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Balladeer Season Wrapping Up


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veryone has heard of the May to September romance. The Balladeer season is just the opposite, September to May.


In that nine-month period the ensemble performs at retirement and assisted living organizations, several in-club gigs, in the Men’s Bar and for various committees. The hallmark of the Balladeer year has been the annual concert at MAC over the past two years. This promises to be a recurring event, most likely every January. Some 250 club members have enjoyed the annual concert, which is very gratifying to the singers. Another big event in Balladeer life is the annual “Brothers Sing On” male ensemble concert at the University of Portland. This brings singers from area high schools together with the University of Portland’s University Singers and the Balladeers. The mission is to demonstrate to the high school men that music can be a part of life no matter where life may go. The concert culminates with all the com- bined choirs on stage for a three-song set, which is both moving and gratifying. The Balladeers are instrumental in contacting and lining up the high school choirs as part of their outreach to the community at large. Next year’s concert is already set for March 3, 2013.


Summer features the annual brunch at MAC on Sunday, June 3, and then the summer picnic, date and location to be decided. Prospective Balladeers are welcome at the summer picnic; just con- tact any Balladeer or Mandy Beasley in Member Services at 503-517-7272. New singers are welcome when the ensemble gears up next September.


-Spencer Snow WM 40 | The Wınged M | MAY 2012


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