October 20-22, 1995 May, 1997 GALA Choruses Various Voices Festival May 1985 WASHINGTON, D.C. MUNICH, GERMANY Spring, 1981 Festival May 1, 2002 San Francisco COLOGNE, GERMANY The first Small The Ninth Festival of GALA Choruses Men’s Chorus June 28-July 4, 1992 Ensemble Festival is European Gay and WASHINGTON, D.C. July 26, 1983 Early 1984 Four choirs perform GALA Choruses held and becomes a Choruses is at the first Festival DENVER, CO SFGMC undertook its GALA Choruses Eastern Division continuing event on held with 1,300 Barbara June 21-24, 2002 of European Gay May 25-28, 1995 July 17, 1996 participants November 27, 1978 critically acclaimed SACRAMENTO, CA ACDA Convention Festival the GALA Choruses TWA Flight 800 McCullough-Jones Canadian Festival and Lesbian July 3-6, 1986 Participation contin- representing 54 is hired as Fall 1975 San Francisco Gay national tour with the NEW YORK, NY May 1991 GRONINGEN, calendar. ATLANTIC OCEAN 2002 itinerary including Choruses. European GALA Choruses ued to grow at Festival June 22-23, 1994 choruses from 9 Executive Director. Anna Crusis Women’s Men’s Chorus Jay Davidson files Festival NETHERLANDS TORONTO, CA July 17-24, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Dallas, Minneapolis, articles of NYCGMC is selected festivals were held MINNEAPOLIS, MN IV in Denver. John Stonewall 25 Concert countries. July 22-29, 2000 May 19-22, 2006 Choir annually from 1985 HAMBURG, GERMANY Corigliano’s “Of Rage NEW YORK, NY David Hogan and GALA Choruses Unison Festival 3 Lincoln, Detroit, NYC, incorporation by “blind” audition GALA Choruses Eighteen Canadian August 29, 2005 February 16-18, 2007 PHILADELPHIA, PA December 8, 1981 through the 1989 Festival II in and Remembrance” The Eighth Festival Jean-Paul Galland of SAN JOSE, CA September 5, 2002 MONTREAL, Canada VANCOUVER, CA The Choruses’ official Boston, Washington establishing GALA to perform at this August 31, 1990 Le Choeur Interna- January 25, 1998 choruses performed GALA Choruses Out and Loud Choral New York City Gay festival in London Minneapolis brought Sixth festival of the was performed in a The Men’s of European Gay & Founded by Cathy debut was December D.C. and Seattle. The Choruses after a convention but is GALA Choruses European Gay and Lesbian Choruses tional Gai de Paris San Diego Men’s in Toronto for the WASHINGTON, D.C. Festival tour served as a Men’s Chorus when it changed to together 17 choruses special AIDS Memorial Chorus and the Gay Festival 2000 in San SEATTLE, WA VIIe Festival Twenty one MELBOURNE, Roma, Anna is the U.S.’ 20, 1978, though it first “constituting” denied permission to DENVER, CO Lesbian Choruses. doubles in perish in a plane crash Chorus second Canadian International appeared informally catalyst for the NEW YORK, NY meeting held in convey their name a biennial event. performing for each Concert during this Men’s Chorus of Los SAN DIEGO, CA Jose was attended by Canadian choruses AUSTRALIA longest-running other along with peak in AIDS deaths Angeles joined the New participation with while returning home Festival. brought over 120 Brad Ward is hired performed in the singing a memorial formation of many of the fall of 1982 in openly and Rich Geraghty 110 choruses. Legacy Diverse Harmony as the new feminist choir acting “Christmas at Festival and “mass” nationwide. York City Gay Men’s 800 singers and the after Festival. awards were presented becomes the first GSA choruses to third Canadian as both an agent of hymn on the steps of the gay and lesbian San Francisco. accurately in the becomes the first festival is renamed First appearance of Executive Director. Seven choirs from all choruses in existence Carnegie Hall” is chorus performances Chorus for a special to Dennis Coleman and youth chorus in the Montreal. Legacy Festival. over Australia and social change and a the San Francisco City ACDA convention paid staff person Various Voices. a gay chorus at a awards were Hall the evening Mayor today. the first concert in program. open to the public. at GALA Choruses concert at Carnegie Super Bowl, Catherine Roma. United States. New Zealand premier performing Carnegie Hall by a Hall commemorating presented to Sue arts group. George Moscone and when he is hired as performing in the gathered in gay-identified the 25th anniversary of Coffee, Eve Campbell Melbourne for the Supervisor Harvey Milk the Administrative pre-game show. and Willi Zwozdesky. were assassinated. chorus. Director. the Stonewall Uprising. first Out and Loud Choral Festival.

November, 1990 December 23, 1997 December, 1977 September 8-11, 1983 Early 1986 GALAgram July 6-13, 1996 San Diego Men’s January 19-21, 2006 Gotham Male Chorus Mid 1981 C.O.A.S.T. Western Division ACDA May 19-23, 1993 May 2001 July 3-7, 2002 GALA Choruses GALA Choruses Chorus Eastern Regional NEW YORK, NY GALA Choruses NEW YORK, NY Convention The inaugural edition Festival TAMPA, FL WASHINGTON, D.C. Various Voices Festival ATLANTA, GA , IL LOS ANGELES, CA ZURICH, BERLIN, GERMANY Festival June 28, 1969 Specialized in September 2-5, 1982 Come Out and Sing July 2-8, 1989 of the GALAgram is August 7, 1994 December 13, 1996 May 23-27, 2002 CINCINNATI, OH May 3-8, 2005 February 3, 2007 produced and SWITZERLAND Twenty five members The first mixed Stonewall Inn Gregorian Chant and The first national West Coast Choral Together, Festival I, GALA Choruses Jan 24-26, 1992 GALA Choruses Festival V in Tampa saw Seattle Men’s The Tenth Festival of Western Regional Various Voices Festival chorus artistic GALA Choruses Renaissance music. In brought together August 31- GMCLA is selected by delivered to member an explosion in the of the San Diego December 8, 2003 Rebellion leadership strategiz- Festival “blind” audition to SEATTLE, WA GALA Choruses The seventh WASHINGTON, D.C. September 12, 1995 Chorus European Gay and Festival Twenty six choruses PARIS, FRANCE director’s meeting NEW YORK, NY 1979, women joined SAN FRANCISCO, CA 1,200 individuals from September 2, 1984 choruses. The DENVER, CO Turtle Creek Chorale growth of the event INTERNET Men’s Chorus perform May 15-18, 1998 SEATTLE, WA performed at the first Gay Men’s Chorus of Robin Godfrey is hired October 14, 1979 ing conference was GALA Choruses perform at this publication continued festival of with 86 choruses mostly holiday Lesbian Choruses is is held. the chorus for the first Gay Men’s Chorus of held including 11 U.S. choruses for Festival III in Seattle Kenneth Cole is hired Emmy Award Canadian Festival 98 held with 1,500 eastern regional Washington, D.C. The Eleventh Festival as the new General time and the name the first National Gay DENVER, CO convention but denied with 2-4 editions per European Gay and participating and the repertoire for VIP The Stonewall Los Angeles directors and Nine west coast permission to print sees significant The first Music Lesbian Choruses as the first executive First live, world- EDMONTON, CA participants from 67 Twenty choruses festival. of European Gay and Manager and the Rebellion was a series was changed to choruses performed and Lesbian Choral growth in the event year until its Directors meeting is director and the GALA “After Goodbye: An format continues to wide broadcast of tours viewing holiday performed at GALA’s GMC of Washington, Lesbian Choruses office is moved to WASHINGTON, D.C. managers from The first Leadership their name in the replacement in 2003 was held with 20 decorations at the choirs. of violent conflicts Stonewall Chorale, the Chicago, Dallas, for each other in Festival. Afterwards, with 43 choruses held and it becomes Choruses offices were AIDS Story” wins an evolve. A new a gay men’s chorus Sixteen Canadian first regional festival D.C. performs before (LEGATO) is held with Pittsburgh, PA. between NYC police U.S.’ first lesbian and single performances the first Board Conference was held program. Joined by the attending and by online News and European choruses subsequently Emmy Award for tradition of Legacy was produced by White House. choruses perform at including the first President George W. 57 choirs from 10 GMCLA becomes the Houston, Los Angeles, in Denver. While the ACLU, GMCLA filed suit Notes. The GALAgram an annual event. In participating. officers and groups of gay chorus. first gay-identified New York, Phoenix, and then all comprised of Jay changes to the 1997 a similar relocated from Denver “outstanding Awards begins with Hangin’ OUT. the first Canadian Gay-Straight-Allied Bush at the Kennedy countries. gay and performed en masse Davidson, Linda format and name against the ACDA and format required to was reborn in the to Washington, D.C. informational or Gary Miller and Holly Festival. (GSA) youth chorus, Center honors chorus to perform at a Portland, San have varied, the was granted the right spring of 2006. Managers meeting was people. Considered to national civil rights Francisco, Seattle and at the Rhode, Steve Maddox, accommodate the added and in 2001 the cultural program.” Near as the recipients. GLASS Youth Choir Elizabeth Taylor with be the “birth” of the closing ceremonies. Terry Collings, Dennis Leadership Confer- to have its name growth. from Vancouver, an on stage and on march in Washington, Toronto. ence has been held printed in its entirety meetings merged with modern Gay Rights D.C. Coleman, Robin Kay, separate and joint British Columbia. national television Gary Miller, Susan annually (other than and furthermore, the announcement of Movement. ACDA revises its sessions in the same Schleef and Rick Festival years) ever location. their full, Weinberg were since. policies and eliminates gay-identified name. elected. the restriction against groups with “contro- versial” names.