Singing our hearts out at the 8th Gala Benefit Concert on June 16th, 2007.
Photo by Harlan Reid - CWA Local 1180
IMPACT Repertory Theatre
NYCLC Spring Concert!
Come hear the New York City Labor Chorus at our 2008 Spring Concert!
Saturday May 17th, 2008 - 8:00pm
(Doors open at 7:30 - general admission)
at the Peoples' Voice Café
45 E 33rd Street (between Park & Madison)
donation $12 - nobody turned away!
New York City Labor Chorus
8th Gala Benefit Concert
A Smashing Success
600 Attendees
Thank You To All Of Our Supporters!
Held on
Saturday June 16, 2007
7:30 P.M.
at the
Ethical Culture Society Auditorium
2 West 64th Street (off Central Park West)
Manhattan
The New York City Labor Chorus was joined at the concert by Special Guest Performers:
http://www.impactreptheatre.org
Meet the Members Who Performed in Our Gala Benefit Concert
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1st Sopranos Front Row: Marion Bowie, Helene Gasner, Sonya Thompson, Maria Gulle, Betty Ralston 2nd Row: Georgia Wever, Una Petioni, Ronnee Schier David, Winnifred Baker-Jones, Barbara Bailey |
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2nd Sopranos Front Row: Claire Maida, Joan Harris,Elizabeth Graves, Harriet Silver, Albertia Williford 2nd Row: Terry Weissman, Rona Armillas, Brenda Ryan, Doretha Cook, Sandra Boyd, Lena Henry, Betty Reid |
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Altos Front Row: Jessie Stith-Wilson, Esther Moroze, Floretha Brown, Mildred Pechman, Iluminada Ramirez, Donna Reid 2nd Row: Kathy Goldman, Ann Lino,Judy Verne, Dorothy Franklin, Denise Jones, Frankie Holbrook, Gwendolyn Jones, Isabel Goldstein, Dawn Stewart-Lookkin, Dorothy Buzawa 3rd Row: Beverly Gillia, Marion Goldberg, Judy Lacoff, Ann Gael, Susan Zugaib |
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Tenors Front Row: Deborah Green, Luis Roman,Velma Hill, Ginger Pinkard, Blossom Gelertner 2nd Row: Judy Wood, Eva Russo, Lorraine Nelson, Ione Foote, Lincoln Bonner, Brent Kramer 3rd Row: Bob Greenberg, Bob Harris, Jose Rosa, Jesse Kasowitz
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Basses
Front Row: Leonard Zablow, Jerry Gillia, Denis Berger 2nd Row: George Marshall, Albert Solomon, Jeff Vogel
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Not Pictured First Sopranos: Dorothy Lindo, Karla Moore, Enid Pottinger, Edna Rivera 2nd Sopranos: Joy Altidor, Ena Bowen, Dawn Burden, Patricia Logan Altos: Barbara Barnes, Phyllis Gunther, Victoria Missick, Ida Mutch, Susan Skolnick, Linda Smith Tenors: Charles Daniels, Eva Russo
Basses: Eugene Hamond, Paul Kopelman |
The New York City Labor Chorus stands ready to perform on picket lines, at union conventions, union rallies and shop steward meetings, as well as at community events, churches, colleges, and schools. Contact us for more information.
Chronology of Past Performances
On stage at the 7th
Gala Benefit Concert
June 2005Photo credit: Dan Cohen
Performing at the
site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in a Commemoration ceremony hosted
by UNITE on March 24, 2006. CWA Local 1180 Celebration of the Tribeca Film Festival
United Nations Committee on Sustainable Development - Plenary Session
US Labor Against the War March & Rally in Manhattan
Commemoration Ceremony of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire hosted by UNITE
Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Black History Month Concert at the Ethical Culture Society
Concert Celebrating the Life of Geoffrey Fairweather, John Jay College
In Support of the striking NYU Graduate Students - On the Picket Line
NYC Central Labor Council Labor Day Parade
Moonlight Cabaret, a Benefit for UFT COPE
Writer's Guild CBS Protest
Mayworks 20th Anniversary, Toronto, Canada
Protest of Budget Cuts for Adult Literacy, Union Square, NYC
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial
20th Anniversary of the Queens College Worker Education Extension Center
Great Labor Arts Exchange, Washington DC
Dedication of Union Square Bench to Debra Bernhardt
Opening Session of "Inequality Matters" at NYU with Bill Moyers & Barbara Ehrenreich
Opening Session of the UN Committee on Sustainable Development
Workman's Circle, Town Hall, NYC
Founding Convention for the NYC Alliance for Retired Americans
Black History Celebration, Lincoln Hospital
United Nations - International Commemoration Day for Dead & Injured Workers
Dedication of the Debra Bernhardt Bench and Cesar Chavez Stamp in Union Square
Hunger Strike Against Pataki's health care cuts
NYC Labor Chorus 12th Anniversary Concert at FIT
Labor Day Parade
Hudson Valley AFL-CIO Labor Day Celebration
Second Yiddish in America Celebration at Town Hall
United Federation of Teachers, Waldorf-Astoria
United Nations - Opening of High Commission on Human Rights Art Exhibition
United Nations - Opening Session of the Committee on Sustainable Development
SSEU Local 371 Celebrates May Day (The Worker's Holiday)
Clearwater Festival
Lincoln Center Convergence
First Hudson River Festival
JPAC 25th Anniversary
NYC Alliance for Retired Americans Founding Convention
UFT - Teacher Union Day at the Waldorf-Astoria
Yiddish in America Celebration at Town Hall
Federation of Nurses/UFT Conference
Celebrating American Labor Songs of the 1930s with The Queens College Chorus and Orchestra - Judson Memorial Church
NYC Labor Chorus 10th Anniversary at Town Hall
New York State Nurses Association Centennial, Hilton Hotel
NYS Convention of Working Families Party, Albany
Percy McRae Dedication
New York Letter Carriers Branch 36
Picket line in support of Citarella workers - Manhattan
Social Service Employees Union Local 371, NYC
Social Work Month Graduation Ceremony
Englewood Public Library, Labor History Month Celebration
Metropolitan Opera Out of Tune Opening Night Rally for Food Service Workers' Rights - H.E.R.E. Local 100
Remembering James Farmer Community Church of New York
Transport Workers Union Local 100 Rally MTA Headquarters
Long Island University, All Day Conference on the Life of Paul Robeson, With All-City High School Orchestra
Paul Robeson Centennial Celebration
Paul Robeson Foundation Tribute with Pete Seeger Waldorf-Astoria
National Foundation for Jewish Culture Achievement Awards in the Arts, Hudson Theatre, NYC
UAW Local 2179 Retirees Meeting
Manhattan International High School
Walkabout Clearwater Coffee House, Katonah, NY
Paul Robeson/Labor Tribute with guest Peter Yarrow
Tribute to Paul Robeson, Carnegie Hall - Produced by Harry Belafonte with Welsh choir
Candlelight Vigil, Rockefeller Center, National Labor Committee
UNITE! Against Sweatshops and Child Labor
Sheraton Hotel and Towers
Clearwater's Hudson River Revival
Hands Around the Reservoir, Central Park, NYC
Democratic National Convention
On The Picketline
H.E.R.E. Local 100 picket line at Grand Central in support of Oyster Bar workers
Picket line in support of ABC/Disney technical workers at their Manhattan headquarters
Picket Line in support of Legal Aid Lawyers working for Mobilization for Youth