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Chorale to celebrate ‘American Song’
Saturday, May 25, 2013
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By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA „ The Champlain Valley ChoraleÍ s spring concert will be ñ A Celebration of American Song.î Music of the late singers Etta James and Andy Williams along with composers Stephen Sondheim and Marvin Hamlisch will be featured. ñ America lost a number of outstanding musicians in 2012, and I was inspired to recognize them when choosing pieces for this session,î Jeris French, chorale director, said. The Champlain Valley Chorale will perform at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Schroon Lake on Friday, May 31, at 7:30 p.m. and at the First United Methodist Church in Ticonderoga on Sunday, June 2, at 3 p.m. ñ A free will offering will be taken, a portion of which will be donated to the North Country Humane Society in keeping with the choraleÍ s commitment to serve the needs of the community,î French said. Vaughn Watson will be the accompanist. The Champlain Valley Strings will provide a musical interlude and accompany the chorale on its opening number. A highlight of the concerts CONTINUED ON PAGE 18
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An emotional Nelson Shapiro acknowledges a standing ovation at the conclusion of the annual Ticonderoga High School spring concert. Shapiro directed for the final time. He’s retiring after 36 years as a music teacher in Ti. Photo by Nancy Frasier
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Cheney Mountain hike set June 1 MINEVILLE „ The second annual Mineville Iron Ore Man Challenge hopes to build on last yearÍ s success while attracting attention to the communityÍ s newest hiking trail. Sponsored by the Moriah Chamber of Commerce, the event is a hike up the Cheney Mountain Trail
Saturday, June 1. Registration will be 8:45 a.m. at the trail head on Pelfershire Road, 1.4 miles east of Route 22/9N. Registration is $5. The hike will begin at 9 a.m. ñL ast year we had 45 people turn out in the pouring rain,î Tim Garrison of the chamber said. ñW e had a lot of fun. It was great.î The first 80 people will receive a 2013 hiking patch. The Cheney Mountain Trail opened in the fall of 2011 and has become a popular hiking trail. Garrison said more than 750 people from across the United States and from three countries have registered at the base of the trail. He estimates more than 1,500 people
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have used it. The trail is about two miles round-trip with a moderately-easy climb to the summit. Champlain Area Trails volunteers constructed the Cheney Mountain Trail on town property that was once the site of a landfill. ñ The trail was built on unused town property with help from CATS, local community volunteers and a forward thinking town board,î said Garrison, who also serves on the town board.
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