It is the end of the year, which means not only is it time to pull out the winter blankets and snow boots, but also this is your final chance to top up this year’s charitable donations. Out in Harmony (aka Vancouver Lesbian & Gay Choir) is a registered charity and dependent upon the financial support of our…
Lauryn began singing like an angel when she was just a toddler. Growing up on the East Coast, where music was an important part of daily life, she was frequently in demand with requests to do renditions of “The Bluenose Sails Once Again.” Later, she joined choirs in school and church, and carried over her…
I saw a young woman on the street today who looked like she had stepped out of a magazine – from about 1986. I don’t think she was alive when her look was first in style, but she looked back, found elements that spoke to her and made them her own. While there are some…
Mark your calendars: This year Vancouver’s Pride Festival Parade is Sunday, August 1st. Here is a link to the website for Vancouver Pride: http://www.vancouverpride.ca/ Please be sure to stop by and visit our booth at the Sunset Beach Festival Grounds, say ‘hi’ to folks and generally talk about how wonderful we all are, hand-out or receive information about the…
In 2010 the choir changed its name to Out in Harmony from Vancouver Lesbian & Gay Choir. This is the “unveiling” announcement made by choir member Denise Garzon at our June concert, “What’s in a Name?”
In the fall of 1990 when this choir was founded, the choir’s vision and purpose was clear – to give gay people a place to be themselves, to sing together in a mixed-gender choir, and to do so while being highly visible. The name Vancouver Lesbian & Gay Choir was chosen specifically because it made it blatantly obvious at a glance that this was a group of women and men, who primarily identified as lesbian or gay, who sang together, -publically and proudly.
Welcome to Out in Harmony, the official new web site for the choir (soon to be) formerly known as the Vancouver Lesbian and Gay Choir. As you can see, this site is very much a work in progress. However, anyone wishing to join the choir should know that we will begin rehearsals again on September…