Celebrating over 50 years of singing for seniors in the GTA Annual Spring Concert Sunday June 14, 2015 at Earl Bales Park Community Centre

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1 Celebrating over 50 years of singing for seniors in the GTA Annual Spring Concert Sunday June 14, 2015 at Earl Bales Park Community Centre Welcome and thank you for your generous support!

2 EXPERT TUTORING 36 years experience All grades and levels including post-secondary Individual and group sessions up to 4 persons Will create a program Will follow set curriculum Grammar Writing (All levels) Proofreading Conversation (all levels) Editing Reading comprehension Negotiable rates References available upon request Available year-round. Contact Helen Wolfe B.A., B. Ed. CALL or helenswolfe@gmail.com

3 THANKS! Thanks to our members who succeeded in community fund-raising: Program Layout by: GABRIOLA GRAPHICS. COM Gary Heard, Marty Koven, Barbara Librach, Elaine & Arnie Rose, Judith Ross, Liza Tharratt, Annalee Wagman

4 Concert Program This year s Choralairs Closing Concert includes old favourites as well as new songs. We hope you enjoy our selection of traditional melodies, musical theatre and popular music, including offerings from Canadian composers and writers. O Canada Sing Let There be Peace on Earth Shenandoah Climb Every Mountain from The Sound of Music Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Gonna Build a Mountain from Stop the World, I Want to Get Off Al Shlosha D varim Hallelujah Chariot s Comin For Just a Little While What a Wonderful World from Good Morning Vietnam Selected Medley from Les Misérables Hymn to Freedom National Anthem Joe Raposo, arranged by Steve Zegree Jill Jackson and Sy Miller, arranged by Peter Ness American Folk Song, arranged by Linda Spevacek Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II Performed by Judith Ross, Rayis Imayev and Gary Heard, accompanied by Peter Ness Traditional Spiritual, arranged by Brad Printz Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, arranged by Norman Leyden Traditional Hebrew text, arranged by Allan Naplan Leonard Cohen, arranged by Roger Emerson Traditional Spirituals, arranged by Don Besig Sally K. Albrecht, arranged by Jay Althouse Performed by The B# s, Kathleen Cohen, Noreen Cohen, Sandy Gordon, Noreen Horowitz and Judith Ross, accompanied by Gary Heard George David Weiss and Bob Thiele, arranged by Mark Brymer Claude-Michel Schonberg, A. Boublil, J-M. Natel, and H. Kretzmer, arranged by Ed Lojeski I Dreamed a Dream (Choir) Castle on a Cloud (Choir) Bring Him Home (Performed by Gary Heard, accompanied by Peter Ness) Finale: Do You Hear the People Sing (Choir) Music by Oscar Peterson, Words by Harriette Hamilton, arranged by Paul Read

5 Thank you to all our Sponsors Patrons Noreen Cohen Anne Coukell Harvey Finkelstein Martha Forge Faye Kellerstein Marty Koven Faye Librach Dr. Lynda Mickleborough Liza Tharratt Ruth Geng Dr. Amy Hunter (Kingsway Chiropractic) Supporters Leona Bergman Sandy Gordon Noreen Horowitz Bruno s Fine Foods Peter Ness Judith Ross Shelley & Ken Ross Marc Rose & Family Sandy & Harold Offenheim Choir Membership Music Director: Peter Ness Accompanist: Gary Heard Eleanor Bergman Leona Bergman June Brown Lily Chan Vivian Chong Lauri Cogan Kathleen Cohen Noreen Cohen Anne Coukell Harvey Finkelstein Martha Forge Ruth Geng Sandy Gordon Sandy Greenberg Douglas Grimshaw Ron Hart Noreen Horowitz Irma Hussey Rayis Imayev Ann Jaffary Faye Kellerstein Marty Koven Sally Levy Barbara Librach Phyllis Lynas Lorna Matthews Wilma McGregor Sondra Moscoe Beverly Parker Martin Pivnick Ilona Rodos Arnie Rose Elaine Rose Judith Ross Marlene Rudnick Neil Shore Liza Tharratt Annalee Wagman Mike Waks Helen Wolfe Executive Committee for President: Past President: Corresponding Secretary: Recording Secretary: Barbara Librach Martha Forge Sandy Gordon LizaTharratt JOIN Sally Levy sallyl@sympatico.ca If you are interested in joining The Choralairs, please contact our New Members Coordinators Martha Forge choralairs@gmail.com

6 Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought. ~ E.Y. Harburg The total person sings, not just the vocal chords. ~ Esther Broner Thank you from The Choralairs to: Peter Ness for producing our learning MP3 s. Adrian Green for maintaining our existing website. Paul Hearn for undertaking the design of our new website (Coming soon!). Barry Gordon and Martin Tharratt for setting up and working our sound system. The Printing House, Richmond Hill for its generous contributions to the cost of printing our Program Booklet. Melissa Clare, Community Recreation Programmer at the City of Toronto, for granting us invaluable access to the Earl Bales Community Centre for weekly rehearsals and our annual concert. If you know of a senior s residence where we could entertain, please contact: Elaine Rose yahoo.ca Barbara Librach gmail.com For information on The Choralairs of North York, a charitable non-profit organization, please contact us at Web: choralairs@gmail.com