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April 22, 2009 – The Laurel Lake Encore Chorale, featuring 50 singers age 55 and older from Hudson, Cuyahoga Falls, Stow, Northfield, Twinsburg and other neighboring cities, will present its 6th Annual Spring Concert on Thursday, May 28 at 7 p.m. at Laurel Lake Retirement Community, 200 Laurel Lake Drive in Hudson.
The performance is free and open to the public. Audience members are invited to join the Chorale for light refreshments following the concert.
Featured will be "Celebration!", a medley of American Folk Classics including Skip to My Lou, Polly Wolly Doodle, Oh Susannah and Camptown Races; a very spirited "Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit"; Gordon Jacobs' "Brother James's Air," Craig Courtney's "Idyll of Praise" and "The Staff of Faith" with pipe and drum; "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's and "Over The Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz; Rogers & Hart's "It's A Grand Night for Singing"; and a rousing rendition of John Philip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" with four hand piano.
About the Laurel
Lake Encore Chorale
The Laurel Lake Encore Chorale, under the direction of Donna Anderson,
rehearses weekly and performs several concerts each year. The
Chorale is the first national affiliate of Encore Creativity for Older Adults
www.encorecreativity.org ,
established in 2007 to provide an excellent artistic environment for older
adults, 55 and over, regardless of experience or ability, who seek performance
opportunities under a professional artist. Today, Encore choral and dance
programs are offered at multiple locations in the Washington D.C./Baltimore
area, including a chorale at the Smithsonian Institution. Encore’s combined
chorales (300 singers) have performed concerts at The Kennedy Center, the
Smithsonian’s American Art Museum, and the White House Conference on Aging.
Encore has been featured in U.S. News & World Report, CBS Evening News, the
Washington Post, and in an Associated Press story carried in 400 national and
international newspapers.
This summer, Encore will be conducting its second annual summer "sleepaway" choral camps for older adults at the famed Chautauqua Institution, New York, and at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Encore will also be hosting a Singing at Sea cruise aboard the Queen Mary 2©, cruising from New York City to Southampton, England. These events are open to any interested adult over the age of 55.
For more information, or to inquire about joining Encore Chorale, call Donna Anderson at 330-655-1436 or email: info@laurellake.org.
About Laurel Lake
Retirement Community
Now celebrating its 20th Anniversary, Laurel Lake offers a
remarkable lifestyle choice for adults who wish to continue leading active lives
filled with travel, fitness, volunteer, work, cultural and lifelong learning
pursuits. Laurel Lake is a member of Catholic Healthcare Partners. To learn more
about this not-for-profit continuing care retirement community offering multiple
home styles within a 150-acre campus in historic Hudson, call 1-866-650-2100 or
visit www.laurellake.org .