Sing for your love
by Sharron Walls
You can put a song in her heart this Valentine’s Day, even if you can’t sing a lick. Just turn the harmonizing over to the melodious voices of the Garden City Chorus and your sweetheart is bound to fall in love with you all over again.
“We’ve been doing this for 15 years now,” said Dr. Joseph Konzelman, professor of oral medicine in the School of Dentistry and one of crooners. “We have a lot of fun, and the ladies are just delighted.”
A tuxedo-clad barbershop quartet will serenade your beloved in a cappella four-part harmony on Feb. 14. They’ll perform two love songs, present her with a beautiful long-stemmed red rose and deliver a card with your special message. Arrangements can be made to surprise her at work, home, school, a local restaurant…anywhere she’ll be.
The cost is $50 if booked by Feb. 10 and $65 afterward. Visa, MasterCard and personal checks are accepted. Almost all of the proceeds are donated to local and national charities, including the Harmony Foundation, dedicated to introducing music into young people’s lives, said Dr. Konzelman. A small portion is used to purchase music for the not-for-profit chorus.
MCG active and emeritus faculty comprise about a quarter of the Garden City Chorus, the Augusta chapter of the national Barbershop Harmony Society.
To order a singing Valentine for your sweetheart, call 803-279-4198.