ISSUE # 2013 October

Formers’ newsletter A M O NT HL Y NE W SL E T T E R KE E P ING Y OU INF O RM E D, UP - T O -

DAT E , AND CO NNE CT E D W IT H T HE CE NT URY S ING E RS

Fall Retreat This past month was a busy one for the Century Singers! On

Friday, October 18th, we had our Fall Retreat at Messiah’s Ranch! This year, the officers planned an Avengers themed

retreat and all of them did a fantastic job at the Big Game on

finding the Tesseract, which was hidden by the evil Loki (Mr.

Posada!) Thank you to all the officers, especially our Pollard

Representative Hannah Himes, for putting hard work into this

eventful night for everyone and making this an awesome first

Retreat for the Pollards!

We had some Former Century Singers come out and help

with the food and setting up at Retreat. I would personally like

to make a shout-out to Mark Pape, Will Hailey, James Ngu-

yen, and Kevin Tarlow for spending time with us there! It was

incredible getting to know them, listening about their insights

and sharing stories about Century Singers. I hope to get to

meet many more of you because you all have made and con-

tributed to this choir into what it is now.

Also, a BIG thank you to our few generous donors for the

lovely Rudy’s Barbeque. You have no idea how much it meant to us so I would like to say THANK YOU on behalf of all the

Century Singers. One day, I hope to give back to this choir for

all that it has provided for me.

OFFICER SpotlightOFFICER SpotlightOFFICER Spotlight

Andrea Richardson Vice President

MAJOR: English; Minor in French

HOMETOWN: Katy, TX

CLASS: 2015

Quirky Fact: “I never wear matching socks!”

Winning Team at Retreat “Iron Man”

SHOWCASE 2013

A week after our retreat, on Friday Octo-ber 25th, the Century Singers held their annual Showcase at United Methodist Church and it was a huge success! We were completely sold out and had a differ-ent and unique vibe to our music this year. At this “Great Gatsby” Showcase, we performed songs from Bruno Mars, Pitch Perfect, and The Lumineers! Those of you who were able to attend, I hope you enjoyed the show and the depth of individual talent this choir holds. Mr. Posada, Ben Sieben (our accompa-

nist), all the officers, and the Showcase Chair-Heads put in a tremendous amount of work into this production and it was extremely successful. A HUGE thank you to our Performance Manager, Morgen Burchell, for dedicating hours into this show and making it as perfect as possi-ble. Their hard work definitely shined through!

FRAM S. HAVELIWALA Mays Business School

Century Singers Formers' Liaison MSC Human Resources Director

Texas A&M University '15

Formers’ Dues!

Allyson, Keith, Cheyenne, Kelli, & Moriah

$25 for the year! http://www.centurysingers.com/dues/

Checks Payable to :

Association of Former Century Singers c/o Texas A&M Choral Activities

1473 TAMU

College Station, TX 77843 Your AFCS dues and donations help pay for: · Scholarships every year for Outstanding Century Singer & Outstanding Pol-lard · Commissioned music, specifically written for the Century Singers · AFCS get-togethers (game-watching parties, happy hours, reunions) If you can send donations over-and-above your dues, you will be helping the AFCS provide the Century Singers with other real and immediate benefits. This year, we want to raise enough donations to pay for new maroon bowties and vests for the Century Singer men, to replace the old black bowties and cummerbunds. At $25/per student for the new vest

“MASTERPIECES OF MOZART”

WITH THE BRAZOS VALLEY

CHORALE & SYMPHONY

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24

5:00 PM

RUDDER AUDITORIUM

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HOLIDAY SPIRIT OF AGGIELAND

CONCERT

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8

4:00 PM

RUDDER AUDITORIUM

The Texas A&M University Century

Singers were honored and privileged to

have launched the Omar Maldonado for

Judge Kickoff Campaign on October

24th via virtual performance.