Once again the Big Apple Chorus is proud and delighted to have been engaged by the management of New York's historic South Street Seaport to grace the landmark Fulton Market Square with holiday music. The BAC will be the featured performers on the giant living Christmas tree (the first of the trees to be formally lighted in the city) for the holidays. The shows will be hosted by no less than jolly St. Nick himself. Santa will, once again, be ready with plenty of candy canes for children young and old!
Starting Nov. 26th and each Friday, Saturday and Sunday until Christmas Eve, the BAC will perform two shows daily (Fri. at 6 and 7PM, Sat. and Sun. at 3 and 4PM) at the outdoor square at Fulton and Water St. (Inside the pier 17 mall on rain days). Dress warmly and take in the seasonal glow of the heart of old New York. 
The Big Apple Chorus is now reviewing past and adding new holiday repertoire. Former BACmen and prospective new members are invited to come to our regular Monday rehearsals if they would like to be considered for this special opportunity to partake in the festivities and share in the holiday with fellow New Yorkers and visitors from around the world.
White Sox, Red Sox, Indians, Yankees, Padres, Cardinals - feh! Baseball took a back seat to barbershopping in Wildwood, NJ, the first weekend in October.
Hundreds of vocal athletes competed for the right to move onto the next round of competition at the Mid-Atlantic District Chorus Competition. Because of the new rules regarding wild cards, the possibility existed that as many as four choruses from the Mid-Atlantic District could qualify for the 2006 International competition to be held in Indianapolis. Full Story...
It Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be!
Yes, indeed, everybody was a winner at the Mid-Atlantic District Quartet competition! Everybody, except us, that is. Yes, Indeed (our quartet) came in last, dead last! It's a tough job being last, but somebody's got do it; and who is better suited than we four amiable, deferential and pathologically positive guys anyway?
The truth is: Losing isn't all it's cracked up to be. None of us died. In fact, it wasn't lost on us that we had already competed adequately at the Division contest to get to the District level competition; for which we are happy campers. It's not just a matter of making lemonade out of lemons to appreciate that we were stopped by many friends and fans (yes, we have fans- right Ma?) who said they loved what we did and would look forward to our next performance. Full Story...
The Big Apple Chorus is excited and pleased to welcome Christine Oberk into the family. Christine is a life-long dancer, dance instructor, choreographer and . . . .get this . . . .ROCKETTE!
Christine has already enhanced the Big Apple Chorus performance level by making little tweaks and suggestions to the chorus's contest performances. The audience in Salt Lake City, during the 2005 International convention, was witness to her new choreography suggestions during a performance that has continued to be the talk of the Society.
Our friends in Westchester, the Chordsmen, have employed many of Christine's choreography concepts and have been very successful in their growth as a performance group. We are thankful to the Chordsmen for allowing us to experience and share in that success by asking Christine to bring a little of that magic to the New York City audiences of the Big Apple Chorus.
Welcome Christine.
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