{"id":72745,"date":"2019-05-05T08:29:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T12:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=72745"},"modified":"2019-05-06T06:08:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T10:08:02","slug":"valley-harmonys-good-life-concert-planned-for-may-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2019\/05\/05\/valley-harmonys-good-life-concert-planned-for-may-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Valley Harmony\u2019s \u2018Good Life\u2019 Concert planned for May 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Valley Harmony was unanimous in its decision to ask Elmira College freshman, Farrah Fiacco, to return for a second year as their guest soloist. Little did they know that besides a dynamic soprano voice, she would also have a particularly good suggestion on hand for the concert\u2019s theme.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI figured,\u201d she said, \u201cthat it might be a good thing, in light of today\u2019s political climate, that all our songs focus around positivity and goodness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/05\/Valley_Concert1.jpg\" alt=\"Valley Harmony\u2019s \u2018Good Life\u2019 Concert planned for May 11\" class=\"wp-image-72746\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/05\/Valley_Concert1.jpg 328w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/05\/Valley_Concert1-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><figcaption>Pictured, is Farrah Fiacco. Provided photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Valley Harmony\u2019s 11th annual community concert, titled \u201cGood Life,\u201d will do just that and will be performed at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 11 at the Newark Valley United Church of Christ, located at 32 S. Main St. in Newark Valley. The title is taken from a song popularized by American pop rock group NewRepublic, recorded in 2008, and which Valley Harmony had been rehearsing at the time of Fiacco\u2019s suggestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>a cappella<\/em> quintet found plenty of songs focused \u201caround positivity and goodness,\u201d ranging over the past 240 years. Probably the oldest is \u201cAmazing Grace,\u201d which dates back to 1779, but \u201cCome Thou Fount\u201d is almost as old and almost as popular.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides \u201cGood Life,\u201d Valley Harmony will also sing Jason Marz\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m Yours,\u201d which was also released in 2008. Sandwiched between the oldest and the newest songs are one from the nineties, Sting\u2019s \u201cFields of Gold; four from the seventies, including John Denver\u2019s \u201cAnnie\u2019s Song and James Taylor\u2019s \u201cFire and Rain\u201d; and four from the sixties, among them the Turtles \u201cHappy Together\u201d and Elvis\u2019 \u201cCan\u2019t Help Falling in Love,\u201d but using the arrangement written for the Pentatonix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elvis\u2019 music will help bridge the songs between the old and the new with his version of \u201cSwing Low Chariot,\u201d which he popularized in 1960. The audience will surely tap their feet and clap their hands to that number! Other spirituals will include \u201cDeep River\u201d and \u201cEv\u2019ry Time I Hear the Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fiacco, a Newark Valley resident, has selected \u201cCount on Me,\u201d \u201cSeize the Day\u201d from <em>Newsies<\/em> and \u201cPapa Can You Hear Me?\u201d from <em>Yentl<\/em>. She will be accompanied by Endicott pianist Aric Phinney, who will also play two piano solos, along with accompanying woodwinds by Laurie Holdridge of Johnson City and Anne Austin of Endwell on several numbers, particularly \u201cDeep Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valley Harmony is pleased to announce the addition of its newest member, Steve Palinosky of Owego. With a BA in Applied Music, Palinosky served as a musician in the U. S. Marine Corps for 22 years before returning to Owego to work for Tioga County. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laurie Holdridge is a retired engineer and is now spending as much time as possible playing music, singing and playing tennis and skiing (weather permitting).&nbsp;She started playing clarinet and singing in elementary school and never really stopped, although music took a back seat while work took priority. She picked up the recorders in the late 80\u2019s.&nbsp;She now plays and sings in church and community choirs and is a member of the Maine Community Band and Ain\u2019t Misbehavin\u2019 Band.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valley Harmony includes Mike Sheldon (Berkshire) singing tenor, George Lohmann (Berkshire) singing bass, and Randy Kerr (Newark Valley) and J. Ladd Yost (Nichols) alternating baritone and tenor. This all male quartet has done countless engagements throughout the Southern Tier since their founding in 2007, including church services and church and secular events in Newark Valley, Berkshire, Richford, Waverly, Owego, Apalachin, Endicott, Vestal, Candor, Spencer, Ithaca, Greene, Binghamton and Athens, Pa. Their repertoire, as you might gather from the songs mentioned above, consists of all sorts of <em>a cappella<\/em> music. 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