The Ladybirds were invited to vist the Covenant House Adult Day Care Center in Cumberland. Carol Harr (baritone) was instrumental in setting up the gig there. Her brother and her mother attend Covenant House daily on a regular basis, and Carol herself even goes there on occasion.
The day was very pretty when we all arrived for the performance in our white slacks and Sing and Be Happy shirts, and our goal was to make the audience happy!
I was born (regardless of what some may think, I was born and not raised by squirrels out in the wilderness, although I am fond of nuts and I do store food in my jaws). Seriously, though, I was born Betty Nora Colosimo, at home, on Park Avenue in Frostburg Maryland. My grandmother, Rose, helped the doctor deliver me. I am told I was born at lunch time. I guess that explains the fact that I am very fond of food. My parents were Joseph and Naomi (Davis) Colosimo. My grandparents were Philip and Rose (Vincent) Colosimo and George and Maryann (Jones) Davis. I was an only child, but I can understand that because you can’t improve upon perfection, can you?
A Night at the Music Box, the Ladybirds first formal show for a number of years, is on the calendar for September 9, 2006. The show will be centered around the music of Irving Berlin in a setting that will depict the times of Berlin’s theatre, called the Music Box.
Of course, the Barbershop Harmony Singers will begin the show with a special rendition of This Is The Army and other Irving Berlin songs, while in the wings of the theatre will be the featured guest quartets Pizzazz, an award-winning quartet from Baltimore, Maryland; Sentimental Sound, long time members of the S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. organization and also an award-winning quartet; Totally Vocal, from the local area; and Afternoon Delight and Havin’ Fun from the Ladybirds Chorus. These quartets will appear in the second half of the show, and their performances promise to be spectacular.
Tonight the Ladybirds met at Bob Evans to carpool to the Heartlands of Keyser. This is a nursing home at which the singers have performed on several occasions before, but it was the first time for some of the newer members of the Ladybirds.
The group arrived on schedule and met in one of the sitting rooms to warm up in preparation for their performance. Two very important announcements of good news were made…
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