COMMITMENTS AND POLICIES

Our chorus meets year round with various types of performances ranging from community events to formal concerts/shows. We understand that not every performance can fit into your busy life schedule, we will have a way you can indicate your attendance.

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REHEARSALS

We rehearse Tuesday nights from 6:30pm - 9:00pm in Santa Maria. Plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early for each session: this will create an exciting buzz in the room, give you a chance to chat with your peers, and ensure we start promptly. Our rehearsals typically take place at Allan Hancock College, Fine Arts Building F, Room F 100

800 S. College Drive, Santa Maria

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ATTENDANCE

We don’t specify an absolute attendance minimum for rehearsals. That said, if you’ll miss more than one rehearsal per month in the last few months before a major performance, it’ll be difficult to be a net contributor: you risk missing musical instructions, affecting sectional unity upon your return, reducing rehearsal energy during your absence, and so forth. We will have a method for you to indicate your attendance at rehearsals and performances.

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BARBERSHOP CONVENTIONS/CONTESTS

CCC may attend one or two local or regional, barbershop contest per year.

We do this for three reasons:

* (1) create (and become more adept at creating) inspiring musical experiences,

(2) get feedback from well-calibrated adjudicators on how we’re trending as an ensemble

(3) to have fun with each other and other barbershoppers in a celebratory environment.

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* Barbershop “contests” are really more like festivals, with groups from the near

and greater region sharing moving experiences with one another. The experience

is collaborative with a touch of mutually-supported competition: we deliver

some of our most passionate, honest performances at these events; and we

enjoy the opportunity to socialize and SING with like-minded people!