Choral Society to begin rehearsals for spring concert

    CARIBOU – The Caribou Choral Society will begin rehearsals for its 33rd annual spring concerts on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m., at the Mormon Church recreation room, 67 Paris Snow Drive.  All area residents interested in singing advanced four-part music are cordially invited to join this large community chorus. Dues are $12 to help defray costs of new sheet music. Concerts are scheduled for May 9, at 7:30 p.m., at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Caribou; and May 10, at 3 p.m., at St. Mary’s Church in Presque Isle.
    The spring concerts will help celebrate Caribou and Presque Isle’s Sesquicentennial celebrations with a program entitled “150 Years – Our Musical Heritage.” Starting with “Blue Tail Fly,” “Beautiful Dreamer,” “Dixie” and other popular songs from the 1800s, the program will continue with turn-of-the-century hits like “Hello My Baby,” “Moonlight Boy” and “April Showers.” Many 20th century favorites will include songs like “Birth of the Blues,” “This Land is Your Land,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “The Sound of Music.” Twenty-first century music will be represented by “And All That Jazz” from Broadway’s “Chicago,” and the program will end with a stirring “Armed Forces Salute.”
    The chorus is conducted by Dan Ladner, with Mari-Jo Hedman as accompanist. For more information, call 764-1482.