Past Dean’s Columns

September 2018
Dean’s Column
We’ll Save a Seat for You!

Can you hear Tom Bodett’s welcoming voice in the Motel 6 commercials - “We’ll leave the light on for you”? That is the message I want to clearly communicate as we begin this new season of programs for our North Shore Chapter. In the busyness of life, it is easy to make the decision to skip a chapter event. I recently read that these days people tend to stay connected to organizations or other individuals only as long as they are meeting one’s needs at an acceptable cost to that person. In...
July 2014 Dean’s Column

July 2014 Dean’s Column

Welcome to our new newsletter format!  You’ve been directed here for the July edition of OVERTONES.  Here’s what you’ll find below, which can be accessed by simply scrolling down: Brochure of our 2014-15 programs A review of our June 1 annual banquet and program A...

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October 2013 Dean’s Message

I looked at my calendar a few days ago, and realized it was time for another Dean’s Message.  It seems as if I just wrote one last week.  And that experience reminded me about how frequently I feel that way as an organist.  I remember some years ago, standing at the...

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September 2013 Dean’s Message

There’s a certain rhythm of September, isn’t there? Rally Day, choirs starting up again after summer break, minds turning toward thoughts of Advent and beyond. Some of us have had just a few Septembers as organists, some of us many more than we care to count. So some...

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