While you are a guest at the Sewanee Church Music Conference, we want you to be comfortable.  Following are items that you will need for your stay here.  (If you forget something, no fear - a hop skip and jump from the conference center are banks, ATMs, convenience stores, Piggly Wiggly, CVS, Family Dollar, and several stores which sell grown-up libations!)

A NOTE ABOUT CELLPHONE SERVICE 
If you have AT&T, you're golden.  Folks reported problems with other carriers last summer, though.  Cellphone service was spotty at best, which means that phone calls AND text messages were problematic.  WiFi is ubiquitous and robust, though.  Facebook Messenger (for calls and texts) saved the day for lots of people, as did Google Voice and WhatsApp (and surely others).  

​DON'T FORGET THESE ITEMS!!!!!

• Choir vestments (as Piggly Wiggly does not stock cassocks and cottas, unfortunately)
• Academic hoods are appropriate for Evensong, if desired
• Dark dress shoes for use with vestments

Music folders and pencils are being provided (because we have a generous benefactor!), and you won't need hymnal or BCP during the week. 
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Suggested Items

• Coat hangers
  
• Small cooler and glasses/mugs if you would like beverages or snacks in your room.
• Extension cord for hair dryers, curling irons, etc.
• Small flash light for safely maneuvering dark hallways during the night.
• Coffee or tea, if you'd like to make some in your dorm kitchen.
• Umbrella or light rain coat. 
• Walking shoes (!!!)
• Backpack
• Small fan for your room.
• A "coverlet" for your bed.  (A sheet and light blanket are provided, but if you like something heavier, throw that bedspread in your suitcase!)
• Small clip-on lamp for your bed or bedside table.
• A yoga mat, if you plan to participate in the yoga offerings (but using a simple bath towel will suffice).
• Mattress padding, if your bones don't like a hard mattress (or just use your yoga mat!). 
  
• "Dressy" clothes for the Saturday Banquet.
• Organ shoes, if you are playing in a master class (or if you happen upon an impromptu pop-up hymnsing somewhere).
• If you are a previous SCMC conferee, please bring your conference choir folder to re-use.

Attire

• The Tennessee mountains are beautiful, but weather conditions can change on a dime.  Days are usually comfortable and nights can become quite cool.  
• Casual “summer camp” clothing is appropriate for all activities on campus.
• Venues are air-conditioned, but outside is not.  We recommend a light jacket or sweater for classes and rehearsals.
• You will want something nicer, but not formal – think summer frock or sport coat - for the banquet on Saturday night.

Sewanee Worship Services
Bring yourSELF!  Conference attendees will be singing Friday Evensong and Sunday Eucharist at All Saints' Chapel on the campus of the University of the South (Sewanee).   Be sure to get a sub for your church July 10 - 16 so you can fully participate in all the services for the week.  You'll have worked hard on repertoire for Friday's Evensong and Sunday's Eucharist, and your fellow conferees depend upon and value your voice and presence!  

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Attire

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Sunday morning Eucharist

Friday Evensong with academic hoods

Everyday