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It’s Valengram Time Again! Treat your Sweetie!

Thursday, January 12th, 2012
The Ringtones Quartet delivering a Valengram

The Ringtones Quartet delivers a Valengram to a lucky lady

Surprise your loved one with a Singing Valentine delivered by a Barbershop Quartet from The Gold Standard Chorus! Your sweetheart will receive two great old-time love songs in barbershop harmony, a romantic rose, and a customized Valentine card from you. And for that special touch, you can sing to your sweetheart with our quartet backup – call for details! We will deliver to residences, businesses, hospitals, restaurants, etc. within a 20-mile radius of Santa Cruz on both Sunday, Feb. 12th and Tuesday, Feb. 14th. Your Valengram will be scheduled upon receipt of payment.

Who: Your Sweetheart (or Mom, Dad, parents, siblings – anyone you love!) and a barbershop quartet from The Gold Standard Chorus
What: Personal delivery of a Valengram (Valentine Singing Telegram)
When: Sunday, Feb. 12 noon to 7:00pm, and Tuesday, Feb. 14 9:00 am to 8:00 pm (Other delivery times may be available – just ask us!)
Where: Your Choice – home, office, restaurant, hospital, it’s totally up to you
How: Call Valengram Central – 688-0909

Cost: $40 before Feb 7th, $45 from Feb. 8th to Feb. 14th

Reserve now - availability is limited and slots fill up quickly! (Checks or Money Orders made out to Gold Standard Chorus)

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One-time Rehearsal Location Change

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

If your New Year’s resolution is to visit the Gold Standard Chorus at their Wed., Jan. 4th rehearsal, here’s where and when to do it!

7:00 pm to 9:30 pm – arrive early and stay late for the most fun, and opportunities to sing!
The Great Hall at Georgia Bruce Kirby Prep School
425 Encinal Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Park in the front lot — go North on River Street, left on Encinal, then make a left at the Kirby school sign just before the street ends (left onto Dubois), then a right into the lot — and enter through the FRONT of the school. Map.

We will be preparing quartets for Valengram deliveries in February. Ask us about surprising YOUR loved one with a singing Valentine!

See you there!

Please note: Beginning January 11th, we will be back at our regular location – Santa Cruz High School, in the music room.

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late Nov / early Dec Rehearsal & Performance Schedule

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

Three upcoming changes to our typical rehearsal calendar:

  • There will be no chorus meeting at Santa Cruz HS on Wednesday, Nov. 23.  Happy Thanksgiving!
  • On Wednesday, Nov. 30, we will hold an open rehearsal at Aegis of Aptos, meeting at 6:15pm..
  • On Wednesday, Dec. 14, we will again meet at 6:15 at Aegis for a caroling performance there, followed by caroling in Capitola near 41st Ave.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Sing For Your Life 2011 – Nov 6!!

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Our biggest school fundraiser yet is almost here!! To support vocal music in our county’s schools, we produce this benefit concert each year. With ten schools participating and award-winning young quartet, First Strike, as special guests, 2011 promises to be the best year ever!

When: Sunday, November 6, 2011
Matinee: 1:00 pm
Evening:  7:00 pm

Where: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
307 Church Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Box Office Phone: 831-420-5260

Matinee: 1:00 p.m.

Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School

Monterey Bay Academy

Santa Cruz High School

Scotts Valley High School

Soquel High School

Evening: 7:00 p.m.

Aptos High School

Monte Vista Christian School

Pacific Collegiate School

San Lorenzo Valley High School

St. Francis Central Coast Catholic High School

Guest quartet (Matinee & Evening): First Strike, 1st Place 2011 Far Western District Northern California Novice Quartet Contest

Tickets: $15 advance / $20 door – Limited VIP $20 advance / $25 door (12 & under free w/ adult). scbarbershop.org & santacruztickets.com. More information: 831-252-0066

Want to help some more? Click here to become a sponsor!

Since 2003, these benefits have raise over $45,000 to support vocal music in our county schools.

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We love our community!

Saturday, October 1st, 2011

Many thanks to all the wonderful folks who participated in our Learn 2 Sing 4 Free (L2S4F) program! We wrapped up our six-week program with voice teacher Randy Meyers, who shared with us the differences between a cappella styles and walked us through singing examples of the barbershop style. Although the L2S4F is over, we always encourage our friends in the community to join us at our weekly rehearsals – come to listen, stay to sing, you’re always welcome!

More Community Support

The Santa Cruz Gold Standard Chorus was out in full gear last night to support our newest member, Nick Roberto, who plays a supporting role in the current production of the Scotts Valley Performing Arts production of Annie Get Your Gun. And in the title role, long-time chorus supporter Zina Urquhart, who directs the choir at Santa Cruz High School. This pistol-packin’ lady is one ton of talent in a small package! And the rest of the cast keeps the show rolling and the applause coming throughout the night.

It was a gala event for the opening night performance, and we all had a wonderful time. We highly recommend that you make plans to see this delightful show before it closes – any Friday or Saturday night or Sunday afternoon between now and October 16th.

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Rehearsal Locations: August 17 – September 28

Monday, August 15th, 2011

Hello, there! Please feel free to Come Sing With Us at our open rehearsals at the the following locations on the following dates:

Weds August 17……..Peachwoods Banquet Room
Weds August 24……..Santa Cruz H.S. Music Room
Weds August 31……..Santa Cruz H.S. Music Room
Weds Sept  7………….Santa Cruz H.S. Music Room
Weds Sept 14…………Santa Cruz H.S. Music Room
Weds Sept 21…………Santa Cruz H.S. Music Room
Weds Sept 28…………Santa Cruz H.S. Music Room

Learn 2 Sing 4 Free Aug 24 – Sep 28 – NO Experience Necessary!

The addresses are as follows:

Peachwood’s Inn at Pasatiempo, 555 Highway 17, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Santa Cruz High School, 415 Walnut Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (Music building is one-story building adjacent to the High School on California St.)

 

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Our Summer Schedule

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

We believe in the saying, “The More, the Merrier.” And our Wednesday nights are very merry! Please join us in our “summer digs” for the next four weeks (July 20th and 27th, August 3rd and 10th)  at The Inn at Pasatiempo, 555 Highway 17 Santa Cruz, California 95060. Simply take Highway 17 to the Pasatiempo Drive exit. You can’t miss it. We’ll be singing from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm and there’s always room for one more on the risers!

Come to sing or come to listen; either way we’ll be delighted to have you.

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It’s Summertime!

Sunday, July 10th, 2011

We had a wonderful time last month at Felton Community Hall singing for an audience of appreciative listeners at our annual Cabaret show. We’d like to thank everyone who attended for helping us have such a great success! Look for us again soon!

And if you didn’t get enough, you’re welcome to come visit us any Wednesday night from 7:00PM to 9:30PM, at the Kirby school, 425 Encinal Street in Santa Cruz (near Costco and Harvey West Park). NOTE! While the chorus doesn’t take a summer vacation, our practice hall does! Watch this space for times and locations to be announced soon. Until then, you can still find us at Kirby School.

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It’s Music Time Again!

Sunday, May 8th, 2011
GSC Chorus Laughs it Up for the Camera

The Gold Standard Chorus clowning for the camera at the Far Western District Spring Convention in Santa Clara, CA on March 19, 2011

Yes, it’s that time again. For an event that’s sure to please the whole family, come see the Gold Standard Chorus and guest quartets performing old favorites and new sounds throughout the evening at our Cabaret show in June. The chorus is better than ever, and recently performed by special invitation at the Far Western District Spring Convention and Competition in Santa Clara, CA. Don’t miss it!

And as if the great close harmony of barbershop singing wasn’t enough, included in the price of the ticket is homemade dessert – all you can eat! Cookies like Iced Lemon, Iced Spice, and Oatmeal/White Chocolate Chip. Cakes like Chocolate Brandy and Pineapple Upside Down Cake. Brownies, Sour Cream Raisn Pie, and Strawberry-Banana-Raspberry Tryfle and so many more! Think you can handle it?

Who:      The Gold Standard Chorus
What:     Annual Summer Cabaret Show
When:    Saturday , June 4, 2011
Where:   Felton Community Hall
6191 Highway 9
Felton, CA
Tickets:  $20, children under 12 free

Watch this space for more announcements throughout the summer!

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Gold Standard Chorus to open Northwest Division Chorus Contest

Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Santa Clara Convention Center, Elizabeth A. Hangs Theater

Elizabeth Hangs Theater at the Santa Clara Convention Center

Voices in Harmony convention logo, hosts of the 2011 Far Western District Spring Convention and Contest

San Jose BHS chapter, Voices in Harmony, will host the convention

Santa Cruz’s own Gold Standard Chorus has been invited to open the Saturday, March 19th morning event, the Northwest Division Chorus Contest, of the Far Western District Chorus Spring Barbershop Convention and Contest as the official “Mic Tester” chorus. We’re honored to be performing at this event, and invite anyone in the Bay Area who loves barbershop to join us!

The contest is in the Elizabeth A. Hangs Theater at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA.  Doors open at 10am, and the competition begins at 10:45. Tickets for this event are $25 at the door, but if you love barbershop, you’ll want to attend all the singing events on both Friday, March 18th and Saturday, March 19th.  All-event tickets can be purchased at Brown Paper Tickets up until the event, and either printed on your computer, sent to your mobile phone, or picked up at the door. Join us for two days of barbershop harmony singing at its finest!

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