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CANTON CHORAL SOCIETY HITS A
HOMERUN
DID YOU
KNOW…
Appreciative Sunday afternoon audience members got a big treat
on Father’s Day when they attended the
Canton Choral Society’s 5th Annual
Spring Concert at Canton High’s Morse
Auditorium (pictured in three photos). In the opening segment of
their stupendous program, the 21-member choral group flawlessly
performed and harmonized Johannes Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer
Op. 52 (Love Song Waltzes), accompanied by pianists Susanne
Osberg and Steven Sussman, who masterfully played the engaging
collection of the 18 Liebeslieder Walzer’s separate musical
parts with “four hands,” and the overall effect was excellent.
 The
choral singers demonstrated their outstanding virtuosity by
singing the difficult lyrics of the entire 30-minute
Liebeslieder Walzer program in unfamiliar German, and the
harmony and harmonic nuances they performed were superb.
Following a
short intermission, the singers performed several more casual
pieces including the rousing Jewish folk tune, “Ya Ba Bom;”
Rogers and Hart’s “With a Song in my Heart;” and Gershwin’s
“Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off.”
So
congratulations go out not only to the singers but also to the
Canton Choral Society’s music director, Anne Tripp Miler;
managing director, Crosby Goshgarian, Jr.; and chorus manager,
Kathleen Comeau. They all should be very proud of what they
accomplished, and MAC is anxiously looking forward to critiquing
their next performance.
Political
financial reports on file indicate that between October 1, 2007
and April 30, 2008, generous Canton voters donated $11,315 to
presidential candidate John McCain; $11,685 to Hillary Clinton;
and $13,700 to Barack Obama.
The U.S.
government has issued a report indicating that for the first
time in our history, Americans’ life expectancy has surpassed
78 years; and even though that sounds pretty good, we still
lag behind 30 other countries in estimated life span. According
to World Health Organization data, Japan has the longest life
expectancy at 83 years.
Canton
High School graduated 185 members of the Class of 2008 this
year, and Principal Douglas Dias gave them a short and
simple graduation speech that we all should live by. He told
them to “Don’t just do well, do good.”
With all the
concern and complaints about the steadily rising cost of
gasoline, we sometimes overlook the fact that we aren’t alone in
our unhappiness. Europeans are also feeling the pinch. France
has cancelled naval missions; and in Spain, tens of thousands of
truckers and fishermen have gone on strike and carried out
demonstrations complaining that the high prices are threatening
their livelihoods.
The
Downtown Streetscape Project is beginning to look pretty
good, especially now that some decorative trees have been
planted and brickwork on the expanded sidewalks is progressing.
MAC suggests that if you have been unhappy with the project,
hold your criticism until it is completed.
In case you
haven’t heard, Jill Hayes, in a surprise move, has resigned
from the Planning Board. According to state law, her
replacement must be elected in a joint meeting of the Board of
Selectmen and the remaining members of the Planning Board. It
will be interesting to see who her replacement will be and how
it will affect the Planning Board. MAC wonders why she didn’t
resign before the recent town elections? It would have saved the
town a lot of aggravation. Then again, maybe she wanted to wait
for the election outcome, which may not have sat well with her.
If you
haven’t seen the recent Planning Board meeting on Cable TV
involving the public hearing on the Plymouth Rubber property
controversy, you missed a good one. It appeared to be
Napleton’s attorney, Paul Schneiders, against the world, and
he did a great job of holding his own. One of the issues under
discussion was the fate of two buildings that date back to the
days of the Revere Copper and Brass Company.
Now that the
Canton town meeting has failed to rezone the property, Napleton
is currently seeking to sell or lease the property; and much to
the chagrin of many Canton critics, Napleton has applied for a
permit to demolish and remove the two buildings with the
anticipation that a buyer may need the space for something else.
American and
allied combat deaths in Afghanistan surpassed those in Iraq for
the first time last month. By the Pentagon’s count, 15 U.S. and
two allied troops were killed in action in Iraq last month;
while in Afghanistan, it was 19, including 14 Americans.
With the
influx of new money due to the passage of the Proposition 2 1/2
override, School Superintendent John D’Auria plans to update
textbooks, remove the $400 bus fee for those students who live
over one mile from their schools, and reduce the fees for
students participating in athletics to $100 per sport with a
$400 cap per family.
Finally, the
Neponset River Watershed Association will hold its annual
meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, at the Best Western Adams
Inn in Quincy. If you are interested, tickets for the affair are
$40 per person.
He who does not
look ahead remains behind.
That this is all for now folks;
see you next week.
Joe DeFelice can be reached at
manaboutcanton@aol.com
June 26, 2008
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