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NOTES FROM THE AHOY! MARINERS!
CHANTERS The Mariners Yacht Club extends a
welcome to one and all those who enjoy
sailing, boating, kayaking, or cruising!
The Chanters have returned from Our next event will be a holiday party in
MASA having secured First place in the December. Contact Jim Elmer, Sr.,
Small Group, Second Place in the Large Commodore 2018, for details at
Group, and Third in the Parade among jimelmer@gmail.com. We are planning
the Chanter entries. In addition to all the a change of watch in early January when
hard work, we took time to go to Illustrious Sir, Larry Burton, P.P. will
Rocka-feller’s for their excellent seafood! Chanters at Imperial raise the pennant as our new
This year many of the Chanters were Commodore.
on hand to help with the Hospitality Suite If you are interested in the Mariners,
at MASA. We trust that those who contact David Eichelberger, Commodore
visited had a most enjoyable time. 2017, our secretary at;
The Chanters are now preparing for DavidEOSL@yahoo.com.
the joint “Prelude to Christmas Concert” Our dues are $15 a year and all of our
on Sunday, November 18 in the early events except for the Potentate’s stag are
afternoon. Proceeds from the concert will open to wives and/or significant others.
benefit the Children’s Hospital and the
Transportation Fund. The Band,
Chanters, Stage Band and Highlanders’s Mariners at MASA
who are all participating in the concert First Place in Small Group
invite the units of the Shrine to decorate Chanters
their unit rooms and offer hospitality to
the concert goers afterwards.
The Chanters participate in parades
and also perform concerts for church
groups, Masonic affiliated groups and
civic settings. These are the ways we
earn money to donate to the Children’s
Hospitals. Contact David Eichelberger,
Secretary, at DavidEOSL@yahoo.com or
Lee Pfeifer, Director, at lpfeifer@zoom-
internet.net if you would like information
about booking an event.
The Chanters are looking down range
too. Next summer we plan to go to the
Imperial Shrine Session in Nashville, TN
to defend our first place trophy. We think
it will be a trip to remember, since we
will be competing with new groups from
the Midwest region as well. New singers
are always welcome. We practice
Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. in the music
room of the Shrine Center.

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