DGMC’s Guide to GALAJuly 2-6, 2016 Denver, Colorado

WELCOME TO COLORADO! WELCOME TO COLORFUL COLORADO!The Denver Men’s Chorus, and the entire Rocky Mountain Arts Association, are thrilled to welcome you all to Festival 2016 and our beautiful city once again! Colorado represents many things to many people… for the adventurer, for the spiritual, for all kinds of families. It represents new beginnings, larger-than-life achievements, and a proud heritage. Colorado has a passion to lead by example; building strong communities that exemplify our spirit and solidarity. We hope you experience some of what makes Colorado special to us during your stay. DGMC, the Denver Women’s Chorus and Out Loud: The Colorado Springs Men’s Chorus, also want to acknowledge the horrible events in Orlando, Florida on June 12th. Our hearts are heavy for our fallen brothers and sisters, and our arms are open to our entire community as we find strength in each other. That we show love and find peace through tragedy is our wish for all of us, as we continue to process what took place that early morning. Please have an amazing Festival with your family and friends. Love, The Denver ’s Chorus

WE ARE ORLANDO IfEXPLORE you’re wanting to see DENVER! more of Denver and Colorado, here are some quick trips you might try squeezing into your Festival calendars! IN THE CITY: LEAVING THE CITY : ffCheesman Park: ffDenver Mint ffCentral City & ffPikes Peak Cog Railway, ‘The Gay Park’ ffDenver Museum of Blackhawk, CO Manitou Springs, CO ffColorado State Capital Nature and Science ffDillon & Leadville, CO ffRed Rocks Park & Amphitheater, ffDenver Zoo ffDenver Walking Tours ffGarden of the Gods, Morrison, CO ffDenver Botanic Gardens ffDowntown Aquarium Colorado Springs, CO ffRocky Mountain ffElitch Gardens ffMolly Brown House ffMount Evans Scenic National Park, CO ffWater World Museum Byway, ffStanley Hotel, ffDenver Art Museum ffUnion Station Idaho Springs, CO Estes Park, CO

Saturday Night! Join the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus for our Welcome Party at the Denver Wrangler! 9:30 - 12:30 PM | $10 Cups | 1700 N Logan St The men of DGMC will be pouring beer at the Denver Wrangler for a special GALA beer bust Saturday night, beginning at 9:30. Just a quick walk east from DCPA down 17th Avenue, the Wrangler, and it’s legendary (unlimited) Beer Busts, will be a guaranteed good time! Cups are $10, and DGMC will keep them full!

July 1 - Pre-GALA Benefit Concert 7:00pm - 8:30pm Music for Tyler: Benefit concert for Tyler Clementi Foundation & GALA Choruses Outreach Concert First Baptist Church

July 2 - Coffee Concert, Parties, Blockbusters, Outreach 1:00pm - 3:00pm Open Table Conversations Receptions/Parties/Meetings Wolf Room (Buell Lobby)

4:30pm - 4:45pm GALA Flash Mob Outreach Concert Denver Denver Pavilions

5:30pm - 6:30pm Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus Coffee Concert Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre 6:10pm - 6:30pm A Colorado Welcome Blockbuster Concert Galleria 7:00pm - 7:45pm Opening Concert I Blockbuster Concert Boettcher Concert Hall 7:40pm - 8:00pm A Colorado Welcome (repeated) Blockbuster Concert Galleria 7:00pm - 9:00pm Open Table Conversations Receptions/Parties/Meetings Wolf Room (Buell Lobby)

8:30pm - 9:15pm Opening Concert II Blockbuster Concert Boettcher Concert Hall 9:30pm - 12:30am DGMC Welcomes GALA to Denver! Receptions/Parties/Meetings Denver Wrangler

- Katherine Lee Bates wrote ‘America the Beautiful’ after being inspired by the view from FUN FACTS: Pikes Peak. - Hear 7 Colorado choruses come together and sing with over 400 voices from the DCPA Galleria during A Colorado Welcome! July 2 - Ensemble Performance Schedule: Block 1 7:00pm CounterPoint; Golden Gate Men’s Chorus 7:00pm Cascade; Portland Gay Men’s Chorus

7:15pm Hot Flashes; New Mexico Women’s Chorus 7:15pm Vocal Infusion; Rainbow Women’s Chorus

7:30pm Boy Howdy; Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus 7:30pm Männerchor; Cincinnati Men’s Chorus STAGE THEATRE STAGE 7:45pm Canyon Echoes; Phoenix Metropolitan Men’s Chorus 7:45pm New Mexico QTones; New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus

8:00pm Influence; Confluence 8:00pm Minor Adjustments; Knoxville Gay Men’s Chorus

8:15pm BREAK 8:15pm BREAK ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE ELLIE CAULKINS 8:30pm Vocal Harmonics; Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus 8:30pm Brotherly Love; Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus

8:45pm Common Chords; Perfect Harmony Men’s Chorus 8:45pm Outloud!; Twin Cities’ Gay Men’s Chorus

9:00pm HarMENy; Des Moines GMC 9:00pm Spectrum & Nothing but Treble; Orlando Gay Chorus

9:15pm Heartsong; Kansas City Women’s Chorus 9:15pm Prism; Rainbow Chorale Delaware

9:30pm The Coastliners; North Coast Men’s Chorus 9:30pm Ménage & Outloud; Orlando Gay Chorus

9:45pm OVation; One Voice Mixed Chorus 9:45pm Rock Creek Singers; GMC of Washington DC

10:00pm Illuminati; Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus 10:00pm Potomac Fever; GMC of Washington DC

- Denver’s first , The Pit, opened in 1939. FUN FACTS: - Colfax Avenue in Denver is the longest continuous street in America. July 3 - Parties, Blockbusters, Outreach 7:30am - 8:00am AA Meeting Receptions/Parties/Meetings Duck Duck Goose (The Curtis Hotel)

9:30am - 11:30am Open Table Conversations Receptions/Parties/Meetings Wolf Room (Buell Lobby)

10:30am - 11:45am HIV+ Festival Chorus - Worship Service Outreach Concert Central Presbyterian Church

5:00pm - 7:00pm Open Table Conversations Receptions/Parties/Meetings Wolf Room (Buell Lobby)

7:00pm - 8:30pm Engendered Species Blockbuster Concert Boettcher Concert Hall

7:00pm - 8:30pm Women’s Voices Rising Blockbuster Concert Stage Theater

7:30pm - 8:30pm Naked Man 20th Anniversary Blockbuster Concert Bellco Theatre

9:00pm - 10:15pm New Songs, Vibrant Voices (Roma Blockbuster Concert Bellco Theatre Commission, Valverde Commission, Harvey Milk) 9:30pm – 1:30am Women’s After Party, Hosted by Receptions/Parties/Meetings Renaissance Denver the Denver Women’s Chorus Downtown

- The 13th step of the state capital building in Denver is exactly 1 mile high above sea level. FUN FACTS: - The mountainous area of Colorado is six times the size of Switzerland and contains 9,600 miles of fishing streams, 2,850 lakes, over 1,000 peaks at least two miles high and 58 14,000 feet mountain peaks, more than any other state in the United States. July 3 - Full Chorus Performance Schedule 9:00am Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus 10:30am Seattle Womens’s Chorus Coffee Concert Coffee Concert

12:00pm Gay Men’s Chorus 12:00pm Common Woman Chorus 12:00pm Rainbow Harmony Project

12:30pm Bayou City Women’s Chorus 12:30pm Colorado Trans Community Choir & 12:30pm Gateway Men’s Chorus of St Louis Arts Collective

12:45 Beijing Chorus 1:00pm Gay Men’s Chorus of Houston 1:00pm Out Loud: CSMC HALL BOETTCHER CONCERT 1:00pm Portland Choir ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE ELLIE CAULKINS TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL THEATRE TEMPLE HOYNE 1:30pm Knoxville Gay Men’s Chorus 1:30pm One Voice Chorus Calgary 1:30pm Boise Men’s Chorus

2:00pm Harmony: A Colorado Chorale 2:00pm Vancouver Men’s Chorus 2:00pm MUSE – Cincinnati’s Women’s Choir

3:00pm Silicon Valley Gay Men’s Chorus 3:00pm BarberEllas 3:00pm Coro Allegro

3:30pm CHARIS - St. Louis Women’s Chorus 3:30pm LanSINGout Gay Men’s Chorus 3:30pm Cantaria-TheGayMen’s Chorus of Ashville

4:00pm New Orleans Gay Men’s Chorus 4:00pm Central PA ’s Chorus 4:00pm Calgary Men’s Chorus

4:30pm Las Vegas Men’s Chorus 4:30pm Mano a Mano 4:30pm Ensemble Vocal Extravaganza: (Coro Gay Masculino de Cuba) Montreal

5:00pm Orlando Gay Chorus 5:00pm Golden Gate Men’s Chorus 5:00pm Sistrum Lansing Women’s Chorus

Out Loud was formed in 2006 by 21 founding members with one common goal: to use the deep and enriching power of music as a means of fellowship, and as a vehicle to reach out to our local LGBT in the Pikes Peak region. July 4 - Parties, Blockbusters, Outreach 7:30am - 8:00am AA Meeting Receptions/Parties/Meetings Duck Duck Goose

9:30am - 11:30am Open Table Conversations Receptions/Parties/Meetings Wolf Room (Buell Lobby)

5:00pm - 7:00pm Open Table Conversations Receptions/Parties/Meetings Wolf Room (Buell Lobby)

7:30pm - 8:45pm Mosaico Blockbuster Concert Ellie Caulkins Opera House 9:15pm - 10:30pm Holiday Hullabaloo Blockbuster Concert Buell Theatre 10:30pm - 12:30am People of Color Gathering Receptions/Parties/Meetings The Curtis

Our RMAA Brothers & Sisters!

Rocky Mountain Arts Association (RMAA) exists to build community through music. The choruses of RMAA have joined together as an organization for the purpose of making an artistic statement: the choruses, as they sing, provide educational, cultural and social enrichment for our audiences and ourselves. July 4 - Full Chorus Performance Schedule 10:30am Tone Cluster - quite a queer choir 9:00am Boston Gay Men’s Chorus Coffee Concert Coffee Concert

12:00pm San Diego Women’s Chorus 12:00pm Singing OUT - Toronto 12:00pm Gay Asian Pacific Alliance Men’s Chorus

12:30pm New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus 12:30pm Sacramento Women’s Chorus 12:30pm Our Song: The Atlanta G&L Chorus

1:00pm Sine Nomine 1:00pm North Coast Men’s Chorus 1:00pm Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus

1:30pm Quarryland Men’s Chorus 1:30pm River City Mixed Chorus 1:30pm Rainbow Women’s Chorus BOETTCHER CONCERT HALL BOETTCHER CONCERT ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE ELLIE CAULKINS

2:00pm Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus BUELL THEATRE TEMPLE HOYNE 2:00pm New York City Gay Men’s Chorus 2:00pm One Voice Mixed Chorus (MN)

3:00pm Atlanta Women’s Chorus 3:00pm Ft Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus 3:00pm VOICES of Kentuckiana

3:30pm Modern Men – Coachella Valley 3:30pm Women with Wings 3:30pm Des Moines Gay Men’s Chorus Men’s Chorus

4:00pm Singing Out Las Cruses 4:00pm Oakland-East Bay Gay Men’s Chorus 4:00pm Council Oak Men’s Chorale

4:30pm Portland Gay Men’s Chorus 4:30pm Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco 4:30pm Resonance Women’s Chorus of Boulder

- Colorado was the 38th state admitted to the union, on August 1, 1876; ‘The Centennial State’. FUN FACTS: - The Denver mint is the single largest producer of coins in the world. You can tell if a coin is made in Denver by a ‘D’ mark. July 4 - Ensemble Performance Schedule: Block 2 7:30pm TCGMC Chamber Singers; Twin Cities’ Gay Men’s Chorus

7:45pm Harmonic Voices of Palm Springs

8:00pm Sotto Voce; One Voice Charlotte STAGE THEATRE STAGE 8:15pm Off Kilter; Denver Gay Men’s Chorus Off Kilter! is a dynamic a cappella singing troupe composed of select members of the 8:30pm Tropical Wave; South Florida larger Denver Gay Men’s Chorus. Formerly 8:45pm Harmonix; Harmony: a Colorado Chorale known as Sing Out Louise, Off Kilter performs

9:00pm Bel Canto; Men Alive in numerous smaller venues across the Denver area throughout the year, engaging 9:15pm Inner Voices; VOICES of Kentuckiana communities, causes, and audiences young 9:30pm Diverse Harmony Spectrum; Diverse Harmony and old with familiar favorites and modern 9:45pm On That Note!; Hartford Men’s Chorus melodies alike.

10:00pm Vox; Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus

- Denver PrideFest ranks third largest in America. FUN FACTS: - The highest paved road in North America is the road to Mt. Evans off of I-70 from Idaho Springs. The road climbs up to 14,258 feet above sea level. - Denver brews more beer than any other city in the nation, with over 200 different beers brewed daily. July 5 - Parties, Blockbusters, Downtown Denver Concerts 7:30am - 8:00am AA Meeting Receptions/Parties/Meetings Duck Duck Goose

9:30am - 11:30am Open Table Conversations Receptions/Parties/Meetings Wolf Room (Buell Lobby)

11:00am - 1:00pm Triad Pride Men’s Chorus, HIV+ Festival Downtown Denver Concerts Union Station Chorus, Richmond Men’s Chorus

11:30am - 12:45pm Off Kilter!, Sensible Shoes, Take Note!, Downtown Denver Concerts First Baptist Church Captain Smartypants

5:00pm - 7:00pm Open Table Conversations Receptions/Parties/Meetings Wolf Room (Buell Lobby)

7:00pm - 8:15pm Classical Masterworks Singalong Blockbuster Concert Boettcher Concert Hall

7:00pm - 8:30pm Youth Invasion from Gay to Z Blockbuster Concert Ellie Caulkins Opera House

9:00pm - 10:30pm Gender Blender, Gender Queer Blockbuster Concert Buell Theatre

10:30pm-12:00am Trans* & Gender Queer Gathering Receptions/Parties/Meetings The Curtis

10:30pm-2:00am Beyond Red, White & Blue - Hosted by Receptions/Parties/Meetings Tracks NYCGMC - The Colorado Gay Rodeo Association formed in 1982, the oldest of more than 21 gay rodeo FUN FACTS: associations in North America. - The word ‘colorado’ means ‘colored’ or ‘colored red’ in Spanish. The Colorado state was named after the Colorado River, which Spanish explorers named ‘Río Colorado.’ (meaning ‘colored river’) for the red silt the river carried from the mountains. July 5 - Full Chorus Performance Schedule 10:30am Anna Crusis Women’s Chorus 9:00am Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus Coffee Concert Coffee Concert

12:00pm Trans Chorus Los Angeles 12:00pm European Queer Choir 12:00pm The Esoterics

12:30pm Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus 12:30pm Cincinnati Men’s Chorus 12:30pm Perfect Harmony Men’s Chorus

1:00pm Phoenix Women’s Chorus 1:00pm Without Apology 1:00pm City of Festivals Men’s Chorus

1:30pm Phoenix Metropolitan Men’s Chorus 1:30pm New Wave Singers of Baltimore 1:30pm Calliope Women’s Chorus BOETTCHER CONCERT HALL BOETTCHER CONCERT ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE ELLIE CAULKINS

2:00pm Schola Cantorosa Schwuler BUELL THEATRE TEMPLE HOYNE 2:00pm Kansas City Women’s Chorus 2:00pm San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus Männerchor Hamburg (Germany)

3:00pm Another Octave: Connecticut Women’s 3:00pm Windy City Gay Chorus 3:00pm One Voice Chorus Charlotte Chorus

3:30pm Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus 3:30pm Windy City Treble Quire 3:30pm Steel City Men’s Chorus

4:00pm Confluence: Willamette Valley LGBT 4:00pm Harrisburg Gay Men’s Chorus 4:00pm Jubilate! The Women’s Chorus of Chorus Corvallis 4:30pm Sound Circle 4:30pm Heartland Men’s Chorus 4:30pm Denver Gay Men’s Chorus

DGMC was established in 1982 with a commitment to build a diverse community and foster acceptance through music. The 125+ community chorus has been doing just that for three decades and more than 140 concerts as they approach their 35th season. July 5 - Ensemble Performance Schedule: Block 3 8:00pm The Lollipop Guild & Vocal Minority; SFGMC

8:15pm HOMOphonics & SWAG; SFGMC

8:30pm Triangle Gay Men’s Chorus STAGE THEATRE STAGE 8:45pm Turtle Creek Chorale Camerata; Turtle Creek Chorale Take Note! Is the (mostly) a capella ensemble of the Denver Women’s Chorus. Founded by 9:00pm Take Note; Denver Women’s Chorus pioneering members of the DWC, Take Note! took 9:15pm Singing Out and About Ensemble; Singing Out the stage for the first time on April 27, 1985. 9:30pm 7th Son; Gay Men’s Chorus of Charlotte More than 30 years later they continue to perform for DWC audiences and for community events in 9:45pm Reverb; Reveille Men’s Chorus the Denver area. 10:00pm Captain Smarty Pants; Seattle Men’s Chorus

10:15pm Sensible Shoes; Seattle Women’s Chorus

- Denver has the largest city park system in the nation with 205 parks in city limits and FUN FACTS: 20,000 acres of parks in the nearby mountains. - The iconic Blue Mustang sculpture, near the main road into Denver International Airport, is rumored to be cursed. Its sculptor, Luis Jimenez, died in a freak accident while creating it when a piece of the 9000 pound sculpture fell on his leg and severed an artery. The stallion is now known as the “Devil Horse” and “Blucifer.” July 6 - Parties, Blockbusters, Outreach 7:30am - 8:00am AA Meeting Receptions/Parties/Meetings Duck Duck Goose

9:30am - 11:30am Open Table Conversations Receptions/Parties/Meetings Wolf Room (Buell Lobby)

11:00am - 1:00pm Downtown Denver Concerts Outreach Concert Union Station

5:00pm - 7:00pm Open Table Conversations Receptions/Parties/Meetings Wolf Room (Buell Lobby)

7:30pm - 9:00pm Showtune Showdown Blockbuster Concert Bellco Theatre

9:00pm - 9:45pm Festival 2016 Closing Concert Blockbuster Concert Bellco Theatre

10:00pm - 12:00am Closing Party - Hosted by SFGMC Receptions/Parties/Meetings Grand Hyatt, Colorado Ballroom

- Colorado is the only U.S. state that’s ever turned down a chance to host the Olympics. FUN FACTS: Denver originally won the bid for the 1976 Winter Olympics, but the state’s voters later rejected it due to infrastructure costs and environmental concerns. Innsbruck, Austria, ended up hosting the Winter Olympics in 1976. - In 2012, Colorado was the first state in the nation to legalize marijuana for recreational use through voter referendum. The state earned $70 million in tax revenue during the last fiscal year, and the city of Denver currently has more marijuana dispensaries than Starbucks stores. July 6 - Full Chorus Performance Schedule 11:00am Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles 9:30am Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC Coffee Concert Coffee Concert

12:30pm Gay Men’s Chorus of Charlotte 12:30pm Rochester Gay Men’s Chorus 12:30pm Desert Voices

1:00pm The Quire 1:00pm New Mexico Women’s Chorus 1:00pm Reveille Men’s Chorus

1:30pm Turtle Creek Chorale Chamber Chorus 1:30pm Triad Pride Men’s Chorus 1:30pm Richmond Men’s Chorus

2:00pm Turtle Creek Chorale 2:00pm Men Alive - Orange County GMC 2:00pm Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida BOETTCHER CONCERT HALL BOETTCHER CONCERT ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE ELLIE CAULKINS TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL THEATRE TEMPLE HOYNE 3:00pm West Coast Singers 3:00pm Denver Women’s Chorus

3:30pm Dayton Gay Men’s Chorus 3:30pm Homonics

4:00pm Capital City Men’s Chorus 4:00pm The Rainbow Chorale of Delaware

4:30pm PFLAG Juneau Pride Chorus 4:30pm Una Voce: The Florida Men’s Chorale

5:00pm Seattle Men’s Chorus 5:00pm San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus

5:30pm Seattle Men’s Chorus (repeated)

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