From North Hollywood, CA: On Tuesday, April 10th, the NoHo Senior Arts Colony Choir yet again impressed us with their unique and powerful performance. The group, led by an excellent teacher Angela Vicente Asato, meets every Monday at 1:30pm in the NoHo SAC lounge.
Choir participants were Carol Egen, Darrell Pugh, Dinah Gross, Eleanor Anasar, Elmarie Wendel, G. Martin Green, Fred Gray, Lindsay Taylor, Maria Reyes, Michael Hertz, Nailah Jumoke, and Robert Fulton.
Songs that were performed:
1. Put a Little Love In Your Heart – as sung by Jackie DeShannon
2. Twist and Shout – as sung by the Beatles
3-4. Medley: My Girl (featuring the men, solos by Darrell and Martin) – as sung by the Temptations / My Guy (featuring the women) – as sung by Mary Wells
5-6. Medley: Simple Gifts – Shaker song / Turn, Turn, Turn – as sung by The Byrds
7. Annie’s Song (feature solo, by Darrell) – as sung by John Denver
8. Get Up, Stand Up (solos by Maria, Nailah, Lindsay, Martin) – as sung by Bob Marley and The Wailers
9. I Wanna Be Sedated – as sung by The Ramones
Program Director Sara Debevec comments: Thank you again to teacher Angela Vicente Asato for motivating and inspiring our residents to use and develop their voices! She told me that one of the choir members, told her something that made her day. The resident said that when she started attending choir, she struggled with her voice having faded over the years, feeling unable to sing like she did when she was younger and trained in music. After joining choir at NoHo SAC and doing vocal exercises every week, she said her voice is coming back to its prior strength! What a beautiful feedback! It shows that the class is fully engaged and the students are progressing! Congrats to everyone for a great show!
~ Sara Debevec, Program Director
