Chorale performs ‘Holiday Traditions’
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10th Street Brass members Sylvester Heeler, Mike Ceperley, Phil Heeler and Phil Lewis perform Sunday at the Nodaway Chorale’s Holiday Traditions concert at the Lee and Nina Schneider Center for the Performing Arts.
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Nearly every seat was filled during last weekend’s Nodaway Chorale “Holiday Traditions” concert dedicated in memoriam to Marlin Kinman, who had used his voice to bring joy to audiences as a singing member for 16 years, nearly the entirety of the chorale’s existence since 2006.
“His joy for life and for choral music will live on every time Nodaway Chorale joins in song,” the concert program noted.
This year’s concert certainly brought a lot of loud, resounding, joyful applause from the audience with songs performed by the chorale and guest performers the Maryville High School Spectrum Chorus, directed by Vanessa Parsons, and the 10th Street Brass.
Chorale Director Jim Rash welcomed the crowd and thanked them for their support, then got down to leading singers and accompanist Linda Akins to share their love music with the packed audience at the Lee and Nina Schneider Center for the Performing Arts.
Performing songs like “Sing We Now of Christmas,” “No Room, No Room” and “The First Noel,” the chorale evoked emotion among the audience members, many of whom applauded, a few above their heads.
Spectrum didn’t disappoint this year, performing one of its favorites, “Fruit Cake,” along with “Ding-a-Ding-a-Ding,” composed by Northwest Missouri State University alum Greg Gilpin, Parsons noted from the stage. Accompanied by Larry Mannasmith, the youths looked comfortable upon their high school stage.
Joining together with the chorale, Spectrum and the 10th Street Brass belted out a festive Christmas trilogy including pieces of “Ding Dong! Merrily on High,” “Deck the Halls” and “Jingle Bells.”
Following the performance, Rash suggested those interested in dinner attend the soup dinner held in the school’s commons by the Singing Spoofhounds themselves. The chorale is planning a spring concert for Sunday, April 27, 2025.
The chorale is always accepting new members and Rash asked that anyone interested reach out via email at [email protected] soon, because rehearsal for the spring show starts in January.
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Members of the the Nodaway Chorale, Maryville High School Spectrum Chorus and the 10th Street Brass perform Sunday at the Nodaway Chorale’s Holiday Traditions concert at the Lee and Nina Schneider Center for the Performing Arts.
