Sisters chorale to host spring concert

The Sisters High Desert Chorale will host their annual spring concert performance this coming Friday, May 3, at 7 p.m. at Sisters Community Church, and again on May 5 at 2:30 p.m. in the same venue.

The program will open with the Sisters High Desert Bell Choir, directed by Lola Knox, performing two numbers.

Chorale director Irene Liden, with the aid of Julie Geveshausen, the Chorale's accompanist, will then swing into Hoagy Carmichael's classic "Georgia On My Mind," followed by "Over the Rainbow," from "The Wizard of Oz."

Two traditional spirituals will follow, then a selection from Aaron Copland's "Old American Songs," followed by three Manhattan Melodies - "Lullaby of Broadway, "Forty-Second Street," "New York, New York."

The women of the chorale will perform "Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend."