Chorus Information
 
Grass Valley Cornish Carol Choir
Eleanor Kenitzer, Director
Information last updated: 2008-06-01
Status:
Current
Basic Information
Description: | This is an amateur, community, recreational, special interest chorus, open to the general public. |
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Year Estab: | 1877 |
Mission: | To keep alive the Cornish heritage of the community by singing Christmas carols indigenous to Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
Emphasis: | Cornish Christmas carols |
Size: | 30-45 |
Concerts/Year: | 10-Aug |
Auditions: | No |
Dues: | No |
Dress: | The mode of the late 1800s, or plain black and white: Women: long, black skirts, black jackets, and white blouses; Men: black tuxes, black jackets, white shirts, black bow ties. |
Rehearsals: | Tuesday (approx. October 1-November 30), 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Grass Valley United Methodist Church, 236 South Church Street, Grass Valley |
Categories
Type of Music: | Ethnic/Folk Christmas |
Type of Chorus: | Mixed Adult Ethnic Singalong Holiday |
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Rehearse City: | Grass Valley | ||
Region: | Sacramento Valley South | ||
Audition Req'd: | N |
Chorus Contact Information
Mailing Address: | 419 Pine St, Grass Valley, 95945 |
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Phone: | (530) 273-8604 |
Other Information
Discography: | 1946. Historical tapes of the authentic miner's chorus. Available to the public through the Nevada County Historical Society. |
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Bibliography: | The Union (October 1, 1998); Sacramento Bee; Sierra Heritage Hewell Houser's PBS program California Gold. Videotape. (1991). The group sang inside the Allegheny Mine. |
Comments: | Gage McKinney, an author, is writing a history of the chorus. We toured Cornwall in 1994-1995, including four oldtime members. Took an entire program of American secular and sacred music, such as sea chanteys, Gershwin, Virgil Thompson, etc. Every town in Cornwall has a chorus. There was a real community feeling. " |