April 7 , 2022 The Beacon • 5
Community choir recaps its fourth decade : 2001-11
By Charles R . Snyder and Jan Myers
The Coshocton Community Choir , founded by and conducted by Charles R . Snyder , is celebrating its 50th anniversary this season . A celebration concert will be held Sunday , April 24 at 3 p . m . at Coshocton High School ’ s McKinley Auditorium . Here ’ s a look back at the fourth decade of the choir .
All Creation Sings was the title of the community choir ’ s 40th Christmas concert in 2001 and the 15th Christmas festival concert .
“ River View High School ’ s Certified Gold Chorale was our guest for that concert ,” said Charles Snyder , director , “ and the two choirs sang an antiphonal setting of the carol , ‘ While by My Sheep .’”
Also that year , The Coshocton Singers , grades 4-8 , celebrated its 15th anniversary at the spring concerts .
On July 2 , 2001 , the community choir traveled to Lakeside on Lake Erie and sang a concert to an enthusiastic crowd in Hoover Auditorium .
“ We were billed as ‘ another of the many favorites from last season ,’” Snyder said .
The Christmas concerts in 2002 were the last for narrator Kay Finnegan , who had filled that role for more than 15 years .
After years of eighthgraders asking if there could be a high school choir in the community choir family , it finally happened in spring 2003 with the formation of the Coshocton Youth Chorale . After the concerts , youth chorale members asked to have another concert of their own , and Roscoe United Methodist opened its doors for those concerts .
In June 2003 the community choir was invited back to Lakeside for a third year .
“ At the 2003 Christmas concerts , we launched Carols in the Round , and the choir was divided into six smaller groups , spread around the auditorium ,” Snyder said . “ Although this
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