Chorus and AC Gig Invitations for April

CHORUS and AC GIG invitation—RSVP by Thursday, April 11. We were recently invited to do these two gigs, to gauge if we can do them, please RSVP by Thursday via the form: The following info will be sent home with Chorus/AC on Wednesday, and it is linked here. Please RSVP via the form, not via email please.         1.      SPARK's Hirsch House on Tour THIS Sunday, April 14th, 2019 for the             Druid Hills Tour of Homes Take a walk through history as The Hirsch House is transformed to its original grandeur for the Druid Hills Tour of Homes this weekend. There will be photo displays throughout the house featuring the time when the Mary Murphy Egart family resided there from 1949-1993. Special performances are featured during the weekend by the great-great-granddaughter of Mary Murphy Egart and our own SPARK Chorus/AC members! Repertoire to be determined by the number of singers available. If we don't have critical mass for this gig, individual performers are invited to do a short set instead! Pianists, guitarists, flute, singers, etc!        2.      Saturday, April 20 (see below for details for this very lovely event!) International Children’s Day celebration on Saturday April 20th. We will start gathering around 1pm, program will begin at 1:30, and our exact performance time will be between 1:30 or 2:30pm, based on the flow of the event, but singers will be able to explore and participate in the fun activities! Venue is Centennial Academy at 531 Lucky Street. My singer _____________________________________________  can perform on Sunday, April 14 at the following times: ◊  1:30pm (call time 1:00pm in uniform, finished by 2pm at the latest) ◊  2:30pm (call time 2:15pm in uniform, finished by 3pm at the latest) ◊  My singer is unavailable to perform on Sunday, April 14 ◊  My singer is available to perform on Saturday, April 20 between 1:00pm and 2:30pm (specific time to be determined) at the International Children’s Day Celebration (invited by Sude’s family!). ◊  My singer is unavailable to perform on Saturday, April 20.

From Sude's Mom:

 I’d love to invite you and SPARK chorus to the International Children’s Day celebration on Saturday April 20^th. We will start gathering around 1pm, program will begin at 1:30, very likely to continue till 3:30pm. Venue is Centennial Academy at 531 Lucky Street. If you like I can even help you teach a simple Turkish song, that would be an awesome surprise to the audience : )

Sude will play piano, her brother Batu will play electric guitar and participate in the Turkish folkloric dance, little sister Aylin (4) will also dance in the younger kids’ group. There will be Turkish music, traditional dances, poems etc. Also there will be tables for different countries where kids will visit and learn about them and stamp their passports (similar to SPARK international night).

Here’s a brief info on this day:

Every year, the children in Turkey celebrate this "Sovereignty and Children's Day" as a national holiday. Schools participate in week-long ceremonies marked by performances in all fields in large stadiums watched by the entire nation. Among the activities on this day, the children send their representatives to replace state officials and high ranking civil servants in their offices. The president, the Prime Minister, cabinet ministers, provincial governors all turn over their positions to children's representatives. These children, in turn, sign executive orders relating to educational and environmental policies. On this day, the children also replace the parliamentarians in the Grand National Assembly and hold a special session to discuss matters concerning children's issues.

During this day many countries send groups of children to Turkey to participate in the festivities. During their stay in Turkey, the foreign children are housed in Turkish homes and find an important opportunity to interact with the Turkish children and learn about each other's countries and cultures. The foreign children groups also participate in the special session of the Grand National Assembly. This results in a truly international Assembly, where children pledge their commitment to international peace and brotherhood. The importance of April 23 as a special day of children has been recognized by the international community. UNICEF decided to recognize this important day as the International Children's Day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Sovereignty_and_Children%27s_Day