Ho Ho Hoedown To Hollywood: DGMC'S 2018 Holiday Show

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Michael Sattler - Executive Director Don McMaster – Office Manager Nancy Crist – Bookkeeper

Board of Directors EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Sally Taylor Sally Taylor Insurance Group RMAA Board Chair Kelli Theis PioneerSolutions RMAA Board Vice-Chair Wade Frisbie Frisbie Financial RMAA Board Treasurer Jerry Cunningham OUTFRONT Magazine RMAA Board Secretary

DIRECTORS Cindy Koch Always Best Care Senior Services Michael Rodel Retired, formerly Kaiser Permanente

Chorus Leadership Board Representatives Everett Schneider Bedrock Landscaping Materials President, Denver Gay Men’s Chorus

Scott M. Elliott Keller Williams Realty DTC LLC

Karis Meskimen The Chartis Group President, Denver Women’s Chorus

Rev. Christopher Gilmore Sixth Avenue United Church of Christ

Scotte Hoerle TIAA RMAA Marketing Committee Chair

James A. Henderson Attorney At Law Ann Afton Families First

James Knapp Artistic and Managing Director DGMC

EX-OFFICIO

James Knapp – Artistic and Managing Director Sam Eschliman – Assistant Artistic Director & Director of Off Kilter!

Ricki Vorrath-Moyer – Principal Accompanist Ken Leist - Choreographer

Mark Zwilling Artistic Director DWC

Mark Zwilling – Artistic Director Alison Dozier – Assistant Artistic Director & Director of Take Note!

Beth DeBoer - Principal Accompanist Sarah Blizzard - Take Note! Pianist

FOUNDATION SUPPORT & CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP

A special thanks to the Louden Family Foundation, Ralph L. and Florence R. Burgess Trust, AmazonSmile Foundation, CenturyLink Foundation, ExxonMobil Foundation, Charles Schwab Foundation, Community First Foundation & The Collins Foundation 3

Dear Extended Family of DGMC: Yes, that’s right – you are part of the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus extended family! Our singers routinely call each other “brothers and sisters in song” and, when I speak to all of you from the stage, I feel the warmth of family. Many of you have been with us since the first concert in 1982; others are hearing the chorus for the first time. I hope you all feel the joy, acceptance and love emanating from the chorus this Holiday Season. Welcome to our family!

A sense of family is one of many unique qualities of the DGMC and the Denver Women’s Chorus. As Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Arts Association, the nonprofit umbrella organization for the two choruses, I have the privilege of meeting many of you and listening as you share your concert stories and experiences. I am thrilled you have chosen to spend a few hours of your precious time with us as we create more musical memories during this magical time of the year.

RMAA is very excited to be the 2018 recipient of a prestigious two-year Bloomberg Philanthropies Arts Innovation and Management (AIM) grant to strengthen administrative leadership and build audience capacity.

As one of only 35 arts organization chosen from the Denver metropolitan area, the Artistic Directors, RMAA Board Chair and I already are hard at work developing a five-year artistic programming plan, attending AIM seminars, and participating in monthly teleconferences with our AIM mentor, a former staff member of the Kennedy Center Development Program.

As part of our extended family, you have the opportunity to help us meet one additional goal of the Bloomberg Philanthropies grant: securing $4500 in matching funds. During intermission, please consider visiting our information table in the lobby to make a donation by cash or check, or find an RMAA volunteer who is ready to quickly process a credit card donation on one of our mobile devices. You can also visit rmarts.org on December 4th - Colorado Gives Day - and select Rocky Mountain Arts Association as your gift recipient. Thank you so much for being a generous and supportive member of our RMAA family!

There is more good news to share! Through the generous support of the citizens of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), Rocky Mountain Arts Association is one of only two Tier III arts organizations that received grants to perform in all seven counties in the greater Denver metropolitan area during the 2018-2019 season, including new venues in Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield and Jefferson Counties. We are grateful for this opportunity to expand our mission of “building community through music” to new and diverse audiences in the months ahead.

As you prepare to sit back and enjoy DGMC’s musical journey from Colorado’s majestic snowcapped mountains to the glitz and glam of Hollywood, you might also notice that our singers will be performing on spacious new standing risers, thanks to the overwhelming generosity of several longtime supporters of RMAA choruses!

Now’s it’s time to enjoy DGMC’s 37th Annual Holiday Concert. As we say here in the Wild West, we wish all y’all Happy Holidays!

Michael Sattler Executive Director Rocky Mountain Arts Association Denver Gay Men’s Chorus, Denver Women’s Chorus

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Artistic Staff for DGMC

James Knapp, Artistic and Managing Director

With more than 35 years of choral conducting experience leading college, church and community choruses, James is in his sixth season as Artistic and Managing Director of the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus and is leading the ensemble to higher levels of artistic and musical excellence. He is the Artistic Director Emeritus of the Bayou City Performing Arts, James guided the Gay Men’s Chorus of Houston, the Bayou City Women’s Chorus and the Bayou City Chorale for eight years with tremendous success. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Fredonia State University, a diploma from the Mozarteum Conservatory of Music in Salzburg, and a Masters of Music from the University of Texas at Austin. His choirs have appeared at regional conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and the Texas Choral Directors Association, and have performed with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in the Palace of St. Petersburg Music Festival in Russia. In addition, James has conducted the featured choir at the International Church Music Festival in Coventry, England, with Sir David Willcocks.

Sam Eschliman, Assistant Artistic Director Sam is in his third season as Assistant Artistic Director of the DGMC and Director of Off Kilter!, DGMC’s small group a cappella ensemble. A Nebraska native, Sam received his degree in music education from Doane University in 2013. After completing undergraduate studies, he taught at Lincoln Lutheran Middle and High School directing choirs in grades 6-12. In 2015, Sam moved to Denver to serve as Coordinator of Children and Youth Music at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch and, two years later, started his affiliation with the DGMC. In August, 2017, Sam relocated to Greeley with his wife, Taylor, to enroll in his Master’s Degree in Choral Conducting at the University of Northern Colorado.

Ricki Vorrath-Moyer, Principal Accompanist Ricki Vorrath-Moyer attended Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, then received her Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She went on to receive her Masters of Music degree in Organ Performance, with minor emphases in Choral Conducting and Piano Pedagogy. She is currently Organist/Accompanist at First Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver. She is a member of Denver’s premiere handbell ensemble, the Rocky Mountain Ringers. Ricki also serves as the Artistic Director for the Metropolitan Choral Festival.

Ken Leist, Choreographer A business graduate of The University of Tulsa, Ken quickly turned his career focus to the performing arts after finding his passion for the stage while touring with the world-renowned organization, Up With People, for whom he is now the Choreographer/Associate Producer and Director of Cast Programs.

His production experience includes roles both on stage and behind the scenes. Ken has performed in over 13 countries and on the high seas, and has had the opportunity to perform in and help produce events such as: World Youth Day ’00 in Rome, Italy; World Expo ’05 in Nagoya, Japan; and the Tournament of Roses Parade ’11 in Pasadena, CA. Ken has collaborated with the DGMC for five years and is so proud to work with such a talented community of singers.

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A special thank you to RMAA’s Fifth Section Volunteers, who Marketing Committee signed up to help RMAA in Scotte Hoerle, RMAA Marketing various capacities for our Committee Chair productions! Thank you!

Steven Capaldi Carolyn Dieckmann Cheryl Hamilton TJ Kizuka Christine Renee Monks Michael Sattler Sally Taylor Graphic Design Annie Kitchen Design

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Chorus Members First Tenor

David Arnett Allen Browning Hayes Burton* Sean Butcher Kevin Doherty Kyle Freeman Anne Frey Kyle Gates Tony Gulotta Mark Heneghan** John Hess Mordechai Kadovitz Jason Lusk Miguel Miranda Christopher Pieper Jay Randell Dallas Rehberg Abel Rocha Will Young

Second Tenor

Art Boggess Matthew D.R. Bradford** Jeffrey Carabelos Spencer Case Andrew Close Sean Cortes* Peter Di Leo Justin Gorrie Joe Hall Scotte Hoerle Stephen Jaeger Dean Kersten TJ Kizuka Zachary Lamb Brian LeMaire Todd Nienhueser Brian Norton Brian Ogden Gene Olvera Chris Rasmussen Keith Rutledge Michael Sattler Stephen Sbanotto Perry Simmons Shawn Snow Tim Starchman Lady Strongman Reuben Yantis

Baritone

Matt Bloom Anthony Fay Kevin Ford Matthew Gray Julian Gines Lee Hudson Walter James Don Johnson Mike Jones Mark Koch Timothy Kreuter John Krotchko Sean Kuprevich Stephen Layman Rob Lowe Nick Martinez Don McMaster Matthew Miller John Mowry Christopher Nicholson Nolan Oltjenbruns Aaron Pennington Jake Raper Matthew Rittenberry Michael Rodel* Quincey Roisum Tom Satter Ryan Smith Herb Toplan

Bass

Michael Backman** Terry Bohannon Andrew Bowman Dale Britt Steven Capaldi Michael Crouch Christopher Dapper Alex DeFazio Jim Drake Tony Golem Art Glover Stephen Hutt Darrell Johnson Everette Marshall Eric Martellini J.T. McGowan Douglas Miller Rick Mitchell-Wyatt Maurice Murphy Matthew Owings Christopher Perez Patrick Price Ross Pruett Cory Rivers Mark Roberts Bill Rush Everett Schneider Victor Silva John Trujillo George Ware Stephen Wertz*

Samuel Eschliman, Director Tenor 1 Allen Browning Hayes Burton Tony Gulotta Abel Rocha Tenor 2 Matt Bloom Scotte Hoerle Brian Ogden Christopher Pieper Baritone Matthew Miller Maurice Murphy Christopher Perez Bill Rush Bass Michael Backman Stephen Hutt Patrick Price John Trujillo

* = musical section leaders ** = section coordinators

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Act 1: Holiday Hoedown at the Rainbow Mountain Ranch Christmas Time’s a-Coming

Arranged by Charles Beale Words and Music by Tex Logan Dancers: Michael Backman, Kevin Doherty, Kyle Gates, Tim Kreuter, Nick Martinez, Quincey Roisum

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Arranged by Eric Lane Barnes Word by Edmund H. Sears Music by Richard S. Willis Soloists: Chris Rasmussen, Bill Rush, Lady Strongman

Angels We Have Heard On High

Arranged by Samuel Eschliman Performed by Off Kilter! The A Cappella Group from the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus

Kislev Cowboy

Arranged by Eric Lane Barnes, Traditional Soloists: Zachary Lamb, Stephen Sbanotto, Mordechai Kadovitz Dancers: Alex DeFazio, Anthony Fay, Kyle Freeman, TJ Kizuka, Walter C. James III, Eric Martinelli, Todd Nienhueser, John Trujillo

Brightest and Best

Arranged by Shawn Kirchner Words by Reginald Heber, 1811 Southern Harmony, 1835

Hard Candy Christmas from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Arranged by Chad Weirick, Words and Music by Carol Hall Soloists: Ryan Smith/Tony Gulotta/Maurice Murphy/Kyle Freeman, Stephen Hutt/Jeff Carabelos/ Victor Silva/Matthew Miller, Christopher Pieper/Mike Jones/Chris Nicholson/Stephen Jaeger

My Favorite One from The Will Rodger Follies

by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green Dancers: Christopher Dapper, Kevin Ford, Anne Frey, John Krotchko, Eric Martinelli, Maurice Murphy, Todd Nienhueser, Brian Ogden, Christopher Pieper, Cory Rivers, Michael Sattler, Lady Strongman, Stephen Wertz

Christmas in Colorado

Words and Music by Samuel Lancaster

We Shall Be Free

Arranged by Keith Christopher

Music by Stephanie Davis/Garth Brooks Soloists: John Hess, Lee Hudson, Abel Rocha

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Arranged by David Maddux, Traditional Dancers: Hayes Burton, Steven Capaldi, Christopher Dapper, Tim Kreuter, Maurice Murphy, Christopher Pieper, Everett Schneider, Ryan Smith 8

Act 2: Hollywood Holidays Welcome Christmas from How the Grinch Stole Christmas (TV Special 1966) Arranged by Kevin Robison Words by Geisel Theo Seuss, Music by Albert Hague and Eugene Poddany Dancers: Matthew Bradford, Anthony Fay, Alex DeFazio, Kyle Freeman, Walter C James III, TJ Kizuka, John Trujillo

White Christmas from White Christmas (1954)

Arranged by Kirby Shaw Words and Music by Irving Berlin Performed by Off Kilter! The A Cappella Group from the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus

A Swingin’ Christmas

Arranged by Jay Althouse Winter Wonderland from The Holiday (2006) Words By Dick Smith, Music by Felix Bernard I’ll Be Home for Christmas (TV Special 1998) Words by Kim Gannon, Music by Walter Kent Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town (TV Special 1970) Words by Haven Gillespie, Music by J. Fred Coots

Soloists: Kyle Gates, Darrell Johnson, Stephen Wertz

Dancers: Michael Backman, Kevin Doherty, Kyle Gates, Tim Kreuter, Nick Martinez, Quincey Roisum

We Three Kings from Scrooged (1988)

Arranged by David Maddux Words and Music by Robert R De Cormier Jr, John Henry Hopkins Jr., 1863 Three Kings: Eric Horan, Craig Roberts, Marcus Smith

All I Want For Christmas Is You from Love, Actually (2003)

Arranged by David Maddux Words and Music by Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff Soloists: Hayes Burton, Spencer Case, Will Young Dancers: Hayes Burton, Steven Capaldi, Christopher Dapper, Kevin Ford, Maurice Murphy, Christopher Pieper, Ryan Smith

Christmas Time is Here from A Charlie Brown Christmas (TV Special 1965) Arranged by Deke Sharon Words by Lee Mendelson, Music by Vince Guaraldi Performed by Off Kilter! The A Cappella Group from the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus

Caroling with the Chorus - SEE WORDS ON PAGE 12

Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer (TV Special 1964) Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas (from Meet Me In St. Louis, 1951) Frosty the Snowman (TV Special 1969)

Believe from The Polar Express (2004)

Arranged by Mark Hayes Words and Music by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard Soloists: Matt Bloom, Tim Kreuter, Matt Rittenberry

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Join RMAA’s Guardian Circle!

The Guardian Circle is Rocky Mountain Arts Association’s monthly defined-giving program for family and friends of The Denver Gay Men’s Chorus and The Denver Women’s Chorus. When enrolling in this program at the Bronze ($10-49), Silver ($50-99) or Gold ($100+) levels, individuals are afforded the opportunity to support one or both choruses and to embrace the Association’s mission of “Building Community Through Music.”

Guardian Circle members can designate monthly, tax-deductible contributions at any level to support many activities, including: to purchase new music and to defray the costs of securing performing rights; to assist individual singers with their annual chorus membership dues; to enhance production capabilities at our subscription concerts; to underwrite outreach efforts to unserved and underserved audiences in our community; and to support the Association’s administrative functions. Depending on the contribution level, each new or continuing Guardian Circle member receives a variety of benefits, such as: recognition in the printed program at every subscription concert; a specially designed Guardian Circle pin; complimentary tickets; invitations to exclusive donor recognition events; access to concert previews, preferential seating at performances; and invitations to exclusive VIP areas at all subscription concerts.

Please consider this opportunity to join RMAA’s Guardian Circle and to wrap your arms around the 220-singing members of these two fine choruses. For more information about the specific benefits at each donor level, or to enroll as a new member now, please visit our support page at rmarts.org; email us at info@rmarts.org; or call our office at 303-325-3959.

List of current Guardian Circle members

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Ann Afton* Jennifer Archuleta* Karen Avilés Tom Baldonado Erik Balsley Melody Bishop Janet Bowen Matthew D.R. Bradford* Dale Britt* Allen Browning Izzy Brunner Michelle Busse Christopher Call Steven Capaldi Pat Condon* Joseph Contardo Ann Cuthbertson Kevin Doherty Katie Gaertner Christina Gammon

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Matthew Gray* Kelly Grutsch Joel Halligan Bill Heath* Mark Heneghan* Scotte Hoerle* Sena Johnson Michael Kadovitz* Dean Kersten TJ Kizuka James Knapp and Jesse Field* Cindy Koch* John Krotchko* Jeffrey Lawhead and Frend John Miner Jason Lusk JT McGowan* Kareen McCollough Layle McFatridge Don McMaster* Rick Mitchell-Wyatt Lou Moran and Douglas Van Dine* Gloria Dawn Moser Nolan Oltjenbruns* Luis Quiroz Chris Rasmussen Craig Roberts Michael Rodel* Tom Rubane William Rush Everett Schneider*

Lukas Seelye Shawn Snow Sally Taylor* Julie Thomas Herb Toplan* Lady Vaccarella Bradley Waters Stephen Wertz Glen Wood

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Mary Birdsall Larry and Rebecca Bourgeois* Clinton Crow Casey Davis Karen Edson Robert Gladu* Gail Hageman Pat Lounders Dr. Rev. Harvey & Judy Martz Lynn Nimmo

*In addition to their Guardian Circle donations, these donors (whose names do not appear elsewhere on a donor list) have given additional cash and/or in-kind donations

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AUDIENCE SING ALONG! You know the words, but just in case you don’t ...here they are to help you!

Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen, But do you recall?

The most famous reindeer of all?

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Had a very shiny nose, And if you ever saw it, You would even say it glows.

All of the other reindeer Used to laugh and call him names; They never let poor Rudolph Join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say, Rudolph with your nose so bright, Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?

Then how the reindeer loved him As they shouted out with glee, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, You’ll go down in history!

Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light From now on, our troubles will be out of sight Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the Yuletide gay From now on, our troubles will be miles away Here we are as in olden days Happy golden days of yore Faithful friends who are dear to us Gather near to us once more Through the years we all will be together If the fates allow So hang a shining star upon the highest bough And have yourself a merry little Christmas now

Frosty the Snowman Frosty the Snowman Was a jolly happy soul With a corncob pipe and a button nose And his eyes made out of coal Frosty the Snowman Made the children laugh and play And were they surprised when Before their eyes He came to life that day There must have been some magic In that old silk hat they found For when they placed it on his head

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He began to dance around Frosty the Snowman Was alive as he could be And the children say He could laugh and play Just the same as you and me Thumpety thump thump Thumpety thump thump Look at Frosty go Thumpety thump thump Thumpety thump thump Over the hills of snow

THANK YOU! RMAA gratefully acknowledges the following individuals who helped purchase our new risers: Lynn Montano, Jill and Tim Wayne, Jef Strauss and Dan Remus, Anonymous, Matthew Gray and Dean Kersten with matching gift from Nordstroms, Mick Davey and Ron Koch.

Sincerely, The Denver Gay Men’s Chorus The Denver Women’s Chorus Rocky Mountain Arts Association 13

The Denver Gay Men’s Chorus was established in 1982 with a passionate commitment to the lives and well-being of LGBTQ persons and steadfast dedication to fostering tolerance and acceptance among diverse communities in Colorado. Now in it’s 37th year as the premier gay performing arts organization in the Rocky Mountain region, DGMC has performed more than 225 concerts that have entertained, educated, inspired and empowered audiences of all ages. The ensemble has performed twice with the Colorado Symphony, sung at openings and closings of the state legislature, performed on university campuses in Colorado and Wyoming, and appeared with many well-known Broadway and pop music guest artists, including a 2018 featured performance with Alan Cumming on his Legal Immigrant tour at the Paramount Theatre. DGMC has premiered newly-commissioned choral works by fourteen composers, including the Rocky Mountain regional premiere of Andrew Lippa’s critically acclaimed I Am Harvey Milk; Nathan Hall’s Mountains and Rivers; Alan Shorter’s Make The Earth Your Companion; James Deignan’s What Do The Bells Say? and Craig Carnahan’s A Home is More. The chorus has appeared prominently in many of Colorado’s top-tier venues, including Boettcher Concert Hall, Buell Theatre, Gates Hall, Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Griffin Hall, Paramount Theatre and Red Rocks Amphitheatre. In 2016, DGMC made a groundbreaking appearance at the United States Air Force Academy Chapel, becoming one of the first openly gay choruses to sing at any of our nation’s military academies. In 2017, the chorus returned to the steps of the City and County Building in downtown Denver as featured entertainers for a live broadcast of Light the Lights to kickoff the Holiday Season. DGMC capped its 2017-2018 concert season by joining with treble singers from seventeen community choruses to become the first LGBTQA chorus in North America to perform Street Requiem, an homage to members of our community who struggle with homelessness and housing insecurity. Beyond Colorado, DGMC has traveled to twelve states, the District of Columbia and Canada, and has made joint appearances with several gay men’s choruses in major US cities.

DGMC’s history of advocating for safe and supportive communities for all citizens is reflected in collaborations with The Matthew Shepard Foundation, The LGBT Community Center of Colorado, The Colorado AIDS Project, One Colorado, The Boulder County AIDS Project, Out Boulder County, The Colorado LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, PFLAG Boulder County, and the national It Gets Better campaign. In Spring 2018, the chorus embarked on its first-ever school tour at George Washington High School to promote diversity, foster self- acceptance among high-school youth and to support anti-bullying efforts in our schools. To launch the 2018-2019 season, DGMC made its inaugural appearance at Coors Field to sing the national anthem at an MLB game between the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres, and traveled to Colorado Springs to present the southern Colorado premiere of Street Requiem. With generous support from citizens of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), the chorus is thrilled to be performing in all seven counties in the greater Denver metropolitan area this season. The ensemble will return to Fort Collins in January 2019 for the northern Colorado premiere of Street Requiem and will culminate its 2018-2019 season by joining with the Denver Women’s Chorus for the Rocky Mountain regional premiere of Stonewall 50: Silent No More to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, a seminal event in the gay rights movement in the United States.

Off Kilter! is a dynamic a cappella vocal troupe comprised of singers from the larger Denver Gay Men’s Chorus. The 16-member ensemble performs throughout the year at numerous small venues in the Denver metropolitan area and engages communities, supports causes and entertains audiences of all ages with a repertoire that ranges from classical to contemporary. Under the direction of Sam Eschliman, Off Kilter! recently was selected to participate in a master class with The King’s Singers, the world-renowned British men’s a cappella vocal ensemble. Off Kilter! is available to perform at private functions. For more information, contact us at offkilter@DGMC.org.

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You can still audition to be part of the 2018-2019 Season of the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus!

Send us an email at Auditions@DGMC. org and join us January 3rd for Auditions for our Spring and Summer shows!

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