American Voices to Unite in Song
About 1,800 singers from across the nation gather for an enormous choral performance.
BY DAVID NICHOLSON
May 13, 2007
WILLIAMSBURG — 1,800 bottles of water. 1,800 dinners. 1,800 voices.
Choral groups from Maine to Hawaii converged on Jamestown this weekend to take part in today’s finale concerts ending the Jamestown 2007 America’s Anniversary Weekend.
They’ll be accompanied by a 400-piece orchestra, also drawn from across the country, to make up one of the largest musical ensembles this region has seen.
The roster of community choruses, children’s choruses and high school choruses was selected by Music Celebrations International, a tour operator based in Tempe, Ariz.
The event is billed as having 1,607 voices, but no one seemed to mind the extra troops.
“It’s a huge coordinated effort,” said John Wiscombe, president of the tour company. “We started working on it 18 months ago. We’ve probably got all the hotel rooms in town tied up.”
