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Christmas Fanfares and Carols 

With new conductor Kevin Thomas!

December 2, 2007, 4:00 p.m. Wesley United Methodist Church

Rehearsals begin September 4. 2007 Presbyterian Church, Dover 7:00 p.m.

 

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The Delaware Choral Society

P.O. Box 336

Dover, DE 19903-0336

 

Site last updated on 8/23/07

 

 

 

Since 1957, the Delaware Choral Society has brought the music of great composers to Dover and its surrounding communities.  

 We just concluded our 50th Anniversary Celebration with our spectacular sold-out    Gala concert on May 12, 2007, at the Modern Maturity Center in Dover.  It was an unforgettable evening, and our picture below shows us in our gala attire just at the start of the concert.  At left in white is our beloved Judy Moore, to whom we said our last good-byes as music director, but not as friend and supporter--Judy has promised to attend future concerts, and we look forward to seeing her often.

   Perhaps the biggest thrill of this wonderful event was the attendance and participation of so many past members of the Delaware Choral Society.  When the final moment arrived to sing our traditional "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's Messiah, the area around the stage became crowded with those who had sung with us for so many years. Emotions ran high that night, the culmination of so much preparation, so many hopes and dreams for a truly great celebration of fifty years in the performance of fine choral music.  What a night!

 

We have wonderful things in store for the 2007-2008 season, including a new conductor!

The Delaware Choral Society proudly introduces Kevin Thomas!

Our new conductor hails from the Easton, Maryland, area, and we are very grateful for his willingness to drive so far every week just to conduct our group.  Kevin has some new and exciting ideas for the Delaware Choral Society, especially for our spring 2008 concert, when we will be performing Donald McCullough's Holocaust Cantata: Songs from the Camps at the Smyrna Opera House in April. Our Christmas concert, entitled "Christmas Fanfares and Carols," will take a more traditional approach, and will feature Daniel Pinkham's "Christmas Cantata," and traditional Christmas carols in many of which the audience will be asked to join.

Rehearsals will begin September 4, 2007, to prepare for the Christmas concert, and we hope that you will plan to sing with us or to attend our concert at the Wesley United Methodist Church in Dover on December 2, 2007, at 4:00 p.m.  See A Letter from Kevin for more details; feel free to call us at 302-422-7775 if you have any questions.

We'd also like to invite you to share memories at a Delaware Choral Society History Blog hosted by Susan Vowels, a past president of the Delaware Choral Society.  She is in the planning stages of writing a book about the first fifty years of this Diamond State Gem - if you'd like to contribute, please go to www.dcsmemories.blogspot.com.

Here's to another 50 years!

 

Share the special experience of singing outstanding choral works.  Enjoy a wonderful learning experience under the direction of Judith Moore, conductor.

 

DCS MISSION

The Delaware Choral Society’s mission is to bring musical enjoyment and opportunities to the people of central Delaware by...

  • Providing community members the opportunity to learn and perform quality choral music through membership to all interested singers, and

  • giving community audiences the chance to hear quality choral music by presenting affordable concert of high artistic standards at least twice annually, and

 

 

 

 

 

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Support an organization that has contributed to culture in central Delaware since 1957.  Your personal or business donation helps to assure that choral music continues to enrich our community.
Collaborate with us.  We welcome opportunities to work with other groups to perform joint concerts.
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This program is made possible, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency committed to promoting and supporting the arts in Delaware. For additional information on arts activities in Delaware, visit the Delaware Division of the Arts homepage, www.artsdel.org.