Milford Community Chorus Spring Concert 'Simply the Best!'

The Milford Community Chorus proudly invites you to an enjoyable evening of song performed for your pleasure on Saturday, May 4^th  at 7:30 PM or Sunday, May 5^th at 1:30 in the afternoon at Stacy Middle School.

The theater entrance is located on School Street across from Memorial Hall. The Chorus, under the musical direction of Dan Zabinski from Uxbridge has been rehearsing some of their favorite songs from the past for their Spring concert aptly titled “Simply the Best!” You will hear favorites like “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”, a major hit by the Andrews Sisters during World War II, sung by the women’s chorus and the popular Otis Redding song, “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” performed by the Men’s chorus. 

The combined chorus will perform recent favorites like “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, a South African Song from the 1930s revised in the mid-nineties Disney film “The Lion King” with amazing solo performances throughout the piece.“Shenandoah”, performed by the chorus in eight parts, is a traditional American Folk Song dating from the early nineteenth century. It was a sea chantey made popular among sailors, especially those on the Missouri River and later was found in old public school collections. “What shall we do with a Drunken Sailor?” is another sea chantey from the same era to be presented, but in a much sillier style!   

Additionally you will hear medleys of the Best of the Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, swing tunes and a others such as the popular “Blue Moon”, written by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers in 1934 and still popular today. "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in 1941 was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996.

Soprano soloist Deb DeFilippo of Franklin will sing “Blue Skies” composed by Irving Berlin in 1926 as a last-minute addition to the musical Betsy.  Alicia Mainville of Upton will offer her solo, titled “As if We Never Said Goodbye” from the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Accompanying the chorus on piano is Wayne Ward of Hopkinton.

The Greater Milford Community Chorus is a nonprofit organization sponsored by the Milford Community Use Program and the Milford Cultural Council, which is part of the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Singers come from many towns in the wider community.

Tickets are on sale now from any chorus member or at Music & Arts (formerly the Music Nook) located at 164 Main Street, Milford, Massachusetts.

Pre-sale tickets are $8.00 by May 3^rd  or $10.00 at the door. Children under 12 are free. This Spring Concert is going to be “Simply the Best!”