7:00 PM - Meeting at Ponders -

Jingle Bells
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
Happy Holidays - It's The Holiday Season
White Christmas
Joy To The World
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Blue Skies arr. by Clay Hine
Georgia On My Mind
God Bless America
Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)
I'm Sitting On Top Of The World
Yesterday

Repertory: America the Beautiful, Armed Forces Medley, Blue Skies, California Here I Come, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Darkness on the Delta, Georgia on My Mind, God Bless America, Hello Mary Lou, I’m Sittin’ on Top of the World, It’s the Music that Brings Us Together, Let’s Get Away from it All, Old Folks at Home, Star Spangled Banner, Welcome Song, When She Loved Me, When There’s Love at Home, Yesterday, and You Tell Me Your Dream

The Gandy was passed to RichW for all the work he does.

Veterans Day Reflection. I have sung in most of the Veterans Day Ceremonies since joining the Chorus. The best and the worst were at the National Cemetery though Friday's event at the National Guard Armory had the worst PA system and the longest program in my memory. It seemed the Proclamations would never end, yet in retrospect, I will never cross the Veterans Bridge again without noticing the flags placed in honor of those Proclaimed.

Paul's introductions over the years to God Bless America are moving with references to the Russian immigrant who wrote it and Kate Smith who popularized it. Today as the attendees rose to sing it with us, there was an old soldier wearing a Navy sweater having trouble getting up when two strangers rushed to assist. I took the photo below of the three of them and showed it to our Prez who remarked, "I wouldn't miss this day for the world." There were 20 of us there who felt the same way plus others who would have be there if it wasn't a work day. The Choo Choo Chorus - what a barbershopper's chapter! SteveW