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With all the happy returns we’re having, you’d think it’s our collective birthday: returning to live performance, returning to Shorecrest Performing Arts Center, and returning to the production committee being really, really busy. Let’s check in with the team, and … Read More

Betty Bertaux (1939-2014) was a very active creator of children’s music and in 1976 founded the Children’s Chorus of Maryland with six students she was giving lessons to in her home. The chorus expanded to 30 students and later performed … Read More

The late Johnny Carson famously used to joke around the holidays that, “there really is only one fruitcake, and it keeps getting re-gifted every year, because no one actually eats the stuff”. To which I replied, every year, NOT SO!!!! … Read More

Not all fruitcakes are created equal! If you think you don’t like fruitcake, maybe this version will change your mind. Kentucky Whisky Cake Items needed: #1:  5 cups sifted flour #2:  2 and 1/3 cups white sugar #3:  1 Cup … Read More

Long ago, in the times when our traditions were born, winter was a fearful time. Fire was the only source of heat and light during the long cold nights; stockpiling enough fuel to keep the fire burning was as important … Read More

As a child, Anjali Chudasama didn’t think of her family as particularly musical. After all, none of them were professionals. Sure, her mother sang in her church choir, and practiced her alto part during car rides. And yes, her grandparents … Read More

80-plus people all singing the same song sounds like the makings of a choir — but when each of them is in their own home, it isn’t quite there yet. Fortunately for Choir of the Sound, among those 80-plus are … Read More