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Article: SNUG HARBOR SINGERS CLIMB ABOARD `PINAFORE'
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2005
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When a summer production of "HMS Pinafore" sets sail next weekend,
the Snug Harbor Community Chorus will be the crew.
For members of the community singing group formed seven years ago,
taking the stage at the South Shore Conservatory of Music in Hingham
is a combination of summer fun, serious business, and a validation
for singers who have not performed in a chorus before.
"It's our summer stock," said Ron del Pino of Marshfield, the
group's vice president. "Some people go to Tanglewood. We go to Opera
by the Bay, if they'll have us."
Opera by the Bay, a creation of the vocal music department at the
South Shore Conservatory, will be mounting the classic Gilbert and