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Russia, 1991, Judy Olson AUDIENCE RAVES
People will forget what you said and did, or even what you sang ... but people will NEVER forget how you made them feel!
[Photo: precious moments on a stage in Russia 1991]


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EXCITING STAGE SHOWS
AUDIENCE COMMENTS
PERFORMING IN OUR COMMUNITY

50's Show Package2008 "LISTEN TO THE MUSIC!" is this year's theme and "Fill My Life with Music!" is the phrase that opens the show. Songs like "Dancin' in the Street" and a great fun jazz tune with some "jive talk" and slides called "As Long as I'm Singin' My Song" (arranger Larry Wright) are just a few hilights of this performance package.

2007 "FOCUS ON FUN!" has become a part of our readiness training for International Competition in Calgary in October. We are having a great time working on our competition package. Yes, I said WORKING! A commitment and focus on producing a fuller sound and becoming independent singers by the entire chorus is paying off big time in the sheer of producing good music.

2006 "CELEBRATION!" is our fun block party theme thru the summer park season ... with songs like "Thank You for the Music", "Let's Hear It For The Boys!", "Blue Moon" (with a ba-ba-ba-bah-bah, dang-a-dang dang, ding-a-dong ding!), and other great tunes from that time. It's been tennis shoes and comfort through this summer!

This year, the recurring audience murmur was: "MAN! WHAT ENERGY! It wears me out just watching them!"

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Whatever else we gather for - camaraderie, perfecting our music and stagecraft skills, working on repertoire and choreography--OUR MOST IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE IS ALWAYS TO MAKE SURE WE ENTERTAIN OUR AUDIENCES. 1999 'I.R.S.-I'd Rather Sing!' - Ted Mann Theatre

There's nothing like performing onstage! Telling a story in song and feeling the special magic that happens between the performer and the audience is one of the most exciting experiences in the world! The Twin Cities Show Chorus has had the joy of giving some very captivating performances and wonderfully unique audiences.

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Exciting stage shows!

Once a year we plan and produce our own stage or cabaret show. Conceived, scripted, and choreographed by members of the chorus, our shows may revisit classic musicals, share holiday music, remember days gone by or contemplate life's interesting questions.


rt: Judy Sciola, 1992
the "Belle" of the riverboat

 


lft: 1989 Show
Director Judy Olson
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Audience Comments & Performance Hilights
2003 Show (soda_jerks_2.jpg) "It was amazing how you could get such wonderful sustained softs out of so large a group of singers!" Vicki Plaster, VoiceTrek

"Gotta Sing!" 2003 Show
Guests: VoiceTrek (5-part mixed) Hopkins Center for the Arts, March 2003. Setting: 1940s "T.C. Junction" local jump-jive joint

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"Sometimes, in our zeal to excell, we forget to have fun! Singing and rehearsing onstage with the Twin Cities Chorus brought some of the fun and excitement back."
Commodore Chorus Member		 Holiday Harmony show with the Commodores SPEBSQSA, and 8-couples, "Friends". Wayzata Central Middle School in Plymouth, December 2002 and December 2003.
We combined choruses and did some 8-part harmony and SATB as well.

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Community Performances
Enriching the community with the joy of song is one aspect of our mission. We have sung for various corporate, fraternal, church and educational functions as well as charitable fundraising events, indoors and out.

With our special blend of humor and harmony, our mixed repertoire of traditional barbershop, pop, gospel, and swing music, we aim to please audiences everywhere. 		"The most delightful evening we've ever had ... and we've been organizing concerts for twenty-nine years."

Joyce Hoffman
The Hastings Concert Association
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T.C. has entertained audiences around the community ... and around the globe ...
Russia, Australia, Greece! 		1992 Show Bev Swanson, Wimpy Bly
Sometimes those you least expect can surprise you with hidden talents!
Wimpy Bly (newsboy)
Bev Swanson (Chapman)

1991 Special Olympics
1991 Special Olympics
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  • Minnesota State Fair
  • Mall of America
  • Community Ed., Johnson H.S.
  • Cokato Musical Campout 3 years
  • American Diabetes Association
  • Columbia Heights H.S. Music Awards
  • WWII Navy Reunion Banquet
  • 1996 Women's Expo
  • American Diabetes Association Fund Raiser
  • Dakota County Fun Fest
  • Community Education Johnson High School
  • Community Parades and Floats
  • Rembrandt Nursing Home
  • Salem Lutheran Church
  • Minikada Country Club
  • Financial Women International
  • Columbia Heights H.S. Music Awards Banquet
  • Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Greece - more >
Summer Como Park Pavilion 1988
Como Park Pavillion - Summer Concert Series since about 1993 are a treat for all concerned. What better place for a beautiful warm summer evening concert than on the breezy shore of Lake Como.
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2002 Fort Snelling Chapel, Pearl Harbor 50 years Fort Snelling Chapel, Pearl Harbor 50-Year Anniversary 2002
The chorus has returned to perform at the Fort Snelling Chapel numerous times since we were first asked in 1999 by the Chapel Historical Society. 		"This was a change from the type of entertainment we have had in the past and it was unanimous that we should continue your type of entertainment in the future ... You sent us all home with a song in our hearts."

Glen Turner
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
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1998tcgr1.jpg "Paper or Plastic" was the 1998-9 roadshow performed at the Hopkins Center for the Arts and at the newly renovated Clayton Concert Hall in Redwing, and in the parks throughout that summer.

For this particular concert we did a special song entitled "Minneapolis and St. Paul" composed and arranged by a local song writer for our local WCCO radio station. We our chorus name being the "Twin Cities Chorus", Judy Olson, our director, thought it fit us to a tee and got him to arrange it in 4-part harmony for the chorus. We waved homer hankies in honor of the Twins recent win.

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1999x-gclose-med.jpg 1999 Holiday Wonderland Show
at the Thunderbird Hotel - The chorus was joined by special guests, the "Now & Then Singers" from Lakeville H.S. directed by Paul Wigley.

The chorus loves to encourage young singers in the art of acappella singing as much as possible by inviting local groups to perform with us on our shows.

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"A group to be seen
again and again."

Ann Stewart
Inverness Village		 Lake Harriet Bandshell 1988 The chorus can be found performing at the Lake Harriet Pavillion, Mpls, MN, and at 1988 several other parks throughout the summer.
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Burnsville Center 1977 Burnsville Community Center performance

The chorus performs often for different community centers.		 "St. Luke's Lutheran Church is still talking in superlatives regarding your appearance. We loved every minute! What an energy-packed, fun, musical group ... wonderful."

Dorothy Dahl
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
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"Terrific performance!
We received many compliments from the attendees."

Jenny LaForte
Insurance Women's Organization		 Landmark Center 1992 Landmark Center, St. Paul 1992
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