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SUMMER SCHOOL CHORUS CONCERT. The 110-member Harvard Summer School Chorus presents choral masterworks accompanied by a professional orchestra and soloists. Under the direction of Constance DeFotis, the chorus will perform Mozart’s Mass in C-Minor and Schubert’s Mass in B-Flat Major. Friday, August 1 at 8 p.m. Free; limit 2 tickets per person. Available through the Harvard Box Office. Sanders Theatre...
...avoid sleeve cuffs or loud patterns that might distract from the signing. The use of props required special attention, since both hands must always be free. "In solving those problems," says Calhoun, "I think we've created an original art form." Indeed, the synchronized signing in the chorus numbers becomes a striking, original form of choreography, and the use of multiple actors in some parts gives the show a stylized universality. Near the end of one song, Waitin' for the Light to Shine, the orchestra suddenly stops for a few bars as the actors continue signing--a jab of silence...
...We’ve got spirit, yes we do! We’ve got spirit—how ’bout you?” they shout in chorus, pointing at a neighboring table on the snap of the last syllable. The commotion has turned nearly every head in the room, and now without an instant’s hesitation the neighboring students repeat the chant, their fingers pointing in a new direction...
...fans watch a giant screen flash images of George W. Bush and Tony Blair. Boos turn to cheers as the crowd recognizes the opening strains of The Man Don't Give a F__, the Super Furry Animals' 1996 cult classic and traditional set-closer. Everyone shouts out the chorus, with its riff sampled from Steely Dan's Show Biz Kids: "You know they don't give a f__ about anybody else." It might not be quite loud enough to be heard in Washington or London, but the noise from the big blue tent at Bethesda Rugby Club is enough...
...Wednesday, Celia Cruz, the Cuban-born "Queen of Salsa" whom Castro barred from ever returning to Cuba, died in exile in New Jersey at the age of 78.
chorus about Segundo. The band chanted out his name as the lead singer belted over the top, literally singing Segundo's praises. Of all the lines sung in those homages, I remember this one particularly well today: "Compay, as he goes, so go the Cuban people...