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Brown Bag Radio Hour: Songs You Hate To Love!
by Dolores Fox Ciardelli
Pleasanton Weekly
A cappella afternoon of catchy tunes
Harmony Fusion Chorus to present 'Brown Bag Radio Hour Show'
Ever have a song stuck in your head that you can't get rid of? And it's a song you're embarrassed to even admit liking?
Harmony Fusion Chorus, the local women's a cappella barbershop chorus, will be belting out these catchy tunes next weekend at its "Brown Bag Radio Hour Show," an afternoon of popular songs through the decades that "you hate to love."
"There is an old joke that if you loved a record album of schmaltzy music performed by singers such as Barry Manilow, John Denver, Abba, the Carpenters or Englebert Humperdink, you had to hide it in a brown bag for fear of total humiliation," explained chorus director Barbara Vander Putten. "Yet the songs were the kind you just can't not sing or listen to over and over again."
"Songs like 'It's My Party,' 'Coconut' and 'At the Hop' are not considered Grammy-worthy, but we can't help sing them every time they come on the radio," she added.
Vander Putten put together a collection of "brown bag" songs for a performance in the form of a variety show for next weekend, being presented at the Lynnewood Methodist Church on Black Avenue.
The setting will be similar to the old radio studio shows of the 1940s, which evolved into the television variety shows of the '50s through the '80s, with audiences watching performers dance and sing the top songs of the day. The show's format mimics the famous DJ Casey Kasem's top 40 weekend countdown as the chorus performs songs representing each decade.
To help create the variety show theme, songs from each decade will also feature Pleasanton's Hart Middle School Swing Dancers, the Milpitas High School Midnight Jazz Vocal Ensemble, folk singer duo Kincheloe and Atkinson, as well as other a cappella quartets and ensembles.
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LocationLynnewood United Methodist Church (View)
4444 Black Avenue
Pleasanton, CA 94566
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Attendees
C.c. C.
Livermore, CA United States
Nov 06, 2015 2:37 PM |
James C.
Livermore, CA United States
Nov 06, 2015 2:37 PM |
Jessica C.
Pleasanton, CA United States
Nov 06, 2015 2:23 PM |
Jeremy C.
Pleasanton, CA United States
Nov 06, 2015 2:23 PM |
Bill F.
Berkeley, CA United States
Nov 06, 2015 11:25 AM |
Claudia S.
Berkeley, CA United States
Nov 06, 2015 11:25 AM |
Richard D.
Dublin, CA United States
Nov 06, 2015 9:06 AM |
Susan D.
Dublin, CA United States
Nov 06, 2015 9:06 AM |
Barry G.
Alameda, CA United States
Nov 05, 2015 9:05 PM |
Jacob G.
Alameda, CA United States
Nov 05, 2015 9:05 PM |
Cathy B.
Pleasanton, CA United States
Nov 04, 2015 9:52 AM |
Sherry H.
Pleasanton, CA United States
Nov 04, 2015 9:52 AM |
Henry L.
Pleasanton, CA United States
Nov 03, 2015 6:48 PM |
Oliver L.
Pleasanton, CA United States
Nov 03, 2015 6:48 PM |
Maggie L.
Pleasanton, CA United States
Nov 03, 2015 6:48 PM |
Jane B.
Pleasanton, CA United States
Nov 03, 2015 6:48 PM |
Margaret S.
Pleasanton, CA United States
Nov 01, 2015 1:50 PM |
Joan T.
Pleasanton, CA United States
Nov 01, 2015 1:50 PM |
Eunice C.
San Ramon, CA United States
Nov 01, 2015 12:00 PM |
Connie C.
San Ramon, CA United States
Nov 01, 2015 12:00 PM |
Leslie B.
Dublin, CA United States
Oct 30, 2015 2:23 PM |
Christine H.
Dublin, CA United States
Oct 30, 2015 2:23 PM |
Sharon H.
pleasanton, CA United States
Oct 30, 2015 12:24 PM |
Richard H.
pleasanton, CA United States
Oct 30, 2015 12:24 PM |
Lorenzo D.
Cotati, CA United States
Oct 29, 2015 11:53 AM |
Michelle M.
Cotati, CA United States
Oct 29, 2015 11:53 AM |
Catherine S.
Pleasanton, CA United States
Oct 22, 2015 1:03 PM |
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