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Concerts kick off Choraliers’ competition season

Fairfield High School show choir prepares for 2012 World Choir Games in Cincinnati.

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By Steven Matthews, Staff Writer 8:45 PM Friday, December 9, 2011

FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield Choraliers are getting ready for their competition season — and the 2012 World Choir Games in July.

With several upcoming events scheduled in the next few weeks as well as the start of the competition season, the well-known group from Fairfield High School will give audiences a taste of what to expect come July 4-14 in Cincinnati.

The Choraliers and Symphonic Choir will join the group SonShip to perform “Sounds of the Season” featuring sacred Christmas music at 7 p.m. Friday at the high school. Tickets are $10.

On Monday, the choir and orchestra will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. at the high school, then on Jan. 6-7, the show choirs — Choraliers, Pure Elegance and Rhythm Express — will debut their contest shows at the “Cocoa and Choirs” at North Fairfield Baptist Church.

Performance times are 7:30 p.m. both nights, and tickets are $5 each.

“This is one of the biggest things for me and the kids that we look forward to,” choral director Jeff Clark said. “This is a chance to show the alumni and those who support us what we’ve been doing since August.”

The contest shows for each group are as follows: Choraliers (Around the World in 80 Days); Pure Elegance (The Big Dollhouse); and Rhythm Express (Rock the Night).

Around the World in 80 Days is the same performance the Choraliers will do in July on the international stage.

Inspired by the Olympic ideal, the goal of the World Choir Games is to unite people from all nations through singing in peaceful competition every two years, organizers said, calling it the largest and most significant international arts event ever in the history of the city.

“This is the highlight of my professional career,” Clark said. “The international stage will be there to see us and to see what show choir is here in America. Show choir is a place for students to express themselves, and doing it on a world stage shows how powerful it can be for kids uniting for one purpose.”

For more information, visit www.fairfieldchoirs.com.

Contact this reporter at (513) 755-5113 or steven.matthews@coxinc.com.

Upcoming events

Friday: “Sounds of the Season,” high school, $10

Monday: Choir/orchestra concert, high school, free

Jan. 6-7: “Cocoa and Choirs,” North Fairfield Baptist Church, $5

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