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Believe, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Welcome to the Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus Holiday Concert "Believe". I am excited you decided to join us for what has become Buffalo's best Holiday Tradition.

Divas, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Good evening, and welcome to the BGMC Spring concert "Divas!" Tonight the BGMC will perform the music of many beloved Divas who have made significant impact and contributions to the LGBTQ community through their music.

Merry And Bright, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Good evening, and welcome to the Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus annual holiday concer, "Merry & Bright." We are honored that you have chosen to spend the next couple hours with us as we entertain, enlighten, and celebrate the wonderful season that is upon us. We realize you have many options when choosing holiday entertainment and are delighted that you have chosen to spend your evening with the BGMC.

Rise Up Singing, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Tonight we bring you some of Broadway's best music. From the classic team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II to the newer dynamic duo of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, the words and music of Broadway have become part of our American Identity. They have also acted as powerful tools for shaping hearts and minds.

We've Got Rythm, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Welcome to our spring season concert "We've Got Rythm", as we celebrate some of the most influential music written in the 20th century by American composers. What a pleasure it is for the BGMC to bring music from the American Songbook alive for you this evening; music that many of you have asked us to perform for years. I believe it is also a very poignant time for LGBT Americans as we celebrate composers who brought us iconic music, some of which has been embraced for decades by our community but also some who were gay themselves.

Hooray For Love Caberet, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Need an idea to help celebrate Valentine's Day? We've got the perfect date night planned for you!

Join the men of the Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus for a two and a half hour cabaret featuring many of its members performing different songs about love, commitment, friendship, and being together.

Don't have a date? No problem, come with your friends. Tables will seat 8 people so you won't feel singled out or alone!

Cool Yule, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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We are so excited for you to join us this tonight as The Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus proudly presents Cool Yule. Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or just revel in the winter season, we have something special planned just for you.

We Tell The Story, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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From love and loss, passion and pain, celebration and conflict -- we share one thing. We have a story to tell. Why we tell our story can range from enlightenment to entertainment. What I have found in situations where people of disparate backgrounds are together is that once we start telling out stories, we find that we aren't that different after all.

Make The Yuletide Gay, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Welcome to our holiday concert, "Make the Yuletide Gay!" This time of year can be incredibly exhilarating and for some, melancholy and very sentimental. Whether you are decorating your tree with a Rankin-Bass television special on, making hundreds of latkes with your bubbie for Hanukkah or just quietly remembering past holidays, we are so please you took some time out to be with us.

Live Out Loud, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Our 10th season is coming to a close and it is a bitter sweet time for the Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus. Our beloved Director, Barbara Wagner is retiring and passing the conductor's want onto a new Artistic Director. Barbara has taken the men of the BGMC from poor performers to a well-known and sought after singing group in just 9 years.

Sounds Of The Season, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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I love the program for this concert -- so many of the songs tell stories that we can all relate to. The test to "The Prayer" is what most of us dream of then we think of the holiday season. Peace, love and hope are symbols that should be with us all year long.

Once Upon A Time, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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BGMC has taken a different spin on "Once upon a tIme." We are using it in our oral storytelling through singing. The concert you are about to hear is very near and dear to our hearts. There are bits of the concert that will sadden, frighten and even inspire you. This is the story of our lives. This music is a way for us to share with you, our loyal patrons, what we felt, dealt with, and eventually ended up with throughout our lives. With 70+ men in our chorus, the entire story is not entirely ours, but each and …

Joyful And Triumphant, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Welcome to our second annual Holiday Concert, "Joyful and Triumphant". It's wonderful to see so many old and new friends here, and we hope you'll find something special on this concert that will touch your heart and keep you warm for the rest of the winter.

On Vacation, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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The year seems to be sailing by, and I wonder where the time has gone. Here we are at the June Concert. As a child, it always took forever for Christmas to get here. The school year would drag on forever. We could hardly stand the last week of school, and exam week was so stressful. What would it be like to be a young kid in todays days of uncertainty? Would you trade any of your life for a new beginning?

The Land Where The Good Songs Go, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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What makes a concert great? This is possibly one of the hardest questions we ask ourselves after every concert series concludes. Each concert evening, while speaking with our Patrons in the receiving line, one comment is repeated over and over, "you guys sure look like you are having fun!" We are indeed. We love putting these events together for your enjoyment. We see your faces during our performances, the smiles, the laughter and the tears. We feel strongly about our service to the community and the joy we try to bring to you, our beloved audiences.

Hope For The Holidays, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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I believe Hope for the Holidays is the most appropriate topic for us to consider in these trying times. With so many changes taking place affecting us all, the time for examining one's inner self is greater than ever before. Perhaps the market conditions are a necessary evil, probably long overdue, forcing us to open our eyes to what really matters. Whichever way we choose to look at it, change is required.

Connections, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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We're doctors, lawyers, movers, shakers, friends of neighbors, policy makers, teachers, preachers, construction workers, fathers, roofers, masseurs and so much more...

The Proud & The Passionate, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Proud - lofty; a reasonable delight in one's position, achievements, possessions, etc. Exalting, highly pleased.

Passionate - easily moved; ardent, excited; agitated; the suffering of martyr.

Definitions from Noah Webster's New International Dictionary Second Edition 1943

The Colors Of Our Lives, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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"The Colors of Our Lives" has very special meaning for me. I see and hear music in textures and colors. The words have texture and color. The songs we sing, the moods they express are in bright technicolor. I think this may be the very reason that new music is so exciting to me. What will I see in my mind's eye as I read the music and the text to myself "To Singing," one of my favorite songs on this concert, is a huge rainbow of colors. We're taken from the bleak grays of a questioning child tormented by …

Celebrate, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Celebrate Music, Possibilities, Faith, Love and Creativity, Nature, One Another, Courage and Community, the "beat!", and Memories- Five Years of BGMC History.

Let Us Entertain You, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Although our spring musical program for 2006 is ostensibly focused on entertainment, light fun, and Americana, it is no coincidence that the Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus has chosen songs which speak seriously of liberation -- not only of gay and lesbian people, but also the liberation of Africans and AfricanAmericans, and liberation from the restrictive historical trappings of certain music itself.

A Concert For Mark's Place, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Concert held in benefit of Mark's Place, a transitional residence for HIV positive persons with an AIDS specific diagnosis.

A Winter's Tale, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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"In the bleak mid winter," the poet tells us, "frosty wind made moan. "For those who have grown up in Buffalo and Western New York, window scrapers, snow plows, anti-freeze, insulated doors, down jackets, ear muffs, and gloves have become a way of life. We may pride ourselves on having "three and a half seasons," but it is the "Buffalo winter" that has given the city its notoriety. Ice storms, blizzards, twenty five mile-an-hour winds, lake effects, school closings, the morning traffic reports have all become part of the litany of language that seems to define us more readily than …

Fearless, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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There will always be differing opinions. As long as we remain a democracy all should feel free to express them. Through our music we remain "Fearless!" to do so. We hope that a rational majority can and will far outweigh those in our society with reactionary thinking.

Glorious Jazz, Gospel, And Sacred Music, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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A concert featuring both the Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus and the Unitarian- Universalist Church Of Buffalo Choir.

Brothers In Song, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Most of us have stored some favorite songs in our memory banks. We have associated certain words of songs with particular moments in our lives: romances, tragedies, departures, breakups, or events that we could never fully re-experience without recalling those particular songs. When we remember a song, or hear a song that transports us back to our pasts, our lives become enriched with that personal and intimate sense of continuity.

Singing With Pride, Buffalo Gay Mens Chorus

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The contemporary American teLevision industry may give the mistaken impression of having invented the gay sensibility with Queer as Folk and Six Feet Under. It might come as a surprise to a contemporary-driven media that American and European film narratives about gays before the nineties do have a history and include such classics as Suddenly Last Summer, Midnight Cowboy, Cruising, Death in Venice, Prick Up Your Ears, Taxi zum Klo, and many others. And gay art films from other cultures have far outpaced the American mainstream's need not to be shocked by nontraditional sexual behavior with the more recent portrayals …

If Music Be The Food Of Love Play On!, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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"Love Thy Neighbor" is a phrase that most of us have grown up with as part of our Judeo-Christian heritage. Although few of us here tonight have probably ever been totally consistent in going beyond merely tolerating those we don't like or agree with, the word "neighbor" resonates more deeply than a short-term or casual relationship. Even as metaphor, "neighbor" suggests the kind of long-term proximity requiring a consistent attempt not to offend, a certain form of behavioral restraint with the knowledge that, in most cases, our neighbors are going to be there the next day, no matter what we …

A Concert To Benefit The Western New York Lgbt Domestic Violence Committee, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

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Songs Of Freedom, Buffalo Gay Men's Chrous

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Welcome to the Spring concert of the Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus. This is our fourth concert since our founding in 2001 and we've grown from 50 men for that first concert in February of 2003 to 70 men tonight. Our mission is not only to entertain, but also to present different kinds of choral music that a talented male chorus under the leadership of an experienced and skilled music director can perform. So we have a very broad repertoire for a discriminating, eclectic audience that includes both vocal and instrumental pieces, classics, Broadway, and somewhat lighter selections. As well, because …