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June 2012 Concert coming soon!

April 26, 2012 by Out in Harmony

Mark Saturday June 9th on your calendar, because Heroes & Villains is one concert you most certainly won’t want to miss!

Out in Harmony, everyone’s favorite Gay, Bi, Trans, Queer, Lesbian, & Friends Adult Community Choir, is bringing you another wonderful concert which you’ll find not only entertaining and thought provoking, but which will leave you with a song in your heart and inspiration in your soul.

So why are we singing about Heroes & Villains, you ask? Heroes & villains, good & evil…society has been fascinated by these ideas and telling stories about them for as long as people ave been around. What do these stories tell us about ourselves, our culture, and the individual’s role in shping our society? What makes a hero stand out from others? Are there ay real life heroes anymore? Why are we so intrigued by villains? How des our culture reflect and shape our views of not only what is heroic or villainous, but also how we express that? Come join us as we explore just a few of these themes through music. We’ll ride the underground railroad with Harriet Tubman, swing through the night with Spiderman, get our evil on with Cruela De Vil, and much more!

Heroes & Villains will be held at Central Presbyterian Church, 1155 Thurlow Street in Vancouver, on Saturday June 9, 2012 at 7:30 pm. General Admission Tickets are $15 (with concession tickets available for $10), and the venue is wheelchair accessible. Tickets will be available at the door, through choir members, or from Little Sister’s. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Denise at denise.garzon@gov.bc.ca before June 1st.

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Time Sensitive Donation Opportunity

March 26, 2012 by Out in Harmony

If you are in a position to make a donation of any size through Canada Helps before the end of this month, there’s an opportunity to have $10 added to it. All you have to do is take a short quiz! Spread the word!

(Please note that Canada Helps hasn’t processed our name change yet, so we’re still listed as the Vancouver Lesbian and Gay Choir.)

Donate $1 or more to Out In Harmony before March 31st and Capital One will Donate $10!

March is Charity Fraud Awareness Month and CanadaHelps and Capital One are partnering to increase your awareness … and our donations!

All you have to do is:

1. Take the 5-minute Charity Fraud Awareness Quiz;

2. Make a donation of $1 or more to the Vancouver Lesbian and Gay
Choir on CanadaHelps: and

3. Capital One will contribute an additional $10 to your donation
(up to $25,000).

Click here to get started: http://www.canadahelps.org/CharityFraud/LandingPage.aspx

Thanks for your support!

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Singing for seniors

March 12, 2012 by oihdirector

We won’t be having a regular rehearsal tomorrow! Instead, we’ll be singing for the residents at the Haro Park Centre seniors’ residence in the West End. We’ve sung there before, and the audience is always very appreciative. We’re always glad to be able to share our music with people who aren’t able to make it to our regular performances, and connect with our community’s valued elders. We’ll return to our regular schedule next week.

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coffee+choir=cash

March 2, 2012 by Out in Harmony

Once again Out in Harmony (Vancouver’s Gay, Bi, Trans, Queer, Lesbian & Friends adult community choir) is holding a fundraiser to help keep the choir running smoothly, singing proudly, and being an active and positive voice in our community.

We are selling coffee beans provided by the Sunshine Coast Coffee Company, a local (based in Gibsons) coffee company committed to providing organic fair-trade coffee. Whole beans come in 1 pound bags for $16 each, and come in two varieties:

DARK HOUSE BLEND (Their biggest seller, a blend of dark and distinctive coffees with a full flavor, bold taste and rich aroma); or
RAINFOREST (A medium roast of the highest quality Brazilian coffee beans. Soft bodied with an earthy flavor and subtle walnut notes).

If you or someone you know would be interested in purchasing some delicious, organic coffee beans while helping support our community choir, please let us know. Orders and money must be received by Tuesday March 27, 2012; we will deliver the beans to you starting Wednesday April 11th.

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Concert Thanks and Photos

February 7, 2012 by Out in Harmony

What a great concert! January 21, 2012 we performed “what i want”, a wonderful concert in which we musically explored some of our dreams, desires and wishes, both for ourselves and for the world. Thank you to all who volunteered, attended, performed, and otherwise made the evening a huge success. Some photographs are up on our flickr page (OutinHarmonyChoir) if you’d like to take a look.

{And don’t forget to mark your calendars for our NEXT concert, Heroes & Villains, coming June 9th.}

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What We Want is…. Volunteers!

January 3, 2012 by Out in Harmony

Out in Harmony needs a few non-singing volunteers for the concert on Jan 21st to come early and help with concert set-up ticket sales and so forth(For most volunteers, coming early means 5:30pm, with one or two a bit earlier than that). Volunteers will receive our undying gratitude and have an opportunity to see the concert for free! If you are interested, please email the volunteer coordinator at sarahelps@live.com by Jan 12, letting her know you’re interested and if there are any restrictions on what you can or can’t do. Thanks, and we hope to see everyone there.

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January Concert

January 3, 2012 by Out in Harmony

Happy New Year everyone! I know January is a time when many of us are feeling exhausted, super-busy, worn out, and not really looking forward to months of rain without end. However, Out in Harmony, your favorite community choir, can help you forstall the ‘End-of-January-Blues’ with a wonderful concert!

The new year is a natural time for navel-gazing and trying to figure out what we really want out of life –Money? Love? Health? Social Justice? Acceptance? A New Car? …
Come join us as for What I Want on Saturday January 21^st and we’ll have fun together as we explore desire, happiness, consumerism, and hippopotami during an evening filled with good friends, tears and laughter, warmth, cheer, and of course, music!

What I Want is being held on Saturday January 21^st, 2012 at 7:30pm at Central Presbyterian Church [1155 Thurlow Street]. The venue is wheelchair accessible by the back door. The doors will open at 7pm, and tickets are available at the door, from Little Sister’s Book Emporium, or through choir members [And don’t forget to bring some extra cash with you, as we’ll be selling raffle tickets for a chance to win a wonderful gift basket].

As always, keeping our concerts accessible in all ways is a priority for us, so our ticket prices remain only $15 for a General Admission ticket, with $10 Concession tickets available for anybody who needs a break on price. Children 12 and under are admitted for free.
(Donation boxes will be on hand in case you wish to make a financial gift to help us ensure we are able to continue keeping our ticket prices low and affordable to everyone).

We greatly look forward to seeing you there!

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