i got a letter from northcountry choral today.....the bad news is they talked the former conductor out of retirement......rats........the good news is we will be doing the christmas portion of the messiah this fall........hot dang.........one of my problems with the group in general and the conductor in particular was that over the last few years we have gotten away from doing the master works......which is the reason i joined in the first place........i am very glad that we are headed back in what i consider the right direction.....