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Pine Tones Chorus Spring Concert, Sunday

(June 1, 2017) The Pine Tones Chorus will present its Spring Concert at the Community Church of Ocean Pines, on Route 589 and Beauchamp Rd., Sunday, June 4 at 3 p.m.   
Tickets cost $10 and will be available at the door.
The concert opens with an Irving Berlin medley, “There’s No Business Like Show Business” and “Alexander’s Ragtime Band.”
Songs by George Gershwin will include “Summertime” and “Fascinating Rhythm.”   
The concert’s title song, “I Love a Piano,” features four hands on the large concert grand piano. This Berlin song was showcased in the classic Judy Garland film, “Easter Parade.”   
Fans of Broadway shows will recall “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better,” a playful duet arguing about personal abilities, and sung here by Mary Price, soprano and Frank Davis, baritone.
The Pine Tones Chorus includes 55 singers from Ocean Pines, Ocean City and nearby areas. June Todd is the chorus director and Cathy Morgan is the group’s pianist.  
Featured instrumentalists will include Judy Benton playing trumpet, Jim Meckley, saxophone, Bill Courtney, trombone, Tom Baione, string bass and Curtis Krams on drums.   
The five-piece band will begin playing about 10 minutes before the concert.  
Funding for Chorus activities comes from ticket sales as well as the Worcester County Arts Council, Maryland State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. These organizations are dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive.
For additional information, call Chorus President Pat Beisler at 410-208-2682, or Todd at 410-289-7373.
June Todd is the Pine Tones Chorus director and Cathy Morgan is the group’s pianist.  Other instruments will also accompany the chorus with Tom Baione playing string bass, Ted Nichols -drums, Judy Benton -trumpet, Bill Courtney -trombone and Jim Meckley -clarinet.
The Pine Tones Chorus includes over 50 members from Ocean Pines, Ocean City, and nearby areas. The Chorus has been entertaining local audiences in the Ocean Pines and Ocean City areas for more than thirty years. For additional information, phone the Chorus President, Pat Beisler 410-208-2682, or June Todd, 410-289-7373.