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Traveling choir returns home, will perform music
from tour of Greece |
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July 1, 2015 |
Recently returned from their singing tour of
Greece, Northern Idaho and British Columbia
singers present the homecoming concerts for
their international touring choir, SPIRITSONG's
June 2015 tour to Greece.
The homecoming performances will include the
music SPIRITSONG performed at various locations
in Greece as well as slides and stories of their
adventures presented in a powerpoint format
during and between the songs. The concert is
titled "Dare to Dance the Dream" and contains a
wide variety of secular and sacred works with
dances and movement in the staging of many of
the songs.
In Athens, Greece SPIRITSONG performed with two
choirs from Fresno, California and a Greek choir
which has sung for the Olympic ceremonies. Dr.
Anna Hamre, conductor of the Fresno choirs and
professor at Fresno State University, had this
to say about SPIRITSONG and its conductor Vicki
Blake Thompson: "I do not know of any other
conductor who has the vision, personality, and
acumen to create such a compelling concert with
identical resources. It is the kind of
performance I tell my students is possible---but
I have never actually accomplished myself. Vicki
and SPIRITSONG are a model for us all."
Accompanist for SPIRITSONG is Barb Nelson of
Bonners Ferry. Singers include: Needie Kennedy,
Trisha Dickens, and Sam Richardson from
Sandpoint; Connie Walters from Rathdrum;
Margaret Lavender, Mary Anne Bishop, Shirley
Cameron, Rita MacDonnell, and Liz Endicott from
British Columbia; Carole Dinning, Cheyenne
White, Karen Pedey, Carol Rutherford, Jan
Klopfenstein, Marj Nishek, Dianne Snider, Anna
Martin, and Si Thompson from Bonners Ferry.
Dancers include Kelli Smith from Bonners Ferry,
Terra and Boston Bode from Sandpoint, as well as
Sam Richardson, Shirley Cameron, Vicki Blake
Thompson, and Trisha Dickens who are also
singers.
The performance is fast paced, includes several
dances, many visuals, and is appropriate for all
ages.
The Cafe at the Pearl Theater in Bonners Ferry
will be open one hour before performance for the
Sat. evening show.
Performances will be Friday, July 10 at 7:30
p.m. at Sandpoint's United Methodist Church;
Saturday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Bonners
Ferry's Pearl Theater, and Sunday, July 12 at
3:00 p.m. at the Creston, British Columbia
Prince Charles Auditorium. Tickets are by
donation at the door with the requested amount
being $10 US or $12 Canadian. Call 208-643-9621
or 208-267-2175 for more information.
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