Joy Ride! Tickets On Sale Now

Submitted by brbowman
on Sun, 05/13/2012 - 10:30

Joy Ride! Promo

A joyous musical escapade celebrating a decade of music, magic and memories!

ARCS celebrates its 10th Anniversary with a joyous tour de force of over 100 voices featuring Up2Something, She's Up2Something and Something Different. Travel with us from coast to coast, the heavens to the high seas, and the past to the present!

Joy Ride! meanders through the rich history of ARCS with stops at each of our previous nine seasons -- from New York! New York! to Hooray for Hollywood!, Country! to The Divine & the Devious.  Our bags are packed and the thrill of the open road awaits...and passengers are welcome!

ARCS has been awakening, nurturing and sharing the magic of voices in harmony since 2002.  From its inception as a one-choir family, ARCS has grown to include five choirs with 130 singers and over 100 alumni.  Our popular signature productions include Something Christmas, ARCS Annual Talent Show, a lavish June production and the bi-annual Calgary Sings! event.  Joy Ride! marks ARCS' 10th season and the culmination of a decade of making music.

Event Details:

  • Dates:  Saturday, June 2 at 7:30PM |  Sunday, June 3 at 2:00PM and 7:30PM
  • Location:  EPCOR CENTRE's Martha Cohen Theatre
  • Tickets:  EPCOR CENTRE Box Office or phone 403-294-9494

 


 

It's Gonna Be a Blast!

Submitted by brbowman
on Mon, 03/26/2012 - 09:09

Mark your calendar for Saturday, April 21st and plan to attend ARCS' 10th Anniversary Dinner and Dance at MacEwan Hall!

Over the past decade, ARCS has flourished and we've had a lot of fun, made lifelong friends, and enjoyed making incredible music together.  Blastissimo! celebrates the past 10 years with an evening designed for your enjoyment.  Beginning with a reception at 6:00pm, you'll mix and mingle with current singers, alumni and directors past and present.  Kristi Krachi-Staveley will be entertaining with a flute duo and a special display will take you back down memory lane.

At 7:00pm, the dinner hour begins with a special piano duo of Brian and Lorne.  Additional performances by Michelle, Katherine and Colleen, Malcolm Edwards and "The Founders" quintet will follow.  The Heebee-jeebees will take the stage for a set as well - guaranteed to have you singing along, clapping and laughing in the aisles!  Following dessert, we've lined up some memorable performances by our own She's Up2Something and Up2Something members.  And, we've got a few surprises up our sleeve as well!

Following dinner and dessert, you'll want to stick around and dance the night away with DJ Rob Skeet and visit with friends.

We hope you'll celebrate with us!  Tickets for Blastissimo! are now on sale at www.blastissimo.eventbrite.ca - and they're going fast!  Hope to see you there!

Talent In Abundance

Submitted by brbowman
on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 11:37

ARCS members, friends and supporters gathered on Saturday, March 3rd for the 10th Anniversary ARCS Talent Show and Silent Auction at the Gateway at SAIT.  What a remarkable display of talent was served up by some 50 performers in 20 acts recalling themes from ARCS' previous nine seasons.  An incredibly enthusiastic audience showed their appreciation with thunderous applause for each act and the evening was expertly emceed by current and past Presidents of ARCS.  Solos, duets, trios and ensemble performances made for a widely diverse and highly entertaining evening enjoyed by more than 200 attendees.

The ARCS Artistic Team extends to each and every performer our hartiest and heartfelt congratulations for your bravery, outstanding talent and hard work!  Yes, talent is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!  The effort and time invested in each act was evident and made for the best Talent Show in ARCS' history.  What a pleasure to witness those who took the stage for the very first time, and to see so many returning performers who continue to raise the bar.

The Talent Show and Silent Auction require an immense outpouring of time and energy on the part of many.  A very special thank you to all those behind the scenes who helped make the event a success.  Those who helped with the set up, backstage, Silent Auction, box office, rehearsals, folding programs and decorating deserve our deepest appreciation.  Thank you!

A special thanks also to all who contributed to the Silent Auction!

Talent Show & Silent Auction

Submitted by Jim Simpson
on Sat, 01/14/2012 - 17:09

A reminder to all ARCS members that you are invited to submit your Talent Show Application Form on or before January 28th.  Forms and guidelines are available here.

The Silent Auction Organizing Committee is working hard at having the silent auction be successful and part of our success depends on your help.  Here are the forms that you can print off to provide to any local business or organizations who may want to help support our program.

Thank you for your assistance!

Barb, Sue and Susan

Happy New Year!

Submitted by brbowman
on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 07:48

2012 has arrived!  We wish all our singers, friends and supporters a very joyous, music-filled 2012.  And ARCS is off to a roaring start...

Our 10th Anniversary Season is now well underway and new singers are being accepted into She's Up2Something (all-women's choir rehearsing on Thursday evenings) and Something Lite (mixed chorus meeting on Wednesday evenings).  Look under the "How2Join" tab for registration information, rehearsal locations and more details.  Start 2012 with a gift to yourself - join a choir and have the time of your life!

There are several exciting events planned in the coming months.  In March, the ARCS Annual Talent Show and Silent Auction will celebrate our 10th with a line-up of amazing talent.  Our theme this year is "10" - our members will dig into our treasure chest of great acts from previous seasons as well as some new ones.  In April, we'll mark our 10th Anniversary with a gala event entitled "Blastissimo" - we hope to see many of our alumni and friends in attendance as we mark this milestone.  Finally, in June, She's Up2Something and Up2Something will join forces to present an high-energy musical tour-de-force celebrating 10 years of music, magic and memories that we're calling "Joy Ride!"  Don't miss any of these outstanding performances!

As we turn the page on another year, all of the staff and board of ARCS take this opportunity to thank our members for their outstanding support for our programs.  We flourish because of you - and because of you, the best is yet to come!  Happy New Year!

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