{"id":109944,"date":"2026-05-17T07:54:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=109944"},"modified":"2026-05-17T07:55:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:55:04","slug":"valley-harmony-celebrates-sweet-16-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2026\/05\/17\/valley-harmony-celebrates-sweet-16-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Valley Harmony Celebrates \u2018Sweet 16\u2019 Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; Sixteenth community concert! Sixteen songs! Sweet! &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, Valley Harmony\u2019s sixteenth anniversary community concert, occurring on Sunday, May 17, at 2 p.m., will be called \u201cSweet 16.\u201d The concert will be held at the Newark Valley Community Connection, 32 S. Main Street, Newark Valley, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2007 (two concerts missed due to the pandemic), Valley Harmony loves to perform all sorts of a cappella music\u2014not just barbershop. With \u201cSweet 16\u201d as the theme and most music being \u201csweet,\u201d their options were wide open.<\/p>\n<p>The concert opens with a set of Doo-Wop music, including the ever-popular \u201cSilhouettes,\u201d along with \u201cRag Doll\u201d and \u201cSherry,\u201d popularized by the Four Seasons.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d28r85ckdoaa46.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/17075328\/Concert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109945 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/d28r85ckdoaa46.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/17075328\/Concert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"http:\/\/d28r85ckdoaa46.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/17075328\/Concert.jpg 400w, http:\/\/d28r85ckdoaa46.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/17075328\/Concert-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Set two takes a complete left turn with four European works, including Sergei Rachmaninov\u2019s \u201cBogoroditse Devo,\u201d plus music from Iceland, Croatia, and Norway.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jumping back to popular American music for set three, Valley Harmony will focus the whole set on music by the Beach Boys, including \u201cGood Vibrations.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gospel music wraps things up, with four numbers from the repertoire of the Gaither Vocal Band.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s more. The concert\u2019s guest soloist is soprano Jenny Gac. Gac was a resident artist with Tri Cities Opera and has performed roles with the Miami Music Festival, Savannah Voice Festival, Finger Lakes Opera Company, and Delaware Valley Opera Company. She will perform \u201cLaurie\u2019s Song\u201d from Aaron Copland\u2019s The Tender Land and \u201cSome Things Are Meant to Be\u201d from Little Women. She will also be joined by Valley Harmony\u2019s tenor J. Ladd Yost to perform \u201cSixteen Going on Seventeen\u201d from The Sound of Music. All three will be accompanied by pianist Rhonda Moulton.<\/p>\n<p>But we can\u2019t forget a certain sweet feature of Valley Harmony\u2019s community concerts. Instrumentalists Laurie Holdridge of Johnson City and Anne Austin from Endwell play a variety of woodwind instruments and plan to perform lots of sweet music, including \u201cColor My World,\u201d \u201cLet There Be Peace on Earth\u201d and \u201cYou Raise Me Up.\u201d Moulton will also accompany them.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Yost, who hails from Nichols, Valley Harmony includes baritone Randy Kerr of Newark Valley, along with bass George Lohmann and tenor Mike Sheldon, both of Berkshire.<\/p>\n<p>Join Valley Harmony and their guests as they satisfy your musical sweet tooth. Newark Valley Community Connection will provide dinner at 1 p.m., right before the concert in the chapel next door. Suggested prices for dinner are $10 adults and $6 children. A free-will offering will be accepted for the concert. 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