The Miami Herald du lieu suivant : Miami, Florida • 134

-1 fl i Nttfftb AuaMiMi 1 1 if Sm kA to 1f ianytfifcrttii IQDIWbroward living THE MIAMI HERALO Wednesday Oct 17 T979 9 jft- vt -W yw-w wr i i A '10 a r'' i Ov? 4T 1 5 i r' i I t- at I i I 4' 4 i tr 4 -c 7 "I I I' i-f x- 2 tJf 4 4 1 4 1 vrr 1 1 i sH i i i 4 St i Zt 41 Broward Chorus director Marilyn Smith leads the group through a rehearsal in preparation for thev November trip to Fort sister city in Colombia Chorus Is Ready to Hit the Road to Colombia By STEVE SONSKY Herald Stall Wrltar so other women leave for Colombia Nov 1 taskmaster Smith will have their rendition of People fine-tuned It may take a few more of their weekly Wednesday morning practice sessions at the church but Smith is determined thing she recalled So shortly after arriving Smith organized the Broward Chorus through the county's adult education department The chorus went independent three years ago when the department suffered some budget cutbacks tion city second largest Smith is appreciative of the opportunity to have the group do a little travelling and is excited about performing before a foreign audience But she sees the most important function of the Broward Chorus as one of a typical community activity ing Smith said but it can usually be counted on to feature a mixed bag of pop and classical standards On the Medellin tour (which the women are paying for themselves at a group rate of about $260 each be performing some American patriotic and folk tunes some religious numbers some pop songs a medley of 1930s hits and some-Colombian folk songs to be sung in Spanish Methodist Church in Tamarac because she going to be going with the Broward Chorus on the trip in which they would be singing Barbra Streisand's People That trip is to Medellin Colombia Fort designated for the last 12 years in the Sister Cities International program When Smith heard of that program she thought taking her chorus to Medellin would be an ideal cultural offering and she went to work on the arrangements As for Flanagan just didn't think it would be fair to desert my husband and leave him at home alone for a week Besides it would be a little tiring for she admitted But even without booming alto the Women's Chorus goes on and it's probably a good bet that by the time the 15 or SMITH A 42-year-oid from Fort Lauderdale started the Broward Chorus seven years ago when she and her husband moved back to South Florida from Peru where he had been working for a pharmaceutical company In that South American country she had been utilizing her background in music by working with two Peruvian choruses I wanted to do my own It currently supports itself breaking even through nominal membership dues and the fees it charges (roughly $75 a performance) to play local engagements in the likes of condominiums churches the Salvation Army morning and late-night television religious shows and an occasional wedding The song selections vary depending on where it's perform very important great to see the warmth and satisfaction these gals can bring to the director said primarily I think the chorus is a vehicle for these gals to express themselves creatively a source of great pleasure When you get those occasional moments of real beauty it's a wonderful AS IT stands now perform in a market atop a hill in a replica of an old-style pueblo in a school and in a modern textile factory also be a reception the evening the chorus arrives led by the mayor of the 13 million popula In their first attempt at the song the women were butchering the Streisand hit when chorus director Marilyn Smith mercifully cut them off not going to breathe out on the luckiest people in the she snapped one phrase Again Sitting off to the side Eleanore Flanagan a second alto since the Broward Chorus' inception seven years ago sighed works us very Flanagan said of Smith a fun time but she pushes us We go home tired But a good system because those that make it realize it and drop The 69-year-old Flanagan is typical of those who stay She has 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