Sure enough, everything that can go wrong does. First the set for the balcony scene collapses. Rounding out the cast are Dana Vaclavik, Krystal Willing, Tiffany Gaughan, Nikki Flynn, Sarah Gessat, Kaytee Marks and Billy Thigpen. Under the direction of founder and conductor Randall D. Perry, the chorale will present a program by namesake composers Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel as well as others of the Baroque period. The 40-voice chorale is composed of members from many walks of life ranging in age from junior high school to retired seniors.
Members come from the four surrounding counties as well as New Jersey.
Soprano soloist, Cora Gamelin-Osenbach of Orwigsburg, has sung with the chorale often. She has also performed throughout the Mid-Atlantic and New England states as well as abroad. Alto Jennifer Laubach of Riegelsville is also known in the Mid-Atlantic area, performing at both Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York and the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Tenor Franklin Osenbach, Orwigsburg, has been heard widely in the area as well as abroad having appeared in Carnegie Hall and in two operatic roles in Germany and the Czech Republic. He is no stranger to Bach and Handel Chorale audiences.