Yvonne Orlich Summer should be over, but you would not know that by the temps outside, but, hey, we’ll take it! Even with the high temps the Sun Lakes Chorale gathers every Monday at 1 o’clock and starts rehearsing holiday songs. It sometimes seems surreal to be singing Let It Snow when snow and ice…
Tag: Chorale
Generals, September 2026
Sun Lakes Chorale: Summer Break
Yvonne Orlich Here we are. Summer has just begun yet it seems like just yesterday it was Spring and we were prepping for a Spring concert. While we swelter here in Arizona, the work of getting ready for a new season of the Chorale starts to take shape. In March, just following our Spring Concert,…
Generals, July 2026
Sun Lakes Chorale—Summer
Yvonne Orlich The Sun Lakes Chorale members are all enjoying a break of several months. Our last get together was a board meeting on March 30 at which time we held our annual meeting at the Sun Lakes Country Club. This is the meeting where we enjoy a cup of coffee with some cookies and…
Clubs & Classes, May 2026
Sun Lakes Chorale
We’re Happy and We’re Feelin’ Good. The Spring Concert on March 26 was a great time for both the audience and the Chorale. It is always gratifying for the singers when the audience is so visibly enthusiastic about the songs and the singing, and that was definitely the case at this concert. The program started…
Clubs & Classes, February 2026
Sun Lakes Chorale Springing Forward to March
Yvonne Orlich After a brief holiday break, the Sun Lakes Chorale is back to weekly rehearsals. We have a stack of songs to learn (or relearn) to be ready for our next concert, which is in March. Thank you to all who attended our Holiday Concert. We sang to a full house, which is always…
November 2025, Front Page
Sun Lakes Chorale Holiday Concert—Feel the Love, Feel the Beat
Yvonne Orlich By this print date, the Chorale will be well into their rehearsals for the Holiday Concert in December. After seven (more or less) rehearsals, we are fine-tuning many numbers while still working out the kinks of many others. There is a pretty full repertoire to work through, and we are doing our best…
September 2025, Generals
Holiday Music Time Approaches
Yvonne Orlich It’s still hot, but we keep waiting for cooler days. It seems like we just took off for our summer break, yet here we are getting ready to start practicing holiday songs in a matter of weeks. Maybe the holiday music will put us in a cooler frame of mind. September is just…
Clubs & Classes, August 2025
Coolness Is Coming
Yvonne Orlich It’s hot—too hot to do almost anything. But It will be cooler soon. And here’s a piece of advice: Be cool! Come join the Sun Lakes Chorale. It’s a cool group. Yes, even us oldies can be cool. September will certainly be cooler than it is here in July. Right now, we feel…
Generals, June 2025
Sun Lakes Chorale—Summer Break
Yvonne Orlich As of March 20, following our annual Spring Concert, the Sun Lakes Chorale is officially off for the summer. Many of our members are snowbirds, and they head out to other states or up north to escape the expected summer heat. We will resume in September on the first Monday after Labor Day.…
Clubs & Classes, May 2025
Sun Lakes Chorale Goes Out with a Bang!
Yvonne Orlich The feedback has been so good. Those in attendance at the Chorale Spring Concert were “energized,” “entertained,” very “satisfied.” These are some of the words used to describe their feelings after the concert. The song selection was energetic and fun, and the spirit was contagious. This Spring Concert brought back the fun, mature…