The sweet sounds of a cappella four-part harmony, barbershop style, filled the meeting room of Mattituck Laurel Library Sunday afternoon, where the Long Island Sound Chorus, the local chapter of Sweet Adelines International, performed a free concert.
A choral ensemble of two dozen women, performed holiday and seasonal favorites under the direction of Peggy Di Sunno, delighting their enthusiastic audience as much as the singers themselves obviously delight in the performance.
The Long Island Sound Chorus, with its repertoire that includes a mix of show tunes, patriotic songs, gospel melodies and traditional barbershop standards, has been entertaining East End audience for more than 50 years. Sweet Adelines International was founded in Oklahoma in 1945 to give women the chance to learn how to sing barbershop-style harmony and an outlet for performing.
Chorus members, sharply dressed in black pantsuits adorned with purple sequins, gave an hour-long performance, wrapping up with Auld Lang Syne, in which Di Sunno invited the audience to sing along.
We Need A Little Christmas by L.I Sound Chorus
We need a little Christmas, yes we do!! Here's the L.I. Sound Chorus performing that holiday favorite during a free concert yesterday afternoon. Listen in to get into that holiday spirit!
Posted by RiverheadLOCAL on Monday, November 30, 2015
“It’s really a great experience,” said Riverhead resident Cheryl Luparella, who joined the chorus about a year ago and is one of its newest members. She’s always loved to sing and sang in her church choir. This is her first venture into vocal performance on the stage — and she’s enthusiastic. So enthusiastic, in fact that she and her husband, Riverhead Fire Department ex-chief Nick Luparella, canceled a cruise they’d booked this spring so Cheryl could perform with the chorus in a state competition.
“She loves it,” the ex-chief said with a shrug and a smile yesterday after the performance. “So what can you do?”
RiverheadLOCAL photos by Denise Civiletti
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