CUEnotes
YouthCUE's blog on topics of youth choir ministry, leadership and professional well-being
Delivering Once In a Lifetime Experiences
The editor of the blog has asked me to give a report of our recent choir tour to England. I decided, at the very least, to give it a “recruiting” spin. Let your annual big event deliver once in a lifetime experiences! Exceptional memories will help...
Creating a Master Plan, part 1
As the new ministry season is upon us (or here for some of you), we have a stack of music to learn and a calendar with not enough rehearsal time. Let’s discuss ways to create a Master Plan for our rehearsals that can maximize our time both weekly and over the course...
Using the “Selfie” to Help Keep the Recruits
Well, actually it should be called an "Usie", let me show you how it can work! Most of the ideas that I share in this blog have been things that I have done in the past, some of which are making a “come back” this fall. A side note here—most of the time...
The Voicing Process
In several weeks, students will flood the choir room (because you have followed Randy Kilpatrick’s advice on recruiting). They will be eager and ready to join this ministry called Youth Choir. Examining their energetic faces you realize, “this is wonderful, but how am...
Wherever we go, whatever we do, make peace …
It goes without saying that we are living in a highly complex world. Nothing new about that. What is new is the degree to which entities are in conflict and the amount of backsplash our world is experiencing, seeing, hearing, and feeling today, August 7, 2014....
Need a little polish – pt. 2
Now for some exercises to get us thinking Independence of hands: 1. Take your right arm/hand by itself and slowly make a broad brushing motion from SIDE to SIDE. In this case, you can position your hand like you’re about to shake...
Need a little polish? – pt. 1
I hope your summer is going well. In some cases, your summer might be finished or nearly coming to a close. God bless you if that is your situation. As you are looking toward a new season of student choir ministry, I’m sure you are considering a litany of items that...
The Recruitment Mailer
Do you want to make your kids RUN to the mail box everyday? I can tell you how: One of our annual recruitment tools is the recruitment mailer. Through the years, we have mailed all kinds of things to students to advertise the opening day of choir for the...
Using Your “Big Event” to Recruit for Next Year
One of the best recruitment tools each year is your Big Event from the previous year. Here is how it can work to your advantage. Each time our high school choir, Sonlight, travels on choir tour we make sure that the 8th graders coming up to high school know all...
The Recruitment Game–Rewarding the Winners
OK—so you look at the picture and wonder, “what can a picture of a dish like THAT have to do with recruitment?” More on that shortly. Notice that, so far, there has been no mention of the prize for winning. I deliberately keep that a mystery—even from the...
