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Address:
The Rainbow Chorale
of Delaware
P.O. Box 1467
Wilmington, DE 19899
Phone:
1-888-512-5093
E-mail:
For general questions e-mail
info @ therainbowchorale.org
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OUR HISTORY
1998
Six friends have dinner and discuss the
creation of The Rainbow Chorale of
Delaware.
1999
Summer 1999: Sing-a-longs are scheduled
to promote interest in the community to
create a chorus representing gay
Delaware as well as search for an
artistic director.
Summer 1999: The Chorale bylaws are created
and the choir is incorporated as
a non-profit
501(c)(3) organization under the auspices
of attorney David Facciolio of
Wilmington.
Summer 1999: Elliot Jones is named as
founding Artistic Director of the
Chorale.
Scott Meadows is
elected the first President of the
organization.
Fall 1999: The Chorale begins rehearsals at
West Presbyterian Church on Eighth
Street in Wilmington.
David Shueck is the first accompanist.
December 1999: The Chorale performs for the
first time at 1st and Central
Presbyterian Church, Wilmington. 34
persons step into the spotlight.
2000
January 2000: Kymberly Thompson serves
as the President of the Chorale.
May 11, 2000: The first Bingo-a-go-go
fundraiser is staged in Wilmington.
Summer 2000: Ron Schnorbus is elected
President of the Chorale.
August 2000: The Chorale moves its rehearsal
space to Westminster Presbyterian
Church.
September 2000: Michael Helman joins the
Chorale as its collaborative pianist.
2001
January 2001: The Chorale performs for the
inauguration of Governor Ruth Ann Minner
of Delaware.
January 2001: Ron Schnorbus is
re-elected as the president of the
Chorale.
June 2001: The Chorale performs at the
Rehoboth Beach Convention Center,
sharing the stage with the Gay Men’s
Chorus of Washington DC.
July 2001: The Chorale travels to Cincinnati
to participate in it’s first GALA
conference, a
northeastern regional conference.
2002
January 2002: Paul Jensen is elected
president of the Chorale but steps down in April.
April 2002: Jessie Cocks assumes the
role of president.
2003
January 2003: Kitty Harrison is inducted
as the president of the Chorale.
March 2003: The Chorale performs its first
cabaret at OperaDelaware studios.
December 2003: The Chorale adopts its tag
line, “Eliciting Change Through Music.”
December 2003: The Chorale celebrates
its fifth anniversary.
2004
January 2004: Daniel Gallery is elected
president of the Chorale.
May 2004: The Chorale puts up its
website www.therainbowchorale.org.
May 2004: The Chorale performs its
spring concert with special guest the
Philadelphia Gay
Men's Chorus.
June 2004: The Chorale is special guest
performer at a Philadelphia Gay Mens’
Chorus performance.
July 2004: The Chorale travels to Montreal
to participate in its first
International GALA Conference. Its
rendition of “You Can’t Stop the Beat”
in front of 4,000 audience members
brings down the house.
September 2004: The Chorale participates
for the first time as a team in “AIDS Walk
Delaware.”
October 2004: The Chorale holds its first
retreat.
December 2004: The Chorale releases its
first CD; “Sing Me to Heaven,”
representing its first six years
of musical excellence.
2005:
June 2005: Daniel Gallery is re-elected
as president of the Chorale.
January 2005: The Chorale performs a
second
time for incumbent Governor, Ruth Ann Minner, at her inauguration ceremony.
June 2005: The Chorale performs its first
PRIDE concert in Rehoboth Beach at
Epworth United Methodist Church.
August 2005: Hiroko Yamazaki joins the
Chorale as collaborative pianist.
October 2005: The Chorale receives it’s
first grant.
December 2005: Governor Minner issues a
proclamation declaring February 19, 2006 to be
Rainbow Chorale of Delaware Day.
2006
February 2006: The Chorale takes the stage
at Carnegie Hall, performing “When We No
Longer Touch, a cycle of songs for
survival” by John Kristofer Anthony.
March 2006: The Mayor of Wilmington and
the Governor of Delaware send letters of
congratulations to the Chorale as a result
of its performance of “Hail
Wilmington,” the official song of the
city. The song had not been
performed since 1923.
June 2006: Christopher White is elected
president of the Chorale.
August 2006: The Rainbow Chorale of
Delaware sings the "Star Spangled
Banner" for the Philadelphia Phillies.
September 2006: The Rainbow Chorale of
Delaware participates in the 20th annual
AIDS Walk.
2007
March 2007: The Rainbow
Chorale of Delaware sings "When You Wish Upon A
Star" and "Hail Wilmington" at the City
of Wilmington's 175th anniversary
celebration held at Old Town Hall.
June 2007: Elliot Jones
directs his
farewell performance as Artistic
Director in Why We Sing.
June 2007:
Alison Skinner
is named the second Artistic Director of
the Chorale. Daniel Gallery
is
elected President of the
Chorale.
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