The songs will vary from a Hawaiian chant to a Kenyan folk song to classics and familiar pieces like It’s a Small World and What a Wonderful World but they’ll all share a common theme – peace, and people throughout the world getting along.
On Saturday, May 11, 7 p.m. the 22-member Santiam Canyon Community Chorus and the 20-member Santiam High School Chorus, both directed by Jo Ann Hebing, will present a joint concert, Peace and Harmony. The event at Santiam High School, 265 SW Evergreen St., Mill City, is free and open to the public.
Members in the Santiam Canyon Community Chorus are from Stayton to “as far as east of Gates,” Hebing said, adding the chorus is sponsored by Santiam Hearts to Arts.
“We feel this is such a timely theme and would like to share it with all our community friends,” she said.
“Santiam Hearts to Arts is the organization in the canyon that is supporting the arts in our schools – where there is no music or art in the curricula,” Hebing said.
“The guitar teacher is supported in this way and I am a volunteer chorus director as well as a volunteer director of the Santiam Canyon Community Chorus, where everyone is welcome. There are no dues paid to sing in the chorus.
“It’s truly a close family with the common interest of singing, which is good for the soul,” she said.
For information contact Hebing at 503-859-3426.
