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"Elderly Brothers" and "Jummp" make "YouTube".
Written by Pat
The Elderly Brothers and Jummp, longtime standards with the Racing City Chorus have made the "Big Time" once again.
The Eldelrly Brothers are Jay Van Vranken (Lead) , Bud Woolsey (Tenor), Larry Wilbur (Big Bad Bass) and Bill Schutz (Baritone) sang at first Night, New Years Eve in Saratoga Springs NY at St Peters Catholic church on Broadway. They rang in the New Year with their newest addition, baritone Bill Schutz.
Jummp is comprised off Lou Fisher (Baritone) Rich Gervais (Lead) Pete Tarana (Bass) and Mike Pickett (Tenor).
Racing City Chorus Launches "Youth in Harmony" Program
Written by Pat
UncleSam Answers the Call!!
With the increasing number of youth joining the ranks of the Racing City Chorus, it became evident that our chapter needed to do whatever we could to support their involvement as much as possible. Thus the birth of the "Youth in Harmony" program.
With $500.00 YIH donation from Troy NY Uncle Sam Chorus, plus donations from several members of the RCC, the program got off to a great start.
Membership VP Andy Palmieri followed member Neil Kennedy's (dual member of Uncle Sam and Racing City) advice to approach Uncle Sam for help in starting the program. Uncle Sam responded to the call.
The youth program is being headed by long-time chorus member Bob Peister. Other committee members are VP of membership Andy Palmieri, Bob Whitney, Neil Kennedy and Pat Baker.
There will be more details on this program as details are released.
The Whipple City Parde was a great success for the Racing City Chorus. They sang patriotic tunes to the crowd and a great time was had by all.
One of our newest members, Joel Barnett was joined by two of his students from the young mens chorus at the Maple Ave Middle school, in Saratoga springs New York. The Racing City Chorus welcomes ALL young singers and strongly encourages them to become involved in the most harmonious hobby in the world; Barbershop Harmony singing!!
The RCC's Youth in Harmony-The Future of the BHS
Written by Pat Baker
The Future of the RCC is with our Young
The Racing City Chorus is extremely proud of our three young members. From left to right they are: Cody Alvord, Mike Torres and John Turner. The three of them attend the Galway High School in Galway, NY. Cody and John are both 15 and Mike is 14 and are enthusiastic Barbershoppers already. All three have been in the front row off and on since they joined and Cody is now singing tenor in a new quartet which hasn’t even got a name yet.
These young men are not only enthusiastic in their barbershop participation but have also had singing roles in musicals in school. They just recently all appeared in a school production of “Guys and Dolls” and previously in two other productions as well including “Wizard of Oz” and “Seussical” both high school productions. In addition, John has just recently appeared in an adult community production of M*A*S*H. He has aspirations of making acting and performing as a career after school. All this in addition to their regular school studies where they all excel as well and private musical instrumental instructions and sports like soccer among others.
We older guys wonder how they cram all this together at their age. But they seem to do it with ease and professionalism. We’re just glad they chose our chapter to join and we are hoping that they will bring some of their friends along with them in future years. After all, they are the future of Barbershopping and frankly, we feel our future couldn’t be in better hands!!
The Whipple City Parde was a great success for the Racing City Chorus. They sang patriotic tunes to the crowd and a great time was had by all.
