Month: August 2015

KCKCC Community Chamber Choir to begin rehearsals in September

by Kelly Rogge

Would you like an opportunity to join a group that performs in the community? Then Kansas City Kansas Community College has the perfect group for you.

Rehearsals for the KCKCC Community Chamber Choir will begin at 7 p.m. Sept. 14 in the choir room (Room 2170 of the Humanities Building) on the KCKCC campus, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan.

Open to any singer who is at least in high school in Wyandotte, Johnson or Leavenworth counties and who has a desire to sing in a large ensemble, the repertoire of the Community Chamber Choir includes everything from major works to songs from all periods of music. The group performs in two major concerts each semester with the KCKCC Chamber Choir, and while experience in choral singing is recommended, it is not required.

Upcoming concert dates include:
• Oct. 18: “Inspired!”: Fall Choral Concert, 5 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 1086 N. 94th St., in Kansas City, Kan.
• Dec. 6: “Carols and Brass”: Winter Choral Concert, 3 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament Church, 2203 Parallel Ave. in Kansas City, Kan.
• May 5: Mark Hayes Requiem (Chamber Ensemble version – KCKCC Combined Choirs)-Multimedia Concert, 7 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist (5 p.m. call time. Mark Hayes will give a pre-concert lecture about the Requiem).

The choir is offered through Community Education, and the cost is $30. It can also be taken for academic credit. Those interested can enroll in person at the Community Education Building, which is on the east side of the main KCKCC campus; by phone at 913-288-7660 or online at www.kckcc.edu. Go to “Programs” on the KCKCC home page and click “Continuing Education Schedule.” The class is listed under Community Education.

Additional information is available by calling John Stafford at 913-288-7137; by email at [email protected] or on the KCKCC Choir YouTube link at www.youtube.com/user/KCKCCChoralMusic.

Kelly Rogge is the public information supervisor at Kansas City Kansas Community College.

T-Bones come from behind to win on the road, 7-6

The Kansas City T-Bones, rallied from a 5-0 deficit, to stun Lincoln, 7-6, Tuesday night at Haymarket Park in Lincoln, Neb.

The Saltdogs scored four runs on T-Bones starting pitcher Steve Sarcone in the first four innings. Sarcone walked three in the fourth inning, including a bases-loaded walk in a two-run fourth inning.

The T-Bones entered the eighth inning down 5-0, but for the second consecutive game, Adam Bailey hammered a three-run home run, his 12th of the season, to give Kansas City life, and pull within 5-3.

The T-Bones finished the game by adding four more runs in the ninth inning off Lincoln closer Marshall Schuler (2-2).

With two outs, Starlin Rodriguez ripped a two-run double to pull Kansas City within a 6-5 deficit. Nate Tenbrink singled to right, which advanced Rodriguez to third, but the throw went to the plate, and Tenbrink moved up to second base. Jake Blackwood, with a full count, ripped a game-winning single to right, and gave Kansas City its only lead in the game, 7-6 in the ninth.

Aaron Baker closed the game for Kansas City, and picked up his fourth save of the season, to preserve the wacky win for Kansas City.

Kansas City starting pitcher Bobby Doran (8-2) gets the starting nod Wednesday evening, as the T-Bones look for the series win.
– Story from T-Bones