2011-12 CONCERT SCHEDULE
October 1, 2011
Carl Perkins Benefit Concert
The David Johnson Chorus will proudly present their Concert “Songs of Hope and Peace” as the sun sets on October 1st to benefit the Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse. This show along with Avonlea and the Paul Jolley Band will be featured at the Martin Recreational Complex Amphitheater’s first Sunset Serenade. The entrance will open at 4:00pm. Admissions to the event will be $25 for the evening of entertainment and a picnic dinner. The dinner will consist of grilled chicken, sides and a drink. Tickets for the concerts only will be $15.
Tickets are available at the Carl Perkins Center, 111 Oxford Street, Martin, TN 38237, or by calling (731)587-0768.
October 22
DJC will return as a participant in the St. Jude's Day of Remembrance, an annual event that brings patient families to St. Jude to pay tribute to patients who have passed away in the last two years.
CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
"Come Celebrate Christmas with DJC!"
The David Johnson Chorus kicks its fourteenth season into high gear by presenting its annual family favorite “Come Celebrate Christmas” concerts. People throughout the region have made attending these musical treats part of their holiday family tradition.
This year’s concert is a balanced blend of old and new.
Several songs will remind everyone how important home is during the holidays: “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Nowhere Else But Home,” “The Christmas Song” (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire).
Familiar songs like “Deck the Halls,” “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” and “It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas,” are sure to have the audience humming along.
No DJC concert is complete without their signature a cappella numbers. “Sweet Little Jesus Boy,” “Glory, Glory to the Newborn King,” and “Run to the Manger” are stunning examples of this genre of music.
As usual, these DJC concerts will have a surprise that makes people smile and laugh. “North Pole Rock and Roll” will have the audience dancing in the aisles!
A very special segment of selections from Handel’s “The Messiah” will be a highlight of this year’s “Come Celebrate Christmas.”
November 18 - 20, 2011
Atlanta, Georgia
DJC will share their music with the VA Hospital and Shepherd Hospital in Atlanta. Other venues will be added to the weekend tour.
November 26
Dresden Elementary School
759 Linden Street, Dresden, TN 38225
7:00 pm
Tickets are $10.00 and will only be sold at the door. Children and students admitted free of charge.
Reception will follow.
December 3
DJC will travel to Memphis, TN. The day will include performing at the VA hospital and that evening at:
Colonial Cumberland Presbyterian Church
1500 South Perkins
Memphis, TN 38117
7:00 pm
No admission will be charged.
SPRING CONCERTS
"Songs of Hope and Peace"
The David Johnson Chorus' Spring season will be busy!
In addition to presenting their Concert Series “Songs of Hope and Peace,” they will be preparing for the World Choir Games in Cincinnati, Ohio.
"Songs of Hope and Peace" is designed to touch people who find themselves struggling in dealing with life and its difficulties.
Our world, and even our country, appears to be very fragmented, creating anxiety and worries among us all. Music, the universal language, can speak to these issues in ways that nothing else can.
The first half of the show will be a chronological tour of America’s earliest song writers, beginning with Stephen Foster in the 1800’s (“O Susanna,” “Camp Town Races,” “Beautiful Dreamer”). Next will be a medley of beautiful ballads by Jerome Kern from the ‘20’s (“Ol’ Man River," “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” “Look for the Silver Lining”). One of the most famous of American composers was Irving Berlin. His medley includes (“God Bless America,” “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business”). Rounding out the first half of the show will be a rousing number by George M. Cohan (and featuring the DJC kazoo band!).
In the second half of the show, songs will be featured that were written in response to calamities: the tsunami in Indonesia, the war in Bosnia, the 911 disaster and the War Between the States. The message will be words of healing, but also reminders of the importance of being united for the common good of mankind.
Everyone will be moved by the experience of DJC’s “Songs of Hope and Peace.”
March 24, 2012
The Dixie
Huntingdon, TN
$15.00 admission.
7:30 pm
For more information, visit The Dixie's website, www.dixiepac.net.
March 30, 2012
DJC will spend the day presenting mini-concerts at Lexington Schools.
That evening, a concert will be presented to the general public.
Site of concert to be determined.
June 2, 2012
Dresden Elementary School
759 Linden Street, Dresden, TN 38225
7:00 pm
Tickets are $10.00 and will only be sold at the door. Children and students admitted free of charge.
Reception will follow.
June 9, 2012
Covenant United Methodist Church
8350 Walnut Grove Road
Cordova, TN 38018
free admission
7:00 pm
July 3 - 8, 2012
DJC has been accepted as a participant in the World Choir Games. The event is based on Olympic ideals, which aim to peacefully unify singing people and nations in a fair competition. Choral groups from around the world assemble every two years and on different continents. Our United States will host the 2012 Games in Cincinnati, Ohio.
For more information, visit the World Choir Games website, http://www.interkultur.com/world-choir-games.
To view a video of the World Choir Games, visit http://youtu.be/iB7ar_-jepQ
Be sure to check back for more opportunities to hear DJC!
For details on a specific concert, please contact the DJC General Manager, Gail Dyer, at (731)514-0167 or by email.