Mary LeClerc and Jeannine Doucette of Les Troubadours lead a rendition of “The Happy Wanderer” during a French sing-along at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College on Friday afternoon. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
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Street Talk does not mean I’m talking to you
Hi there. How are you? I like your hair today. Do you like mine? Don’t answer those questions. I wasn’t talking to you. Sometimes I think I might be losing my mind. This will come as a shock to most of you. I know you’ve always considered me the very height of emotional and spiritual […]
8th annual Voices of the Valley competition set for March 14
RUMFORD — The eighth annual Voices of the Valley competition will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at the Mountain Valley High School, event organizer Diane Mitchell said Thursday. The vocal competition for children, teenagers and adults is to raise money for the River Valley Relay for Life group. The contest has steadily […]
Western Maine barbershop chorus ramps up for 2014-15 season
BETHEL — Women ages 18 and older who are interested in learning to sing barbershop harmony are invited to join western Maine’s Mollyockett Chorus. It is starting back up from a summer break and three summer shows, member Jolan Ippolito of Bethel said Thursday by email. “We rehearse in Oxford and have about a 45-minute […]
Singers unite in Farmington to just sing for the joy of it
FARMINGTON — A group gathered this past Friday at the Farmington Community Center “to sing just for the joy of it,” organizer Eileen Liddy said. They enjoyed it so much that they decided to continue meeting weekly to just sing, she said. The meeting day has changed. The group will now meet from 12:45 to […]
Eighth annual Voices of the Valley competition scheduled for March 8
RUMFORD — The eighth annual Voices of the Valley singing competition will kick off at 6 p.m. March 8 at the Mountain Valley High School. According to event organizer Diane Mitchell, there will be three categories: youth, teen and adult. The “duet” category added last year has been removed, she said Monday. “The judges told […]