Program ► December 2011 Presentation ”Christmas Joy”
From: M Bartoletti - Tue, Jan 3, 2012
Grant,
Wishing you and the Choral Guild all the best in the New Year. Also, congratulations on locating better facilities for your rehearsals.
Once again, please extend my appreciation to everyone for a lovely performance of my Christmas Carol. For Lili and me, holding hands, it was like being freshmen in college all over again as we listened to your singers. Thanks also for the CDs of the performance.
Mario
P.S. We were both very impressed with Peter John's compositions. If you are in touch with him, let him know that we wish him every success in getting them published.
Wishing you and the Choral Guild all the best in the New Year. Also, congratulations on locating better facilities for your rehearsals.
Once again, please extend my appreciation to everyone for a lovely performance of my Christmas Carol. For Lili and me, holding hands, it was like being freshmen in college all over again as we listened to your singers. Thanks also for the CDs of the performance.
Mario
P.S. We were both very impressed with Peter John's compositions. If you are in touch with him, let him know that we wish him every success in getting them published.
Reviewer
In a delightful twist on a beloved favorite, the Choral Guild combined props and singing to tell the aftermath of a fight between the giver and his true love in The 12 Days After Christmas. The Five Golden Rings turned the true love's fingers green, the Seven Swans a-Swimming drowned and the Pear Tree was consumed in the fireplace. When the Six Geese a-Laying failed to live up to their title, they were shipped to the ASPCA. Toy guns were used to dispatch the Partridge, a stew pot turned the Four French Hens into chicken soup, rubber gloves were used to wring the necks of the Two Turtle Doves and drums and sound effects made quick work of other gifts given during The Twelve Days of Christmas. It was a lighthearted piece about Christmas gone wrong.
Jane F. Osborn, MSSW
Valdosta, GA
Jane F. Osborn, MSSW
Valdosta, GA
Program ► May 2011 Presentation ”Broadway Bound”
Reviewer
"The Broadway Bound concert was a non-stop trip down memory lane for me. As a dyed-in-the-wool Broadway fan, it was a treat to hear selections from so many different eras of Broadway history. I tried not to make any noise as I sang along with almost all of the selections. If you have not seen a Choral Guild concert, you are missing a treat that you will not be able to replicate for the money, the location or the enthusiasm."
Jane F. Osborn, MSSW
Valdosta, GA
Jane F. Osborn, MSSW
Valdosta, GA
Guild Secretary
As usual, there were theatrical aspects of the concert and much praise for the concert was heard.
The final song, "Goodbye!" from The Producers took the audience by suprise as it wasn't listed in the program. Grant, our director, made to move off stage and the chorus also made a move to leave the risers, but then the piano started playing. Grant shrugged, moved back to center and conducted our finale:
The final song, "Goodbye!" from The Producers took the audience by suprise as it wasn't listed in the program. Grant, our director, made to move off stage and the chorus also made a move to leave the risers, but then the piano started playing. Grant shrugged, moved back to center and conducted our finale:
Thanks for coming to see our show
Sad to tell you we got to go
Grab your hat and head for the door
In case you didn't notice, there ain't any more!
If you like our show tell ev'ryone but...
If you think it stinks, keep your big mouth shut!
We're glad you came but we have to shout
Adios, au revoir, wiedersehen, ta-ta-ta
Goodbye...get lost...get out!!
Sad to tell you we got to go
Grab your hat and head for the door
In case you didn't notice, there ain't any more!
If you like our show tell ev'ryone but...
If you think it stinks, keep your big mouth shut!
We're glad you came but we have to shout
Adios, au revoir, wiedersehen, ta-ta-ta
Goodbye...get lost...get out!!
That's when the audience jumped to their feet and , laughed and clapped loudly.
It was a tremendous amount of fun.
There were about 350 people attending the concerts plus many complimentary tickets were given out to clients of the Lowndes Advocacy Resource Center Inc.
http://www.larcofvaldosta.com/
We deeply appreciate the loan of properties from Theatre Guild Valdosta!
http://theatreguildvaldosta.com/index.html
The concerts are over and it will be a quiet 4 months until we resume rehearsals for our xmas concert on Aug 22nd.
Bobbie Michelle Dixon, Secretary
Valdosta Choral Guild
