We've got visitors! St. Patrick's College, Strathfield from Sydney, Australia is coming to town and we have the pleasure of hosting a joint show with them. How appropriate in the year WE are headed to Australia!

Uniform:   DRESS uniform: TBGO polo shirt, black pants/belt, black socks, black shoes. NO HAT since we are indoors.

Meet:   At 6:30 PM at Southwest Bible Church, 14605 SW Weir Rd, Beaverton (map and directions). Enter the building at the doors on the southwest side of the building (look for the TBGO banner).

Early Rehearsal Option:   We will close the show with a joint performance of Fireball, and St Patrick's would like to rehearse it with us if possible. They have a 4-5 pm rehearsal time at the church. I know we can't get everyone there, but I bet we can get a representative sample of our group so they can draft off our players. If you'd like to help with rehearsing the chart, plan to be at the church by around 4:20 and we'll do a few run-throughs whenever they finish working their other music. Also drop Steve a note so he has some idea of what to expect. (FYI, you'll have time to go eat dinner before the show.)

Stands:   St Patrick's has stands, but they're the flimsy wire stands and they'd love to replace those with sturdier Manhasset-style (or similar) stands if available. If you have a "better" stand (i.e., not a wire stand) and are okay with lending it, please bring it with you. This applies whether you're coming early or at the 6:30 call time. They have 30 players, so we should be able to gather enough stands to cover most people. I recommend that you label your stand somehow so we can repatriate everyone with their stand at the end of the night.

Parking:   Park in the southwest corner of the parking lot near the new construction, which will put you near the correct entry door. This is the same part of the lot we've used as a departure point for bus trips to previous events.

Plan of the Day:   St. Patrick's will be first to perform with a 45 minute show beginning at 7:00 PM. We'll have a 15 minute intermission (allows us to clear chairs and music stands from the stage), and then TBGO finishes with a 45 minute show. The two groups will join for a "grand finale" on our last tune.

Publicity:   Please help us get the word out about the show -- we'd love to have a nice crowd for our visitors! Here's a flyer that you can print, post, or email (1 per page) or (2 per page).

Donations:   We will make a pitch during the show for donations to New South Wales Rural Fire Service to help with their efforts fighting the fires devastating south Australia.

Additional Support:   St. Patrick's will arrive at the church at 3:30 pm for a 4-5 pm rehearsal. We can use a few extra people who can be at the venue at 3:30 pm to help move chairs and/or equipment, mind the door (we don't want random people entering the building), and generally help things run smoothly. Similarly we'll want help from 6:15 through end of show to mind the door, take donations, and reset the room and building after the show. Please contact Steve if you can help.

Music:

• Confident
• We Need a Little Christmas
• Band of Gold
• Bang Bang
• Venus
• We Like to Party
• Long Train Runnin'
• I'm Shipping Up to Boston
• One Mint Julep
• Dancing in the Street
• Shut Up and Dance
• America the Beautiful
• Sweet Caroline
• Uptown Funk
• Time Warp
• Nutcracker Christmas Parade
• Fireball

SW Bible Church
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