A Note From Our President, BJ Banks

From my heart to yours

UPDATED: March 24, 2025

Dear Friends of the Salina Chorale,

Our thanks to our sponsors and supporters, and to all who came to hear us present our 2025 Spring Concert, "Water and Life," with all pieces chosen and conducted by our talented director, Keri Boley.

This performance was held at the beautiful Stiefel Theater for the Performing Arts at 4pm Sunday, March 23rd, 2025, If you missed it, you missed a lot of fun songs presented with great enthusiasm by a group of people who love getting together for choral singing.

We had a wonderful time performing our Spring Concert. The first half of the concert explored the many properties of "Water" through a diverse mix of music, including pop, folk, show tunes, spirituals, novelty songs, nostalgic pieces and more serious choral pieces.

Featured were arrangements of The River by Garth Brooks, Moon River by Henry Mancini, and other beloved songs like I Love a Rainy Night. The Chorale will also perform the thought-provoking Emily Dickinson poem The Moon is Distant From the Sea, a spiritual titled The Storm is Passing Over, and… a pirate song!

The second half of our concert centered around “LIFE.” Our director, Keri Boley, shares that all of the songs selected for this section hold special memories for her of her mom, who passed away unexpectedly last May. She explains, “These pieces are inspired by my mother’s love of life and her joy in living.”

Included were In My Life by the Beatles, Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes), Teach Your Children Well, The Rose, and several songs with melodies and texts that touch the heart, including You Are My Sunshine, I’ll Fly Away, and a particularly meaningful piece, To Where You Are.

We were thrilled to present this spring performance – our second concert presented under the direction of Keti Boley.

We hope you will make plans to join us for our 2025 "Carols of Christmas" concert (JAND EVEN SING WITH US, IF YOU CAN, WITH MONDAY EVENING REHEARSALS STARTING IN AUGUST) -- and be sure not to miss our 2026 Spring Concert, each concert on dates yet to be determined. Watch our Events page -- and our Sing With Us page -- on this website for the details as they become available.

Musically yours,

B. J. Banks, President -- Salina Chorale