The two ladies barbershop groups met at Centerville for a get-together with food and music on June 26th as scheduled. The evening was, by and large, quite successful. We all met at a local park and ride and carpooled to the site. When we got there, though, no one had a key to get into the building and the man who usually would provide the key (and who lives very close by) was not at home. The weather was frightfully HOT! It took over thirty minutes to get yet a different individual to come bring a key so we could get all our foodstuffs inside and have a meal and sing together for awhile.

The Lorelei Chorus

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We of the Ladybirds Barbershop Harmony Singers wish to express our condolences to Betty Twigg on the passing of her mother, Naomi Colosimo, and to call attention to some of the details of this remarkable woman’s 99 years of life. She was just three months away from reaching that Century mark!

Betty’s mom, referred to hereafter as Naomi, resided at the Beverly Living Center for approximately 5 years, and Betty dutifully went there on a regular basis to visit her, even though for a while now Betty was never really sure her mother knew who Betty was or if she understood what Betty said to her on recent visits. You will want to read about Naomi’s life in the obituary, which was published in the Times/News on June 13th. The funeral arrangements were published therein. The Funeral Home where both the viewing and the funeral were held was Durst Funeral Home on Frost Avenue; the viewing was on Thursday afternoon and evening, June 14th, while the funeral ceremony was held the next day, June 15th at 11 a.m. The funeral leaflet is also viewable for your information in the Ladybirds Gallery.

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We participated in the 16th Annual Cumberland Radio Days fundraiser for local charities today, June 12, 2007. Jim Kreiger, Rotary President, contacted Ellie Batchelor regarding the Ladybirds’ willingness to be a part of the fundraiser by singing on air for approximately 15 minutes and by answering interview questions for another 15 minutes.

The Ladybirds On The Air at WCBC Radio

We had only a short while to prepare, but we made the best of our time. Ellie asked Jim West to attend our rehearsal on June 7th, and he very graciously did so. He helped us rehearse seven songs, plus a spare should one be needed. He predicted that we’d do fine, and that we did!

Listen to the Rotary Radio Days broadcast with The Ladybirds, recorded from WCBC Radio, approximately 21 minutes in length (MP3 format, 192 Kbps, 28.7 MB).

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The Ladybirds have been pretty active of late. Tonight they performed for the Day Care Providers at their banquet, which was held at Hobo’s Restaurant in Hyndman, Pennsylvania. The group met at the parking lot near the LaVale United Methodist Church at 5:20 p.m. and carpooled to the restaurant in time to eat dinner there and warm up for the performance. There were thirteen people who participated in this event.

From all reports, the gig was wonderful! It was fortunate that the chorus had this opportunity to sing tonight because it served as kind of a dress rehearsal for tomorrow’s Rotary Radio Day, which is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. at WCBC Radio station in Cumberland…

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