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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 23, 1980, p. 32

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GLT review page 20 Dear Home Newspaper of Haitian Hills THE HERALD Wednesday April Pige A Musical Rainbow Montreal trip led to choirs By GEORGE Herald Special A choir of teenage girls Is soon make its collective voice heard for the first time in Georgetown The Canlanle Singers form cd last October has girls so far who arc in rehearsal for heir first concert A Musical Rainbow May at St Johns United Church Joining a choir as a hobby is different than taking music at school choir conductor Dale Wood told The Herald In a recent Interview It the same but completely different Mr Wood traced the formation of visit by St Johns Teen choir to Montreal last year lo sing before an audience of about at St Josephs Oratory On the way back choir members talked of the unique ness of the experience of being in a church choir he said The choir also performed at the Holton Hills Arts Council Summerfest In Acton lost year Mr Wood said and a number of people called up to inquire about Joining We fel perhaps there was a need for it in Halton Hills he said Another reason we started one is because there isnt one in this area outside of PRESENTING The Singers CONCERT May ST JOHNS school Mr Wood also credited the efforts of music teachers Howard of Centenni school and Dave of Harrison school in the formation of The Cantante Singers After gaining support from St Johns United church the choir farmed All but one or two from the churchs teen choir joined as well as about nine girls from outside the church Mr Wood hopes the choir will grow to about voices and become a mini- version of the Georgetown Choi Society Mr Wood is both enthusiast ic and proud of the girls in the The girls attitude is tremendous he They re willing to try anything Some of the girls have a voice almost like a boy soprano he added They have that 111 ty The girls voices arc also free of vibrato and tremolo which makes them perhaps vocally able to sing different types of music in the proper inflection They can attempt music others cant For Its first concert the choir is attempting a range of music encompassing pop rock Jazz ballads and folk They do a lot or pop music which an adult group could do and do it Justice he said From the sound of it music lovers in town are in for a treat Costumes problems up to President Cindy Herald Special Cindy Gardiner Is the first president of the recently formed girl choir called the Singers As president of the choir Cindy says she hasn had lo do much work besides singing and helping pick out the choir costumes The choir is organized under the committee system I m the person people come to with problems she says So far there ve been none Founded last October by director Dale Wood the choir is still in the growing stage Besides the singing there is a lively social aspect It fun she says We enjoy ourselves She says she Is looking forward to public speaking on behalf of the Cantante Singers master Dale Wood leads members of The Cantante Singers In rehearsal The choir members are Cathy Kim French Diana Becky Jane Cindy Gardiner Cathy McCownn Maureen Margaret Zebedee ZmIJa Sheila Susan and Association is

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