North Shore All-Men's Chorus Expands Membership To Women

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The North Shoreman's Chorus has been around since JFK was
in the White House.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The original chotter for the chorus, which started in Salem,
was in nineteen sixty two.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
But the All Men's Group has just gone through with
a radical change. Starting last week, they've begun to accept women.
Bailly Carlton is the director.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
One reason is definitely the members.

Speaker 1 (00:19):
The chorus has dwindled to twenty or so people in
the last few years, down from about thirty five. This
is a way to get more people on board and
rank higher in competitions. The new additions will come with challenges,
changing much of how they sing.

Speaker 4 (00:30):
The biggest difference is that a lot of music is
going to be set to a much higher key.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
How He sings bass with the group and says he's
come around.

Speaker 5 (00:37):
I think over this period of time we just kind
of started accepting the idea. I'm actually excited about it now.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Kyle Shaffele WBZ, Boston's news radio