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The Down Town Glee Club is pleased to announce that it will participate in the 5th Annual Immigrant Heritage Week, sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. During the week of April 14 through April 20, 2008, a wide array of free or low cost, lively and educational programs will be offered, reflecting the theme of “NYC Loves Immigrants: Celebrating Our Immigrant Heritages.”
An event titled “Our Immigrant Ancestors: A Concert of American Popular Song” is a concert of popular music performed by the Down Town Glee Club, a twenty member male chorus founded in 1927. The songs were written by immigrants or descendants of immigrants, and sung by a diverse group of men whose genealogical backgrounds mirror those of the composers.
The performance takes place on Tuesday, April 15th @ 7:30 PM in the Middle Collegiate Church, located on Second Avenue near East 7th Street in Manhattan. Open seating. Admission on the basis of a voluntary donation. Featured composers include Hal David & Burt Bacharach, George & Ira Gershwin, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman, Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg, and more. For further information, please call 516.248.7549To see more information, as well as a calendar for all of the events see www.nyc.gov/immigrants
Remaining Schedule
Every
Tuesday through March 25
Rehearsal 6:30–8:30 PM
74 Trinity Place, 2nd Floor, near Rector Street
April
1 (no foolin') & thereafter
(except the performance on April 15, mentioned above)
Rehearsal 6:30–8:30 PM
St. Margaret's House, 49 Fulton Street,near the South St. Seaport
Please consider donating to support the singing and fellowship activities of the club Join us as an Associate Member with an annual $45 donation; or make an extra expression of generousity and join us as at the Patron level with a donation of over $100. When you donate before April 23, 2008, your name will be included in our Spring Concert program book.
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If you'd prefer to make a contribution by check,
you can do so using conventional mail by sending it to:
Chris Measom
140 West Broadway - #3A
New York, NY 10013
~ Please make your check payable to Down Town Glee Club ~
Also, remember that to be included in the program, your
contribution must be received by Tuesday, April 23, 2008
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• Several of our members also participate in other singing activities. Bill Picciano is a favorite blues & rock & roll performer at several venues in NYC; Richard Buery is a long time member of the Roy Prescod Chorale; Earl Alexander has sung with his church choir for years; Richard Meneely sings in various operatic choruses; Vernon Bruette is an active performer with the Village Light Opera; and Charles McKie & Atlee Hamilton do several individual performances throughout the year.
• Our members also give selflessly of their time in fellowship activities with performances at St. Rose Hospice, St. Margaret's House, The South Street Seaport Museum and an annual memorial tribute to those killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack.
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