FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 18, 2004
Contact: Michael Corby
904.632.3310

Florida Community College Chorale to present “A Tribute to the Human Spirit”
Men’s, Women’s choruses and mixed-voice chorale to perform offerings of Southern Division ACDA convention (and maybe a Krystal Burger jingle?)

What:	Florida Community College Chorale FREE concert performance by Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chorus and mixed-voice Chorale; Director of Choral Studies Wayne Bailey
When:	Tuesday, February 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Cost:	Free and open to the public
Where:	Florida Community College South Campus 11901 Beach Blvd. Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts, Main Stage
Details:	The Florida Community College Chorale has been invited to perform for about 1,500 attendees at the American Choral Director’s Association Southern Division Convention in Nashville Feb. 25-28. The Florida Community College Chorale is among 18 chosen out of 90 groups that auditioned and is the only community college choral group invited to perform. The invitation stemmed from an appearance of the Men’s Chamber Chorus last fall at Seminole Community College. All of the College choral groups will perform at the free concert. An interesting sidebar: At a fast-food restaurant on the way home from Seminole, some of the group were offered the opportunity to appear in a Krystal Burger commercial being filmed there. When the director of the commercial discovered they were part of a choral group, he quickly auditioned them and then reworked one of their songs, a sea-shanty known as “What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor” into a jingle for the commercial. It currently airs regionally and displays the singers’ talents dramatically, albeit briefly. For more information call Director Wayne Bailey at 904.646.2364.