San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Performs At Jackson Theater; La Crema Winery Continues Sponsorship of Concert Series; April 7 Concert Benefits AIDS Charity Face To Face.News & Entertainment Editors SANTA ROSA Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002 The 200-voice San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus (SFGMC), founded by gay-music pioneer Jon Reed Sims (1947-1984), was the world's first openly gay-identified choral organization, and is the world's largest. will perform at the Jackson Theater of the Sonoma Country Day School on Sunday, April 7 in a benefit for local AIDS Charity Face to Face. The 5 p.m. concert is underwritten by the La Crema Winery. La Crema has sponsored the SF Gay Men's Chorus over the past two seasons, and is again underwriting both the spring and summer subscription series concerts. The Chorus is now in its 24th season. The Jackson Theater performance is a preview of the spring concert series and is a tribute to the British rock British rock and roll, or British rock, was born out of the influence of rock and roll and rhythm and blues from the United States, but added a new drive and urgency, exporting the music back and widening the audience for black R & B in the U.S. band Queen and its leader Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September, 1946 – 24 November, 1991) was a British musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001). , a gifted songwriter and performer who died from AIDS in 1991. Tickets are priced at $20. Funds raised by the performance will benefit Face to Face/Sonoma County AIDS Network, which provides compassionate care to people with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. and their loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl while promoting preventive education and responsive leadership in Sonoma County. Dr. Kathleen McGuire, artistic director of the Chorus and the conductor and arranger of the Queen tribute said the concert will feature rock classics such as "Bohemian Rhapsody  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. " and "We Are the Champions" in a retrospective spanning two decades. "My musical influences over the years have included Bach, Wagner and Queen," she said. "The men of the Chorus love singing this music, and I know the audience will too." McGuire said Mercury did 180 vocal overdubs in the studio when recording Bohemian Rhapsody. "For the first time ever, this effect will be reproduced live in concert." For more information about the preview concert, and to obtain tickets, call (707) 544-1581. For more than two decades La Crema has been a pioneer in Sonoma's famed Russian River Valley, crafting elegant and sophisticated Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from vineyards in the cool growing regions of the Sonoma Coast. Visit La Crema on the Web at LaCrema.com More Information About Face To Face Is Found On The Internet At http://www.f2f.org |
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