We have ~70 members and will have ~50 on stage for major performances.

• Our Director is Ken Lang, vocal-music teacher at Clay Center High School.

• Our Associate Director is Don Thomson, an Agent for Farm Bureau Insurance.

• Our Assistant Director is Myron Calhoun, an Emeritus Professor of Computer Science in the KSU College of Engineering. 

• Several other members also enjoy directing.

LITTLE APPLE CHORUS MEMBERS LIVE (OR HAVE LIVED) IN:

• Axtell

• Clay Center

• Council Grove

• Ft. Riley

• Junction City

• on KSU campus

• Linn

• Manhattan

• Palmer

• Riley

• St. Marys

• Wamego

• Westmoreland.

OUR MEMBERS COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE

•    several people and/or animal doctors

•    an attorney who is also Manhattan City Judge

•    many KSU - affiliated instructors, emeriti, staff, and students

•    many public-school-affiliated teachers, students, and one bus driver

•    several farm-related professions        

•    a real-estate agent

•    a traveling salesmen                    

•    several business owners

•    a sign painter                          

•    an insurance agent

•    a butcher and a baker (but no candlestick makers--YET!)

•    many are also retired

 WHAT WE DO

• Meet for Chorus & Quartet practice EVERY Thursday (except holidays which fall on  Thursdays) at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Methodist church annex at 612 Poyntz.
   

•  Perform in/at:
   

  • Annual Spring show:
     

  • Retirement centers and nursing homes:  Manhattan & Wamego
     

  • Singing Valentines:  on Valentine's Day (1994:82, 1995:95, 1996:117, 1997:119, 1998:141, 1999:114, 2000:137, 2001:178) a tuxedo'd quartet and a "greeter" deliver a long-stemmed red rose, a bag of candy kisses, a greeting card, a love song or two, and a Polaroid photograph of the recipient standing with the quartet!
     

  •  Special occasions:

    •  Manhattan Arts Center

    •  Manhattan City Band and Arts in the Park

    •  Clay Center Arts in the Park

    •  Palmer shows

    •  Many benefits (Twins, Habitat for Humanity, Herington Community and Jct. City Opera House Restoration Projects, Alcove Springs memorial and dedication, etc.)
       

  •  Church services, especially during summer, when many church choirs take summer breaks:  9 Methodist, 4 Catholic, 4 Christian, 4 Presbyterian, 2 Baptist, 2 Lutheran, 2 Ecumenical, 1 Congregational, 1 Mormon, 1 Generic Protestant, and 2 churches whose demoninations I don't know,  in Axtel, Beattie, Blue Rapids, Clay Center, Flush, Fort Riley, Frankfort, Junction City, Keats, Manhattan, Olsburg, Summerfield, Wakefield, and Westmoreland 

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* As someone once noted, we get a LOT of requests, but we usually sing anyway! *

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