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The GMCofH is looking to make Hawaii Theatre its permanent home – after June’s successful Pride concert and now our highly acclaimed return on December 13th for “A Holiday Carol!”
We can only continue to do these things with great community involvement and support!
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The Gay Men’s Chorus of Honolulu makes a huge difference in the lives of the men who sing in the Chorus and in the wider community. Here are some excerpts that illustrate the Chorus’ mission in action:
A crystallizing moment for the Chorus came during the fierce debate at the state Legislature over same-sex marriage in September 2012, when the group had just been together for a few months. It was a Monday night — rehearsal night — and the opposition to same-sex marriage was staging a large rally on both sides of the street outside the state Capitol. Most of the chorus members had to drive down that street to get to rehearsal, as though passing through a gauntlet.
“We weren’t able to conduct rehearsals that night,” Chorus President Butch Merideth said. “We tried, but we couldn’t sing. People were crying.” Chorus manager Kyle Lovett, who is a minister, instead led the group through a talk session. “That’s when we really relied on each other,” Merideth said.
(from the 11/29/15 Star Advertiser article by Lee Cataluna)
Then there we were, singing on the doorstep of the state capital building the day that the House approved same sex marriage. And guess whose picture was in the newspaper the next day? That’s right. We were!
We were singing God Bless America and the folks who were protesting equality were singing God Bless America. Then they sang We Shall Overcome and instead of combating them by singing a different song, we sang We Shall Overcome. They sang Amazing Grace, we sang Amazing Grace. Irony has a terrible sense of humor.
We were singing the same songs as them, and there were thousands of people there that day, half of us garbed heavily in rainbow colors and glitter, looking for some understanding from our government, some of us filled with dread, lines and lines of people sitting on the cement, waiting for the legislature to gather after lunch.
Even my worst nightmare had never been this loud… I made eye contact with the news cameras, photographers, and reporters, who were taking it all in. I wish they could have seen my soul instead of my face that day, because if they could they would know that our love for one another crossed many boundaries.
(from the writings of Chorus member Christopher Kendrick-Stafford)
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