RCS Spring Concert - All You Need is Love.

READING COMMUNITY SINGERS OFFERS SOMETHING

SPECIAL WITH MAY 7^th SPRING CONCERT

There’s a bucket list of reasons you can hang the “SPECIAL” sign on the upcoming spring concert by the Reading Community Singers on Saturday evening, May 7, 2011 at Parker Middle School in Reading.

Off the top, it’s the 91^st spring performance by the 70-plus member group, putting it in the running for the title of longest, continually performing amateur choral group in the country. RCS has enjoyed explosive growth under the direction of conductor Beth Mosier, drawing singers from Reading and more than a half dozen surrounding towns. RCS is also very fortunate to have Joe Beninati as our accompanist.

The May 7^th concert, set to begin at 7:30 p.m., is titled, All you Need is Love - Music from the Heartand is packed with audience favorites ranging from Broadway’s Jersey Boys and Rent to John Rutter’s For the Beauty of the Earth, Neil Sedaka’s Love will Keep Us Together, and Carole King’s You’ve Got a Friend. There will be a special tribute to veterans when RCS sings Martin’s Song for the Unsung Hero. This concert has it all - love of country, love of nature, love of God, love of family and, of course, romantic love.

Another concert highlight will be a performance by the winner of this year’s RCS Scholarship award, violinist, Meghan O’Keefe. Meghan is currently a music education major at Syracuse University and winner of their School of Music’s Orchestral Award. She will be performing the second and third movements of the Bruch Violin Concerto. Meghan will be accompanied by her mother, Jane Bergeron O’Keefe.

Tickets for this concert are $18.00 for adults and $12.00 for seniors and students. A raffle and complementary dessert buffet follow the performance. For ticket information or directions, please visit our website:

Tickets are also available by calling Kathy at 781-249-3444 or at the door.

RCS is a past recipient of the Reading Cultural Council Community Service award and has received grants from the Reading Cultural Council, Eastern Bank and the Harpley Foundation. RCS is a member of the Greater Boston Choral Consortium.

"This program is supported in part by a grant from the Reading Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency."

Parker Middle School is located on Temple Street off Woburn Street in Reading and is handicapped accessible.