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New a cappella women's chorus produces first show Oct. 22
A cappella women's chorus produces first music show Oct. 22
A CAPPELLA HALLOWEEN SHOW IS OCT. 22
Who will the new students at Boo U. pledge their loyalty to? Will it be the witches who can teach them spells? Will it be the zombies, the phantoms, or the superheroes?
Come and discover the answer as the 105-member, a cappella, Motor City Blend Chorus presents a “Positively DeFRIGHTful” Halloween show at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22 at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave., Dearborn.
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Ticket prices are: children under 12 $5; students and seniors 62+ $16; general admission $20. Contact Brook Tucker at 734-776-8962 or brooktucker10@wowway.com. People who love a cappella harmony will have a “witch perfect” time and children can get an early Halloween treat bag.
The chorus’s temporary website is spiritofdetroitchorus.com.
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Throwback quartet (throwbackquartet.com), the current fourth place international Barbershop Harmony Society bronze medalist performs. The four musically talented men are originally from Florida, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
First place and medalist quartets from Sweet Adelines International are also featured. They are: Fusion quartet, current Region 17 champion; The Vibe quartet, current Region 2 champion; Up to Note Good quartet, current Region 2 fourth place medalist; and Spectrum quartet, current Region 2 fifth place medalist.
Motor City Blend rehearses at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Orchard United Methodist Church, 30450 Farmington Road, Farmington Hills. Members come from Canada and Ohio, the tri-county area, and Genessee, Hillsdale, Ingham, Livingston, Monroe, Saginaw, St. Clair and Washtenaw Counties.
Motor City Blend is a new chorus of Sweet Adelines International directed by LeAnn K. Hazlett and Sylvia Karpinsky.
Its first rehearsal was in January, and the chorus won first place in its regional competition in April. That earned the group the opportunity to compete in the Sweet Adelines International competition in St. Louis with other choruses from around the world in October 2018.