[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11130-11131]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE METROPOLITAN CHORUS

 Mr. ALLEN. Madam President, I want to recognize the 
Metropolitan Chorus of Arlington County, VA. Tonight the Metropolitan 
Chorus will complete its 35th anniversary season with a performance at 
Lubber Run Amphitheater in Arlington, VA.
  The 90-voice chorus offers residents the opportunity to perform and 
hear the great choral works. Concerts feature music of great variety 
and scope that spans the period from the Renaissance to the 21st 
century with a strong emphasis on American composers.
  The chorus has performed throughout the Washington, DC, metropolitan

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area, including the Kennedy Center, Constitution Hall, The National 
Building Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Rachel M. 
Schlesinger Concert Hall. In addition to the formal concert season, the 
chorus presents several informal free concerts each season as a special 
service to the community. The chorus has also performed 
internationally, traveling to Italy; Sydney; Australia; New Zealand; 
Austria; Finland; Russia and Brazil to compete.
  I congratulate the Metropolitan Chorus on its 35th anniversary and 
wish them continued success for many more years.

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