
• Pencil marks that are erasable are OK.
• Keep music in a black 3-ring binder.

Most members mark up their copies in pencil with notes learned during the practices.

Rita deJong (for women) or Ron Lane (for men) take care of the choir uniforms. At concerts, women wear uniforms ($25 annual rental), men wear black or dark-blue bowties with white shirts, blazers, gray slacks, and black or dark-brown dress shoes. Before some events, the gals may decide a different colour ensemble. At practices and some performances, Choristers wear the short-sleeved Chorister golf shirt ($12) or the long-sleeved sweat shirt ($20); both are available from the Uniform Committee during practices.

Full Slate of Executive Committee:

• Anne Capper

• Joyce Shack

• Doug Jamieson

• Helen Dykstra
• Lynne Price

• Ruth Beane
• Ralph Laviolette (Books)

• Mary Hay

• Rita deJong
• Ron Lane

• Grant Ellison

• Genevieve Madden

• Ruth Vincent
• Annie Vanden Heuvel

• Marg Reynolds
• Marlene Starkey

• Ted Dunn

• Harry Lear

• Ralph Laviolette