Annual concert will feature Holocaust songs

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Bangor Community Chorus presents its annual Spring Concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 7 at First United Methodist Church, 703 Essex St. in Bangor.

The chorus is directed by Joshua Schmersal and accompanied by Naomi Hall.

Chorus member Carolyn McKinnon reports the program will include solos and duets and will include “selections ranging from inspirational and spiritual to folk, and music of the 1920s by Irving Berlin.”

One unusual feature of this concert is that “we will be singing two songs about the Holocaust,” McKinnon said, adding “everyone is welcome to attend and enjoy this special spring concert.”

If you are interested in learning more about BCC, you can visit www.maineguide.com/Bangor/chorus/index.html.

As part of its centennial festivities, you are invited to the Shirley Community Church’s first Celebrate Spring Soup and Sandwich Luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at the church’s Fellowship Hall.

The cost is $5 for the luncheon, which features fiddlehead soup as well as your favorite homemade sandwiches and desserts.

You can also purchase May baskets filled with homemade fudge as you welcome the arrival of spring in the North Woods of the Pine Tree State.

For more information about this or other church centennial activities, call Colleen Ashe, 695-2517, or Janet Parker, 695-3163.

Everyone will enjoy Mom-a-Palooza at noon Saturday, May 6, at the Bangor Opera House.

The show features local mothers Sara Murray, Shawna Wheeler and Sara Williams and the local rock band Spilled Milk, entertaining with classic kids songs and a new modern rock twist.

Sponsored by Clear Channel Radio and KISS 94.5 FM, with support from Rudman & Winchell, proceeds benefit Children’s Miracle Network of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems.

To reserve tickets or order a CD, call (877) EMH-KIDS or visit www.givetolife.org.

The 16-piece Skyliners Dance Band presents a Pre-Mother’s Day Dance 8-11 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at Well Forms Ballroom, 797 Wilson St. in Brewer.

Open to the public, admission is $25 for couples and $15 for singles. Light refreshments will be served and beverages provided by the Sea Dog Restaurant.

Well Forms dance instructor Karen McCall of Hermon will assist guests with any new dance steps.

Dick Starke reports the band consists of “members of Jan Cox’s Brewer Hometown Band” who hope to continue the public dances the first Saturday of each month at that site.

Their repertoire includes fox trots, waltzes, sambas, rumbas, salsas and other current danceable music.

Doris Des Isles and members of Zonta Club of Bangor invite you to a Basket Bingo with doors opening at noon and games beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at Rangeley Hall on Sylvan Road in Bangor.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or reserved by calling Des Isles at 942-4322.

Each of the 18 basket prize packages is valued at more than $100 for this event featuring baskets from a well-known company.

Additionally, 10 tickets for Penobscot Indian Bingo’s June event, worth $50 each, will be awarded.

Proceeds will help support Zonta scholarships and many local, nonprofit organizations.

The Destination ImagiNation team of Reeds Brook Middle School sixth-graders and Weatherbee School fifth-graders of Hampden will represent Maine at the DI Global Finals May 24-27 in Knoxville, Tenn.

Mackenzie Dunning, Julia Hidu, Emma Parsons, Caitlin Swalec, Aletta Waite, accompanied by team manager Cora Swalec, will present “How’d THAT Happen?,” a theatrical performance of an original story set in Greece involving characters from the movie “Grease.”

The team must raise $6,000 for transportation and registration expenses, and has organized several fundraisers.

Donations are being requested from individuals, businesses and civic organizations, and bottles and cans are being accepted at Hampden Redemption, 274 Western Ave.

Any financial contributions would be appreciated.

A Celebration Dinner, with seatings at 5 and 6:30 p.m., is Sunday, May 7, at Oriental Jade near the Bangor Mall.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children 12 and under, and are available at the school or at the door.

For more information, call Reeds Brook Middle School at 862-3540.

The last meeting of the season for Women of the World is a Scottish Tea at noon Monday, May 8, in the MacKenzie Room at Church of Universal Fellowship in Orono.

Admission is $4 for women and children over 10, $2 for children 6-10 and free for children under 6.

Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.