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Remembering Spain: Christine McLaughlin
The summer of ’09 has had a lot of challenges in store for me. Challenge #1? Stay awake for 30 hours straight upon arrival to Barcelona. I must admit, I barely overcame this one without passing out into my paella at dinner and credit my narrow victory to a rest at the hotel (during which [...]
Continue reading...Remembering Spain: Aaron Natarus
7. July 2009
My trip to Spain was not like any other vacation I have been on before. Not only did we travel to Spain as tourists, but we went to sing as well. Also all of the people that were apart of the trip greatly influenced the outcome. The first day that we were in Spain touring [...]
Continue reading...Wind Beneath My Wings: Dr Ivan Trusler
2. June 2009
Linda Gartner would like to dedicate this year’s Sycamore Community Summer Singer’s tour to her mentor, Dr. Ivan Trusler. Dr. Trusler was the Director of the Bowling Green State University Collegiate Chorale in 1979 when Mrs. Gartner first had the opportunity to experience first hand the excitement and thrill of traveling to Europe to perform [...]
Continue reading...Free Spanish Lessons via iPod Podcast: Coffee Break Spanish
1. June 2009
Ask Thio what he has on his iPod – and he’ll answer: Not One Piece of Music. Yep, almost every track on his iPod is either a podcast on tech/gadgets – or just recently, lessons on speaking Spanish! Coffee Break Spanish offers free and quick (15-20 minute) lessons on how to speak Spanish (using the [...]
Continue reading...SCSS: A Kodak Moment in the Park
30. May 2009
It was a perfect day for a picture. Members of the SCSS were at the Swaim Park in Blue Ash at 9am today, donning concert attire and smiles – ready for the choir’s group photo shoot. No professional photographers were at hand: just Linda Gartner and Alex Thio with their trusty digital cameras, together with [...]
Continue reading...SCSS Concert Repertoire 2009
22. May 2009
The Sycamore Community Summer Singers 2009 Concert Repertoire promises to engage and entertain its audience! From the energetic Baroque masterpiece by Giovanni Pergolesi MAGNIFICAT to the delightfully humorous I BOUGHT ME A CAT by Aaron Copland (complete with animal sounds!), the SCSS Concert Repertoire is merely a sample of the wide world of choral literature. [...]
Continue reading...SCSS: Preparing for the Summer Tour to Spain
11. May 2009
Linda Gartner’s dream comes true – AGAIN! The Sycamore Community Summer Singers relives the director’s dream once again, this time with a performance tour to Spain! Performance venues include Barcelona, Madrid, Montserrat, Valencia and Toledo. (No, not that Toledo.)
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9. July 2009
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