TAKE NOTE! SPRING CONCERT -- Rushford Area Society of the Arts

Rushford-Peterson High School Theatre
Featured Soloists: Moreen Bosch and Erin Hendricks
Director/Pianist: Judy Myers
Sopranos: Mary Ann Enns, Mary Gudmundson, Brenda Heimgartner, Joyce Iverson, Letitia Kopperud, Connie Koza, Irene Overland, Laurel Rusert, Rosemary Scott, Nancy Svendsen
Altos: Melanie Brand, Donna Ciangiola, Kristin Ekern, Siby; Floyd, nancy Gardner, Danette Grimsrud, Sandy Hanson, Kelly Peter
Tenors: David Gardner, Burton Svendsen
Basses: Peter Enns, Dan Mann, Shelby Westby

An assortment of showtunes.

"A Wonderful Day Like Today" -- The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd
"Love Makes the World Go 'Round" -- Carnival
"Selections from 'Oliver!'" -- Oliver!
"Hold On" -- The Secret Garden (solo by Bosch)
"Meadowlark" -- The Baker's Wife (solo by Hendricks)
"Selections frm 'Wicked'"
"What is This Feeling?"
"For Good"
--Wicked
"All That Jazz" -- Chicago
"I, Don Quixote" -- Man of La Mancha (solo by Bosch)
"I Believe" -- Miss Saigon (duet by Bosch and Hendricks)
"Try to Remember" -- The Fantasticks
"I Remember it Well" -- Gigi
"Sunrise, Sunset" -- Fiddler on the Roof
"Old Devil Moon" -- Finian's Rainbow
"Theme from the Motion Picture 'New York, New York'"

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All in all, this was a delightful evening of music.

The selections were well mixed and balanced, and the choir did a fine job of projecting the intended emotions along with the lyrics. Even the distracting youth that talked through good portions of the songs couldn't faze the choir.

The men need a little more help to round out the sound, but I think that finding male voices for a choir is often a difficult task.

Moreen Bosch had an asbolutely beautiful voice and was a real pleasure to listen to.

Miss Hendricks had a nice voice, on key, but was just nasal-ly enough in pitch to be a bit irritating.

I did decide that other than the director, I might have been the only person in the room who actually has a recording (CD or LP) of each of the shows represented during the evening ... even The Baker's Wife!