ANNUAL RETREAT
May 2 – 4, 2008

Glass and Garden Community Church
8620 E. McDonald
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Faculty:
Nancy Bergman, MA, Suzy Lobaugh, CMA, Anita Barzilla, CMA
Jean Kane, ADP Coordinator and IMAP

FRIDAY
6:00pm – 7:00pm Sandwich snack available
7:00pm – 7:15pm Welcome and Introductions
7:15pm – 8:15pm “Kinesthetic Arranging”
8:15pm – 9:00pm “Finding A Good Song To Arrange – Not An Easy Task”
9:00pm – 10:00pm “Sheet Music Madness” and Individual Arrangement Reviews

SATURDAY
9:00am – 9:15am Getting the day started
9:15am - 10:15am "What is this thing called Barbershop?" - Barbershop Basics for new attendees
9:15am - 10:15am. “After We Select The Song, What’s Next?”
10:15am – 11:00am Group work on new project song
11:00am – 11:15am Groups share and compare their results
11:15am - 12:00pm “Arranging Traps – Avoiding them as an arranger”
12:00pm – 12:45pm Lunch
12:45pm – 1:30pm "Embellishments – Not too many or too few, Makin’ ‘Em Just Right”
1:30pm – 2:15pm Review of project song “Give Yourself A Pat On the Back”
2:15pm – 3:00pm Review of project song “Wherever There’s Me – There’s You”
3:00pm – 4:00pm Individual work, arrangement reviews, song selection, individual project work
4:00pm – 5:00pm “Eyes and Ears To Analyze”
5:00pm – ? Adjourn to Los Olivos Mexican Restaurant for dinner, then to Kane’s to “party”
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SUNDAY (AT KANE’S HOUSE)
10:00am – 1:00pm Review of weekend work, questions and answers, planning for next year.

Cost: $70.00 (includes Friday night “snack”, lunch Saturday and Sunday morning “snack”)
Friday night only - $20.00; Saturday only - $35.00; Sunday only - $15.00
Bring: (for Saturday) Keyboard with Earphones
Hotel: Ramada Ltd, 6935 E. 5th Ave., Scottsdale. See web site for location and amenities.
Call for reservations: (480) 994-9461
Rate: $79.00 for two queen beds, Continental breakfast included.
(or stay at Kane’s house, slumber-party style – first-come first-served!)
For further information and RESERVATIONS contact:
Jean Kane at JCKMUSIC@MSN.COM