the special group
will
present its 31st Annual
Christmas Concert,
Sunday, Dec. 12, at 3 p.m.
The concert is open to the
public with no charge for
admission.
The chorus, well known
throughout the region and
most of the eastern half of
the state is due mainly to
the efforts of one woman,
Mrs. Florence Hughes
Sherwood, a choral
director dedicated to
sharing her love of music
with others.
Mrs. Sherwood
organized the chorus at
Dallas High School, then
Westmoreland in 1951. In
1962-63, she organized the
special group known as
the ‘Choristers’, which
performed special
numbers and at many
different places for nearly
20 years.
For the past few years,
she has had a special
group of chorus members,
the ‘‘Chansonaires” but
no Choristers. When she
first started the
Choristers, they were all
girls and the ‘‘Chan-
sonaires’”’ were a mixed
group.
Originally, the, chorus
was divided into groups
girls and boys--when it
was just an extra-
curricular activity at the
school. Later it became a
regular part of the music
schedule of the district
and the chorus became a
mixed group.
and won first prize in a
WBAX Radio. In the past,
Dallas High School
prize in a Kiwanis
and later, the Choristers
and then the Chanson-
aires won first prizes.
In order to become a
member of the Chanson-
aires, a girl or boy must
first be a member of the
chorus. They audition
voluntarily because they
must make a strong
commitment. They must
have the desire and have
to give of their own time.
They first audition with a
panel of students, who are
in Chansonaires, then
audition for Mrs. Sher-
wood.
Steve Hartman, who
spent a year or more with
Up With People, was a
member of chorus,
choristers and Chanson-
aires.
In the beginning, Mrs.
Sherwood selected the
students for the specil
groups but later she let
them volunteer because
they had to give so much
of themselves and their
time. Their parents also
must be willing to back
them.
Former members of the
Dallas High Chorus and
Christers are now faculty
members, among them
Jay Pope, Debbie
Ruckno, the former Sally
Harter, Sally Moyer
Faerber, Emma Lang
and Bill Wagner.
The Choristers sang. in
Wyoming Valley’s banks,
the county courthouse,
hospitals, nursing homes,
high rises and the
Chansonaires still do and
are requested to make
return appearances.
“I believe it is the
personal touch that these
people enjoy,” said Mrs.
Sherwood. “The students
mix with the people, they
talk with them, and share
problems with them.”
Two years ago, Channel
16’s P.M. Magazine did a
special on the Chan-
sonaires while they were
appearing at Valley
Crest.
This year, during the
concert, the Chansonaires
will do Silent Night in sign
language for the hard of
hearing. The members
learned some of the sign
language last year and
Hugh Gallagher, now
employed at a local
hospital, has had occasion
to use it while working
with some patients.
Members of the
Chansonaires will per-
form a program of
novelty numbers this year
For the first time a
Brass Choir comprised of
brass instrument students
has been formed to pre-
sent the sounds of
Christmas at school and
community functions in
Dallas and Wyoming
Valley. The ensemble is a
joint function directed by
both David C. Benn and
Reese E. Pelton, Dallas
instrumental instructors.
It is anticipated that, in
addition to appearing at
Back Mountain area.
Approximately 30
musicians are in the brass
unit.
Previously there has
been an annual tradition
of a Brass Choir at Dallas
Junior High which played
in the school and at cer-
tain area functions. This
expanded unit is also
formance coverage as
well as further strengthen
coordination between the
during their public ap-
pearances. The Bakers
Dozen, a group of 13 girls,
These girls are comarable
to the group of boys Mrs.
Sherwood has had from
the chorus, known as the
“Jesters”.
The goup, as well as the
Chansonaires will per-
form for Wilkes-Barre
Women of Kiwanis, Delta
Kappa Gamma, do a city
tour of nursing homes,
hospitals and the YMCA
as well as the courthouse.
They will also perform at
the various banks in the
Back Mountain.
The Chansonaires also
will perform at The
Meadows and on Dec. 21,
they will broadcast over
WILK Radio.
Mrs. Sherwood is
hoping that the Dallas
High School Chorus will
participate in the Mary-
wood Chorus Festival in
February. Only the
choruses from six schools
are invited to perform.
“We have submitted our
application,” said Mrs.
Sherwood, “And we hope
we will be among the six.”
In the past, the Chorus
has done the Christmas
Concert with the high
school band. This. year
they are trying something
different. They will have a
brass choir. “We are
looking forward to it with
anticipation,” . she said.
The first chorus in 1951
was much larger than
those of these past few
years because at that
time, Mrs. Sherwood had
chiMdren from kinder-
garten through 12th
grade. Today, she does
only senior high school
which makes a big dif-
ference.
During the All-State
receive a Certificate for
her many years of ser-
vice. She also will sing in
the teachers special
chorus for the Golden
Anniversary.
“I am proud of my
chorus members at
Dallas High School,” she
said. “We have a lot of
talent. We are a compara-
tively small high school
and each year we have a
large percentage go to
Districts and quite a few
to regionals and some to
All States. One year we
had three in one year to
wonderful.”
So, too, is Florence
Hughes Sherwood, and
the work she is doing with
the students at Dallas
High School. She enjoys
the students and she loves
the music and she puts
her all into sharing her
time and effort to bring
forth their talents and
desires.
Her reward is her
students selections to
Districts, Regionals and
All States and more, the
enjoyment they give the
general public when they
perform.
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