Celebrating our 15th year

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50 North George Street, York, PA 17401
[email protected]
717-846-1155 x303
www.theYCHC.org
January 2013
Celebrating our 15th year
Happy New Year to our friends and families!
We had a very special holiday season this year, with both choirs
performing at the Strand with professional groups – the Juniors
with the “Christmas with The Celts,” and the Seniors with the River City
Brass. It’s always a great learning experience for our Choir members to
sing with professionals, and this year was no different. What a great start
to the holiday season, with over 1800 folks from the York community in attendance at these two shows!
Now it’s time to start the “regular” season. The music is memorized and the
costumes are fitted, and our 220+ young singers are ready to share their
talents with the York Community in a full winter and spring of events.
Our Junior Honors Choir will begin its 11th season with a concert at Zion
United Methodist Church on Carlisle Rd. on Saturday, February 9 at 7:00
p.m. The Senior Honors Choir kicks off its 15th anniversary season with a
concert at St. John’s Antiochian Orthodox Church on N. Sherman St. on Sunday, February 17 at 3:00 p.m. Both concerts are free and open to the public.
Be sure to check our website for the full listing of this season’s performances. We hope you’ll be able to join us for a concert soon.
There are many special events scheduled for this year, including an overnight trip in April for each of the Choirs, the Juniors to Pittsburgh, where
they will sing in Heinz Chapel with the Heinz Chapel Singers…and the Seniors to New York City, where they will sing at the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine and take in a Broadway show. This year’s Elementary Choral Festival, our 5th annual, will feature over 200 - 5th and 6th graders from all over
the County in a day of learning and singing, culminating in a concert at 3:00
p.m. on Saturday, March 9. Concert tickets will be available online starting
two weeks before the concert. Check the website for details.
We will share photos from these and other events in our next eNewsletter.
Meanwhile, we wish you a good start to 2013. If you have any questions or
comments, or would like to suggest any features to be added to our eNews,
please email Beth Inkrote. We would be pleased to hear from you.
Susan N. Boyer, Executive Director
Junior Honors Choir with
Christmas with The Celts
November 30, 2012
Senior Honors Choir and River City Brass
December 15, 2012
Click on links below to hear samples of concerts to come
Junior Honors Choir
Tshotsholoza
From rehearsal January 6
Senior Honors Choir
Lux Aurumque
Coming Up . . .
Junior Honors Choir
February 9, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Zion United Methodist Church
1030 Carlisle Road, York
February 17, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Advent Lutheran Church
1775 East Market Street, York
March 17, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
225 East Market Street, York
Senior Honors Choir
February 17, 2013, 3:00 p.m.
St. John Chrysostom Antiochian Orthodox Church
2397 North Sherman Street, York
March 10, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
45 First Avenue, Red Lion
Visit the Honors Choirs website for our complete 2012-13 performance schedule
theYCHC.org/schedule
Alumni Choir to Celebrate
Senior Honors Choir’s
15th Anniversary
In recognition of 15 years of great singing, we will be assembling an Alumni
Choir to sing at our Season Finale Concert on June 2, 2013. If you are an
alumnus of the Senior Honors Choir, or if you know of someone who is, please
sign the Contact Us form on the Alumni page of our website, so that we can
communicate with you.
Here are some early details about the June 2, 2013, 15th Anniversary Senior
Honors Alumni Choir performance:
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Rehearsal will be in the afternoon of June 2nd (time TBD), at Central York
High School, in preparation for the 6:30 p.m. concert
Music will be available on our website Alumni page later this spring
Please wear all black with an accent of red
Spread the word to Senior Honors Choir Alumni to sign the Contact Us
form on the Alumni page of our website
More details are coming in the Spring, through email, and on our website
We hope that lots of alumni will come back to town to join us for this special
event.
Do you want to be recognized as an Alumni
Partner? For just $15, in honor of the 15th
anniversary of the Senior Honors Choir, you
can be recognized as a supporter of the
choirs. Visit our website to use a Contribution
Form, or donate online. As always we love
our alumni and thank them for their support.
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Have you seen our very cool
YCHC car magnets around town?
Would you like to be cool, too?
Each of our Choir members has one, and if you’ve donated to our organization this year, you should have received one in the mail. If you didn’t get one or would
like a second one for your second car, or to put on your
fridge, or to decorate your filing cabinet at work, or just
to spread your support of the Honors Choirs by giving
one as a gift, simply send $4 to our office and we’ll
send you one. Please enclose a check (no cash) and let
us know where to send the magnet. It’s that easy to
become a supporter!
Fall Campaign a Success!
We are just wrapping up a very successful fall fund-raising campaign, and
we’re pleased to acknowledge all of you who have supported us with
your donations. We always say that we are blessed to have a large and
enthusiastic fan base – and it’s great to be able to demonstrate that you
are a generous group as well!
Thanks so much for keeping us singing!
We are pleased to recognize at this time
our fall supporters as of January 15:
Honor Society - $1000+
Larry & Lois Gladfelter
The Parrini Family
Judy Simpson
Coni Wolf
William & Cornelia Wolf
John D. & Kathryn W.
Zimmerman Fund of YCCF
Senior - $500-999
David & Susan Boyer
Meg & Peter Brubaker
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Byrnes
Chloe R. Eichelberger
William & Pat Eyster
Ginger & John Finlayson
John & Bonnie Giambalvo
Bill & Sharon Lytle
Special Gifts
Steve & Julie Pandelidis
Mr.&Mrs. Louis J. Appell, Jr.
Butch & Janet Potter
W. Dale Brougher Foundation
& Family
Mark & Renee Schaffer
W. Scott & Brenda Rhinehart
Randy & Leslee Yoder
Junior - $300-499
Connie & Reed Anderson
Mark & Michal Buchanan
John & Cappy Bush
Keith & Christine Kates
Gary & JoAnne Knott
Barbara C. Linder
Charles & Barbara Neiman
Bill & Eva Polites
A. Richard & Karen L. Pugh
Tim & Vicki Rutter
David & Suzanne Schlager
Swartz Family
Robert & Judith Woods
Sophomore - $100-299
David & Ronda Abel
Rabbi Jeffrey & Shelley
Astrachan
Mike & Brenda Barndt
Mike & Liz Barton
Cy & Joan Beekey
Kathryn & Lester Bentz
Tim & Katie Bentzel
Rose Marie Bernlohr
Carol Blymire
Stan & Nona Brown
Gary & Susan Butler
Chris & Emily Clark
Gayle & Stewart Cluck
Gerald & Ruth Cook
Neal and Ingrid Cook
Eugene J. Draganosky
John & Elizabeth Parson
Tom, Cathy, & Mary
Pendergast
Robert & Timothye
Pinkerton
Doris Polites
Bob & Patti Rundle
Ridge & Karen Salter
Mrs. Julie Sekeres
Roger Stabley
Carolyn E. Steinhauser Fund
of YCCF
Wayne & Karen Umland
Amy Weingard
Dennis & Karen Willman
Mark & Susan Woodbury
Emory Family
Doug & Pam Fitzgerald
Martha Baker Frankenberry
Steve & Wendy Gibbs
Russell & Eleanor Horn
Foundation
Ken & Barbara Johnston
Bill & Kim Kerlin
Mr. & Mrs. Henry H.
Kirkpatrick, Jr.
Joyce E. Klinedinst
Douglas & Grace Miller
Lori Mitrick
Tom & Joan Norris
The Otterbein Family
Shirley Paramore
in Honor of Judy Simpson
Freshman – Up to $99
Anonymous
The Arbittier Family
Norina & Jim Bentzel
Dr. Ned & Emelyn Blymire
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Boyer
Dr. & Mrs. Vincent Butera
Joseph Church
The Cintron Family
Ryan Creedon & Family
Ann Davis
Marcia & Terry Feehan
Larry & Connie Folkenroth
Deb & Don Gogniat
Barbara, Michael,
& Jonathan Goodstein
Alumni Partners
Roberta G. Abrams
Jennifer Barton
Danielle Bentzel
Emily Bentzel
Garrett Bollinger
Grant T. Brown
Megan Cintron
April Enterline
Mikayla Iati
Alicia Inkrote
Abbie Leese Jensen
Alesia Knott
Meredith Schlager
Maura Schmidt
Rob Sheffer
Ken & Judy Heaps
Donna & Joseph Hohman
Rich & Jen Hudson
Joann & Joseph Kissinger
Dana & Matthew Kitting
Gilbert McGlaughlin
Susanne M. Motter
Brian & Anne Moul
Sheila Myers
The Nagle Family
Duane & Rosanne Patterson
Christine Reichart
Andrew & Beth Riale
James & Rebecca Rohrbaugh
Roy & Barbara Rollman
Ryan/Walter Family
Franklin & Elaine Sanchez
Steven & Melinda Schmidt
Dr. & Mrs. Donald G. Sedam
Rob & Claudia Simmons
Todd & Delaine Toerper
Toren Family
Drs. Jack & Carolyn
Van Newkirk
Nancy Wagner
Jim & Anita Walker
Sophie White
Kim Whiteley
Bill Simpson Memorials
Jennifer Barton
Lester & Kathryn Bentz
Susan & David Boyer
Michael & Melanie Hady
The M&T Charitable
Foundation
Leslee & Randy Yoder
Corporate Donations
The Bon Ton Stores
Foundation
Kinsley Foundation
Memorial Hospital
The Patrick Organization
Perform Group, LLC
Print-O-Stat
RG Industries Foundation
York Traditions Bank
Yorktowne Optical
Company, Inc.
Zion United Church
of Christ
Randy Yoder Scholarship Fund
The Giambalvo Family
Gary & JoAnne Knott
Mark & Susan Woodbury
Donna Knott Leadership and Education Fund
Douglas & Elizabeth Arbittier
Tim & Katie Bentzel
The Giambalvo Family
Russell & Eleanor Horn Foundation
Stacey & Kip Horn
Gary & JoAnne Knott
Dante & Brenda Parrini
Mark & Renee Schaffer
Mark & Janielle Warner
In-Kind Donations
David Boyer
Justin Buer
Glatfelter Paper
Mike Inkrote Photographer
Memorial Hospital
Perform Group, LLC
Stauffer’s Biscuit Company
Thanks to all of our donors!
If you would be interested in making a special contribution to our Endowment,
Randy Yoder Scholarship Fund,
or our new Donna Knott Leadership and Education Fund,
please contact Susan Boyer at 717-846-1155, x303,
email [email protected],
or you may download a Contribution Form
on our website’s Support Us page. Thank you for your support!
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