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Live Oak Singers
San Antonio's LGBTQ and Friends Chorus!
The Live Oak Singers is an LGBTQ & friends chorus in San Antonio, TX! Founded with the mission of building bridges between various communities through philanthropy, outreach, and musical performances. The Live Oak Singers continue to fulfill this mission through various avenues throughout the year. Browse the website for more information and stay tuned for upcoming performances!
Live Oak Singers is a not-for-profit volunteer organization with a 501(c)(3) status.
Thank You!
Thank you for the generous donations & contributions from the friends & supporters of Live Oak Singers during this global pandemic.
While we are not able to physically meet or perform, through your generosity, we have been able to continue to meet our monthly financial obligations.
Would you consider donating to help us reach our goal of $600 per month to continue meeting our financial obligations by visiting our DONATE page.
Total Raised for May - $635
*Live Oak Singers is a non-profit 501(C)(3) organization and all contributions are tax deductible
Location & Time
Woodlawn Pointe
702 Donaldson Ave
San Antonio, TX 78201
Every Monday at 7:00 PM in the
Banquet Hall
See Calendar Below for additional rehearsal dates, events, and meetings.
Things to Know
- The Live Oak Singers is an LGBTQ & friends chorus comprised of individuals from various backgrounds, sexual orientations, and gender identities who share a common goal of building bridges through music across the varying spectrum of our cities' local communities.
- The Live Oak Singers is a four part harmony mixed chorus. Male, female, and non gender specific individuals are welcome to join. Your vocal range will determine your categorization as a Bass, Tenor, Alto, or Soprano.
- The Live Oak Singers are a dues based chorus, which means that every member contributes a fixed monetary amount to help with overhead expenses. These expenses include music, accompanist fees, instrumentalists, technical production specialists, insurance, ect. Dues are currently $100 for each season, payable monthly over 5 months ($20 per month). Discounted rate set at $90 if paid all at once. If money is a concern, do not let that keep you from joining as scholarships are available.
Live Oak Singers Calendar
A Message from our President
The LOS board of directors continues our mission to serve the San Antonio community through philanthropy, outreach, and musical performance. We hope the playful themes of our various performances will delight you while also fulfilling your need for quality music.
This New Year may we all embrace those in our lives who contribute so much to us. Unfortunately, many people in the LGBTQ community have experienced rejection from those closest to them, to include family and friends. This is when many turn to a "Family of Choice", where they find acceptance rather than rejection.
I am so very thankful to our late founding Artistic Director, Ron Casola; that I am able to continue to call the Live Oak Singers a huge part of my "Family of Choice"!
It's comforting in a very real way, but can also be jarring. In the real world, not everyone is going to get you, not everyone is going to understand or even tolerate your sexuality or gender identity. After being around people so accepting and caring, going back to your previous life is quite a juxtaposition, because sometimes you forget that not everyone is as wonderful as your chosen family. During this New Year and always, it is important that we support each other.
"We, as gay people, we get to choose our family and the people we're around" -- RuPaul Charles
In Faith, Hope, & Love
Joseph Leo Holland
President, Live Oak Singers, Inc.


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There is a lot to do while you are at CIELO Inn. There are a number of attractions too. This area is mostly prominent for the spectacular crater lakes, Lake Bunyonyi and Mountain Gorillas of the Rwenzoris
Hire of Tour Vehiche to the Crater Lakes & Western Rift Valley -- US$100 per day
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A 20 minutes drive from the hotel takes you to Uganda's spectacular eco-tourist forest (The Imara Magambo laterally translated, 'short of words' where you see this wonder).
- From Imara Magambo, ( just about 3 kms) , the tourist arrives in one of nature's great wonders. Over 100 crater lakes some with green waters provide a spectacular view to the tourists.
- From the craters, one descends into the great western region rift valley which is home to Queen Elizabeth national park where Uganda's unique wild animals live.
- It is from this rift valley that the famous Rwenzori Mountains protrude high in the skies with the highest peak covered with snow under the sun!
The region also has Kitagata hot springs, where you will be treated to local folks bathing in and searching for natural healing powers of the hot spring. This great natural feature is located south West of CIELO Country Inn, just a 20 minutes drive away. From the hot Springs, one may head straight to Bwindi impenetrable forest, Uganda's home to the only few surviving gorillas. Along the way, you will be treated to the breathtaking hills of Kabale with her famous terraces.

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The Italian Job was held at the IBR Padova in Italy this past weekend. Some of the fastest "euro" drivers you'd expect to see were in attendance such as Riccardo Berton, Martin Wollanka, Alessandro Stocco, Robert Battle, Renaud Savoya, Lee Martin , Fabrizio Teghesi , and Alex Zanchettin.
Elliott Boots would take the overall Tq and win in the 1/8 E Buggy class with his Tekin powered Kyosho buggy. Elliott was running the award winning Tekin Rx8 Gen2 and T8 Gen2 1900kv combination. Please help vote for these items in the RC Car Action Reader's Choice awards by clicking HERE


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As some of you had read before…I have this love and hate relationship with Jakarta. The overpopulated, overpolluted city that I call home for now.
As much I curse on this city, part of me do love it with all it's diversities yet there are things that I wish Jakarta had such as:
- Parks – green clean parks where kids can run around freely without fearing they will run into some crazy kidnapper or step into God-only-knows-what-dirts on the ground. Parks where us, Jakartans can relax, enjoy the breeze or just stroll around. With lovely benches to sit on instead of dirty cold ones filled with graffiti bearing some kids school names. A place where kids can throw Frisbee and be well, kids! A place where pe0ple can walk their dogs without leaving their dog poops littered the ground. Enough with the malls already! I.am.sick.of.malls! Build more parks.
- Clear blue sky – these days, if you are in downtown Jakarta, chances are all you'll see is ugly grayish sky. At nights you can't even see stars! In the suburbs you can still witness these beauty of natures so many of us has neglected.
- Cleaner/Better Public Transportation. Not ones that look like it might gives you tetanus if you get scraped! Better with clear scheduled timetable where you won't have to get shoved, pushed and packed like sardines. Maybe one day that Monorail project will really happen. It would save people so much time and makes life easier for Jakartans. Our government should really learn from our neighboring countries such as Singapore or Bangkok.
- Bigger cleaner sidewalks! Do you know how annoying it is to walk on Jakarta's tiny sidewalks packed with street sellers, cracked uneven dirty surface? I dream of totally bigger sidewalks then maybe Jakartans will not think walking is for looser! Where people can walk freely without fear of being knocked over by stupid motorbikes?
- More public libraries. With large collections of books, comfy spaces to enjoy by ourselves or with our children.
There you go I know in the back of my mind I still have more on the list but for now these are the top 5 of things I wish Jakarta had.


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Make your garage the coolest hangout spot in the neighborhood with this large Falcon Performance Shocks Banner! Perfect for the blank spot on your wall and will leave no doubt about your favorite Jeep shock absorber company.
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How to Get Hitched in Ten Days
by Samantha Tonge
Publisher: Carina
Publishing Date: 11th February 2016
Source: Copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley, thank you!
Number of pages: 96
Genre: Romance, Women's Fiction
Buy the Book: Kindle
Meet Mikey, every girl's best friend – he bakes the creamiest cheesecake, loves movie nights and is a great dance partner.
For Jasmine, Mikey is the perfect flatmate – he owns a 50s diner that turns out the best food around, gives the best bear hugs and amazing romance advice – after all they're scoping out the same hot guys! So when her boyfriend proposes in the worst possible way, Jazz knows her best friend will be there to pick up the pieces with gourmet popcorn, Pinot sleepovers and a shoulder to lean on.
But Mikey isn't about to let Jasmine give up on love, and he's ready to do whatever it takes to mend her broken heart – even if it means helping the one person who sees him as the enemy…
Because at the end of the day, all's fair in the pursuit of true love… right?
Rating: 3/5
The first thing I must say is that I immediately fell in love with the title of this short story – "How to Get Hitched in Ten Days" – it's brilliant, isn't it? Secondly, I didn't know at first that it is a novella, I was expecting a full – length novel, so I was a little surprised when I discovered it's not the case this time but I also thought, no matter, the main thing is, it is by Samantha Tonge, so let's start reading!
And as soon as I started reading, I felt very confused. You know, I didn't read the synopsis very thoroughly (I though I don't have to. I mean, it is Samantha Tonge's book, right, so I am for sure for a giggly fiesta of a great story) and I thought that Mickey is a girl (I know. I KNOW), and at the beginning I really wasn't sure if he's a girl or a boy. It made my reading this little bit more confusing and difficult. But it was my mistake, nothing to do with the author. Then each chapter is told either from Mickey, or Jazz's points of view, and yes, the chapters are titled with the name of the character, nevertheless, I more than often didn't know who the "I" is, especially when I had to put this book down for a moment or two and then came back to reading – it took me always a minute or longer to realise who is the narrator (and before you say it, I don't like turning the pages back on kindle).
Unfortunately, I also had a problem with the characters. I just couldn't care less about them. Jazz was a spoiled, whiny diva, drama queen and everything must have been centred around her. Dave was awful, he had no idea what his girlfriend likes or wants and he was always in a bad mood and blaming everybody for his own failures and misfortune, and I was thinking, what's up actually? What kind of boyfriend are you, if you really don't know about your girlfriend's likes and dislikes? Mikey… Well, Mikey couldn't be more clichéd if we asked for, I think.
Altogether, I am a little disappointed with this short story because I have expected so much more from it and I've already read better novels by Ms Tonge. Sure, it had it's moments, and it was a very nice story about friendship and trust, but this time it didn't deliver for me. On the bright side, it is written in this lovely, funny, light – hearted and easy to follow way, it was fast – paced and – as usual – had some brilliant food in it! I also didn't see this twist coming and it took me by surprise, I was thinking that maybe Mikey will turn out to be not gay at all or something like this (which would be a disappointment, so brownie points for Samantha for not changing his orientation at the last moment ), really not seeing this what came and slapped me in the face. Which was in some way sweet. (Not slapping. The twist). So altogether, if you are for a quick, easy read and you love Samantha's exceptional sense of humour as much as I do, don't hesitate and read "How to Get Hitched in Ten Days".


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Nothing puts a protective coating through its paces quite like water. If there is a weakness the water will find it, and where there is strength the water will test it to the extreme. Just as we have tested it first.
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Barely 48 hours after some of them were drafted, eight of nine Maple Leaf picks were among the 46 players at the MasterCard Centre on Monday undergoing medicals for the club's annual development camp.
Moved up a few days this season, the week-long camp will feature on- and off-ice training for skills and fitness. There will be 27 forwards, 15 defencemen and four goalies.
The 2018 invites include top pick and 29th overall Rasmus Sandin of the Soo Greyhounds, part of 18 overall picks from previous drafts.
Running the camp is the Leafs director of player development Scott Pellerin, with Leaf assistant coaches Jim Hiller, D.J. Smith, Toronto Marlies head coach Sheldon Keefe, and Newfoundland Growlers ECHL coach Ryane Clowe.
Two interesting names in addition to the many Marlies and non-drafted invitees are defenceman T.J. Fergus, son of ex-Leaf centre Tom, from the Erie Otters and Matthew Barnaby Jr., son of the Buffalo Sabre who had a few runs ins with the Leafs. The younger Barnaby was playing for Tier II Pembroke.


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October 29: Peter Sattler & Kristinn Gudmundsson (DAI, 2016) present Performance (a)roma))nce at the Impakt festival in Utrecht
Saturday 29 October 2016, 12:00-17:00 hrs
An installation consisting out of wooden pallets, videos and different props forms the platform for a performance with a strong sense of theatre. A barista, an economist and a farmer meet the friend, the artists, in form of recorded chats and Skype conversations. Is Hanging Out the last act of resistance by artists in times of crisis?
The performance will take place at an undefined time on an undefined location.
Theater Kikker
Ganzenmarkt 14,
3512 GD Utrecht


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Boot order form
To complete an ordering process for riding boots, you will need two order forms:. The "Order Form Riding boots" plus the "order form decorations". For the other types of boots, you will just have to upload the corresponding form.
Here can you download the order forms for the diffrent types of boots:
Riding boots:
You can download the file(s) and open it with Word. The square boxes are Tick-Boxes, the empty rectangles in grey are fillable with the number of your favorite color and the grey rectangles with Text inside can be clicked to open a drop-down menu.


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Camping outside in the woods or forest with your family, friends, and loved ones can be a very enjoyable experience. Whether sitting around the campfire and telling stories or bird watching and exploring nature, being outdoors can leave you with unforgettable memories. Now what memories you will leave with depends on how well you are prepared. If a camper is not knowledgeable about his surroundings, nature can give some pretty nasty surprises. Below are some advice and tips that will help you avoid certain situations that can damper your trip.
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Maintaining the right acid-alkaline balance in the body is one of the most basic necessities for the body to function properly. The acid-alkaline theory is that many diseases are caused by excess acid accumulation in the body. There is evidence that conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, gout and osteoporosis are caused by eating too high a quantity of acid-forming foods. Our blood needs to maintain a slightly alkaline pH of 7.4 to function efficiently.
There is a difference between acidic foods and acid-forming foods. The best example of this is lemons and citrus fruit. While they are acidic, they actually have an alkalizing effect on the body. The dietary goal is simple: make sure you consume more alkaline producing foods than acid producing foods. All fruits and vegetables break down to form alkaline compounds in our guts. Sprouted nuts, seeds and legumes also become alkaline. Meats, fish, eggs, unsprouted nuts, seeds and legumes, all grains, diary, processed foods, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine form acids.
Too many acid-forming foods force our kidneys to mobilise much-needed alkaline-forming nutrients to return to a biochemical balance. High protein diets can therefore put a strain on kidney function. Excess acids in the blood can find their way into joints and tissues exacerbating arthritis and causing pain.
Stressful situations and negative emotions such as anger, denial, confusion and fear create bodily processes that can also lead to acidity. Relaxation and positive emotions however have the opposite effect.
Green juices are a great way to alkalise and if there is one thing I tell my clients to do is to drink something green every day! Sticking to an acid alkaline diet may seem overwhelming at first, but the health benefits are definitely worth it!
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Everyday Adventures: To What End?
In spring 2018, the Evangelism Office of The Episcopal Church created the Episcopal Evangelists Facebook group. It was born from the desire to begin connecting evangelists - young and old, novice and experienced - across the Church.
Here on the Evangelism blog, we will be sharing stories from the Facebook group—stories we think can help others in their ministry of sharing the Good News—and hearing their stories of Adventures in Evangelism. Today's story comes from the Rev. Steve Pankey, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, Diocese of Kentucky.
To What End
It was sometime in October when life changed drastically on the 1200 block of State Street. For years, sharing a city block with the Public Library has meant that our neighbors experiencing homelessness were around, and we knew about them, but we didn't really have to get to know them. I'm still not sure how it changed, but all of a sudden, one day, we realized that a few people spending the night in our cloister had turned into a semi-permanent campsite. At first, it was wildly uncomfortable. People, all of their personal belongings, and all their baggage were just here, in our face, and we didn't really know what to do about it.
Our parishioners were, by and large, patient and kind. They came to Sunday services, navigated through cigarette smoke, folks sleeping on pallets, feet out in the walkways, and piles, I mean piles, of blankets, couch cushions, and whatever else could turn a brick patio into something kind of comfortable for sleeping. It couldn't last, however. It was all unsustainable. The problems that bring people to the place of homelessness are only exacerbated by a lack of stable housing. Some, certainly not all, struggle with unchecked mental illness and addiction to alcohol or other drugs. Something had to be done. Yet, the old model of simply shutting it all down didn't seem quite right this time either.
So, we did what every self-respecting Episcopal congregation would do: we formed a committee. A small group of people who had recently completed Seeking Shalom, a course offered by the Lupton Center, were now ready to look at our outreach ministries as opportunities for relationships. We began to pray, first for, and then with, our Cloister Community. We sought their input on what concerned them about life on the porch. We developed community expectations, figured out who wanted to live within them, and began, slowly – too slowly, at times – to build relationships. By now, we are engaged in ongoing conversations with maybe two dozen guests, seeking ways to help them find a more permanent housing solution.
Six months into this new way of living, this Way of Love, we are beginning to wonder what our next steps might be. One possibility we are evaluating is applying for a mission fund grant from our diocese. These grants are meant to respond to the real human needs and concerns of the people in our communities while spreading the message about – and inviting others to share in – God's grace and forgiveness. As with any grant program, there is a requirement for some kind of metric to evaluate the success of the program. Common metrics of evangelistic endeavors would be average Sunday attendance, pledging units, and overall giving. As more people are invited into the community, these things should naturally go up, but I wonder if these are the true ends of evangelism.
[Learn more about the Way of Love.]
Yes, in theory, we would love it if our Cloister Community would join us regularly for worship, but are butts in the pews the real end of evangelism? Everybody would like more money in the budget, but is fundraising why we share the love of God? Building relationships with a transient, low-income, highly-challenged population will produce very little fruit in the traditional metrics of the church, but it seems to me the telos of our evangelistic efforts isn't to boost our numbers, but rather to help as many of our neighbors as possible find their way into the saving embrace of Jesus Christ. The end of evangelism is, as our Catechism describes the mission of the Church, the restoration of all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.
Ours is not to strong-arm conversion. We are not called to save souls. Forcing folks who are already pretty uncomfortable with their situation to sit in a pew next to folks who are dressed nicer than they are, probably smell better than they do, and certainly know when to stand, sit, and kneel better than they do isn't what Jesus had in mind when he sent the Apostles out to proclaim the Good News to all nations. No, our mission as evangelists is simply to be faithful to the call to love, to share the hope that is in us, and to let God handle the details. The end of evangelism isn't metrics, it is mercy, and there is more than enough of it to go around.
The Rev. Steve Pankey is the Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Steve holds an MDiv from Virginia Theological Seminary ('07) and a DMin from the School of Theology at the University of the South ('17), but the degree he seems to use most often these days is his BS. As a disciple, a husband to Cassie, a father to Eliza and Lainey, and now a rector, Steve struggles to keep it all in the right order, and is constantly thankful for forgiveness and grace. You can read more from him at his blog where he used to write with regularity draughtingtheology.wordpress.com.
How are you seeking, naming and celebrating Jesus' loving presence and inviting other folks to discover that goodness for themselves? Tell us HERE! The Episcopal Evangelists Facebook group is a gathering space for Episcopal Evangelists to ask questions, share resources, and encourage each other around the practice of sharing the Good News. To that end, we respectfully ask that you limit your post here to questions, ideas, events, prayers, memes, links, and stories, that can help the wider church learn about and practice joyful and faithful evangelism! By providing a place to share stories, ask questions, and trade resources, we hope that the Episcopal Evangelists group will be a place of learning and growing together, as we share our gifts of imagination and experience and tell out the Gospel wherever we find ourselves.


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The hair is a crucial part of our self-image that could boost our self-esteem. Many people feel inadequate when their hair falls out. Some find themselves losing their self-confidence. All of this can be easily brought back through hair transplants.
Among all the cosmetic surgeries, hair transplant is a common procedure that both men and women opt for. From the famous celebrities to your neighbours, a lot have performed hair transplants. A good hair transplant surgery can make one's hair look absolutely normal and make them feel secure and confident in the way they look.
But the truth is, not all hair transplants end on a good note. There have been some bad hair transplant procedures which have ended far worse than the original condition. This varies from clinic to clinic. Even the best clinic will have one odd case per 100 who will have a result not consonant with his expectation.
What Are The Effects of A Bad Hair Transplant?
When a hair transplant ends up wrong, there can be any number of bad results from it.
• The hair transplant can result in a significant and visible scar on the head.
• There can be bits of hair growth in clusters all around the head with some bland spots in the middle.
• The hair transplant can cause cysts on the head which will be septic and result in many more problems.
• A badly performed hair transplant procedure can result in haemorrhage.
• Swelling on the head is also another issue that can be due to the build of fluids.
• After a hair transplant, the hair thinning may occur in certain sections.
These are just some of the problems and side effects when a hair transplant goes wrong. Most of these issues are due to ignorance, complacency or negligence of the plastic surgeon.
Why Is It Important to Choose A Right Surgeon
There are a lot of plastic surgeons who perform hair transplant in India. But some of these surgeons are unqualified or inexperienced to perform a hair transplant and choosing such surgeons could result in a bad experience.
These inexperienced surgeons may be unaware of the exact procedure to perform a hair transplant or cannot handle a complication when it does appear. There are also certain prerequisites that need to check in a patient before a hair transplant which could be neglected by some surgeons. All of these mistakes on the part of the surgeon combined with the lack of proper knowledge could end up worsening the patient's hair and giving them side effects.
It is important to choose the right plastic surgeon not in the advertisements you see each day but on their credentials and their past experience. You can check out the reviews of the surgeon and the clinic on the internet in different forums to see the experience of other persons. You can also visit the surgeon for a consultation to see if he is qualified and experienced enough to perform a proper hair transplant. Most importantly see his befores and afters and videos posted on YouTube with normal lighting. If pictures after the result are in shadow, run!
Instead of choosing a plastic surgeon who has experience in a lot of surgeries like liposuction, breast augmentation, tummy tuck, etc, it is best to choose a surgeon who is specialized especially in hair transplant procedures.
Can A Bad Hair Transplant Be Fixed?
Some of the bad effects of the hair transplant can be fixed by another surgery. For example, if you have uneven hair patches all around the head with some bald spots or thinning of hair after the hair transplant, procedures like Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) and Follicular Unit Excision (FUE) can help in fixing it. These procedures require abundant healthy donor hair follicles to perform the hair transplant.
In case if the hair looks weird after the hair transplant and making it obvious that you have undergone the procedure, micrografts can be placed to cover up the unnatural hair transplants and give your total hair a natural look. Similarly, there are certain procedures for most of the issues related to bad hair transplants.
First, you need to consult an experienced hair transplant surgeon for this procedure to fix the issue. Going back to the surgeon who had already made the mistake isn't the best option. The new hair transplant surgeon can then examine your condition and suggest new procedures to compensate for your previous bad experience.
To learn about how a procedure can go wrong, watch Dr Bhatti28 videos in this YouTube Playlist-
If you are looking for an experienced hair transplant surgeon to fix your bad hair issues, Dr. Tejinder Bhatti is a perfect choice. He is one of the most respected hair transplant surgeons in Asia who has helped a lot of patients, including many celebrities to have natural looking hair transplants. For more information on booking a consultation with him, visit Darling Buds Hair Transplant Center now.