| The Wimberley Community Chorus
Spring Concert for 2004 was too good to miss! Since early January the chorus
rehearsed every Monday evening to bring this marvelous musical event to Central Texans in Wimberley and the surrounding area.
Included in the concert
were pieces like "Lida Rose" from the barbershop quartet in "Music Man," "No Business Like Show Business" from "Annie Oakley" and, from "Show Boat," a choral montage featuring "Make Believe," "Why Do I love You?" and "Old Man River." Soprano Amber Martin will sing "Can't Help Lovin That Man of Mine" from "Porgy and Bess." "My Fair Lady" provides the music for "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" and "I Could Have Danced All Night." There are even more show tunes
to enjoy, and the concert closed with George M. Cohan's famous "Finale" piece, "Give My Regards to Broadway" and "Climb Every Mountain" from "The Sound of Music."
This
concert was held in the new sanctuary of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church at 6000 RR 3237, six miles east of Wimberley Square. Three performances
were scheduled: Friday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 4 at 3:00 p.m. Admission
was free! More about the director:
A native of West Point, Mississippi, Sidney has a Bachelor of Church Music degree from Oklahoma Baptist University and a Master of Music degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has been the Minister of Music at Bethany Baptist in Kansas City and Hoffmantown Baptist Church in Albuquerque. There, in addition to leading the church orchestra, he directed the Sanctuary, Senior High, and Junior High choirs. Before moving to Wimberley in 1993, he was choir director for Royal Lane Baptist in Dallas. Sidney is currently the music director at the Wimberley United Methodist Church.
More about the accompanist:
Bruce Billingsley, who is well known for the multiple talents he brings to the community, will be at the piano for the concert. A professor of English, his literature courses, especially English literature, are spellbinding. Bruce is also a choral director and an accomplished concert pianist who plays music of every hue, from show tunes to Chopin. Music has been a passion for him since he was five. - Jay Strickler - Click here for more about the Wimberley Community Chorus! | 
