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Brush Choir Alumni Reunion 1969-1978

Original Release: 12/2/2024

Choir Alumni from the years 1969-1978 planned and attended a reunion on June 28-29, 2024. Fifty three alumni and guests met in the Brush High School Commons for conversation, fun, food, and a spectacular performance by the Alumni Choir. Forty-two choir alumni prepared five selections for an evening performance at the close of the festivities. The singers had begun working on the music selections months earlier on their own and came together for rehearsals on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Our beloved choir director, Mr. Lindley Hall, was also in attendance and to our delight, conducted the group, bringing back fond memories of days and years spent loving choral music at Brush.

One of the selections revived by the choir was a Beatles Medley, originally arranged by Dr. Steven Schacter, M.D. (1973) for performance by Chamber Choir in 1972. Steve and Becky Ariemma Burrington (1973) collaborated to transform his 50-year-old hand-written score using technology and music writing software to make it more accessible to the singers. Ms. Candy Clemson (BHS Art teacher, retired) came up with the original banner painted for the performance 50 years ago and it was gloriously hung behind the Alumni Choir. Evan Solomon (1976) was the accompanist and Terry DiFranco Herschman (1973) co-directed the performance with Lindley Hall. Copy and paste the link below to view the performance: https://www.youtube.com/live/GXdRnapFPEQ.