A Chorus For A Cause
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Every year since 2009, A Chorus For A Cause (ACFAC) achieves its mission with the incredible commitment of chorus members and valued sponsors like you.
By joining our mission through donations you will help to provide a greater portion of our concert proceeds to each concert partner.
Your donation support will help us pay the behind-the-scenes expenses that make our concerts possible.
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Thank YOU! Together we make a difference.
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Our
Story
In 2009, Christine Allison had the idea to form a choir from the community that would perform “Sing for the Cure” in honor of Women’s Breast Cancer Awareness. The news spread through church and community choirs, public news releases in area newspapers, radio announcements and interviews and interviews with small local news
publications. After all that and word of mouth, 110 people registered to begin practice in early June of that summer.
By the time September came around 103 singers and a 53-piece volunteer orchestra performed to a sold-out house at Umstattd Hall where singers and audience members were often moved to tears as well as filled with hope and inspiration. It was really a moving experience for all. The singers had so much fun singing together that they decided they wanted to continue singing together, and 80 people of the initial 103 singers formed what soon came to be known as A Chorus for a Cause. (ACFAC)
The mission of ACFAC was to bring non-auditioned people together to learn and enjoy beautiful music while earning money at the same time for local charities. There's only one stipulation...the singer must be able to hold a tune and enjoy singing. The Director wanted this group to be for the common singer who maybe didn't have the confidence to audition for another group. She wants this to be a chorus for all who can and want to sing.
Fast forward 9 months later, Christine received a phone call, inviting the chorus to perform "Sing for the Cure" at Carnegie Hall in New York City, along with a few other choirs (including the 2 choruses from Dallas, Texas who commissioned the work and were first to ever perform this extended work). Imagine Christine's surprise and the
excitement of the chorus and what a proud moment it was! They journeyed on to NYC in May of 2010. What an exciting few days that was.
The last 15 years they have donated over $127,000 to charities within our area and they are still going strong, maintaining 70 - 90 singers for concerts 3 seasons a year. (Fall, Christmas/Holiday and Spring) Christine tried to take a summer off to see how they managed and not only did a lot of singers miss it, she did, as well. Of the
3 seasons, Christmas always has the largest number singing.
Thank You
Your support is vital.
We can’t do this critical work without you.
We are thankful not only for all who make generous donations but we are also grateful for your support in attending our concerts.
Why We Sing
A Chorus For A Cause is a group of musicians making a difference by bringing compelling music and enjoyment to our community while supporting causes that make our world a better place.
Our first project, in September 2009, raised over $12,000 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research. More than 100 singers participated and over 1,200 were in attendance. To keep with our mission, we continue to reach out to the community as we make beautiful music together to benefit a cause.
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