{"id":99170,"date":"2019-02-08T10:22:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T15:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=99170"},"modified":"2019-02-08T10:22:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T15:22:40","slug":"oneida-area-civic-chorale-to-present-postcards-from-the-usa-march-9-and-10-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=99170","title":{"rendered":"Oneida Area Civic Chorale to present \u201cPostcards from the USA\u201d  March 9 and 10, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1.jpg?resize=201%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1.jpg?resize=400%2C598&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1.jpg?w=404&amp;ssl=1 404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><figcaption>Stephen Perry Price <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Oneida Area Civic Chorale will present \u201cPostcards from\nthe USA\u201d at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, 2019, and at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 10,\n2019, at the Kallet Civic Center, 159 Main St., Oneida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 95-member community chorus will be directed by Kimberly\nNethaway of Rome and accompanied on keyboard by Bernadette VanValkenburg of\nSherrill and Heather O\u2019Connell of Oneida and on bass by Gary Williams of Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stephen Perry Price of Blossvale will appear as guest\nsoloist and narrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concerts will be cabaret style, with a cash bar and\ncoffee and treats by HipStir Cafe, Oneida, available for purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chorale\u2019s journey across the USA will evolve from a\npostcard collection described by Price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A postcard from West Virginia will introduce the\nsong \u201cTake Me Home, Country Roads,\u201d words and music by Bill Danoff, Taffy\nNivert and John Denver.<\/li><li>A card portraying \u201cFishing on the Bayou\u201d will\nlead to the song \u201cBlue Bayou,\u201d words and music by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson,\nfeaturing a solo by Heather O\u2019Connell of Oneida.<\/li><li>The women of the Chorale will perform\n\u201cChattanooga Choo Choo,\u201d by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon.<\/li><li>The Chorale men will present a medley of \u201cSweet\nHome Alabama\u201d and \u201cRamblin\u2019 Man\u201d arranged by Roger Emerson, featuring solos by\nJohn Nethaway of Rome.<\/li><li>A postcard proclaiming \u201cGreetings from the\nMighty Mississippi\u201d will prompt the tune \u201cMississippi Mud\u201d by James Cavanaugh\nand Harry Barris.<\/li><li>The song \u201cThe Erie Canal\u201d arranged by Mark\nHayes, will illustrate a card declaring there\u2019s no place like home.<\/li><li>Audience members will have a chance to\nparticipate in the journey during a \u201cpostcard song\u201d sing-a-long following the\nconcert\u2019s intermission.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to his role as guest narrator, Price will solo on\ntwo of the Chorale\u2019s numbers, the American folk song \u201cShenendoah,\u201d arranged by\nG. Schroth, and \u201cKansas City,\u201d from Rodgers and Hammerstein\u2019s Oklahoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price, an Actor\u2019s Equity Association member, was born in\nBritish Columbia, the son of renowned soprano Heather Thomson and tenor Perry\nPrice. He studied at McGill University and Western Connecticut State University\nand has taken many master classes abroad. Price has been seen and heard around\nthe world in concert, stage, television and film. He has played roles in such\nshows as Mozart&#8217;s Cosi fan tutte, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the film Isn&#8217;t\nShe Great, with Bette Midler, \u201cPsychic Detective\u201d on Court TV, and \u201cPhantom-The\nLas Vegas Spectacular.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He teaches at The Academy of Performing and Creative Arts in\nClinton and A ViVo School of Acting, Violin and Voice, which Price and his wife\nJuliane opened in 2004 in Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price\u2019s two daughters, Charlize, 8, and Lily, 11, will join\nhim in presenting the narration for the concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets for the cabaret concerts are $10, and due to limited\nseating must be purchased in advance. Tickets are available from Chorale\nmembers, at W.J. Hinman Jewelers, 115 Main St., Oneida and by calling 315.655.3007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, call 315.761.9701 and visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oneidachorale.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oneidachorale.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oneida Area Civic Chorale will present \u201cPostcards from the USA\u201d at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, 2019, and at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 10, 2019, at the Kallet Civic Center, 159 Main St., Oneida. 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