Sangerfest 2016
Sioux Falls Convention Center                                                                                        June 9-11, 2016


Parade of Choruses

Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 7:00 PM
Exhibit Hall I and II, Sioux Falls Convention Center

Pastor David Johnson, Master of Ceremonies

SIOUX VALLEY SINGERS - Sioux Falls and Canton, SD; Sioux City, IA
     Sanger Hilsen ................................................................................................................................................Edward Grieg
     Mighty Men of Song ..................................................................................Lyrics by J.P. Williams, Music by Joseph Martin
Terry Walter, director -- Deanna Wehrspann, Accompanist
VETERANS CHORUS
     Morgensang of "Elverskud" ................................................................................................................................ Niels Gade
     No Man is an Island ...............................................................................Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer, Arr. Wayne Spies

Bernhard Gluth, director -- Ed Kramer, accompanist

NORWEGIAN GLEE CLUB - Minneapolis, MN
     Siste Reis ......................................................................................................................Eyvind Alnæs, Arr. Frederick Wick
     Norge, Norge! ..............................................................................................................................................Johann Slemer

Carsten Slostad, director -- Martha Mutch, accompanist

GRIEG MALE CHORUS - Canton, SD
     Herefter vil jeg følge .......................................................................................................................................George Webb
     Throw Open Your Shutters ..............................................................................................................................Amy Vernon

Lane Karli, director -- Claradith Kingsbury, accompanist

NORMENNENES SINGING SOCIETY - Chicago, IL
      Barndomsminne fraa Nordland ...............................................................................................E. Blix, Arr. Adolph Thomsen

Henry and Karl Tangeros, soloists

      God Bless the USA ...................................................................................................Lee Greenwood, Arr. Charles Kessell

Charles Kessell, director -- Michael Benshish, accompanist

NORSE GLEE CLUB - Sioux Falls, SD
      Sangen .............................................................................................................................Johnson D. Behrens and L. Spohr
      Always Look on the Bright Side of Life .......................................................................................... Eric Idle, Arr, Mac Huff

Lyle Kroon, director -- Crystal Aman, accompanist

BJORNSON MALE CHORUS -- Chicago, IL
      Ved Rondane ..............................................Ken Michaels, soloist ....................................... Edward Grieg, Arr. Ed Kramer
      Johnnie Schmoker ...................................................................................................................Pennsylvania Dutch Folksong

Ed Kramer, diriector

EDWARD GRIEG CHORUS - Dane County, WI
      The Eagle .........................................................................................Text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson; Music by Noble Cain 
      Dansen på Måkeskjær .......................................................................Text by Eystein Almquist, Music by Gideon Wahlberg

Mark Everson, director -- Linda Johnson, accompanist -- Linda Svanoe, recorder

NORDIC MALE CHORUS - Sioux City, IA
      Nidelven ..............................................................................................................................................Arr. Frederick Wick
      Just a Little While ..............................................................................Words and Music by E. M. Bartlett, Arr. M. E. Parks

Charles Schuett, director -- Nick Anderson, accompanist

ROCKFORD HARMONY SINGING SOCIETY - Rockford, IL
      Island ............................................................................................................................................................Henry Möhler
      Lil' Red Riding Hood ...................................................................Words and Music by Ronald Blackwell, Arr. by Jeff Funk

Sherry Dreyfuss, director -- Sharon Whitlock, accompanist

MINNEHAHA MANDSKOR - Sioux Falls, SD
      Norge Mit Norge ........................................................................................................Alfred Paulson, Arr. Frederick Wick
      The Arrow and the Song .................................................................Joseph Martin, Lyrics by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Terry Walter, director -- Deanna Wehrspann, accompanist

LUREN SINGING SOCIETY - Decorah, IA
      Kjaerring Mae Staven ............................................................................................................................Arr. Alfred Paulson
      Betelehemu ....................................................................................................Nigerian Christmas Song by Wendell Whalum

Caleb Sander and Bob Stoskopf, percussion

Dr. David Judisch, director


Tickets: $12.00

Order tickets online at
2016sangerfest.bpt.me

or by mail

Make payment to
"Sioux Valley Singers"
and mail to:

Marlan Velgersdyk
5115 Rolling Green Ave, Apt #210
Sioux Falls, SD 57108

If ordering tickets for both the Parade of Choruses and the Grand Concert 
subtract $2 and get both for $25