Ontario District Seniors Chorus
At the Mid-Winter Convention in San Antonio, January 2017, the Society will introduce a new event - a Seniors Chorus Festival for men age 55 and older. For this inaugural event, 5 District Senior Choruses will be invited by the Society to be participate. The invitations will be determined by scores from a performance at the Fall convention in each District.
Formation of The Ontario District Seniors Chorus was approved at the April, 2016 meeting of The House of Delegates.
Leadership
- The chorus will be directed by Dr. Ray Danley and an assistant - TBA.
- Ken Fisher, VP of Music and Performance, will serve as the initial chorus manager.
Music
The 2 songs for the 2016-17 Ontario Seniors chorus will be from the new BarberPole Cat II songbook:
- AFTER YOU’VE GONE
- FROM THE FIRST HELLO TO THE LAST GOODBYE
Charts and learning tracks will be available from the District website once you have registered.
Rehearsals
There will be 5 rehearsals in Ontario - 3.5 hours long, from about 1:30 PM to 5 PM:
- Sunday, June 26 - in the Western Division - London area
- Sunday, July 24 - Eastern Division - Kingston area
- Sunday, August - 21 - Harmony Ranch,
- Sunday, September 18- Toronto area
There will also be a rehearsal in Scarborough Saturday afternoon Oct 15 before the qualifying performance before the quartet finals that evening.
There will be 1 rehearsal in San Antonio before the competition on Friday, January 20.
Expectations / Costs
The basic registration cost is $20 (charts, tracks, mailings, etc).
Each participating senior Barbershoppper agrees to:
- learn the notes and words of the 2 competition songs and be able to perform them as an independent singer
- provide his own tuxedo and any other parts of a uniform as required by the visual team
- attend at least 4 of the planned rehearsals in Ontario and sing in the fall convention in Belleville. Missing more than 1 of the planned rehearsals will generally eliminate the participant.
- pay for all of his expenses related to this activity - travel, food, registration, accommodation.
Registration
Register online at the link below. Be prepared to pay using credit card or PayPal. For alternate methods of registering or other questions, please contact:
Ken Fisher, VP Music and Performance
519 823-1977, cel 519 820-3163