"Home For the Holidays"

Brotherly Love, the select chorus from the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus will perform Tuesday, Nov. 27th 2012 7 p.m.

Tickets
  • Adults: $20
  • Students: $10

Ascension UCC is establishing a scholarship fund to honor a senior student at Norristown Area High School who is active in the Gay/Straight Alliance. Every donation we receive will help defray the cost of the program, and raise funds for the scholarship now and into the future. We invite you to help make this important mission a success.

Enjoy a "First Taste" of the holiday performance by a renowned group! A gala reception! A gallery showing by local artist Pam Martin (who is also contributing proceeds from any sale to the fund). A chance to recognize the work of one young person towards equality and justice. We’re excited to welcome you.

By joining us as a patron of this concert, we can continue to grow our arts and music program and continue to support our scholarship fund, and other missions. Donations are tax deductible.

Sponsorship Levels
  • Red ($1-49) Names of all patrons will be placed in the program.
  • Yellow ($50-99)
  • Green ($100-149) Includes placement of logo/business card with camera ready artwork.
  • Pink ($150-199) Includes two tickets to the event.
  • Rainbow ($200-499) Includes four tickets to the program.
  • Golden ($500) Includes six tickets to the event.

The sponsorship form is here. Please choose your sponsorship level and send it to: Scholarship Concert, The Reformed Church of the Ascension 1700 Main Street, Jeffersonville, PA 19403.

The Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus traces its history to 1981, when founder Gerald Davis and three other brave souls toured Philly’s gay bars at Christmastime, bearing a gift of song. From that modest start, PGMC has grown into the largest all-male choral group in the Greater Philadelphia region, spreading its musical message of hope and inclusion to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and straight audiences in a variety of settings.

Notable performance milestones in the Chorus’ history include its Academy of Music debut in 1990, when it performed with the national tour of “HeartStrings,” a benefit for AIDS research featuring Sandy Duncan and Jason Bateman; singing at the dedication of the National Constitution Center in 2003, and its first performance at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in 2006, at which the Chorus premiered its first exclusive commission, “Open Road,” inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman. The Chorus returned to the Kimmel in 2007 for a concert to celebrate its 25th anniversary. In May 2009, the Chorus proudly participated in “Voices of Equality,” a groundbreaking joint concert with the Anna Crusis Women’s Choir and the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, featuring new works commissioned by each participating chorus, and in November of 2009, it welcomed Broadway legend Andrea McArdle back home as the headline performer for its annual “Showstoppers!” cabaret fundraiser.

As an Open and Affirming church of the United Church of Christ and a recently designated a Zone of Peace church, Ascension Unite Church of Chist is open and welcoming to people from all walks of life, and want to spread this message to the greater Norristown community.