Man About Canton: Chorus Pops Concert a Real Winner

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The recent Canton Choral Society’s Holiday Pops Concert was an enjoyable evening of traditional music honoring the Christmas and Hanukkah seasons. Music Director Anne Tripp Miller conducted the singers who performed before an appreciative full-house audience of about 200 at the Canton Town Club’s function hall, and they certainly got their money’s worth.

The 30-member chorus was founded in 2003 by Crosby Goshgarian Jr., who also serves as the chorus’ managing director. Twenty-two female sopranos and altos, and eight male bass and tenors comprise the chorus.

In their Christmas Cantata opening segment, the singers were ably accompanied by a professional musician group called the Christmas Cantata Orchestra, which consisted of four trumpets and trombones. The remainder of the program was accompanied by pianist Susanne Osberg and a percussionist/trumpeter.

As is their custom, the closing portion of the program was dedicated to an audience sing-along of several popular Christmas carols, such as Jingle Bells, Rudolph, Silent Night, and White Christmas.  The program closed with the society’s outstanding signature rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus.

MAC rates this performance by the Canton Choral Society as another outstanding event.

Dottie Morris and her associates are holding bingo games at the Canton Senior Center at the Hemenway building on Wednesdays from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Those interested in playing can call Council on Aging Director Diane Tynan at 781-828-1323.

Over 100 Canton seniors came out to celebrate the season and get in the holiday spirit at the Council on Aging’s annual holiday party last Thursday. The seniors celebrated with a lunch held at the American Legion Hall. Decked out in their festive finest, seniors feasted on food from Suffolk Grill and CenterField’s, danced to music by the Dixie Diehards, and entered the raffle to win gifts provided by the Canton Garden Club.

MAC has been getting more complaints about the new informational sign in front of the Canton Public Library. Most of the complainants don’t like the red color of the sign’s letters, saying it is hard to read. They suggest the sign be changed to white or yellow letters on the black background.

Talk about great Christmas presents: The Boston Globe reports that National Grid contributed $50,000 to help pay for residents’ heating costs as part of this year’s Good Neighbor Energy Fund Annual Kickoff Breakfast at the Salvation Army Headquarters in Canton. National Grid has made $900,000 in contributions to the fund during the past two years. The fund, which is administered by the Salvation Army, assists families — who do not qualify for the Federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program — with one-time grants of up to $300.

While you were out Christmas or grocery shopping, many of you have probably dropped some money in one of those red Salvation Army buckets, and you can be assured it was money well spent. Most of us know that year round, the Salvation Army does a lot of good for those in need. One of those things is opening its Massachusetts Good Neighbor Emergency Fund for households on an emergency basis. The fund helps families in a temporary crisis who do not qualify for federal or state assistance with the payment of energy expenses. This year the fund is distributing $300 for each eligible household during the season.

Canton-based Dunkin’ Donuts reports that the Dunkin’ Donuts rechargeable cards are now available at 18,800 locations across the country, including other chains such as Staples, Rite Aid, Kroger, and Big Y. Incidentally, the CEO of Dunkin’ Brands is Nigel Travis, who grew up in London’s East End and took over at Dunkin’ in January 2009 after holding high-level executive positions at Burger King, Blockbuster, and Papa John’s.

Canton-based Reebok, in partnership with San Francisco-based Zoom Systems, has opened its first Reebok/Zoom vending kiosk in Massachusetts at Logan Airport. More of these kiosks will soon be opened at other airports, military bases, resorts, and shopping malls across the country.

Wal-Mart is going to start selling cooked Maine lobster claws in 750 of their stores across the country. They will be sold in packages containing six to eight claws in one-pound bags and 10-pound or 30-pound boxes.

For the second year in a row, Norwood Hospital was among the Massachusetts hospitals that earned a “top hospital” distinction for quality and safety.

A new Massachusetts law has changed the age when young people can obtain a state-issued picture ID card from age 16 to 14. The new card will allow everyone old enough to get a work permit and a picture ID card establishing their name, address, and date of birth. The state will charge $25 for the official identification cards, which are issued by the Registry of Motor Vehicles. The information on the card for those under 21 is printed vertically so they cannot be used for liquor purchases. The rest are printed horizontally, just like a driver’s license.

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Posted by Joe DeFelice on Dec 23 2010. Filed under Man About Canton, Opinion. Both comments and pings are currently closed.