Comments on: VGC Concert http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2010/03/10/vgc-concert/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:46:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Tin Man http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2010/03/10/vgc-concert/comment-page-1/#comment-135285 Tin Man Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:20:45 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=4604#comment-135285 Hi John, thanks for the comment. It's interesting to hear about what the group was like in the '70s! Hi John, thanks for the comment. It’s interesting to hear about what the group was like in the ’70s!

]]> By: John Flack http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2010/03/10/vgc-concert/comment-page-1/#comment-135284 John Flack Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:28:52 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=4604#comment-135284 When I was in the VGC in the mid-70s, there were a number of gay guys, but it was not out in the open who was and who wasn't. I only found out later that a friend from the Club is gay - he now sings in the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington. Our accompanist, Jim Richardson, was a founding member, and the first director of the Chorus. Sadly, Jim died of AIDS way too soon. My friend told me that he, Jim and a few other guys had had an interesting adventure on one of our tours. By the way, I am not gay, and was rather naive at the time - you would have had to hit me over the head for me to notice that there was anything sexual of any kind going on. When I was in the VGC in the mid-70s, there were a number of gay guys, but it was not out in the open who was and who wasn’t. I only found out later that a friend from the Club is gay – he now sings in the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington. Our accompanist, Jim Richardson, was a founding member, and the first director of the Chorus. Sadly, Jim died of AIDS way too soon. My friend told me that he, Jim and a few other guys had had an interesting adventure on one of our tours. By the way, I am not gay, and was rather naive at the time – you would have had to hit me over the head for me to notice that there was anything sexual of any kind going on.

]]> By: A visit from the Virginia Glee Club (Jarrett House North) http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2010/03/10/vgc-concert/comment-page-1/#comment-135281 A visit from the Virginia Glee Club (Jarrett House North) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:02:21 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=4604#comment-135281 [...] a couple busy days at work and a rehearsal last night ensured that I would get beaten to it (see the Tin Man’s writeup of the New York concert here). So I’ll just give a few thoughts about my experience at Monday night’s concert at [...] [...] a couple busy days at work and a rehearsal last night ensured that I would get beaten to it (see the Tin Man’s writeup of the New York concert here). So I’ll just give a few thoughts about my experience at Monday night’s concert at [...]

]]> By: Tin Man http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2010/03/10/vgc-concert/comment-page-1/#comment-135280 Tin Man Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:32:55 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=4604#comment-135280 Hey Thom -- did you know that the Michigan, Harvard, and Virginia Glee Clubs are all performing together at a concert in Michigan this weekend? They're calling it "440 Years of Song": http://ummgc.org/o/tickets.php . Wish I could be there. And the first time I came out to a fellow Club member (though it was not the first time I had ever come out to someone) was in a restaurant parking lot in Mobile, Alabama on a tour of the South, on the way to... New Orleans. I spent much of our day in New Orleans going gaga over a straight guy in the group. What is it about that city? Hey Thom — did you know that the Michigan, Harvard, and Virginia Glee Clubs are all performing together at a concert in Michigan this weekend? They’re calling it “440 Years of Song”: http://ummgc.org/o/tickets.php . Wish I could be there.

And the first time I came out to a fellow Club member (though it was not the first time I had ever come out to someone) was in a restaurant parking lot in Mobile, Alabama on a tour of the South, on the way to… New Orleans. I spent much of our day in New Orleans going gaga over a straight guy in the group. What is it about that city?

]]> By: Thom Watson http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2010/03/10/vgc-concert/comment-page-1/#comment-135279 Thom Watson Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:33 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=4604#comment-135279 In the Harvard Glee Club in the early 80s, gay men already were clearly a "substantial minority" of the group, constituting probably a quarter to a third, I'd wager; it was my membership in that group that eased my own coming out process freshman year to a highly significant degree. Iin fact, the first time I admitted to anyone else I was gay was while walking through the French Quarter of New Orleans, on a Glee Club trip to a choral conference, with a group of fellow Glee Club members, all gay. In the Harvard Glee Club in the early 80s, gay men already were clearly a “substantial minority” of the group, constituting probably a quarter to a third, I’d wager; it was my membership in that group that eased my own coming out process freshman year to a highly significant degree. Iin fact, the first time I admitted to anyone else I was gay was while walking through the French Quarter of New Orleans, on a Glee Club trip to a choral conference, with a group of fellow Glee Club members, all gay.

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